Palézieux-Village railway station

Palézieux-Village
Location 1607 Palézieux-Village
Oron, Lavaux-Oron, Vaud
Switzerland
Coordinates 46°33′26″N 06°49′45″E / 46.55722°N 6.82917°ECoordinates: 46°33′26″N 06°49′45″E / 46.55722°N 6.82917°E
Elevation 633 m (2,077 ft)
Operated by SBB-CFF-FFS
Line(s) Payerne—Palézieux
Platforms 1
History
Opened 1876
Location
Palézieux-Village
Location within Switzerland

Palézieux-Village railway station serves the village of Palézieux, in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland.

This is a basic station with just one platform on the single-track line.

Railways at Palézieux
Legend
to Bern and Olten
to Moudon and Payerne
Palézieux-Village(633 m)
Palézieux(669 m)
to Châtel-Saint-Denis and Bulle
to Lausanne and Vevey

There are two railway stations in the area, at Palézieux-Village and Palézieux-Gare. Palézieux-Village station is on Swiss Federal Railways' Broye valley line (from Payerne) which then connects with their Olten-Lausanne mainline, at a junction just to the north of Palézieux-Gare. The station at Palézieux-Gare (which is called simply Palézieux) is 20.6 kilometres (12.8 mi) northeast of Lausanne station (by rail) and is also the terminus of the metre gauge Transports publics Fribourgeois (TPF) railway line to the Gruyère. It is possible to travel by train between the two stations in the Palézieux area.

Passenger services

Passengers are provided for at this station by the Réseau Express Vaudois S21 service, with trains running once an hour in each direction between Lausanne and Payerne. This is an S-Bahn type service.

S 21 Previous stop: Palézieux. Next stop: Châtillens.

There are additional regional express trains (two in the morning and two in the evening) which pass through Palézieux-Village, to cater for peak-time demand in and out of Lausanne; these do not call at this station, however they do call at the nearby Palézieux station (at Palézieux-Gare).[1]

References

  1. SBB-CFF-FFS timetable (2011) p 338-9