Liestal: City and SBB lay foundation stone for new station area

The redevelopment of the Liestal station area has reached a milestone with the laying of the foundation stone for the new buildings. SBB is constructing a new station building, a residential and commercial building and a connecting building on a plot of land measuring a good 4,400 square meters. The planning was done by Burkard Meyer Architekten.

According to SBB, the first floors of the buildings will be occupied by retail and catering outlets as well as the SBB Travel Center. The upper floors of the station building will be for office and service uses. The residential and commercial building will have one office floor and five residential floors. The respective basement floors will house retail space, and the passenger underpasses can also be accessed from here. SBB has put the investment volume at CHF 52 million. The new buildings will complete the urban development that was initiated in the immediate vicinity with the Uno, Due and Tre buildings, SBB writes in a statement.

New bicycle station and four-lane track extension

The city of Liestal is building an underground bicycle station with around 500 parking spaces on the north side of the station, at Bahnhofplatz. In addition, the Orisstegen will provide a barrier-free connection between the Sichtern and Schwieri neighborhoods and the train station. The cost of these projects is CHF 7.7 million.

The development of the station area is connected with the infrastructure project "Four-lane extension and reversing track Liestal": From the end of 2025, trains between Basel and Olten are to run more punctually and the S-Bahn between Liestal and Basel at quarter-hourly intervals. To this end, the station platform and its two approaches will be expanded to four lanes throughout, and a new stopping track for commuter trains will be built in the north of the station area. (ah)