Scenic route
Biel–La Chaux-de-Fonds railway
La Chaux-de-Fonds → Biel/Bienne · Switzerland
- Distance
- 43 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 45 min
- Average speed
- 57 km/h
- Operator
- SBB
- Train
- RE 4 · RegioExpress
- Countries
- Switzerland
- In service since
- 1874
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Single track up out of Biel through the Jura gorges to the watchmaking city of La Chaux-de-Fonds at 1,000 m, worked since 1874.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 19880834 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of RE 4 (Zug-Nr. 3661)
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
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