Besançon–Le Locle railway line

Railway line in France and Switzerland
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map

Legend
km
SNCF to Dole
405.8
 Besançon-Viotte
218 m
SNCF to Vesoul
407.3
SNCF to Belfort
Beauregard tunnel (451 m)
408.8
 Besançon-Mouillère
249 m
Doubs (119 m)
Tunnel-canal de Besançon [fr] (45 m)
Porte-Taillée tunnel (74 m)
Trois-Châtels tunnel (109 m)
Saint-Léonard tunnel (59 m)
Le Pavillon tunnel (328 m)
412.8
 Morre
346 m
Morre tunnel (874 m)
416.1
 Saône
387 m
421.0
 Mamirolle
467 m
SNCF to Lods [fr]
427.6
 L'Hôpital-du-Grosbois
567 m
432.3
 Étalans
599 m
435.8
 Le Valdahon Camp Militaire
438.0
 Le Valdahon
649 m
445.9
 Avoudrey
720 m
452.3
 Longemaison
Tounay tunnel (431 m)
460.3
23.3
 Gilley
865 m
SNCF to Pontarlier [fr]
463.7
 Rémonot
Rémonot tunnel (280 m)
469.0
 Grand'Combe-Châteleu
472.0
 Morteau
755 m
Doubs (51 m)
Lachenoy tunnel (408 m)
478.5
 Villers-le-Lac
L'Essart tunnel (77 m)
Malpas viaduct(68 m)
Malpas tunnel (232 m)
Col-des-Roches tunnel (427 m)
481.7
39.6
France
Switzerland
SNCF
SBB
907 m
38.7
 Le Locle-Col-des-Roches
915 m
37.1
 Le Locle
946 m
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The Besançon–Le Locle railway line is a standard gauge railway line in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in France. A small section of the line extends into the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. It runs 75.9 kilometres (47.2 mi) from a junction with the Neuchâtel–Le Locle-Col-des-Roches line at Le Locle-Col-des-Roches west to Besançon-Viotte, where it meets two other lines. SNCF owns and operates the line.

Operation

TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté operates passenger services over the line. The majority of trains operate between Besançon-Viotte and Le Valdahon; some continue east from Le Valdahon to La Chaux-de-Fonds in Switzerland.[3] Swiss trains do not operate west of Le Locle.[4]

References

  1. ^ Atlas ferroviaire de la France Tome I Nord. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2015. pp. 67–68, 80. ISBN 978-3-89494-143-7.
  2. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 17. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  3. ^ "LA CHAUX-DE-FONDS > MORTEAU > BESANÇON VIOTTE" (PDF) (in French). TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Col-des-Roches - Le Locle - La Chaux-de-Fonds - Neuchâtel" (PDF) (in French). Swiss Federal Railways. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2022.

External links

  • Media related to Ligne Besançon-Viotte - Le Locle-Col-des-Roches at Wikimedia Commons
  • 2022 timetable