Besançon–Le Locle railway line

The Besançon–Le Locle railway line is a standard gauge railway line in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in France. A small section of the line extends into the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. It runs 75.9 kilometres (47.2 mi) from a junction with the Neuchâtel–Le Locle-Col-des-Roches line at Le Locle-Col-des-Roches west to Besançon-Viotte, where it meets two other lines. SNCF owns and operates the line.

Besançon–Le Locle
The line crosses the Doubs beneath the Citadel of Besançon
Overview
Owner	SNCF
Line number	872000
Termini	Besançon-Viotte Le Locle-Col-des-Roches
Stations	11
Service
Services	TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Technical
Line length	75.9 km (47.2 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map Legend km elev SNCF to Dole 405.8 Besançon-Viotte 218 m SNCF to Vesoul 407.3 SNCF to Belfort Beauregard tunnel (451 m) 408.8 Besançon-Mouillère 249 m Doubs (119 m) Tunnel-canal de Besançon [fr] (45 m) Porte-Taillée tunnel (74 m) Trois-Châtels tunnel (109 m) Saint-Léonard tunnel (59 m) Le Pavillon tunnel (328 m) 412.8 Morre 346 m Morre tunnel (874 m) 416.1 Saône 387 m 421.0 Mamirolle 467 m SNCF to Lods [fr] 427.6 L'Hôpital-du-Grosbois 567 m 432.3 Étalans 599 m 435.8 Le Valdahon Camp Militaire 438.0 Le Valdahon 649 m 445.9 Avoudrey 720 m 452.3 Longemaison Tounay tunnel (431 m) 460.3 23.3 Gilley 865 m SNCF to Pontarlier [fr] 463.7 Rémonot Rémonot tunnel (280 m) 469.0 Grand'Combe-Châteleu 472.0 Morteau 755 m Doubs (51 m) Lachenoy tunnel (408 m) 478.5 Villers-le-Lac L'Essart tunnel (77 m) Malpas viaduct(68 m) Malpas tunnel (232 m) Col-des-Roches tunnel (427 m) 481.7 39.6 France Switzerland SNCF SBB 907 m 38.7 Le Locle-Col-des-Roches 915 m transN to Les Brenets 37.1 Le Locle 946 m SBB to Neuchâtel [1][2] This diagram: view talk edit

Operation

TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté operates passenger services over the line. The majority of trains operate between Besançon-Viotte and Le Valdahon; some continue east from Le Valdahon to La Chaux-de-Fonds in Switzerland.^[3] Swiss trains do not operate west of Le Locle.^[4]

References

1. Atlas ferroviaire de la France Tome I Nord. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2015. pp. 67–68, 80. ISBN 978-3-89494-143-7.
2. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 17. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
3. "LA CHAUX-DE-FONDS > MORTEAU > BESANÇON VIOTTE" (PDF) (in French). TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
4. "Col-des-Roches - Le Locle - La Chaux-de-Fonds - Neuchâtel" (PDF) (in French). Swiss Federal Railways. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2022.

External links

• Media related to Ligne Besançon-Viotte - Le Locle-Col-des-Roches at Wikimedia Commons
• 2022 timetable