La Chaux-de-Fonds railway station

La Chaux-de-Fonds
Broad stone-faced building with three two-story curved windows
The station building in 2018
General information
LocationPlace de la Gare
La Chaux-de-Fonds
Switzerland
Coordinates47°5′55.0″N 6°49′33.6″E / 47.098611°N 6.826000°E / 47.098611; 6.826000
Elevation994 m (3,261 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)
Distance
[1]
Platforms6 (3 island platforms)
Tracks6
Train operators
ConnectionsTransports publics Neuchâtelois buses[2]
Construction
Parking46
Bicycle facilities46
AccessiblePartly
ArchitectJean Béguin, Louis-Ernest Prince (1903)
Other information
Station code8504314 (CF)
Fare zone20 (Onde Verte [fr])[3]
History
Opened2 July 1857 (1857-07-02)
Passengers
202311'500 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 R36 La Chaux-de-Fonds-Est
towards Glovelier
Preceding station Transports publics Neuchâtelois Following station
La Chaux-de-Fonds-Grenier 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.

  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". Onde Verte. Retrieved 6 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.