Neuchâtel railway station

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
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	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 [2]
Construction
Parking	Yes (190 spaces)
Bicycle facilities	Yes (278 spaces)
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	8504221 (NE)
Fare zone	10 (Onde Verte [fr])[3]
History
Opened	1857 (1857)
Passengers
2023	31'200 per weekday[4] (BLS, SBB, TPF, transN)
Rank	22 of 1'159
Services Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station Yverdon-les-Bains towards Lausanne IC 5 Biel/Bienne towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof, St. Gallen or Rorschach Yverdon-les-Bains towards Geneva Airport IR 57 Terminus Chambrelien towards Le Locle RE6 Travers towards Frasne RE9 RE9 Weekends only Bern Terminus Neuchâtel-Serrières towards Yverdon-les-Bains R13 St-Blaise CFF towards Biel/Bienne Terminus R16 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 Marin-Epagnier towards Bern Preceding station RER Fribourg Following station Terminus S20 St-Blaise-Lac towards Fribourg/Freiburg S21 Marin-Epagnier towards Fribourg/Freiburg 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 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 2024 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Neuchâtel:[5]

• InterCity: half-hourly service between Lausanne and Zürich Hauptbahnhof, with every other train continuing to Rorschach, rush-hour trains continue from Zürich Hauptbahnhof to St. Gallen.
• InterRegio:
  • : hourly service between La Chaux-de-Fonds and Bern.
  • : daily rush-hour service on weekdays to Bern.
  • limited service to Geneva Airport.
• 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 Yverdon-les-Bains.
• RER Fribourg S20/S21: half-hourly service to Fribourg/Freiburg.
• Bern S-Bahn S5: hourly service to Bern.

See also

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

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 17. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "Plan de réseau" (PDF) (in French). TransN. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
3. "Plan de zones" (PDF). Onde Verte. December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
4. "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Neuchâtel, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
5. "Départ: Gare de Neuchâtel" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in French). 15 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.

External links

• Media related to Neuchâtel railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Neuchâtel railway station – SBB
• Interactive station plan (Neuchâtel)