La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Forges railway station
La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Forges | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 The station platform in 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | La Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°5′29.0537″N 6°48′46.1682″E / 47.091403806°N 6.812824500°E | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 1,001 m (3,284 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Neuchâtel–Le Locle-Col-des-Roches line | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 30.7 km (19.1 mi) from Neuchâtel | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Train operators | Swiss Federal Railways | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 8504321 (CFO) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 20 (Onde Verte)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 12 December 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 260 per weekday[2] (SBB) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Forges railway station (French: Gare de La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Forges) is a railway station in the municipality of La Chaux-de-Fonds, in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Neuchâtel–Le Locle-Col-des-Roches line of Swiss Federal Railways.
History
[edit]Another station at the same location, La Chaux-de-Fonds Ouest (lit. 'La Chaux-de-Fonds West'), closed in 1995.[3][4] The new station was built at a cost of SFr 8.5 million, split between La Chaux-de-Fonds, the Canton of Neuchâtel, and the federal government.[5] The station opened with the December 2021 timetable change.[6]
Layout
[edit]La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Forges has a single side platform, 230 metres (750 ft) long. The platform is 55 centimetres (22 in) high.[7]
Services
[edit]As of the December 2024 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Forges:[8][9]
- Regio: two trains per hour to Le Locle and La Chaux-de-Fonds and one train per hour to Neuchâtel.
- TER: infrequent service between La Chaux-de-Fonds and Morteau or Besançon-Viotte.
References
[edit]- ^ "Plan de zones" (PDF). Onde Verte. December 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
- ^ Neuchâtel (20 June 2018). "La gare de la Fiaz à nouveau sur les rails". RTN (in Swiss French). Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 17. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "Le Canton débloque 5,9 millions pour la halte ferroviaire de la Fiaz". RTN (in Swiss French). 2 October 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "La Chaux-de-Fonds possède sa nouvelle gare des Forges". ArcInfo (in French). 12 December 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Haltestelle: Perronkante - inkl. BLS". data.sbb.ch. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Col-des-Roches - Le Locle - La Chaux-de-Fonds - Neuchâtel" (PDF) (in French). öv-info. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- ^ "Départ: Gare de La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Forges" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in French). 15 December 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
External links
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Media related to La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Forges railway station at Wikimedia Commons- La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Forges railway station – SBB
