Vallorbe railway station
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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.
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Location | Rue de la Gare 1 Vallorbe Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 46°42′44.6″N 6°22′14.2″E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 806 m (2,644 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Connections | CarPostal Suisse and Travys buses[3][4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | 8501103 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fare zone | 110 (mobilis)[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1915 (1915) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | 1925 (1925) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2018 | 980 per weekday[6] (SBB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened in 1915,[7] 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).[8]