| Fribourg | |
| The station throat, Bern side of the station, 2010. | |
| Location | |
| Address | Avenue de la Gare 1700 Fribourg |
| Municipality | Fribourg |
| District | Sarine |
| Canton | Fribourg |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Line(s) | Lausanne–Bern Yverdon-les-Bains–Payerne–Fribourg Fribourg–Murat–Ins |
| Distance | 66.0 km (41.0 mi) from Lausanne |
| Elevation | 629 m above Sea |
| Other information | |
| Opened | 20 August 1862 |
| Rebuilt | 1872–1873, 1928 |
| Platforms | 5 |
| Owner | SBB-CFF-FFS |
| Line ops | SBB-CFF-FFS |
| Connections | |
| TPF Buses TPF trolleybuses |
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Fribourg railway station
Fribourg railway station (Switzerland)
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Fribourg 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.
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 (which is part of the Broye line (French: Ligne de la Broye; German: Broyelinie), and the Fribourg–Murat–Ins railway.
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Fribourg railway station is situated 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.
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.[1]
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.[1]
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 has 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.[2] A Swiss heritage site of regional significance (class B),[3] the building houses the Nouveau Monde and its theatre, the International Film Festival of Fribourg and Belluard Bollwerk International.
The following long distance services call at Fribourg:
Since 11 December 2011, there has been a one line Fribourg/Freiburg RER serving the station:[4]
It operates half hourly on weekdays, and hourly on weekends.
The station is also served by the following Bern S-Bahn line:
Seven urban bus lines operated by the Transports publics fribourgeois call at the station, including TPF trolleybus lines.
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This article is based upon a translation of the French language version as at December 2011.