Lenzburg Stadt railway station (german: Bahnhof Lenzburg Stadt) was a
railway station
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in
Lenzburg
Lenzburg is a town in the central region of the Swiss canton Aargau and is the capital of the Lenzburg District. The town, founded in the Middle Ages, lies in the Seetal valley, about 3 kilometres south of the Aare river. Lenzburg and the neigh ...
in the
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canton of Aargau.
[Christoph Moser: ]
Zeitreise: Der Stadtbahnhof
', 24.01.2021 It was located at the station square (german: Seetalplatz) in '.
The station was opened in 1895 by ''Schweizerische Seethalbahn Aktiengesellschaft'', on the
Seetal line to
Wildegg. The station building by
had a small restaurant. By 1910, the line was electrified. The station (and line) were nationalized by
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in 1922. The present-day ''Malagarain'' street is built on some of the
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Trains from Lenzburg Stadt to had to
reverse
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at "Lenzburg Spitzkehre".
[Christoph Moser: ]
Zeitreise: Die Spitzkehre
', 20.12.2020 Towards Wildegg, the line passed through a small, now pedestrian, tunnel in the railway embankment.
Closure
With the opening of the
Heitersberg railway line in 1975, service from Lenzburg station further improved and Lenzburg Stadt was less used.
Lenzburg-Spitzkehre – Wildegg (SBB)
/ref> Passenger service ended on 2 June 1984 and installations were gradually dismantled. The station building was destroyed in 2003.[Christian Brenner: ]
Von der "blauen Kugel" zur Kerntangente : die Geschichte der Umfahrung von Lenzburg
', Lenzburger Neujahrsblätter, 2008, pages 5-51, especially 38-42.
After the tracks were removed, a covered bypass road (''Kerntangente'') was built on the land. The (former) building remained in the canton's building inventory until 2017.[Alter Bahnhof Lenzburg-Stadt (abgebrochen)](_blank)
LEN839.934 A house across the tracks of the former station still exists in 2021.
Gallery
Bahnhof Lenzburg-Stadt, 1919 (ETH-BIB-LBS MH01-001155).tif, Aerial view with Bahnhofstrasse in the top left corner, 1919
SBB Historic - F 116 00001 288 - Lenzburg Stadt.jpg, The station building in 1974
SBB Historic - F 122 00598 001 - Lenzburg Stadt Stationsgebaeude mit Reisezug De 4 4.jpg, Station with passenger train (likely before June 1984)
SBB_Historic_-_F_122_00598_003_-_Lenzburg_Stadt_Stationsgebaeude_Rueckseite.jpg, Seetalplatz side (ca. 1990)
SBB Historic - F 122 00598 006 - Lenzburg Stadt ehemaliges Stationsgebaeude Rueckseite.jpg, Former station building in 2001 (demolished in 2003)
Lenzburg-ehemaliger-Bahntunnel.jpg, former Seetalbahn tunnel near the station (2016)
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External links
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Railway stations in the canton of Aargau
Swiss Federal Railways stations
Disused railway stations in Switzerland
Railway stations closed in 2005
Lenzburg
Railway stations in Switzerland opened in 1895
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