La Chaux-de-Fonds railway station

La Chaux-de-Fonds
The station building in 2018
General information
Location	Place de la Gare La Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland
Coordinates	47°5′55.0″N 6°49′33.6″E / 47.098611°N 6.826000°E / 47.098611; 6.826000
Elevation	994 m (3,261 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Biel/Bienne–La Chaux-de-Fonds line La Chaux-de-Fonds–Glovelier line La Chaux-de-Fonds–Les Ponts-de-Martel line Neuchâtel–Le Locle-Col-des-Roches line
Distance	29.5 km (18.3 mi) from Neuchâtel 44.0 km (27.3 mi) from Tavannes [1]
Platforms	6 (3 island platforms)
Tracks	6
Train operators	BLS AG Chemins de fer du Jura SNCF Swiss Federal Railways Transports publics Neuchâtelois
Connections	Transports publics Neuchâtelois buses[2]
Construction
Parking	Yes (46 spaces)
Bicycle facilities	Yes (46 spaces)
Accessible	Partly
Architect	Jean Béguin, Louis-Ernest Prince (1903)
Other information
Station code	8504314 (CF)
Fare zone	20 (Onde Verte [fr])[3]
History
Opened	2 July 1857 (1857-07-02)
Passengers
2023	11'500 per weekday[4] (BLS, SBB (excludes CJ and TRN))
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station Terminus RE4 St-Imier towards Biel/Bienne through to R20 RE6 Les Hauts-Geneveys towards Neuchâtel La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Forges towards Le Locle R20 through to RE6 Terminus Terminus R41 Renan BE towards Biel/Bienne Preceding station BLS Following station Terminus IR 66 Les Hauts-Geneveys towards Bern Preceding station TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Following station La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Forges towards Besançon TER Terminus Preceding station Chemins de fer du Jura Following station Terminus R36 La Chaux-de-Fonds-Est towards Glovelier Preceding station Transports publics Neuchâtelois Following station La Chaux-de-Fonds-Grenier towards Les Ponts-de-Martel R22 Terminus
Location

La Chaux-de-Fonds railway station (French: Gare de La Chaux-de-Fonds) serves the municipality of La Chaux-de-Fonds, in the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

Opened in 1857, the station is owned and operated by SBB-CFF-FFS. It forms the junction between three SBB-CFF-FFS standard gauge lines: from Morteau in France (via Le Locle-Col des Roches), from Neuchâtel and from Biel/Bienne.

The station also offers interchange with two metre gauge lines: the Chemins de fer du Jura (CJ) line to Glovelier and the Transports publics Neuchâtelois line to Les Ponts-de-Martel.