La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Forges
Side platform with covered canopy
The station platform in 2022
General information
LocationLa Chaux-de-Fonds
Switzerland
Coordinates47°5′29.0537″N 6°48′46.1682″E / 47.091403806°N 6.812824500°E / 47.091403806; 6.812824500
Line(s)Neuchâtel–Le Locle-Col-des-Roches line
Distance30.7 km (19.1 mi) from Neuchâtel
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Train operatorsSwiss Federal Railways
Other information
Fare zone20 (Onde Verte)
History
Opened12 December 2021 (2021-12-12)
Passengers
2022180 per weekday
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station
Le Crêt-du-Locle
towards Le Locle
 RE6 La Chaux-de-Fonds
towards Neuchâtel
Location
Notes

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.[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

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 2022 timetable change, the following services stop at La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Forges:[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Plan de zones". Onde Verte. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  2. 1 2 Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 17. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  3. ↑ "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. June 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  4. ↑ Neuchâtel (20 June 2018). "La gare de la Fiaz à nouveau sur les rails". RTN (in Swiss French). Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  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 (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). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
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