The Aargau S-Bahn ( or ) is an

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-style

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network serving the canton of

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, Switzerland, with some services extending into the cantons of

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and

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and one service to the

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city of

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. It operates within the A-Welle tariff network.

History

Upon the timetable change on 14 December 2008, an S-Bahn numbering system was introduced for regional rail services in Aargau. The new S-Bahn network was designed to complement the existing adjacent S-Bahn networks in Central Switzerland, Zurich and Basel. With that in mind, the line numbers selected for the new network were in the 20s (except the S14 Menziken–Aarau–Schöftland), so that there would be no conflict with the other networks. The new network was essentially a redesignation of its existing lines. No new stops were built for it, and no new rolling stock was purchased. In some cases, however, certain services in the 2007/2008 timetable were modified (e.g. the Langenthal–Baden through connection), and to a limited extent the frequency of services was increased. On 15 December 2019 the S29 was extended from Aarau to Sursee, replacing the

Lucerne S-Bahn The Lucerne S-Bahn () is an S-Bahn-style commuter rail network focusing on Lucerne in Central Switzerland. Opened on 12 December 2004, the network forms part of the Central Switzerland S-Bahn project (), which also includes the Zug Stadtbahn (). ...

S8.

Lines

, the network consists of the following lines. Unless otherwise stated, the lines are . The system is supported by regional trains of

Zürich S-Bahn The Zurich S-Bahn () system is a network of rail lines that has been incrementally expanded to cover the ZVV area, which comprises the entire canton of Zurich and portions of neighbouring cantons (Aargau, Glarus, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, ...

, with railway stations in the eastern part of the canton being only served by the latter. The following services of Zürich S-Bahn serve stations in the canton of Aargau: S6 (––), S11 (–/), S12 (–/), S17 (–), S19 (–), section Koblenz–Dietikon only served during peak-hour), S36 (–) and S42 (–, peak-hour only). Since 2022, the section between and is additionally supported by tram line 20 ( Limmattalbahn). Stations in the northwest of the canton of Argau are served by the S1 of

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(/–). Stations along the Seetal railway line (–) are served by the S9 of

. The system is additionally supported by

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(RE) trains RE6 (–, limited service), RE12 (Olten–) and RE37 (–).

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Related services

With the December 2021 timetable change,

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applied "S" designations to three Regio services in the

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: * : / ( –) –Olten * : –Solothurn * : – These were numbered S20–S22 to avoid conflicts with the Aargau S-Bahn and are not part of the network.

References

External links

AAR bus+bahn
�� official site
SBB-CFF-FFS
– official site {{Urban public transport in Switzerland S-Bahn in Switzerland

History

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See also

References

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