Bonfol railway station
Bonfol | |||||||||||||||
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The station building in 2013 | |||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||
| Location | Bonfol, Jura Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°28′27.8″N 7°9′17.6″E / 47.474389°N 7.154889°E | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 437 m (1,434 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Chemins de fer du Jura | ||||||||||||||
| Line | Porrentruy–Bonfol | ||||||||||||||
| Distance | 10.9 km (6.8 mi) from Porrentruy[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Train operators | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||
| Connections | CarPostal SA bus line[2] | ||||||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 8500188 (BONF) | ||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 23 (Vagabond)[3] | ||||||||||||||
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Bonfol railway station (French: Gare de Bonfol) is a railway station in the municipality of Bonfol, in the Swiss canton of Jura. It is the northern terminus of the standard gauge Porrentruy–Bonfol railway line of Chemins de fer du Jura.[1] The line formerly continued across the French border to Pfetterhouse; passenger service ended 1946 and the line was abandoned in 1970.[4]
History
The station was renovated in 2022 as part of a larger rehabilitation of the Porrentruy–Bonfol railway line. Train services were occasionally replaced by buses, and passengers boarded from temporary platforms 350 metres (1,150 ft) south of the station.[5][6]
Services
As of the December 2025 timetable change, the following services stop at Bonfol:[7]
- RER Jura: half-hourly service to Porrentruy and hourly service to Delémont.
References
- ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 8. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "Plan du réseau de transports publics en Ajoie" (PDF) (in French). CarPostal. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ "Plan de zones tarifaires" (in French). Vagabond. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ Wägli, Hans G.; Jacobi, Sébastien (2010). Schienennetz Schweiz - Bahnprofil Schweiz CH+ [Swiss rail network] (in German) (3rd ed.). Zürich: AS Verlag. p. 27. ISBN 978-3-909111-74-9.
- ^ "La rénovation de la ligne entre Porrentruy et Bonfol se concrétise". Radio fréquence Jura (in Swiss French). 4 April 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ^ "La rénovation de la ligne Porrentruy-Bonfol se poursuit". Canal Alpha (in French). 11 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ^ Swiss Federal Railways (23 October 2025). "Delle - Boncourt - (Bonfol-) Porrentruy - Delémont" (PDF). öv-info.ch. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
External links
- Media related to Bonfol railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Bonfol railway station – SBB