Vallorbe railway station

Vallorbe
Vallorbe
	The entrance to the station building.
General information
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
Line(s)	Dijon–Vallorbe line; Simplon line; Vallorbe–Le Brassus line;
Distance	461.6 km (286.8 mi) from Paris-Lyon; 46.3 km (28.8 mi) from Lausanne;
Platforms	4
Tracks	7
Train operators	SNCF; Swiss Federal Railways; TGV Lyria; Travys;
Connections	Travys buses
Construction
Parking	176
Bicycle facilities	4
Accessible	No
Other information
Station code	85011103 (VAL)
Fare zone	110 (mobilis)
History
Opened	1915
Electrified	1925
Passengers
2023	980 per weekday (SBB)
Services
Swiss Cultural Property of National Significance
Location
Location

Vallorbe railway station (French: Gare de Vallorbe) is a station at the border of Switzerland and France on the TGV Lyria line between Paris and Lausanne. It is located at the south-eastern entrance of the tunnel which tunnels one of Jura's mountain ranges, Le Mont d’Or. The station serves the municipality of Vallorbe, in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland.

Opened in 1915,^[6] the station is the south-eastern terminus of the historic French Dijon–Vallorbe line, and the north-western terminus of the historic Swiss Simplon line (Vallorbe–Domodossola).^[1]^[2] It is also the terminal station of the hourly running, suburban train S2 to Lausanne and further to Palézieux. Finally, it is also a junction for the short line to the south-western end of the Vallée de Joux, also running on an hourly frequency and connects to the historic Chemin de fer Pont-Brassus between Le Pont and Le Brassus, which nowadays is owned by travys (Transports Vallée de Joux - Yverdon-les-Bains - Ste-Croix). The line between Vallorbe and Le Brassus is operated by CFF. The railway station (as well as the line between Vallorbe and Le Pont) is owned and operated by CFF. They are all part of the integrated mobilis (canton of Vaud) fare network.

It is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance (class A).^[7]

^ ^a ^b Atlas ferroviaire de la France Tome I Nord. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2015. p. 80. ISBN 978-3-89494-143-7.
^ ^a ^b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 28. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
^ "Plan des lignes" (in French). Travys. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
^ "Plan de zones tarifaires". Mobilis Vaud. December 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Vallorbe, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
^ Cite error: The named reference letemps was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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[aff-1] Atlas ferroviaire de la France Tome I Nord. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2015. p. 80. ISBN 978-3-89494-143-7.

[saw-2] Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 28. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.

[3] "Plan des lignes" (in French). Travys. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2024.

[mobilis-vaud-4] "Plan de zones tarifaires". Mobilis Vaud. December 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2024.

[SBB-5] "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Vallorbe, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.

[letemps-6] Cite error: The named reference letemps was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[inventar-7] Cite error: The named reference inventar was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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