Classic route
Neuchâtel–Pontarlier railway
Pontarlier → Neuchâtel · France · Switzerland
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Neuchâtel–Pontarlier railway in pictures
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- Distance
- 52 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 52 min
- Average speed
- 60 km/h
- Operator
- SNCF · SBB
- Train
- TER / RegioExpress
- Countries
- France, Switzerland
- In service since
- 1860
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
The Franco-Suisse line of 1860 through the Val-de-Travers, single track over the Jura from Pontarlier down to the Neuchâtel lakeshore.
How this line was checked
- The 36 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 14266115 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, 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 9 (Zug-Nr. 18123)
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
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