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 | ||||||||||
| 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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| Fare zone | 20 (Onde Verte) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 12 December 2021 | ||||||||||
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| 2022 | 180 per weekday | ||||||||||
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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.[4][2] 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 12 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 2022 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Forges:[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "Plan de zones". Onde Verte. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 17. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. June 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ Neuchâtel (20 June 2018). "La gare de la Fiaz à nouveau sur les rails". RTN (in Swiss French). Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "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). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
External links[edit]
Media related to La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Forges railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
