La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Forges railway station
La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Forges railway station is a railway station in the municipality of La Chaux-de-Fonds, in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Neuchâtel–Le Locle-Col-des-Roches line of Swiss Federal Railways.Photo: Zwantzig, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Railway stop
- Description: Railway station in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Les Forges”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Villa Schwob and Centre de documentation et d’étude sur la langue internationale.
Villa Schwob
Photo: Schwizgebel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Villa Schwob also Villa Turque is a house located in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland designed by noted architect Le Corbusier. It was commissioned in 1912 by the watchmaker Anatole Schwob, and completed in 1917. Villa Schwob is situated 1 km north of La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Forges railway station.
Centre de documentation et d’étude sur la langue internationale
Library
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Centre de documentation et d'étude sur la langue internationale in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, was founded in 1967 by Claude Gacond. It is the main branch of the city's library and contains more than 20,000 bibliographic units. Centre de documentation et d’étude sur la langue internationale is situated 2 km northeast of La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Forges railway station.
La Chaux-de-Fonds railway station
Railway station
Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
La Chaux-de-Fonds railway station serves the municipality of La Chaux-de-Fonds, in the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Opened in 1857, the station is owned and operated by SBB-CFF-FFS. La Chaux-de-Fonds railway station is situated 1¼ km northeast of La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Forges railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Les Éplatures and Les Planchettes.
Les Planchettes
Village
Photo: JGS25, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Les Planchettes is a municipality in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. Les Planchettes is situated 3½ km northwest of La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Forges railway station.
Quartier-Neuf
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Quartier-Neuf is a neighborhood, which is situated 5 km southwest of La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Forges railway station.
La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Forges railway station
- Categories: railway station, station, and transportation
- Location: La Chaux-de-Fonds, La Chaux-de-Fonds District, Canton of Neuchâtel, Western Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.0914° or 47° 5′ 29″ northLongitude
6.81283° or 6° 48′ 46″ eastOperator
CFFOpen location code
8FV83RR7+H4OpenStreetMap ID
node 9182807866OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=haltOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q110527421
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In Other Languages
From Esperanto to Venetian—“La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Forges railway station” goes by many names.
- Esperanto: “La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Forges”
- French: “gare de La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Forges”
- French: “Gare de La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Forges”
- French: “La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Forges”
- German: “Bahnhof La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Forges”
- Spanish: “Estación de La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Forges”
- Venetian: “stasion de La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Forges”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Universo 3, factory with three towers and Slaughterhouse.
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