Chemins de fer du Jura

Metre gauge across the Franches-Montagnes plateau: horse pastures and firs at 1,000 m from watch-town La Chaux-de-Fonds to Saignelégier, then a wooded ravine descent to Glovelier.

Stations

1. 0 kmLa Chaux-de-Fonds
2. 1 kmLa Chaux-de-Fonds Est
3. 6 kmLa Cibourg
4. 9 kmLa Ferrière
5. 10 kmLa Chaux-d'Abel
6. 11 kmLa Large-Journée
7. Show 8 more stations

   1. 13 kmLes Bois
   2. 16 kmLe Boéchet
   3. 18 kmLe Creux-des-Biches
   4. 21 kmLe Noirmont
   5. 23 kmLes Emibois
   6. 24 kmMuriaux
   7. 26 kmSaignelégier
   8. 28 kmLe Bémont
8. 31 kmPré-Petitjean
9. 35 kmLa Combe
10. 37 kmBollement
11. 41 kmCombe-Tabeillon
12. 46 kmGlovelier

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 15047895 — 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 R 36
• Wikipedia has an article for this line
• See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it

Questions and answers

How long is the Chemins de fer du Jura?

The Chemins de fer du Jura runs 51 km from La Chaux-de-Fonds to Glovelier.

How long does the Chemins de fer du Jura take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 10 min for the 51 km. That is an average of 44 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 90 km/h.

Who runs the Chemins de fer du Jura?

Chemins de fer du Jura, with CJ metre-gauge railcars.

How old is the Chemins de fer du Jura?

The line has been in service since 1892. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

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