Neuchâtel railway station

Neuchâtel
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
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;
Platforms	7; 1 side platform; 3 island 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;
Construction
Parking	190
Bicycle facilities	278
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	8504221 (NE)
Fare zone	10 (Onde Verte [fr])
History
Opened	1857
Passengers
2023	31'200 per weekday (BLS, SBB, TPF, transN)
Rank	22 of 1'159
Services
	St-Blaise-Lac towards Bern
Location
Location

Neuchâtel railway station (French: Gare de Neuchâtel) serves the municipality of Neuchâtel, the capital city of the canton of Neuchâtel, 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

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

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/Freiburg or Bern and hourly service on weekdays to Romont FR.

References

^ ^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 16 May 2024.
^ "Plan de zones" (PDF). Onde Verte. December 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Neuchâtel, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
^ "Départ: Gare de Neuchâtel" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in French). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2024.