diff --git a/front/src/applications/editor/tools/pointEdition/CustomPosition.tsx b/front/src/applications/editor/tools/pointEdition/CustomPosition.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2165a33ee43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/front/src/applications/editor/tools/pointEdition/CustomPosition.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { WidgetProps } from '@rjsf/core';
+import InputSNCF from 'common/BootstrapSNCF/InputSNCF';
+
+export const CustomPosition: React.FC<WidgetProps> = (props) => {
+  const { schema, onChange, title, value } = props;
+  const POINT_NAME = 'point-parameter';
+
+  return (
+    <div key={`${POINT_NAME}-${schema.description}`}>
+      <p>{title}</p>
+      <InputSNCF
+        name={POINT_NAME}
+        id={`${POINT_NAME}-${schema.description}`}
+        value={value}
+        onChange={(e) => {
+          onChange(e.target.value);
+        }}
+        type="number"
+        min={0}
+      />
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+export default CustomPosition;
diff --git a/front/src/applications/editor/tools/pointEdition/components.tsx b/front/src/applications/editor/tools/pointEdition/components.tsx
index f1852f3f28d..ab6485d6214 100644
--- a/front/src/applications/editor/tools/pointEdition/components.tsx
+++ b/front/src/applications/editor/tools/pointEdition/components.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import {
   TrackSectionEntity,
   RouteEntity,
   SignalEntity,
+  DetectorEntity,
+  BufferStopEntity,
 } from 'types';
 import { osrdEditoastApi } from 'common/api/osrdEditoastApi';
 import EditorForm from 'applications/editor/components/EditorForm';
@@ -38,12 +40,16 @@ import { getEditRouteState } from 'applications/editor/tools/routeEdition/utils'
 import TOOL_TYPES from 'applications/editor/tools/toolTypes';
 import { EditoastType } from 'applications/editor/tools/types';
 import { getIsLoading } from 'reducers/main/mainSelector';
+import length from '@turf/length';
 import { CustomFlagSignalCheckbox } from './CustomFlagSignalCheckbox';
 import { PointEditionState } from './types';
 import { formatSignalingSystems } from './utils';
+import { CustomPosition } from './CustomPosition';
 
 export const POINT_LAYER_ID = 'pointEditionTool/new-entity';
 
+type EditorPoint = BufferStopEntity | DetectorEntity | SignalEntity;
+
 /**
  * Generic component to show routes starting or ending from the edited waypoint:
  */
@@ -218,7 +224,9 @@ export const PointEditionLeftPanel: FC<{ type: EditoastType }> = <Entity extends
 
           if (!firstLoading) {
             const { position } = state.entity.properties;
-            const point = along(track, position, { units: 'meters' });
+            const turfPosition =
+              (position * length(track, { units: 'meters' })) / track.properties.length;
+            const point = along(track, turfPosition, { units: 'meters' });
 
             setState({ ...state, entity: { ...state.entity, geometry: point.geometry } });
           }
@@ -261,6 +269,9 @@ export const PointEditionLeftPanel: FC<{ type: EditoastType }> = <Entity extends
               },
             },
           },
+          position: {
+            'ui:widget': CustomPosition,
+          },
         }}
         onSubmit={async (savedEntity) => {
           // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
@@ -297,8 +308,8 @@ export const PointEditionLeftPanel: FC<{ type: EditoastType }> = <Entity extends
             });
           }
         }}
-        onChange={(entity: Entity | SignalEntity) => {
-          const additionalUpdate: Partial<Entity> = {};
+        onChange={(entity: Entity | EditorPoint) => {
+          const additionalUpdate: Partial<EditorPoint> = {};
           const additionalPropertiesUpdate: Partial<SignalEntity['properties']> = {};
           const newPosition = entity.properties?.position;
           const oldPosition = state.entity.properties?.position;
@@ -311,16 +322,17 @@ export const PointEditionLeftPanel: FC<{ type: EditoastType }> = <Entity extends
             typeof oldPosition === 'number' &&
             newPosition !== oldPosition
           ) {
-            const point = along(trackState.track, newPosition, { units: 'meters' });
+            const turfPosition =
+              (newPosition * length(trackState.track, { units: 'meters' })) /
+              trackState.track.properties.length;
+            const point = along(trackState.track, turfPosition, { units: 'meters' });
             additionalUpdate.geometry = point.geometry;
           }
-
           if (entity.objType === 'Signal' && entity.properties.logical_signals) {
             additionalPropertiesUpdate.logical_signals = formatSignalingSystems(
               entity as SignalEntity
             );
           }
-
           setState({
             ...state,
             entity: {
diff --git a/front/src/applications/editor/tools/pointEdition/tool-factory.tsx b/front/src/applications/editor/tools/pointEdition/tool-factory.tsx
index fc994aba374..fe73ea28803 100644
--- a/front/src/applications/editor/tools/pointEdition/tool-factory.tsx
+++ b/front/src/applications/editor/tools/pointEdition/tool-factory.tsx
@@ -11,14 +11,21 @@ import { Map } from 'maplibre-gl';
 import { save } from 'reducers/editor';
 import { ConfirmModal } from 'common/BootstrapSNCF/ModalSNCF';
 import { NEW_ENTITY_ID } from 'applications/editor/data/utils';
+import {
+  NULL_GEOMETRY,
+  BufferStopEntity,
+  DetectorEntity,
+  SignalEntity,
+  TrackSectionEntity,
+} from 'types';
 import { LAYER_TO_EDITOAST_DICT, LayerType } from '../types';
 import { getNearestPoint } from '../../../../utils/mapHelper';
 import { getPointEditionLeftPanel, POINT_LAYER_ID, PointEditionMessages } from './components';
 import { PointEditionState } from './types';
-import { NULL_GEOMETRY, BufferStopEntity, DetectorEntity, SignalEntity } from '../../../../types';
 import { getEntity } from '../../data/api';
 import { Tool } from '../editorContextTypes';
 import { DEFAULT_COMMON_TOOL_STATE } from '../commonToolState';
+import { approximateDistanceWithEditoastData } from '../utils';
 
 type EditorPoint = BufferStopEntity | DetectorEntity | SignalEntity;
 interface PointEditionToolParams<T extends EditorPoint> {
@@ -29,6 +36,14 @@ interface PointEditionToolParams<T extends EditorPoint> {
   requiresAngle?: boolean;
 }
 
+function calculateDistanceAlongTrack(track: Feature<LineString>, point: Point) {
+  const wrongPointOnTrack = nearestPointOnLine(track.geometry, point, { units: 'meters' });
+  return approximateDistanceWithEditoastData(
+    track as TrackSectionEntity,
+    wrongPointOnTrack.geometry
+  );
+}
+
 function getPointEditionTool<T extends EditorPoint>({
   layer,
   icon,
@@ -61,20 +76,6 @@ function getPointEditionTool<T extends EditorPoint>({
     getInitialState,
     actions: [
       [
-        {
-          id: 'reset-entity',
-          icon: BiReset,
-          labelTranslationKey: `Editor.tools.${id}-edition.actions.reset-entity`,
-          onClick({ setState, state }) {
-            setState({
-              ...getInitialState(),
-              entity: state.initialEntity,
-            });
-          },
-          isDisabled({ state }) {
-            return isEqual(state.entity, state.initialEntity);
-          },
-        },
         {
           id: 'new-entity',
           icon: AiOutlinePlus,
@@ -83,6 +84,19 @@ function getPointEditionTool<T extends EditorPoint>({
             setState(getInitialState());
           },
         },
+        {
+          id: 'reset-entity',
+          icon: BiReset,
+          labelTranslationKey: `Editor.tools.${id}-edition.actions.reset-entity`,
+          isDisabled({ state: { entity, initialEntity } }) {
+            return isEqual(entity, initialEntity);
+          },
+          onClick({ setState, state: { initialEntity } }) {
+            setState({
+              entity: cloneDeep(initialEntity),
+            });
+          },
+        },
       ],
       [
         {
@@ -116,6 +130,12 @@ function getPointEditionTool<T extends EditorPoint>({
     ],
 
     // Interactions:
+    getCursor({ state }, { isDragging }) {
+      if (isDragging || !state.entity.geometry || isEqual(state.entity.geometry, NULL_GEOMETRY))
+        return 'move';
+      if (state.isHoveringTarget) return 'pointer';
+      return 'default';
+    },
     onClickMap(_e, { setState, state, infraID, dispatch }) {
       const { isHoveringTarget, entity, nearestPoint } = state;
       if (entity.geometry && !isEqual(entity.geometry, NULL_GEOMETRY) && isHoveringTarget) {
@@ -125,7 +145,6 @@ function getPointEditionTool<T extends EditorPoint>({
           entity: omit(entity, 'geometry') as T,
         });
       }
-
       if ((!entity.geometry || isEqual(entity.geometry, NULL_GEOMETRY)) && nearestPoint) {
         const newEntity = cloneDeep(entity);
         newEntity.geometry = {
@@ -135,15 +154,13 @@ function getPointEditionTool<T extends EditorPoint>({
         newEntity.properties = newEntity.properties || {};
         newEntity.properties.track = nearestPoint.trackSectionID;
 
-        // retrieve the track section to be sure that the computation of the distance will be good
-        // we can't trust maplibre, because the stored gemetry is not necessary the real one
         getEntity(infraID as number, newEntity.properties.track, 'TrackSection', dispatch).then(
           (track) => {
-            newEntity.properties.position = nearestPointOnLine(
-              (track as Feature<LineString>).geometry,
-              newEntity.geometry as Point,
-              { units: 'meters' }
-            ).properties?.location;
+            const distanceAlongTrack = calculateDistanceAlongTrack(
+              track as TrackSectionEntity,
+              newEntity.geometry as Point
+            );
+            newEntity.properties.position = distanceAlongTrack;
 
             setState({
               ...state,
@@ -244,12 +261,6 @@ function getPointEditionTool<T extends EditorPoint>({
     getInteractiveLayers() {
       return ['editor/geo/track-main', POINT_LAYER_ID];
     },
-    getCursor({ state }, { isDragging }) {
-      if (isDragging || !state.entity.geometry || isEqual(state.entity.geometry, NULL_GEOMETRY))
-        return 'move';
-      if (state.isHoveringTarget) return 'pointer';
-      return 'default';
-    },
 
     layersComponent,
     leftPanelComponent: getPointEditionLeftPanel(LAYER_TO_EDITOAST_DICT[layer]),
diff --git a/front/src/applications/editor/tools/utils.ts b/front/src/applications/editor/tools/utils.ts
index 1a0aa4944d0..e955b85c918 100644
--- a/front/src/applications/editor/tools/utils.ts
+++ b/front/src/applications/editor/tools/utils.ts
@@ -30,13 +30,19 @@ import { getEntity } from '../data/api';
  * Since Turf and Editoast do not compute the lengths the same way (see #1751)
  * we can have data "end" being larger than Turf's computed length, which
  * throws an error. Until we find a way to get similar computations, we can
- * approximate this way:
+ * approximate it with a rule of Three.
+ *
+ * This approximation is not good if the track is long.
  */
 export function approximateDistanceWithEditoastData(track: TrackSectionEntity, point: Point) {
-  const distanceAlongTrack =
-    (length(lineSlice(track.geometry.coordinates[0], point, track)) * track.properties.length) /
-    length(track);
-  return distanceAlongTrack;
+  const wrongDistanceAlongTrack = length(lineSlice(track.geometry.coordinates[0], point, track));
+  const wrongTrackLength = length(track);
+  const realTrackLength = track.properties.length;
+
+  const distanceAlongTrack = (wrongDistanceAlongTrack * realTrackLength) / wrongTrackLength;
+
+  if (Math.abs(distanceAlongTrack - realTrackLength) < 0.1) return realTrackLength;
+  return Math.round(distanceAlongTrack * 100) / 100;
 }
 
 /** return the trackRanges near the mouse thanks to the hover event */