Jura Foot Line

The Jura Foot Line (French: ligne du Pied-du-Jura, German: Jurafusslinie) or Jura South Foot Line, is a railway line in Switzerland. It runs from Olten along the foot of the southern Jura range through Solothurn, Grenchen, Biel/Bienne, Neuchâtel, Yverdon-les-Bains and Morges to Lausanne. It is one of two routes used by intercity trains between Geneva and Zürich. The other is the Midland line (German: Mittellandlinie) which connects Olten via Langenthal, Burgdorf, Bern, Fribourg, Lausanne to Morges. The line was built by five railway companies, which after several mergers were absorbed into the Swiss Federal Railways in 1903.

Jura Foot Line
ICN running near Twann. This single track section will by-passed by the new, double track Ligerz Tunnel
Overview
Termini
Technical
Number of tracks2
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Electrification15 kV/1623 Hz AC overhead catenary
Route map

km
from Aarau
39.2
Olten
396 m
to Bern, to Luzern
Aare bridge, Olten Hammer (135 m)
40.6
Olten Hammer
403 m
43.0
Wangen bei Olten
417 m
45.3
Hägendorf
427 m
49.1
Egerkingen
435 m
51.4
Oberbuchsiten
442 m
OeBB from Balsthal–Klus
56.6
Oensingen
462 m
58.8
Niederbipp
468 m
asm to Solothurn
Aare bridge, Wangen (96 m)
64.3
Wangen an der Aare
422 m
67.6
Deitingen
429 m
70.3
Luterbach-Attisholz
429 m
to Olten by HSL
narrow gauge line from Bern
73.8
Solothurn
431 m
to Burgdorf
closed line to Lyss
Aare bridge at Solothurn (104 m)
74.7
Solothurn West
432 m
to Moutier (BLS)
75.7
Solothurn Allmend
443 m
76.7
Bellach
443 m
77.6
Bellach
429 m
80.6
Selzach
438 m
82.8
Bettlach
440 m
85.3
Grenchen Süd
440 m
Mösli viaduct (285 m)
88.0
88.0
Lengnau
439 m
90.2
Pieterlen
435 m
94.0
Biel/Bienne Bözingenfeld/Champ
444 m
95.8
Biel Mett
443 m
98.0
99.4
104.5
Biel/Bienne
437 m
Vingelz tunnel (2432 m)
99.8
Tüscherz
434 m
96.0
Twann
433 m
94.0
Ligerz
funicular to Prêles
434 m
90.0
La Neuveville
433 m
87.7
Le Landeron
437 m
85.5
Cressier NE
436 m
83.6
Cornaux
435 m
St-Blaise tunnel (155 m)
85.5
St-Blaise CFF
464 m
75.3
Neuchâtel
479 m
73.6
to La Chaux-de-Fonds
Route-de-France tunnel (58 m)
72.3
Neuchâtel-Serrières
437 m
70.3
Auvernier
492 m
to Pontarlier
67.6
Colombier
490 m
66.3
Boudry
491 m
62.3
Bevaix
489 m
58.1
Gorgier-St-Aubin
451 m
beginning of rebuilt line
St-Aubin-Sauges tunnel (2252 m)
54.8
Vaumarcus
447 m
La Raisse tunnel (1245 m)
Fin-de-Lance tunnel (286 m)
50.7
Concise
430 m
Concise tunnel (365 m)
end of rebuilt line
47.5
Onnens-Bonvillars
435 m
42.7
Grandson
437 m
narrow gauge line to Ste-Croix
Thièle bridge, Yverdon (79 m)
39.1
Yverdon-les-Bains
434 m
32.7
Ependes
440 m
29.6
Essert-Pittet
438 m
27.4
Chavornay
447 m
from Orbe
24.9
Bavois
442 m
Nord-de-Mormont tunnel (182 m)
Sud-de-Mormont tunnel (302 m)
21.4
Eclépens
455 m
20.2
industrial siding
from Vallorbe
19.3
Daillens
445 m
19.0
to Swiss Post logistics centre
19.0
from Swiss Post logistics centre
14.4
Cossonay-Penthalaz
funicular to Cossonay-Ville
428 m
11.0
Vufflens-la-Ville
406 m
10.0
industrial siding
6.9
14.9
Bussigny
407 m
Poimboeuf bridge (
right: 64 m
left: 71 m
)
Poudrière III bridge (216 m)
13.2
7.3
Lécheires
yard
Larges-Pièces bridge (106 m)
4.5
Renens
416 m
0.0
Lausanne
447 m
to Bern and Brig
Source: Swiss railway atlas

The line is electrified at 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC and is two track almost throughout. The sole remaining single section, south of Twann station and north of Neuveville, is the location of the new Ligerz Tunnel. This is due to open at the end of 2026 and will complete the double-tracking of the line.

The southern part of the line forms part of the Lausanne–Geneva railway.

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