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Railway line in France and Switzerland
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

Legend
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 [fr] (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 [fr]
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 [fr]
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
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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.

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. Swiss trains do not operate west of Le Locle.

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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