Fribourg railway station
Fribourg/Freiburg railway station (French: Gare de Fribourg; German: Bahnhof Freiburg im Üechtland) serves the municipality of Fribourg, capital of the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. Opened in 1862, it is owned and operated by SBB-CFF-FFS.
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| Location | Avenue de la Gare Fribourg Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°48′11.77″N 7°9′3.71″E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 629 m (2,064 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 10 (frimobil)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 20 August 1862 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1872–1873, 1928 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Fribourg (until 2012) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 23,000 per weekday[2] (BLS and SBB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The station forms part of the Lausanne–Bern railway, which is the original portion of the Olten–Lausanne railway line (French: Ligne du Plateau suisse; German: Mittellandlinie). It is also the junction for the Yverdon-les-Bains–Payerne–Fribourg railway, and the Fribourg–Ins railway.[3]
Location
Fribourg railway station is right in the heart of the city centre, which has shifted from the Old City to the railway station quarter since the station's construction.
History
The station was opened on 20 August 1862 by the Western Swiss Railways (French: Société des chemins de Fer Ouest-Suisse), upon completion of the Fribourg–Bern section of the Lausanne–Bern railway.[4]
Completion of that section had been delayed for two years, due to the need to construct the 352 m (1,155 ft) long Grandfey Viaduct over the Saane/Sarine river, just to the north of the station. On 2 September 1862, the remaining section of the line was opened between Lausanne and Fribourg.[4]
The first station building at Fribourg was a simple wooden hut. Between 1872 and 1873, a more substantial replacement building was constructed adjacent to the hut. The new building's design had been entrusted to the architect Adolphe Fraisse.
Initially, the army had not wanted the Lausanne–Bern railway to pass through Fribourg. The military had believed that the line would be too "vulnerable" in case of conflict. The government and the city had to fight for the route and the station. By 1905, the authorities wanted a new station building, which was completed in 1928.
On 7 September 2007, the 1872 station building became a cultural centre, incorporating a café, an entertainment hall and two festival theatres, for $4.5 million Swiss francs.[5] A Swiss heritage site of regional significance (class B),[6] the building houses the Nouveau Monde and its theatre, the International Film Festival of Fribourg and Belluard Bollwerk International.
Services
As of the December 2022 timetable change, the following services stop at Fribourg:[7]
- InterCity: hourly service between Geneva Airport and St. Gallen.
- InterRegio: hourly service between Geneva Airport and Lucerne.
- RER Fribourg:
- Bern S-Bahn S1: half-hourly service to Thun.
Interchange
Seven urban bus lines operated by the Transports publics fribourgeois call at the station, including TPF trolleybus lines.
References
- "Plan des zones" (PDF) (in French). frimobil. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 30. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- Gazette de Lausanne (in French). 6 September 1862.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - "A toute vapeur vers un "Nouveau Monde"" [Full steam ahead toward a "New World"]. Le Temps (in French). 12 July 2011. Retrieved 25 December 2011.
- "Kantonsliste B-Objekte" [Canton list class B]. KGS Inventar (in German). Federal Office of Civil Protection. 2009. Archived from the original on 4 January 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2011.
- "Abfahrt/Départ: Bahnhof/Gare de Fribourg/Freiburg" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 11 December 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
External links
Media related to Fribourg/Freiburg railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Fribourg railway station – SBB
- Interactive station plan (Fribourg/Freiburg)