Le Day railway station (French: Gare du Day) is a railway station in the municipality of Vallorbe, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It sits at the junction of the standard gauge Simplon line of Swiss Federal Railways and Vallorbe–Le Brassus line of SBB and Travys.[1]
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| Location | Vallorbe Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°43′2.3″N 6°24′1.8″E / 46.717306°N 6.400500°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 787 m (2,582 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 8501104 (DAY) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 110 (mobilis)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2023 | 1'000 per weekday[3] (SBB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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History
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Trains from Le Pont stopped at Le Day in May 1904.[4] Le Day railway station was built and inaugurated in 1907, becoming the second station to be located within the Vallorbe municipality.[5] Meanwhile, the section between Le Day and Croy on the Lausanne - Vallorbe line was doubled. The work was marked by a strike in December 1904.[6]
As part of the plan to improve services on the RER Vaud network, it was decided to upgrade the line from Cossonay-Penthalaz to Vallorbe by renewing the signalling and, above all, moving the Day station 300 metres north of the old one.
The new station, with platform lengths of 160 metres and 55 centimetres high, opened on 16 May 2022. It allows trains to reverse in order to link the Vallée de Joux line to the main line from Cossonay-Penthalaz to Vallorbe.[7][8][9] Construction work on the new station began on 18 January 2021. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the start of work was delayed by eight months. Although the platforms for the new station were built in December 2021, they could not be used until 16 May 2022, when the new signalling system entered service[10] Since 7 August 2022, it has been possible to travel between Aigle and Vallée de Joux, via Lausanne, without changing trains. The new railway station allows trains on the R4 line of RER Vaud to divide and serve Vallorbe and Vallée de Joux simultaneously every hour. These services are operated using Stadler FLIRT trains sets.[11][12]
Services
editAs of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Le Day:[13][14]
- RER Vaud
- R3 / R4: half-hourly service to Aigle; hourly (half-hourly on weekdays) service to Vallorbe and hourly service to Le Brassus; hourly service to St-Maurice on weekdays.
- R: rush-hour service between Vallorbe and Le Brassus.
References
edit- ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 28. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "Plan de zones tarifaires". Mobilis Vaud. December 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Vallorbe, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
- ^ "Une nouvelle station". Le Nouvelliste vaudois (275): 2. 1903..
- ^ Jean Combe (dir.) (1989). Vallorbe. Vallorbe: Commune de Vallorbe. p. 125..
- ^ "Vallorbe". La Revue: 2. 1904..
- ^ "Transformation de la gare du Day | CFF". company.sbb.ch (in French). Retrieved 2021-05-21..
- ^ "La nouvelle gare du Day ouvre lundi". blue News (in French). 2022-05-12. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
- ^ "Travaux de mise en service de la nouvelle gare du Day | CFF". company.sbb.ch (in French). 2022-05-12. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
- ^ Antoine Hürlimann (2021-01-16). "Transports dans le Nord vaudois – La grande mue de la gare du Day est retardée". 24 heures (in French). Retrieved 2021-05-21..
- ^ "La Vallée de Joux reliée de manière directe au reste du canton de Vaud, RTS info". 3 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ "Plus de liaisons en Suisse et plus vite en Europe | CFF". company.sbb.ch (in French). 2021-05-21. Retrieved 2021-05-21..
- ^ "Lausanne - Le Day - Le Brassus/Vallorbe (RER Vaud, lignes R3, R4)" (PDF) (in French). öv-info.ch. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ "Départ: Gare de Le Day" (PDF) (in French). Swiss Federal Railways. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
External links
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Media related to Le Day railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Le Day railway station – SBB
