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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, 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.

See also

• History of rail transport in Switzerland
• Rail transport in Switzerland
• Trams in Neuchâtel

References

External links

• Media related to Neuchâtel railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Neuchâtel railway station – SBB
• Interactive station plan (Neuchâtel)
• Transports Régionaux Neuchâtelois - official site (in French)