La Chaux-de-Fonds railway station

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.

La Chaux-de-Fonds
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
Elevation	994 m (3,261 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Biel/Bienne–La Chaux-de-Fonds line La Chaux-de-Fonds–Glovelier line La Chaux-de-Fonds–Les Ponts-de-Martel line Neuchâtel–Le Locle-Col-des-Roches line
Distance	29.5 km (18.3 mi) from Neuchâtel 44.0 km (27.3 mi) from Tavannes [1]
Platforms	6 (3 island platforms)
Tracks	6
Train operators	BLS AG Chemins de fer du Jura SNCF Swiss Federal Railways Transports publics Neuchâtelois
Connections	Transports publics Neuchâtelois buses[2]
Construction
Parking	Yes (46 spaces)
Bicycle facilities	Yes (46 spaces)
Accessible	Partly
Architect	Jean Béguin, Louis-Ernest Prince (1903)
Other information
Station code	8504314 (CF)
Fare zone	20 (Onde Verte [fr])[3]
History
Opened	2 July 1857 (1857-07-02)
Passengers
2023	11'500 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 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 La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Forges towards Besançon TER Terminus Preceding station Chemins de fer du Jura Following station Terminus R36 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

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 2024 timetable change,^[update] 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

• Trains portal
• Architecture portal
• Switzerland portal

• History of rail transport in Switzerland
• Rail transport in Switzerland

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 17. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "Plan de réseau" (PDF) (in French). TransN. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
3. "Plan de zones" (PDF). Onde Verte. December 2024. Retrieved 26 December 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). 15 December 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2024.

External links

• Media related to La Chaux-de-Fonds railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• La Chaux-de-Fonds railway station – SBB