Chaumont is a crest which dominates Neuchâtel at 1151 meters high. From there you get a view of the whole Neuchatel lake or it is also the start point of a lot of paths on the Jura montain.

In 1910 a funicular was built to link Chaumont to La Coudre which is a suburb of Neuchatel. It was opened on 17 September 1910. At the same time a tower was built at the top station. At the beginning the top of the tower included a searchlight but it is not in use anymore.

Today La Coudre can be reached by the trolley bus Neuchatel - Hauterive.

For many years the funicular uses multicoloured carriages, in 1995, the carriages were replaced and they are still multicoloured: mostly yellow and blue for the left carriage and mostly red and blue for the right carriage.