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New milestone for the neuchâtel-la Chaux-de-Fonds direct line
The operation of the line is now scheduled for 2041. The tunnel will be dug with a single front for environmental and security reasons.
The choice was announced on Friday in Cernier (NE) by the project leaders at more than 1.3 billion francs that are the canton of Neuchâtel, the Federal Office of Transport and SPF (Archives Image).
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The direct line tunnel layout Neuchâtel-la Chaux-de-Fonds Will be dug with a single attack front from Neuchâtel for environmental, security and financial issues. Operation is now planned for 2041, instead of 2038.
The choice was announced on Friday in Cernier (ne) by the project leaders at more than 1.3 billion francs that are the canton of Neuchâtel, the Federal Office of Transport and the SBB. The rail line aims to divide by two the journey time between Neuchâtel and La Chaux-de-Fonds, at fifteen minutes against twenty-eight.
The project proposes more to introduce a quarter of an hour of trains between Neuchâtel, Chaux-de-Fonds and Locle. It will double the modal share of public transport in the canton.
The Council of State highlighted the importance that the line takes, both for mobility in the Jura arc and for the east-west rail traffic. The recall falls following the launch by the Federal Council of Evaluations within the framework of its Transport’45 strategy.
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