Basel Badischer Bahnhof
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| Location | Schwarzwaldallee 200 CH-4016 Basel Basel, Basel-Stadt Operates as if in Baden-Württemberg Switzerland / Germany | ||||
| Coordinates | 47°34′03″N 7°36′26″E / 47.5674°N 7.6071°E | ||||
| Owned by | Bundeseisenbahnvermögen (since 1994); Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway (until 1920), Deutsche Reichsbahn (1920-1949), Deutsche Bundesbahn (1949-1993) | ||||
| Operated by | DB Station&Service & DB Netz | ||||
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| Platforms | 5 side platforms | ||||
| Tracks | 10 | ||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||
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| Station code | - | ||||
| DS100 code | RB | ||||
| IBNR | 8000026 | ||||
| Category | - | ||||
| IATA code | ZBA | ||||
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| History | |||||
| Opened | 19 February 1855 | ||||
| Electrified | 13 September 1913 when the present edifice opened | ||||
| Previous names | 1935-1948 Basel Deutsche Reichsbahn or Basel DRB | ||||
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Basel Badischer Bahnhof (Basel Baden Railway station; abbreviated Basel Bad) is a railway station in the Swiss city of Basel 2 km south of the Germany–Switzerland border. Despite its location, its land is an enclave of the EU Customs Union of Germany, with German rules applying to its rail traffic and infrastructure, the latter owned and operated by the respective German entities so that, for example, the station's clocks bear the "DB" logo of Deutsche Bahn.
The station is the city's second-largest, the larger being Basel SBB railway station operated by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS). Basel Bad is served by the tri-national Regio S-Bahn Basel and by long-distance trains to and from Freiburg, Offenburg, Karlsruhe, Mannheim, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Berlin and other cities, and is listed as a Swiss Heritage Site of national significance.