Funiculaire de Chaumont

Funiculaire de Chaumont
upper station (2014)
Overview
Other name(s)	Funiculaire La Coudre-Chaumont
Status	In operation
Owner	Transports publics Neuchâtelois (TransN, TRN)
Locale	Neuchâtel Switzerland
Termini	"Neuchâtel, La Coudre (FUNI)" at Rue de la Dîme Chaumont (FUNI)
Stations	2
Website	TransN
Service
Type	Funicular
Operator(s)	Transports publics Neuchâtelois
Rolling stock	1 for 70 persons (since 2007), 2 (before 2007)
History
Opened	October 15, 1910 (1910-10-15)
Single car	2007
Technical
Line length	2,091 m (6,860 ft)
Number of tracks	1 (with loop until 2007)
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Operating speed	5 metres per second (16 ft/s)
Highest elevation	1,087 m (3,566 ft)
Maximum incline	46% (min. 14.5%)

Funiculaire de Chaumont is one of the funicular railways in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. It leads from La Coudre [fr] at 517 metres (1,696 ft) to Chaumont at 1,087 m (3,566 ft),[1] a viewpoint and summit (1,177 m (3,862 ft)) of the Jura range.[2] The line with a length of 2,091 m (6,860 ft) has a difference of elevation of 570 m (1,870 ft) at an incline from 15% to 46%.[1] It has four viaducts with a total length of 570 m (1,870 ft).[2]

The line was opened in 1910[3] as a single-track funicular with two cars and a passing loop.[1] A new tram line linked it to Neuchâtel railway station.[2] It replaced a projected two-section funicular.[2]

In 2007, the passing loop and the second car were removed.[1]

The funicular is owned and operated by Transports publics Neuchâtelois.[1]

References

1. Funiculaires (in French), Transports publics Neuchâtelois
2. Tripet, Philippe (1911), "Chemin de fer Neuchâtel-Chaumont tramway et funiculaire", Bulletin Technique de la Suisse Romande (in French), 37 (18/20/21/23): 206–208, 231–234, 241–243, 265–269
3. Mathys, Ernst (1942), Hundert Jahre Schweizerbahnen, historisch und technisch dargestellt, 1841-1941; Les chemins de fer suisses au cours d'un siècle, aperçu historique et technique, 1841-1941 (in German and French), Bern, pp. 24, 67, 88