Bonfol railway station (french: Gare de Bonfol) is a railway station in the municipality of
Bonfol
Bonfol is a municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. It was also home to one of the most hazardous waste landfills in all of Switzerland.
History
Bonfol is first mentioned in 1136 as ''Bunfol''. The muni ...
, in the
Swiss
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canton of Jura. It is the northern terminus of the standard gauge
Porrentruy–Bonfol railway line
The Porrentruy–Bonfol railway line is a standard gauge railway line in the canton of Jura, Switzerland. It runs from a junction with the Delémont–Delle railway line at northeast to . Chemins de fer du Jura owns and operates the line. The li ...
of
Chemins de fer du Jura
The Chemins de fer du Jura is a railway company in the canton of Jura
The Republic and Canton of Jura (french: République et canton du Jura), less formally the Canton of Jura or Canton Jura ( , ), is the newest (founded in 1979) of the 26 Sw ...
.
The line formerly continued across the French border to
Pfetterhouse
Pfetterhouse (; gsw, Pfatterhüse; german: Pfetterhausen) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.
Geography
Pfetterhouse is located in Jura Alsatian foothills, just in the border of Switzerland and the Te ...
; passenger service ended 1946 and the line was abandoned in 1970.
History
The station was renovated in 2022 as part of a larger rehabilitation of the
Porrentruy–Bonfol railway line
The Porrentruy–Bonfol railway line is a standard gauge railway line in the canton of Jura, Switzerland. It runs from a junction with the Delémont–Delle railway line at northeast to . Chemins de fer du Jura owns and operates the line. The li ...
. Train services were occasionally replaced by
buses
A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a road vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van. It is most commonly used in public transport, but is also in use for cha ...
, and passengers boarded from temporary platforms south of the station.
Services
the following services stop at Bonfol:
*
Regio: hourly service to . Trains are scheduled to connect with further services to and from and .
References
External links
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* {{SBB web, 188, bonfol
Railway stations in the canton of Jura
Chemins de fer du Jura stations