Le Locle railway station (French: Gare du Locle) is a railway station in the municipality of Le Locle, in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel. It is located at the junction of the standard gauge Neuchâtel–Le Locle-Col-des-Roches line of Swiss Federal Railways and the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) gauge Le Locle–Les Brenets line of Transports publics neuchâtelois.[1]
Le Locle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 The station building in 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Le Locle Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°3′28.4″N 6°44′46.3″E / 47.057889°N 6.746194°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 946 m (3,104 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways (since 1913); Jura industriel (1857-..) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 37.1 km (23.1 mi) from Neuchâtel[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Connections | Transports publics neuchâtelois buses[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 52 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | No | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 8504316 (LOC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 20 (Onde Verte)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1857 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1884 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 1931 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 3'000 per weekday[4] (SBB (except TRN)) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Le Remontoir is an inclined elevator linking it to the city centre.
Services
editAs of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Le Locle:[5][6][7]
- Regio: two trains per hour to La Chaux-de-Fonds, one train per hour to Neuchâtel, and hourly or better service to Les Brenets.
- TER: infrequent service from La Chaux-de-Fonds to Morteau or Besançon-Viotte.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers Wall. 2012. p. 17. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "Plan de réseau" (PDF) (in French). transN. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ "Plan de zones". Onde Verte. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Le Locle, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
- ^ "Col-des-Roches - Le Locle - La Chaux-de-Fonds - Neuchâtel" (PDF) (in French). öv-info. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ "Les Brenets - Le Locle (R24)" (PDF) (in French). öv-info. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ "Départ: Gare de Le Locle" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in French). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
External links
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Media related to Le Locle railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Le Locle railway station – SBB
