New milestone for the neuchâtel-la Chaux-de-Fonds direct line

The NEUCHâtel-la Chaux-de-Fonds direct line of the direct line of the Neuchâtel-La Chaux-de-Fonds with a single attack front from Neuchâtel for environmental, security and financial issues. Operation is now planned for 2041, instead of 2038.

(Keystone-ATS) 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 15 minutes against 28.

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 stressed 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.