Change of schedule: it changes for the Argovian commuters – there are also losers – Canton (Aargau) – Aargau

The Olten – Aarau four-lane motorway brings many areas to improve public transport: faster and more frequent from Zofingen to Aarau, directly from Wohlen to Olten, without having to change from Turgi to Aarburg. Construction work is proceeding as planned, the township announced, the Eppenberg tunnel will be commissioned in December 2020. In order to build the densest rail network in the world, commuters should expect to rail traffic restrictions over the next two years, the canton writes.

The most important changes

The next scheduled change, scheduled for December 9, will remove some commuter links for the township, but improvements will also be made. The most important changes summarized:

Route Aarau – Turgi – Olten – (Langenthal): The S29 passes in 2019 only between Aarau and Turgi, but now also on weekends every half hour and evening, two hours more. Due to construction work between Aarau and Olten, S29 trains temporarily stop at Aarau. The exceptions are two pairs of extra trains at rush hours in the morning and evening. These leave directly from Langenthal to Aarau (6h21) and vice versa from Aarau to Langenthal (7h01). A successful petition
It is thanks to Murgenthal and Rothrist that they will be able to keep at least one connection per hour to Aarau.

Route Olten – Aarau – Wettingen: For commuters this line brings the new schedule restrictions, individual regional trains stop at Wildegg.

Route Aarau – Winterthur: The S3 Aarau-Zurich becomes the S11 and travels directly from Zurich to Winterthur. Trains in this new S11 will have 300 meters during rush hours and provide additional seating for commuters.

No stop in Rupperswil

For commuters of Freiamt, the change of schedule also brings several changes:

Track Freiamt – Olten: The S26 Freiamt connects Aarau to Olten every hour. Schönenwerd and Däniken receive the 30-minute timer throughout the day. The stop in Rupperswil is omitted.

Route Muri – Zurich Main Station: The line between Muri and Zurich is also being upgraded: a new pair of trains will service Zurich's main train station at 7:40 am to Muri and at 8:32 am to go from Muri to the main train station. Zurich.

For the FDP National Council, Matthias Jauslin from Wohlen, these improvements are not enough. On several occasions, he has worked in recent years to improve Freiamt's rail link. In an address addressed to the Federal Council, he wrote in October: "Wohlen and its catchment area remain one of the largest and most populated centers of all Switzerland, not served by long-distance traffic" . He particularly asks Interregio trains from 2020 to Wohlen not only to pass but also to stop.

In addition, it comes on several bus lines for careful adjustments. Aarau-Frick: For example, the bus is a minute longer in Aarau, so commuters arriving from Olten by train do not miss the bus to Fricktal.

Fewer trains for the airport

Commuters who wish to travel from Aarau to Zurich Airport will face restrictions over the next two years. Intercity trains no longer serve the weekdays directly at the airport, but only during peak hours. On weekends, trains run every hour.

Hanspeter Hilfiker, president of the city of Aarau and president of the association "aarau regio" said: "The rail connections between the airport and the airport are important for international companies and Aarau loses the locational potential if the connection gets worse. "It is important to have a connection via the diameter line of Zurich's main train station, and welcomes the improvements in regional traffic at destination. and from Aarau, but the relentless situation with fast connections to Zurich, Bern and Basel bothers him: "For Aarau, these express trains are central. It would take more. "