Nyon–St-Cergue–Morez Railway

Nyon–St-Cergue–Morez Railway
Overview
Native nameChemin de fer Nyon–Saint-Cergue–Morez
LocaleVaud, Switzerland
TerminiLa Cure, Nyon
Stations17
Service
TypeCommuter rail
Services1
History
Opened1916
Technical
Line length26.70 km (16.59 mi)
Number of tracks1
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) metre gauge
ElectrificationOverhead lines, 1500 V DC (since 1985)
Operating speed60 km/h (37 mph)
Highest elevation1,232 m (4,042 ft)
Nyon–La Cure
0km / 0hour
Nyon
395 m
Gare souterraine
210 m
1.1 / 0:01
Les Plantaz
420 m
Depot
2.4 / 0:02
La Vuarpillière
463 m
3.0 / 0:03
L'Asse
466 m
Asse-Viaduct
74 m
3.6 / 0:06
Trélex dépôt
477 m
4.4 / 0:07
Trélex
501 m
Colline-Viaduct
110 m
6.4 / 0:12
Givrins
554 m
7.5 / 0:14
Genolier
562 m
8.5 / 0:15
Sus-Châtel
599 m
9.8 / 0:18
La Joy-Clinique
668 m
11.1 / 0:21
Le Muids
715 m
12.1 / 0:22
Bassins
756 m
Tunnel Bassins
116 m
13.9 / 0:26
Arzier
842 m
17.1 / 0:30
La Chèvrerie-Monterêt
970 m
19.1 / 0:34
St-Cergue
1047 m
Tunnel St-Cergue
99 m
20.3 / 0:38
St-Cergue Les Cheseaux
1103 m
22.1 / 0:41
Les Pralies
1176 m
23.3 / 0:43
La Givrine
1208 m
27.0 / 0:49
La Cure
1155 m
Swiss / French border
27,3
La Cure (F)
1152 m
29,5
Les Rousses
1110 m
Sous-les-Barres
940 m
Tunnel Sous-les-Barres
96 m
33,8
Gouland
895 m
Tunnel Turu
58 m
La Doye
Pont de la Bienne
Morez Ecole
38,2
Morez Ville
701 m
39,1
Morez SNCF
734 m

The Nyon–St-Cergue–Morez Railway (NStCM), French: Chemin de fer Nyon–Saint-Cergue–Morez, is a narrow gauge railway in western Switzerland which nowadays operates between Nyon, on the northern shore of Lake Geneva and the French border at La Cure, the La Cure–Morez section having closed in 1958. The railway reaches a height of 1,228 metres (4,029 feet) above sea level at the Col de la Givrine and it is the highest in the Jura Mountains.