La Chaux-de-Fonds railway station explained

Style:Swiss Federal Railways
La Chaux-de-Fonds
Address:Place de la Gare
Borough:La Chaux-de-Fonds
Country:Switzerland
Owned:Swiss Federal Railways
Platforms:3 island platforms
Tracks:6
Connections:Transports publics Neuchâtelois buses[1]
Architect:Jean Béguin, Louis-Ernest Prince (1903)
Zone:20 [2]
Passengers:9,800 per weekday (excludes CJ and TPN)[3]
Pass Year:2018
Mapframe:yes

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, 7km (04miles) 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:[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Plan de réseau . fr . Transports publics Neuchâtelois . 15 December 2019 .
  2. Web site: Plan de zones . Onde Verte . December 2019 . 17 July 2020 . 15 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200715030850/https://www.ondeverte.ch/fileadmin/pdf/PlanZone_OV-122019-005.pdf . dead .
  3. Web site: Passagierfrequenz . September 2019 . 17 July 2020 . Swiss Federal Railways.
  4. Web site: Départ: Gare de La Chaux-de-Fonds . fr . 10 December 2023 . . 10 December 2023 .