Besançon–Le Locle railway line

The Besançon–Le Locle railway line is a standard gauge railway line in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in France. A small section of the line extends into the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. It runs 75.9 kilometres (47.2 mi) from a junction with the Neuchâtel–Le Locle-Col-des-Roches line at Le Locle-Col-des-Roches west to Besançon-Viotte, where it meets two other lines. SNCF owns and operates the line.

Besançon–Le Locle
The line crosses the Doubs beneath the Citadel of Besançon
Overview
OwnerSNCF
Line number872000
Termini
Stations11
Service
ServicesTER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Technical
Line length75.9 km (47.2 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map
km
elev
SNCF to Dole
405.8
 Besançon-Viotte
218 m
SNCF to Vesoul
407.3
SNCF to Belfort
Beauregard tunnel (451 m)
408.8
 Besançon-Mouillère
249 m
Doubs (119 m)
Tunnel-canal de Besançon (45 m)
Porte-Taillée tunnel (74 m)
Trois-Châtels tunnel (109 m)
Saint-Léonard tunnel (59 m)
Le Pavillon tunnel (328 m)
412.8
 Morre
346 m
Morre tunnel (874 m)
416.1
 Saône
387 m
421.0
 Mamirolle
467 m
SNCF to Lods
427.6
 L'Hôpital-du-Grosbois
567 m
432.3
 Étalans
599 m
435.8
 Le Valdahon Camp Militaire
438.0
 Le Valdahon
649 m
445.9
 Avoudrey
720 m
452.3
 Longemaison
Tounay tunnel (431 m)
460.3
23.3
 Gilley
865 m
SNCF to Pontarlier
463.7
 Rémonot
Rémonot tunnel (280 m)
469.0
 Grand'Combe-Châteleu
472.0
 Morteau
755 m
Doubs (51 m)
Lachenoy tunnel (408 m)
478.5
 Villers-le-Lac
L'Essart tunnel (77 m)
Malpas viaduct(68 m)
Malpas tunnel (232 m)
Col-des-Roches tunnel (427 m)
481.7
39.6
France
Switzerland
SNCF
SBB
907 m
38.7
 Le Locle-Col-des-Roches
915 m
transN to Les Brenets
37.1
 Le Locle
946 m
SBB to Neuchâtel
[1][2]

Operation

TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté operates passenger services over the line. The majority of trains operate between Besançon-Viotte and Le Valdahon; some continue east from Le Valdahon to La Chaux-de-Fonds in Switzerland.[3] Swiss trains do not operate west of Le Locle.[4]

References
  1. Atlas ferroviaire de la France Tome I Nord. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2015. pp. 67–68, 80. ISBN 978-3-89494-143-7.
  2. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 17. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  3. "LA CHAUX-DE-FONDS > MORTEAU > BESANÇON VIOTTE" (PDF) (in French). TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  4. "Col-des-Roches - Le Locle - La Chaux-de-Fonds - Neuchâtel" (PDF) (in French). Swiss Federal Railways. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
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