Basel Dreispitz railway station

Basel Dreispitz railway station (German: Bahnhof Basel Dreispitz) is a railway station in the city of Basel, in the Swiss canton of Basel-Stadt. It is an intermediate stop on the Basel–Biel/Bienne line and is served by local trains only. The station was built in 2005 despite numerous objections from local residents and was opened in May 2006. In 2008 the station was awarded a Brunel Award by the Watford Group. It offers transfer possibilities on tram lines of Baselland Transport as well as bus lines of the same company and the Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe.

Basel Dreispitz
The street-level entrance in 2009
General information
Location	Basel Switzerland
Coordinates	47°32′17″N 7°36′32″E
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Basel–Biel/Bienne line
Train operators	Swiss Federal Railways
Connections	Trams: 10, 11
History
Opened	24 May 2006 (2006-05-24)[1]
Services
Preceding station Basel trinational S-Bahn Following station Münchenstein towards Porrentruy S3 Basel SBB towards Olten
Location Basel Dreispitz Location within Switzerland

The suburban tram lines 10 and 11 of Baselland Transport stop on Münchensteinerstrasse, just west of the station building. South of Basel Dreispitz, the two lines leave the Basel tram network and move on to the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Basel–Dornach and Basel–Aesch railway lines.^[2]

Services

Basel Dreispitz is served by the S3 of the Basel S-Bahn:^[3]

• S3: half-hourly service from Porrentruy or Laufen to Olten.

References

1. Fleischer, Wolfgang (August 2010). "Chronik der Regio-S-Bahn Basel" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways.
2. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 62. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
3. "Biel/Bienne - Moutier - Delémont - Laufen - Basel" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2020.

External links

• Media related to Basel Dreispitz railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Basel Dreispitz railway station – SBB