La Chaux-de-Fonds railway station

La Chaux-de-Fonds
La Chaux-de-Fonds
	The station building in 2018
Location	Place de la Gare; La Chaux-de-Fonds; Switzerland
Coordinates	47°5′55.118″N 6°49′33.719″E
Elevation	994 m (3,261 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Biel/Bienne–La Chaux-de-Fonds line; La Chaux-de-Fonds–Les Ponts-de-Martel line; Neuchâtel–Le Locle-Col-des-Roches line; Saignelégier–La Chaux-de-Fonds line;
Distance	29.5 km (18.3 mi) from Neuchâtel[1]
Platforms	3
Train operators	BLS AG; Chemins de fer du Jura; SNCF; Swiss Federal Railways; Transports publics neuchâtelois;
Connections	Transports publics neuchâtelois buses[2]
Other information
Fare zone	20 (Onde Verte)[3]
History
Opened	2 July 1857
Passengers
2018	9,800 per weekday (excludes CJ and TPN)[4]
Services
Terminus	St-Imier towards Biel/Bienne
Le Crêt-du-Locle towards Le Locle	Terminus
Location
	La Chaux-de-Fonds Location within Switzerland La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds (Canton of Neuchâtel)

La Chaux-de-Fonds railway station (French: Gare de La Chaux-de-Fonds) serves the municipality of La Chaux-de-Fonds, in the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

Opened in 1857, the station is owned and operated by SBB-CFF-FFS. It forms the junction between three SBB-CFF-FFS standard gauge lines: from Morteau in France (via Le Locle-Col des Roches), from Neuchâtel and from Biel/Bienne.

The station also offers interchange with two metre gauge lines: the Chemins de fer du Jura (CJ) line to Saignelégier and the Transports Régionaux Neuchâtelois (TRN) line to Les Ponts-de-Martel.

History

The station was opened on 2 July 1857, together with the rest of the initial, 7 km (4.3 mi) long, La-Chaux-de-Fonds–Le Lochle section of the La Chaux-de-Fonds–Neuchâtel railway. This railway was constructed by the Compagnie du Jura industriel, to link the watchmaking industry in the Watch valley of the Neuchâtel Jura with the cantonal capital of Neuchâtel.

Location

La Chaux-de-Fonds railway station is situated at Place de la Gare, right in the centre of the city.

Services

The following services stop at La Chaux-de-Fonds:[5]

InterRegio/RegioExpress: half-hourly service to Neuchâtel and hourly service to Bern.
RegioExpress/Regio:
- two trains per hour to Le Locle.
- two trains per hour to Biel/Bienne.
TER: infrequent service to Morteau or Besançon-Viotte.
Regio:
- hourly service to Glovelier.
- hourly service to Les Ponts-de-Martel.

References

Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 17. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
"Plan de réseau" (PDF) (in French). Transports publics Neuchâtelois. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
"Plan de zones" (PDF). Onde Verte. December 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
"Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
"Départ: Gare de La Chaux-de-Fonds" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in French). 15 December 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

External links

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La Chaux-de-Fonds railway station – SBB

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[saw-1] Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 17. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.

[2] "Plan de réseau" (PDF) (in French). Transports publics Neuchâtelois. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

[onde-verte-3] "Plan de zones" (PDF). Onde Verte. December 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

[4] "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

[depart-5] "Départ: Gare de La Chaux-de-Fonds" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in French). 15 December 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2020.