La Chaux-de-Fonds railway station
La Chaux-de-Fonds | ||
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 The station building in 2018 | ||
| General information | ||
| Location | Place de la Gare La Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland | |
| Coordinates | 47°5′55.0″N 6°49′33.6″E / 47.098611°N 6.826000°E | |
| Elevation | 994 m (3,261 ft) | |
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | |
| Line(s) | ||
| Distance | [1] | |
| Platforms | 3 island platforms | |
| Tracks | 6 | |
| Train operators | ||
| Connections | Transports publics Neuchâtelois buses[2] | |
| Construction | ||
| Architect | Jean Béguin, Louis-Ernest Prince (1903) | |
| 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 | ||
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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 Glovelier and the Transports publics Neuchâtelois 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.
See also
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
Media related to La Chaux-de-Fonds railway station at Wikimedia Commons- La Chaux-de-Fonds railway station – SBB
