Delay in new railway connection in the Neuchâtel Jura

The tunnel route for the Neuchâtel-La Chaux-de-Fonds direct line will be excavated with a single attack front from Neuchâtel for environmental, safety, and financial reasons. Operation is now planned for 2041, instead of 2038.

The two tunnels of the future direct railway line Neuchâtel – La Chaux-de-Fonds will be dug one after the other, not simultaneously, for environmental, safety and financial issues. As a result, the commissioning of the line is postponed from 2038 to 2041.

The carriers of the railway project which aims to link in direct line Neuchâtel and the Métropole horlogère announced that the two cavities would not be dug simultaneously. A safe and economic gain, but which extends the duration of the work by about three yearsThe tunnel route of the direct line Neuchâtel-La Chaux-de-Fonds will be dug with a single front attack from Neuchâtel on environmental, security and financial issues. As a result, the ope…

The reason for this is that the tunnel line is newly dug from one side for environmental, safety and cost reasons.