Editing Basel (section)

==== Railways ====
[[File:Bahnhof Basel SBB (50196008388).jpg|thumb|right|[[Basel SBB railway station|Basel SBB]] station, built in 1907]]
Basel was the first Swiss city with a railway station and it has long held an important place as a rail hub.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Burckhardt|first=Paul|title=Geschichte der Stadt Basel von der Zeit der Reformation bis zur Gegenwart|publisher=Helbing & Lichtenhahn|year=1942|location=Basel|pages=263}}</ref> Three main railway stations—those of the [[Rail transport in Switzerland|Swiss]], [[Rail transport in France|French]] and [[Rail transport in Germany|German]] networks—lie within the city, although the Swiss ([[Basel SBB railway station|Basel SBB]]) and French ([[Basel SBB railway station|Bâle SNCF]]) stations are actually in the same complex, separated by customs and immigration facilities. The German [[Basel Badischer Bahnhof]] (abbreviated to {{lang|de|Basel Bad Bf}}) is on the northern side of the city. Two other, smaller stations within the city limits are {{rws|Basel Dreispitz}} and {{rws|Basel St. Johann}}. All stations are connected to the local [[Basler Verkehrsbetriebe|tram and bus network]] (BVB). Basel's regional rail services are supplied by the [[Basel S-Bahn]], which links the city with destinations in Switzerland, France and Germany.

Most long-distance trains call at Basel SBB station, such as [[EuroCity|EC]], [[TGV Lyria|TGV]], [[Intercity Express|ICE]], [[InterCity (Switzerland)|IC]] and [[InterRegio#Switzerland|IR]] services. The ICE also calls at Basel Bad Bf. The new [[high-speed rail|high-speed]] ICE railway line from [[Karlsruhe–Basel high-speed railway|Karlsruhe to Basel]] was completed in 2008 while phase I of the [[LGV Rhin-Rhône|TGV Rhine-Rhône]] line, opened in December 2011, has reduced travel time from Basel to Paris to about 3 hours.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SNCF website, TGV Lyria 9218 |url=http://www.infolignes.com/recherche.php?date_num_train=2012%7C05%7C14&type_heure=1&train_horaire_depart=14%7C00&next_horaire=14%7C00&num_train=9218 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140930202505/http://www.infolignes.com/recherche.php?date_num_train=2012%7C05%7C14&type_heure=1&train_horaire_depart=14%7C00&next_horaire=14%7C00&num_train=9218 |archive-date=30 September 2014 |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=SNCF Group |language=en}}</ref>

The largest goods railway complex of the country<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basel.com/en/getting-there-exploring-the-city/Basel-s-railway-stations|title=Arrival by train|access-date=16 October 2020|archive-date=17 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017223940/https://www.basel.com/en/getting-there-exploring-the-city/Basel-s-railway-stations|url-status=live}}</ref> is located just outside the city, spanning the [[municipalities of Switzerland|municipalities]] of [[Muttenz]] and [[Pratteln]].