Classic route
Ligne des Horlogers
Besançon → La Chaux-de-Fonds · France · Switzerland
- Distance
- 75 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 1 h 35 min
- Top speed
- 90 km/h
- Operator
- SNCF
- Train
- TER X73500 railcar
- Countries
- France, Switzerland
- In service since
- 1884
Page last updated 2026-07-20 · figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
The Watchmakers’ Line: out of Besançon and up the Doubs gorges to 1,000 m Jura plateaus, crossing into Switzerland at Le Locle for watch-capital La Chaux-de-Fonds.
Ligne des Horlogers in pictures
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