Vallorbe railway station
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Location | Rue de la Gare 1 Vallorbe Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 46°42′44.6″N 6°22′14.2″E / 46.712389°N 6.370611°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 806 m (2,644 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Connections | mobilis)[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1915 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | 1925 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | 980 per weekday[6] (SBB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vallorbe railway station (
Opened in 1915,
It is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance (class A).[8]
History
When the Simplon Tunnel project in southern Switzerland took shape, a controversy broke out regarding accessing rail lines from other parts of Switzerland. The proposed Faucille project via Geneva gave way to the Mont d'Or tunnel project via Vallorbe.
In 1870, the Swiss railway line from
In 1915, nine years after the opening of the Simplon Tunnel, the direct Frasne–Lausanne line, including the Vallorbe railway station, was opened in conjunction with the piercing of the Mont d'Or. The doubling of the tracks were completed in 1908, and it was electrified in 1925.[9] Since 1984, the station has also been served by TGV trains.
In its heyday, the station counted up to 250 employees, but that is no longer the case today. Plans affecting the station have been under discussion between the municipality, the canton of Vaud and CFF.[7]
Location
The station is situated on the northwestern edge of the town. Paradoxically, southbound trains from France approach the station from a southwesterly direction, and northbound trains from Lausanne approach from the northeast.
Facilities
Vallorbe railway station has three platforms. As it is a French-Swiss border station with electrified lines, it forms a break of electrification systems. The overhead wires at the station can be switched from one system to the other. The station was equipped with extensive facilities for freight traffic and a locomotive depot.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Gare_de_Vallorbe%2C_OSM_map_2022.png/220px-Gare_de_Vallorbe%2C_OSM_map_2022.png)
![Heading: North is at 25°](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/BSicon_numN025.svg/20px-BSicon_numN025.svg.png)
Services
As of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Vallorbe:[10]
- TGV Lyria: three trains per day between Paris-Lyon and Lausanne.
- Pontarlier.
- RER Vaud:
- R3 / R4: hourly (half-hourly on weekdays) service to Aigle; hourly service to St-Maurice on weekdays.
- R: rush-hour service to Le Brassus.
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 978-3-89494-143-7.
- ^ ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "Reseau CarPostal Ouest" (PDF) (in French). PostBus Switzerland. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ "Plan des Lignes" (PDF) (in French). Travys. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ "Plan Mobilis". Mobilis Vaud. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ a b "La gare de Vallorbe et ses fantômes" [Vallorbe railway station and its ghosts]. Le Temps (in French). 21 May 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
- ^ "Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance". A-Objects. Federal Office for Cultural Protection (BABS). 1 January 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- ISBN 3-85859-041-X.
- ^ "Lausanne - Le Day - Le Brassus/Vallorbe" (PDF) (in French). Swiss Federal Railways. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
External links
Media related to Vallorbe railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Vallorbe railway station – SBB