Ligerz railway station (, ) is a closed railway station in the municipality of

Ligerz Ligerz () is a municipality in the Biel/Bienne administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. History Ligerz is first mentioned in 1236 as ''Ligerce''. The shore of Lake Biel was inhabited during the Neolithic period. A Neolit ...

, in the

Swiss Swiss most commonly refers to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Swiss may also refer to: Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina * Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses * Swiss Café, an old café located ...

canton of

Bern Bern (), or Berne (), ; ; ; . is the ''de facto'' Capital city, capital of Switzerland, referred to as the "federal city".; ; ; . According to the Swiss constitution, the Swiss Confederation intentionally has no "capital", but Bern has gov ...

. It is an intermediate stop on the

standard gauge A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of . The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George Stephenson), international gauge, UIC gauge, uniform gauge, normal gauge in Europe, and SGR in East Africa. It is the ...

Jura Foot line The Jura Foot Line (, ) or Jura South Foot Line, is a railway line in Switzerland. It runs from Olten along the foot of the southern Jura range through Solothurn, Grenchen, Biel/Bienne, Neuchâtel, Yverdon-les-Bains and Morges to Lausanne. It is ...

Swiss Federal Railways Swiss Federal Railways (, SBB; , CFF; , FFS) is the national railway company of Switzerland. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Bern. It used to be a State-owned enterprise, government institution, but since 1999 it has be ...

. The station closed in December 2024 as part of the building of the Ligerz Tunnel, scheduled to open in 2029. A regular bus service was introduced between

La Neuveville La Neuveville (; ) is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland, located in the French-speaking Bernese Jura (''Jura Bernois''). History La Neuveville is first mentioned in 1314 as ''Nova ...

and

Twann Twann ( ) was a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Nidau (district), Nidau in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Bern (canton), Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2010 the municipalities of Tüscherz-Alfermée and Twa ...

due to the closure of the station. It is located next to ''Ligerz (Talstation)'', the lower station of the

funicular A funicular ( ) is a type of cable railway system that connects points along a railway track laid on a steep grade (slope), slope. The system is characterized by two counterbalanced carriages (also called cars or trains) permanently attached to ...

Vinifuni Ligerz–Prêles Vinifuni Ligerz–Prêles is a funicular above Lake Biel in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. The line leads from Ligerz/Gléresse at to Prêles at on Tessenberg, a plateau part of the Jura range. The line has a length of ...

, and ''Ligerz (Schiff)'', the landing stage for passenger ships of

Lake Biel __NOTOC__ Lake Biel or Lake Bienne (; ) is a lake in western Switzerland. Together with Lake Morat and Lake Neuchâtel, it is one of the three large lakes in the Jura region of Switzerland. It lies on the language boundary between German and F ...

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* * {{Jura foot railway line Railway stations in the canton of Bern Swiss Federal Railways stations Railway stations in Switzerland closed in 2024 Disused railway stations in Switzerland