Delle station (French: Gare de Delle) is a railway station in the commune of Delle, in the French department of Territoire de Belfort, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. It is located at the border between France and Switzerland and is the junction of the standard gauge Delémont–Delle line of Swiss Federal Railways and the Belfort–Delle line [fr] of SNCF.[3]

Delle
Blue-and-silver train at island platform
The station in 2018
General information
LocationDelle
France
Coordinates47°29′33.454″N 7°0′59.609″E / 47.49262611°N 7.01655806°E / 47.49262611; 7.01655806
Owned bySNCF
Line(s)
Train operators
ConnectionsOptymo [fr] buses[1]
Other information
Station code87184440
History
Opened29 June 1868 (1868-06-29)
Passengers
20181,250[2]
Services
Preceding station TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Following station
Joncherey
towards Belfort
TER
Terminus
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station
Joncherey
towards Meroux TGV
RE56 Boncourt
towards Biel/Bienne
Location
Delle is located in France
Delle
Delle
Location within France
Delle is located in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Delle
Delle
Delle (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté)

The station originally opened in 1868, but service was interrupted between 1992–2006, and not fully resumed until 2018. The station opened on 29 June 1868; cross-border service to Switzerland began on 23 September 1872. Passenger service between Belfort and Delle ceased on 26 September 1992, and the station closed in 1995. A joint Franco-Swiss effort to re-open the line led to the resumption of cross-border service in 2006; service to Belfort resumed in 2018.

Services

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The following services stop at Delle:[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Réseau suburbain" (PDF) (in French). Transports en commun de Belfort. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Fréquentation en gares" (in French). SNCF. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  3. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 8. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  4. ^ "Delle - Delle - Porrentruy - Delémont" (PDF) (in French). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
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