La Chaux-de-Fonds railway station

Railway station in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland

Distance
  • 29.5 km (18.3 mi) from Neuchâtel
  • 44.0 km (27.3 mi) from Tavannes
[1]Platforms6 (3 island platforms)Tracks6Train operators
ConnectionsTransports publics Neuchâtelois buses[2]ConstructionParking46Bicycle facilities46AccessiblePartlyArchitectJean Béguin, Louis-Ernest Prince (1903)Other informationStation code8504314 (CF)Fare zone20 (Onde Verte [fr])[3]HistoryOpened2 July 1857 (1857-07-02)Passengers202311'500 per weekday[4] (BLS, SBB (excludes CJ and TRN)) Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station
Terminus RE4 St-Imier
towards Biel/Bienne
through to R20 RE6 Les Hauts-Geneveys
towards Neuchâtel
La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Forges
towards Le Locle
 R20 through to RE6
Le Crêt-du-Locle
towards Le Locle
 Terminus
Terminus R41 Renan BE
towards Biel/Bienne
Preceding station BLS Following station
Terminus IR 66 Les Hauts-Geneveys
towards Bern
Preceding station TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Following station
Le Crêt-du-Locle
towards Besançon
 TER
 Terminus
Preceding station Chemins de fer du Jura Following station
Terminus Regio
 La Chaux-de-Fonds-Est
towards Glovelier
Preceding station Transports publics Neuchâtelois Following station
La Chaux-de-Fonds-Grenier
towards Les Ponts-de-Martel
 R22 Terminus
Location
Map

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

As of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at La Chaux-de-Fonds:[5]

See also

  • iconTrains portal
  • iconArchitecture portal
  • flagSwitzerland portal

References

  1. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 17. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. ^ "Plan de réseau" (PDF) (in French). transN. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Plan de zones" (PDF). Onde Verte. December 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
  5. ^ "Départ: Gare de La Chaux-de-Fonds" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in French). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  • Media related to La Chaux-de-Fonds railway station at Wikimedia Commons
  • La Chaux-de-Fonds railway station – SBB