Neuchâtel railway station

Railway station in Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Distance

42.9 kilometres (26.7 mi) from Bern
75.3 kilometres (46.8 mi) from Lausanne

^[1]Platforms

1 side platform
3 island platforms

Tracks7Train 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]ConstructionParking190Bicycle facilities278Other informationStation codeNEFare zone10 (Onde Verte [fr])^[3]HistoryOpened1857 (1857)Passengers202226'900 per weekday^[4] (BLS,SBB,TPF,trasN (TPF partly recorded))Rank21 of 1'160 Services

Preceding station	Swiss Federal Railways		Following station
Yverdon-les-Bains towards Geneva Airport or Lausanne		IC 5	Biel/Bienne towards Rorschach
Chambrelien towards Le Locle		RE6	Terminus
Travers towards Frasne		RE9	Terminus
Travers towards Frasne		RE9 Weekends only	Bern Terminus
Neuchâtel-Serrières towards Yverdon-les-Bains		R13 Limited service	Terminus
Neuchâtel-Serrières towards Gorgier-St-Aubin		R14	Terminus
Terminus		R16	St-Blaise CFF towards Biel/Bienne
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
Terminus		IR 66 Rush-hour service	St-Blaise-Lac towards Bern
Preceding station	RER Fribourg		Following station
Terminus		S20	St-Blaise-Lac towards Romont
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 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 (2022)". Neuchâtel, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
^ "Départ: Gare de Neuchâtel" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in French). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2024.