Status: Operational

#CrossBorderRail assessment: Active passenger line - visited by 🚆

Date(s) visited during #CrossBorderRail project: 05/06/2023

Core Data

Track gauge: 1435 mm
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Max speed: 80km/h
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Number of tracks: 1
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Electrification: 15 kV/16.7 Hz~ as far as Pontarlier, then 25 kV/50 Hz~
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Train control system: ZUB/Signum/EuroSIGNUM/EuroZUB, From ca. 2017: EuroSIGNUM/EuroZUB; ETCS L1 LS),
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European Commission Political Assessment

Importance to border region: Medium

Importance to countries concerned: No

Importance to TEN-T network: Low

TEN-T corridor: Comprehensive Network

European Commission Administrative Data

Infrastructure manager: SBB [CH]; SNCF Réseau [FR]

Language of operation: French

Competent authorities for PSO passenger services: République et Canton de Neuchâtel [CH]; Région Bourgogne-Franche-Comté [FR]

Railway undertaking(s): SBB [CH]; SNCF [FR]

Ministry of transport: UVEK [CH]; Ministère de la Transition écologique et solidaire [FR]

European Commission Historical Data

Inauguration: 1860

Closure: -

Passenger services: 42 / 0 / 0 / -

Length of cross border section: 30 km

Average speed of cross border section: 78 km/h

Daily passenger flow: Not available

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