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Neuchâtel railway station

Railway station in Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Neuchâtel
The station building in 2024
General information
Location	Place de la Gare 1 Neuchâtel Switzerland
Coordinates	46°59′48.1″N 6°56′8.5″E / 46.996694°N 6.935694°E / 46.996694; 6.935694
Elevation	479 m (1,572 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Bern–Neuchâtel line Jura Foot line Neuchâtel–Le Locle-Col-des-Roches line Neuchâtel-Pontarlier line
Distance	42.9 kilometres (26.7 mi) from Bern 75.3 kilometres (46.8 mi) from Lausanne [1]
Platforms	1side platform 3island platforms
Tracks	7
Train operators	BLS AG Swiss Federal Railways Transports publics Fribourgeois Transports publics neuchâtelois [fr]
Connections	TN trolleybuses (line 7) TN buses (lines 9, 9b, 10, S) CarPostal SA bus line [2]
Construction
Parking	190
Bicycle facilities	278
Other information
Station code	NE
Fare zone	10 (Onde Verte [fr])[3]
History
Opened	1857 (1857)
Passengers
2022	26'900 per weekday[4] (BLS,SBB,TPF,trasN (TPF partly recorded))
Rank	21 of 1'160
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station Yverdon-les-Bains towards Geneva AirportorLausanne IC 5 Biel/Bienne towards Rorschach Chambrelien towards Le Locle RE6 Terminus Travers towards Frasne RE9 RE9 Weekends only Bern Terminus Neuchâtel-Serrières towards Yverdon-les-Bains R13 Limited service Terminus Neuchâtel-Serrières towards Gorgier-St-Aubin R14 Terminus R16 St-Blaise CFF towards Biel/Bienne Les Deurres towards Corcelles-Peseux R23 Terminus Preceding station BLS Following station Chambrelien towards La Chaux-de-Fonds IR 66 Ins towards Bern Terminus IR 66 Rush-hour service Ins One-way operation St-Blaise-Lac towards Bern Preceding station RER Fribourg Following station Terminus S20 St-Blaise-Lac towards Romont FR Preceding station Transports publics Neuchâtelois Following station Neuchâtel-Serrières towards Buttes R21 Terminus Preceding station Bern S-Bahn Following station Terminus S5 St-Blaise-Lac towards Bern
Location

Neuchâtel railway station (French: Gare de Neuchâtel) serves the municipalityofNeuchâtel, the capital city of the cantonofNeuchâtel, Switzerland. Opened in 1857, it is owned and operated by SBB-CFF-FFS.

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[edit]

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[edit]

As of the December 2023 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Neuchâtel:^[5]

• 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.
  • : daily rush-hour service to Bern.
• RegioExpress:
  • hourly service to Le Locle.
  • three trains per day to Frasne, connecting with the Paris–Lausanne TGV Lyria service.
  • daily service on weekends to Bern.
• 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/FreiburgorBern and hourly service on weekdays to Romont FR.

See also[edit]

• History of rail transport in Switzerland
• Rail transport in Switzerland
• Trams in Neuchâtel

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Media related to Neuchâtel railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Neuchâtel railway station – SBB
• Interactive station plan (Neuchâtel)
• Transports Régionaux Neuchâtelois - official site (in French)