Frasne–Les Verrières railway

The Frasne–Les Verrières railway is a railway line in the Franche-Comté region of France. It runs 27.6 kilometres (17.1 mi) from the Franco–Swiss border at Verrières-de-Joux to Frasne.[1] It was built between 1860–1862 by the Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée and is now owned by SNCF.

Frasne–Les Verrières
An SBB RegioExpress between Frasne and La Rivière in 2019
Overview
Owner	SNCF
Termini	Frasne Verrières-de-Joux
Stations	4
Service
Route number	875 (SNCF)
Technical
Line length	27.6 km (17.1 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz (Frasne–Pontarlier) 15 kV 16.7 Hz (Pontarlier–Verrières-de-Joux)
Route map km SNCF to Dijon-Ville 437.2 Frasne SNCF to Vallorbe 441.7 La Rivière 446.2 Sainte-Colombe 450.2 Les Granges-Narboz SNCF to Gilley 453.6 Pontarlier SNCF to Vallorbe 457.6 Frambourg 464.5 Verrières-de-Joux 464.8 France Switzerland SBB to Neuchâtel

Services

TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté operates Transport express régional trains between Pontarlier, Dole-Ville, and Vallorbe. Swiss Federal Railways runs several RegioExpress trains between Neuchâtel (in Switzerland) and Frasne, where they connect with high-speed TGV Lyria services.[2][3]

References

1. Atlas ferroviaire de la France Tome I Nord. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2015. p. 80. ISBN 978-3-89494-143-7.
2. "Frasne/Buttes - Fleurier - Travers - Neuchâtel" (PDF) (in French). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
3. "Télécharger une fiche horaire" (in French). Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Retrieved 12 September 2020.

External links

• Media related to Ligne Frasne - Verrières-de-Joux (frontière) at Wikimedia Commons