🇨🇭 Baden

Major

Quick Facts

Country	🇨🇭
Type	Major
Coordinates	47.476438, 8.307578
Timezone	Europe/Zurich
Connections	773
UIC Code	8503504

About Baden

Baden station is one of the most important commuter rail hubs in the canton of Aargau, sitting at the point where the Limmat river leaves the Jura hills and opens into the Swiss Mittelland, just 25 kilometres northwest of Zürich. The city of Baden has a long history as a spa town — the name derives from the hot sulphurous springs that have attracted visitors since Roman times — and as an industrial centre that was home to the ABB engineering corporation and its predecessors for over a century. Frequent S-Bahn services on lines S6 and S12 connect Baden with Zürich Hauptbahnhof in around 20 minutes, and intercity trains also stop here, making it one of the best-connected smaller cities in the Zürich metropolitan region.

Frequently Asked Questions

Baden station is centrally located, about a 5-minute walk from the old town and the Limmat river. The historic spa quarter and the wooden covered bridge are within easy walking distance. Baden is just 20 minutes from Zurich by frequent S-Bahn services.

SBB InterRegio and S-Bahn trains connect Baden to Zurich in about 15 to 20 minutes. InterRegio services also run to Bern and Basel. Baden is one of the busiest commuter stations in the Zurich metropolitan area, with very frequent departures.

Baden station has a ticket office, SBB Travel Centre, luggage lockers, shops, and a cafe. The station was modernised and expanded in recent years to handle its heavy commuter traffic.

Baden has been a spa town since Roman times, with thermal baths still in operation. The Langmatt Museum in a Jugendstil villa houses an impressive Impressionist art collection. The medieval old town with its covered bridge over the Limmat and the hilltop castle ruins are charming to explore.

Baden's thermal springs have been used since Roman times, when the settlement was known as Aquae Helveticae. The town hosted the Swiss Diet (federal parliament) for centuries before Bern became the capital. The famous Baden Treaty of 1714 ended the War of the Spanish Succession.

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