Transports Régionaux Neuchâtelois

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Transports Régionaux Neuchâtelois
TRN Logo.svg
Basic information
Company headquarters La Chaux-de-Fonds
Employee 180
sales 33.1dep1
Lines
Gauge 1000 and 1435 mm
railroad 3
bus 16
number of vehicles
Locomotives 1 standard gauge
Railcar 6 standard gauge
7 meter gauge
Trolleybuses 9 articulated cars,
3 solo cars
buses 14 articulated buses
26 solo buses
6 midibuses
6 minibuses
statistics
Passengers 3 million per year
Mileage 10.5 million km per year
Length of line network
Railway lines 34 km
Bus routes 167 km

The transport Régionaux Neuchâtelois (TRN) - in the commercial register as TRN SA add - were a regional transportation company based in La Chaux-de-Fonds , in the Swiss canton of Neuchatel . The name was already used before to denote the operating group. On May 23, 2012, the company merged with Transports en commun de Neuchâtel et environs (TN) and now operates as Transports Publics Neuchâtelois under the transN logo and the official abbreviation TRN.

history

The TRN company was created in 1999 through the merger of three companies already operating in a joint venture, in which the canton held substantial shares. The railway companies “Compagnie des Chemins de fer des Montagnes Neuchâteloises ” (CMN) and “Compagnie du Chemin de fer Régional du Val-de-Travers ” (RVT), as well as the bus company “Compagnie des Transports du Val -de-Ruz »(VR) merged. These companies have been operating under the common name of Transports Régionaux Neuchâtelois since 1987. In 2005, the La Chaux-de-Fonds city bus company, the “Compagnie des Transports en commun, La Chaux-de-Fonds” (TC), was merged into the TRN, which in turn became the Le Locle city bus company “Autobus Le Locle (ALL) »had taken over.

business

Rail operations

The TRN rail operations go back to originally three rail companies, each with its own main line. The extremely heterogeneous routes measure a total of 34.06 km, of which 13.59 km in standard gauge and 20.47 km in meter gauge.

Standard gauge

Trans N regional express to Le Locle in La Chaux-de-Fonds

→ Main article: Chemin de fer Régional du Val-de-Travers

Chemin de fer Régional du Val-de-Travers (RVT)
1435 mm 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC 11.98 km Travers-Fleurier-Buttes
1435 mm 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC
(until 2001) 		1.61 km Fleurier – St-Sulpice
(transferred to VVT in 2012)

The steam friends of the Vapeur Val-de-Travers (VVT) association have their home in St-Sulpice ; in summer, steam trips are offered on the branch route to Fleurier and further on one weekend a month. In 2012, VVT took over the license and the Fleurier – St-Sulpice line from TRN.

Meter gauge

→ Main article: Chemins de fer des Montagnes Neuchâteloises

Chemins de fer des Montagnes Neuchâteloises (CMN)
1000 mm 1500 V DC 4.24 km Le Locle – Les Brenets
1000 mm 1500 V DC 16.23 km La Chaux-de-Fonds – Les Ponts-de-Martel

The exchange of locomotives is common. The transition to the network of the CJ is also possible and is often done with the viewing control car (branch 21).

Bus operation

Mercedes-Benz articulated bus in Neuchâtel in 2000

The bus division of TRN includes

  • the overland operation of the former Compagnie des Transports du Val-de-Ruz (VR);
  • the city bus operations of the Compagnie des Transports en commun, La Chaux-de-Fonds (TC), which was integrated in 2005, including the La Chaux-de-Fonds trolleybus ;
  • the Le Locle city bus company (formerly TC, formerly ALL) and
  • the bus company Val de Travers (formerly RVT).

Predecessor companies

From 1903 to 1948 VR operated the Les Hauts-Geneveys – Villiers tram , an 8.2 kilometer long, meter-gauge overland tram in the eponymous Val de Ruz . After it was discontinued , this tram was replaced by the Val de Ruz trolleybus , this overland operation existed until 1984. At that time, the VR became a pure diesel bus operation.

In 1897 the “Tramway de La Chaux-de-Fonds” (TC) started operations. The tram network in La Chaux-de-Fonds had a maximum extension of a good five kilometers. When the tram was discontinued in 1950, TC became a trolleybus and bus company. In contrast to the VR, the trolleybus could hold up; three trolleybus routes are operated.

Vehicle fleet

Due to the different gauges, the rolling stock is not interchangeable.

Standard gauge (ex RVT)

→ Main article: RVT rolling stock

Time of the merger

At the time of the merger in 1999, the numbers 101, 102, 105, 106 and 107 of the railcars 101-107 of the former RVT were still in existence. Motor coaches 103 and 104 had already been sold, whereby in the new numbering grid (new 311-317), the number 313 was assigned to a motor coach purchased second-hand.

  • ABDe 537 311-312 (1944)
    ex ABDe 2/4 101-102, ex BCFe 2/4. 101 discarded (2006), 102 historic vehicle
  • EAV railcar (1965)
    ex ABDe 4/4 103, sold to MO in 1983
  • ABDe 537 313 (1946) «Blue Arrow»
    Acquisition 1995, ex BN ABDe 4/8 743. Discarded (2005), given to company in St. Sulpice
  • RBDe 567 315 ​​(1983), 316 (1985), 317 (1991) «Privatbahn-NPZ»
    former numbers 105-107, number 104 sold to GFM (1991)

Mutations

After the merger, new multiple units were purchased for the (Neuchâtel) Travers – Fleurier – Buttes route. These multiple units usually run alternately with SBB commuter trains from Neuchâtel to Buttes.

  • RABe 527 321–322 (2002–2003) «NINA» (identical to BLS )
    Sold to BLS in 2008 and 2009 (525 037 and 038)
  • RABe 527 331 (2007) " FLIRT " (identical to SOB )
  • RABe 527 332–333 (2009) “FLIRT”, appointed at the end of 2007

Meter gauge (ex CMN, PSC and RdB)

→ Main article: CMN vehicle fleet

The former as well as the current vehicle fleet of the meter - gauge railway lines Ponts – Sagne – Chaux-de-Fonds and Locle – Les Brenets is typical of a Swiss narrow-gauge railway company operating with little financial means. For reasons of cost and schedule, railcars and control cars had to be procured in Italy for electrification in 1950, which did not show any disadvantages. After a fundamental modernization, these vehicles still handle the traffic on the Le Locle – Les Brenets route.

It is noteworthy that two out of three steam locomotives and two passenger carriages of the Régional des Brenets have been preserved, which remain in a deep sleep in Les Brenets and in Chaulin near the Blonay-Chamby museum railway.

Historic vehicles

Standard gauge RVT

Upon delivery Construction year Manufacturer Owners today Location comment
owner Description designation number
RVT Diesel railcars ABm 2/5 9 1914 BBC / Rastatt / Sulzer Verkehrshaus
RVT Railcar ABDe 2/4 102 1945 SWS / BBC Fleurier 1)

1) ex BCFe 2/4 102. Operational. Is maintained and operated by the association RVT-Historique.

Meter gauge RdB

Upon delivery Construction year Manufacturer Owners today Location comment
owner Description designation number
RdB steam train G 3/3 1 1890 SLM BC Chaulin, museum "Le Doubs" 1)
RdB steam train G 3/3 2 1890 SLM Les Brenets "Le Père Frédéric" 1), 2)
RdB Passenger cars BC 11 1890 SIG BC Chaulin, museum 1) 3)
RdB Passenger cars CF 21st 1890 SIG BC Chaulin, museum 1)

1) Not operational. Property of the Blonay – Chamby heritage railway

2) Inoperable. Set in a mausoleum near Les Brenets train station.

3) Also referred to as BC 2 in older documentation.

Road vehicles

Trolleybus

Bus

The bus fleet can be divided into the following main series:

  • Mercedes-Benz Citaro (No. 211–218, 231, 232; 2000–2002)
  • Mercedes-Benz Citaro G (No. 221–228, 241–244; 2000–2003)
  • Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 416CDI (No. 21/22; 2005)
  • Solaris Urbino 18 (No. 261, 262; 2004)
  • Volvo 8700LE (No. 251-254, 271-273; 2003-2006)
  • Volvo / Alfabusz B7RLE (No. 291–294; 2008/09)
  • Volvo / Berkhof B6B (No. 191–193, 1996)
  • Volvo / Berkhof B10B (No. 92–94, 201, 202; 1997–1998)

There are also some loners of older types (NAW, Sprinter 312D, Volvo / Lauber B10R) in use.

literature

  • Jean-Philippe Coppex, Die Schweizer Überlandtrolleybusse , (Bilingual: French and German), Verlag Endstation Ostring, Geneva 2008, ISBN 978-3-9522545-3-0
  • Sébastien Jacobi: Centenaire des Chemins de fer des Montagnes neuchâteloises . Without publisher, La Chaux-de-Fonds 1990
  • Individual evidence
  1. ↑ 1987 annual reports from RVT, CMN, VR and TC
  2. ↑ History of the TRN company on its homepage ( Memento of the original from May 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.trn.ch
  3. ↑ Entry in the commercial register of the company ALL
  4. ↑ Federal Council press release

Web links

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