La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Forges railway station

Railway station in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland

47°5′29.0537″N 6°48′46.1682″E / 47.091403806°N 6.812824500°E / 47.091403806; 6.812824500Elevation1,001 m (3,284 ft)Line(s)Neuchâtel–Le Locle-Col-des-Roches lineDistance30.7 km (19.1 mi) from NeuchâtelPlatforms1 side platformTracks1Train operatorsSwiss Federal RailwaysConstructionAccessibleYesOther informationStation code8504321 (CFO)Fare zone20 (Onde Verte [fr])[1]HistoryOpened12 December 2021 (2021-12-12)Passengers2023260 per weekday[2] (SBB) Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station
Le Crêt-du-Locle
towards Le Locle
 R20 La Chaux-de-Fonds
towards Neuchâtel
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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

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 12 December 2021 timetable change.[6]

Layout

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

As of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Forges:[8][9]

References

  1. ^ "Plan de zones". Onde Verte. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
  3. ^ Neuchâtel (20 June 2018). "La gare de la Fiaz à nouveau sur les rails". RTN (in Swiss French). Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  4. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 17. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  5. ^ "Le Canton débloque 5,9 millions pour la halte ferroviaire de la Fiaz". RTN (in Swiss French). 2 October 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  6. ^ "La Chaux-de-Fonds possède sa nouvelle gare des Forges". ArcInfo [de; fr] (in French). 12 December 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Haltestelle: Perronkante - inkl. BLS". data.sbb.ch. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Col-des-Roches - Le Locle - La Chaux-de-Fonds - Neuchâtel" (PDF) (in French). öv-info. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Départ: Gare de La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Forges" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in French). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
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