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.

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, the following services stop at La Chaux-de-Fonds:

• 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

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

References

External links

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