La Chaux-de-Fonds train station

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La Chaux-de-Fonds train station
La Chaux-de-Fonds station reception building
La Chaux-de-Fonds station reception building
Data
Location in the network Through station ,
connecting station
Platform tracks 6th
abbreviation CF
IBNR 8504314
opening 1857
Profile on SBB.ch No. 4314
location
City / municipality La Chaux-de-Fonds
Canton Neuchâtel
Country Switzerland
Coordinates 553 514  /  216605 coordinates: 47 ° 5 '56 "  N , 6 ° 49' 35"  O ; CH1903:  five hundred and fifty-three thousand five hundred fourteen  /  216605
Height ( SO ) 994  m
Railway lines
List of train stations in Switzerland
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The Gare de La Chaux-de-Fonds (German station La Chaux-de-Fonds ) is the main train station in the city of La Chaux-de-Fonds . It is connected to the standard gauge network of the Swiss Federal Railways as well as to two narrow-gauge lines .

history

The station was opened in 1857 when the Compagnie du Jura industriel (JI) opened the line from La Chaux-de-Fonds to Le Locle as the first section of the Neuchâtel – Le Locle-Col-des-Roches line. The station building, unlike all the others along the route, was made of stone, as it also housed the JI headquarters. The route has continued to Neuchâtel since 1859 . In 1888 the line from Biel was connected directly to the train station by a new tunnel. Before that, the route ended for 14 years at Les Convers station , where the cars were taken over by trains from Neuchâtel. In 1889, the Ponts – Sagne – La Chaux-de-Fonds Railway began operating on the meter-gauge line to Les Ponts-de-Martel . 1893 was the date in the Gare de La Chaux-de-Fonds Est ending route Saignelégier-La Chaux-de-Fonds , which is also meter gauge, about the new de Ville Hôtel bridge, which is shared by road and rail, in the La Chaux-de-Fonds station extended.

Investments

The station has three central platforms, of which the first (track 1/2) is equipped with meter-gauge tracks . The entrance building to the north, a cultural asset of regional importance , is directly connected to the level pedestrian underpass, there is no house platform. On the south side of the underpass there are two passenger elevators that connect the train station with the Rue de Commerce . A track field extends from the station about 700 meters in a south-westerly direction. There are various parking facilities and goods loading points. The facility for loading standard-gauge freight wagons onto narrow-gauge roller bolsters has not been in operation since 2010.

Use of the tracks

Bahnhofplatz

Since it was redesigned in 2015 and 2016, there has been a bus station operated by Transports Publics Neuchâtelois (transN) on Bahnhofplatz . The La Chaux-de-Fonds trolleybus was discontinued in 2014 and regular service was switched to hybrid buses . This prevented, among other things, the costs of laying the catenary that would arise due to the new bus station.

Services

In the station building there is an SBB travel center as well as several restaurants and shops, including an avec shop. A McDonald’s branch is operated in an annex to the southwest .

business

Stadler GTW of SBB as Regio to Biel , in the background SBB NPZ as RegioExpress to Le Locle
EWIII -Pendelzug the BLS on track five, ready to sail as RegioExpress to Bern
Stadler GTW of SBB to Biel (left) and Stadler Flirt of transN as RegioExpress to Le Locle (right)

The La Chaux-de-Fonds station is served exclusively by regional lines. The operation of the lines on the standard gauge lines is shared by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) with the BLS , the Transports Publics Neuchâtelois (transN) and TER Franche-Comté . The narrow-gauge line to Saignelégier is operated by the Chemins de fer du Jura (CJ), the trains to Les Ponts-de-Martel by transN.

Standard gauge

The regional trains coming from Biel are winged in Sonceboz-Sombeval , with the front part going via Moutier to Solothurn , while the rear part continues to La Chaux-de-Fonds. In the opposite direction, the two trains are united there.

Narrow gauge

Rolling stock

Two SNCF X 73500 diesel multiple units in double traction on track 4

The SBB used Stadler GTW compositions taken over from the BLS between Biel / Bienne and La Chaux-de-Fonds . Their automatic couplings make them suitable for the wing pull concept. The BLS use Re 465- hauled shuttle trains with standard wagons III , the transN trains on the Stadler-Flirt standard gauge line (TRN RABe 523 series). Since the route to France is not electrified, French X 73500 diesel railcars are used for this route . The CJ and transN only use shuttle trains on the narrow-gauge lines.

Web links

Commons : La Chaux-de-Fonds station  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Discontinued railways in Switzerland - Le Creux – Les Convers. Accessed on July 19, 2017.
  2. ↑ La Chaux-de-Fonds - Place de la Gare (French). Accessed July 19, 2017.
  3. ↑ Trolleybus La Chaux-de-Fonds operates a Swiss trolleybus association. May 28, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
  4. ↑ SBB - La Chaux-de-Fonds station. Accessed on 19 July 2017.
  5. ↑ a b SBB is modernizing its existing vehicle fleet. Press release from SBB . February 9, 2010. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
  6. ↑ BLS customers drive directly from Bern to La Chaux-de-Fonds. Press release from BLS . November 9, 2015, accessed July 19, 2017.
  7. ^ RABe 523. In: Eisenbahn @ juergs.ch. juergs.ch, accessed on November 25, 2018 .
  8. ↑ TransN flirt avec ses nouvelles rames (French) Radio RTN. March 24, 2017. Retrieved July 19, 2017.