Neuchâtel railway station () serves the

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Neuchâtel Neuchâtel (, ; ; ) is a list of towns in Switzerland, town, a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality, and the capital (political), capital of the cantons of Switzerland, Swiss canton of Neuchâtel (canton), Neuchâtel on Lake Neuchâtel ...

, the capital city of the

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. Opened in 1857, it is owned and operated by

SBB-CFF-FFS Swiss Federal Railways (, SBB; , CFF; , FFS) is the national railway company of Switzerland. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Bern. It used to be a government institution, but since 1999 it has been a special stock corpo ...

. The

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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

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for SBB-CFF-FFS lines to

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and

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, and for the BLS line from Bern.

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 The Fun'ambule is a funicular railway in the Neuchâtel, city of Neuchâtel in the Switzerland, Swiss canton of Neuchâtel. The line runs in tunnel and links the lower part of the town, near the University, to the Neuchâtel railway station in t ...

links the station to the lower part of the town, near the university.

Services

the following services stop at Neuchâtel: *

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: half-hourly service between and

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, with every other train continuing to , rush-hour trains continue from Zürich Hauptbahnhof to . *

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: ** : hourly service between and . ** : daily rush-hour service on weekdays to . ** limited service to . *

RegioExpress RegioExpress, commonly abbreviated to RE, is a Train categories in Europe, category of fast regional train service in Switzerland, run by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS) or other railway companies (such as Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia, ...

: ** hourly service to . ** three trains per day to , connecting with the

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–

TGV Lyria TGV Lyria, owned by SNCF, yet jointly-operated by SNCF and SBB CFF FFS, is the brand name used for TGV railway lines connecting France and Switzerland. TGV Lyria is also a corporation that runs the service operated by SNCF in France and Swiss Fed ...

service. ** daily service on weekends to Bern. * Regio: ** hourly to half-hourly service to . ** half-hourly service to . ** half-hourly service to . ** hourly service to . *

RER Fribourg RER Fribourg or RER Fribourg , Freiburg (, ) is an S-Bahn network in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. The network has two hubs, Bulle and Fribourg, and began operating in . History The RER Fribourg network began operation with the 11 D ...

/: half-hourly service to . *

Bern S-Bahn The Bern S-Bahn (; ) is an S-Bahn commuter rail network focused on Bern, the capital city of Switzerland. The network is roughly coterminous with Bern's urban agglomeration. Its services connect with those of Lucerne S-Bahn, RER Fribourg, RER ...

: hourly service to .

References

External links

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Interactive station plan (Neuchâtel)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Neuchatel railway station Railway stations in the canton of Neuchâtel Swiss Federal Railways stations Transport in Neuchâtel Railway stations in Switzerland opened in 1857

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