Neuchâtel railway station
Neuchâtel railway station (French: Gare de Neuchâtel) serves the municipality of Neuchâtel, the capital city of the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Opened in 1857, it is owned and operated by SBB-CFF-FFS.
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| Location | Place de la Gare 1 Neuchâtel Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°59′48.1″N 6°56′8.5″E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 479 m (1,572 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1857 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The station forms part of one of Switzerland's most important railway lines, the Jura foot railway (Olten–Genève-Aéroport), which is one of two routes used by intercity trains between Geneva and Zürich. It is also a junction for SBB-CFF-FFS lines to Le Locle and Pontarlier, and for the BLS line from Bern.[1]
Location
Neuchâtel railway station is situated at Place de la Gare to the north east of the city centre, about a 15-minute walk from the central pedestrian zone. The Funambule funicular links the station to the lower part of the town, near the university.
Services
As of the December 2021 timetable change, the following services stop at Neuchâtel:[2]
- InterCity:
- hourly service between Lausanne and Zürich Hauptbahnhof.
- hourly service between Geneva Airport and Rorschach.
- InterRegio: hourly service between La Chaux-de-Fonds and Bern.
- RegioExpress:
- Regio:
- hourly to half-hourly service to Biel/Bienne.
- half-hourly service to Buttes.
- half-hourly service to Corcelles-Peseux.
- hourly service to Gorgier-St-Aubin, with rush-hour trains continuing to Yverdon-les-Bains.
- RER Fribourg S20 / Bern S-Bahn S5: hourly service to Fribourg or Bern and hourly service on weekdays to Romont.
References
- Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 17. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- "Départ: Gare de Neuchâtel" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in French). 12 December 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
External links
Media related to Neuchâtel railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Neuchâtel railway station – SBB
- Interactive station plan (Neuchâtel)
- Transports Régionaux Neuchâtelois - official site (in French)