Le Locle–Les Brenets line

Narrow gauge railway line in Switzerland

Le Locle–Les Brenets

A TRN railcar at Les Brenets in 2011

Overview

Owner

Line number

224

Termini

History

Opened

1 September 1890 (1890-09-01)

Technical

Line length

4.1 km (2.5 mi)

1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge

1500 V DC overhead catenary

Route map

	SBB line to La Chaux-de-Fonds
-0.12	Le Locle	946 m above the sea
	SBB line to Le Locle-Col-des-Roches
0.47	Le Locle Le Chalet	945 m above the sea
	Petits-Monts 721 m
1.58	Les Frêtes	932 m above the sea
	Raya 36 m
	Châtelard 299 m
4.12	Les Brenets	873 m above the sea
	Depot and workshop

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The Le Locle–Les Brenets line is a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) railway line in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. It runs 4.1 kilometres (2.5 mi) from Le Locle, where it has a cross-platform interchange with the standard gauge Neuchâtel–Le Locle-Col-des-Roches line of Swiss Federal Railways, to Les Brenets. The line was originally built by the Régional des Brenets [fr] and opened on 1 September 1890. Today, it is operated by the Transports publics Neuchâtelois. On 24 July 2020 , the canton of Neuchâtel announced the line will closed in 2025, to be replaced by an electric bus service that will use the Petits-Monts railway tunnel.

References

Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 17. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
Wägli, Hans G.; Jacobi, Sébastien (2010). Schienennetz Schweiz - Bahnprofil Schweiz CH+ [Swiss rail network] (in German) (3rd ed.). Zürich: AS Verlag. p. 112. ISBN 978-3-909111-74-9.
"Nouvelles perspectives pour la ligne Le Locle – Les Brenets - République et canton de Neuchâtel". ne.ch (in French). Retrieved 14 January 2022.