Funiculaire de Chaumont | |
Other Name: | Funiculaire La Coudre-Chaumont |
Status: | In operation |
Start: | "Neuchâtel, La Coudre (FUNI)" at Rue de la Dîme |
End: | Chaumont (FUNI) |
Stations: | 2 |
Event2label: | Single car |
Event2: | 2007 |
Owner: | Transports publics Neuchâtelois (TransN, TRN) |
Stock: | 1 for 70 persons (since 2007), 2 (before 2007) |
Linelength: | 2091m (6,860feet) |
Tracks: | 1 (with loop until 2007) |
Maxincline: | 46% (min. 14.5%) |
Elevation M: | 1087 |
Website: | TransN |
Map State: | uncollapsed |
Funiculaire de Chaumont is one of the funicular railways in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. It leads from at 517m (1,696feet) to Chaumont at 1087m (3,566feet), a viewpoint and summit (1177m (3,862feet)) of the Jura range. The line with a length of 2091m (6,860feet) has a difference of elevation of 570m (1,870feet) at an incline from 15% to 46%. It has four viaducts with a total length of 570m (1,870feet).
The line was opened in 1910 as a single-track funicular with two cars and a passing loop. A new tram line linked it to Neuchâtel railway station. It replaced a projected two-section funicular.
In 2007, the passing loop and the second car were removed.
The funicular is owned and operated by Transports publics Neuchâtelois.