Classic route
Ligne des Horlogers
Besançon → La Chaux-de-Fonds · France · Switzerland
The Watchmakers’ Line: out of Besançon and up the Doubs gorges to 1,000 m Jura plateaus, crossing into Switzerland at Le Locle for watch-capital La Chaux-de-Fonds.
- Distance
- 85 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 1 h 35 min
- Average speed
- 54 km/h
- Top speed
- 90 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmBesançon Viotte
- 3 kmBesançon-Mouillère
- 7 kmMorre
- 10 kmSaône
- 15 kmMamirolle
- 22 kmL'Hôpital-du-Grosbois
Show 6 more stations
- 26 kmÉtalans
- 30 kmLe Valdahon Camp Militaire
- 32 kmLe Valdahon
- 40 kmAvoudrey
- 54 kmGilley
- 66 kmMorteau
- 76 kmLe Locle - Col-des-Roches
- 78 kmLe Locle
- 82 kmLe Crêt-du-Locle
- 84 kmLa Chaux-de-Fonds Les Forges
- 86 kmLa Chaux-de-Fonds +2
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. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 6389129: 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 5 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of TER 18107
- 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 Ligne des Horlogers?
The Ligne des Horlogers runs 85 km from Besançon to La Chaux-de-Fonds. It runs through France and Switzerland.
How long does the Ligne des Horlogers take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 1 h 35 min for the 85 km. That is an average of 54 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 90 km/h.
Who runs the Ligne des Horlogers?
SNCF, with TER X73500 railcar.
How old is the Ligne des Horlogers?
The line has been in service since 1884. 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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