Baden railway station

Baden railway station is the oldest surviving original station building in Switzerland still in active use, designated a Swiss Cultural Property of National Importance (Class A). It was designed by architect Ferdinand Stadler and opened in 1847 as the terminus of the Swiss Northern Railway — known colloquially as the 'Spanisch-Brötli-Bahn' (Spanish roll train), the country's second railway line, which connected Zurich to Baden and earned its nickname from Zurich residents who took the train on weekends to buy Baden's famous sweet rolls. While most early 19th-century Swiss station buildings were demolished or heavily rebuilt, Baden's has survived largely unaltered and continues to serve as an intercity stop on the SBB network today. As a functioning historic building with nearly 180 years of continuous railway use, it offers a rare, undisturbed glimpse into the earliest era of Swiss rail history.