We always enjoy the Jura with its wide green valleys mixed in with some wild rugged scenery. The center of rail operations is La Chaux de Fonds which has many different railway companies running in:
Standard Gauge - SBB; Trans N.: BLS; SNCF
Narrow Gauge - Jura; Trans N.
These all manage to work together and all trains arrive within five minutes before the hour and leave within 5 minutes after the hour so the interconnections are perfect.
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| At Le Locle - the Trans N connection from La Chaux de Fonds is on the left. The Italian built railcar to Les Brenets is on the right |
We were sitting in the railcar for Les Brenets, it was quite full with locals who were all chatting. A small dog was wandering around being petted by many. A man stood up and whistled and the dog ran into the drivers compartment followed by the driver. At Les Brenets he told me the dog was no trouble and it was better than leaving him alone in the house.
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| The driver and his dog |
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| Les Brenets |
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| Les Brenets |
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| A preserved steam engine is inside this glass case. It is well preserved but not good for photography |
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| The deer farm is one of the features of the short trip |
WE returned to Le Locle and La Chaux de Fonds and took the Jura Railway all the way through to Glovelier, a very pleasant ride, including the hairpin bend and reversal at Combe-Travelion.
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| Jura train at Glovelier |
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| Dual gauge ties/sleepers laid in the main line at Glovelier. The result of an abortive scheme to run narrow gauge trains to Delemont |
From Glovelier we went on to Porrentruy and planned to go on to Delle but the announcement said that there would be a full customs inspection with passports examination and declarations. We decided to get out at Boncourt and found a Coop which provided sandwiches. We left Boncourt as soon as possible and eventually arrived at Biel/Bienne where we boarded the Aare Seeland narrow gauge for an enjoyable ride to Ins.
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| An orange Re 4/4 ex Trans Europe EXpress at Biel |
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| At Ins there is a lot of construction going on. Passengers have to cross here to get to the BLS station on the right. |
The BLS took us to Neuchatel and the SBB brought us back to Yverdon-les-Bains.
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