La Chaux-de-Fonds–Les Ponts-de-Martel railway

The La Chaux-de-Fonds–Les Ponts-de-Martel railway is a metre-gauge railway in the Swiss Jura. It is operated by the Transports publics Neuchâtelois and has connected the municipalities of Les Ponts-de-Martel and La Sagne in the Vallée des Ponts (also called the Vallée de la Sagne) with La Chaux-de-Fonds since 26 July 1889.

La Chaux-de-Fonds–Les Ponts-de-Martel
A TRN railcar enters La Chaux-de-Fonds from the Vallée de la Sagne in 2011
Overview
OwnerTransports publics Neuchâtelois
LocaleSwitzerland
Termini
Service
Route number222
Technical
Line length16.2 km (10.1 mi)
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) metre gauge
Electrification1500 V DC
Maximum incline40.0%
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km
SBB line from Le Locle
carriage yard
former transporter wagon yard
0.00
La Chaux-de-Fonds
994 m
CJ line to Le Noirmont
0.67
La Chaux-de-Fonds-Grenier
1014 m
La Combe, towards Biel (254 m)
La Combe, towards Neuchâtel (230 m)
SBB line to Neuchâtel
2.67
Le Reymond
1066 m
Reymond (322 m)
4.22
high point
1120 m
5.02
La Corbatière
1115 m
7.60
La Sagne-Eglise
1045 m
9.33
La Sagne
1031 m
10.94
Les Coeudres-Est
1020 m
11.89
Les Coeudres
1014 m
13.23
Petit-Martel-Est
1012 m
14.30
Petit-Martel
1010 m
15.20
Le Stand
1007 m
16.23
Les Ponts-de-Martel
depot and workshop
1009 m
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