Fribourg/Freiburg railway station
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 Fribourg railway station, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Avenue de la Gare Fribourg Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°48′11.77″N 7°9′3.71″E / 46.8032694°N 7.1510306°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 629 m (2,064 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 5 (2 island platforms and 1 side platform) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 225 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | FRI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 10 (frimobil)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 20 August 1862 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1872–1873, 1928 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Fribourg (until 2012) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2022 | 24'400 per working day [3] (BLS, SBB and partly TPF) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fribourg/Freiburg railway station (
The station forms part of the
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
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.[5]
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
the building houses the Nouveau Monde and its theatre, the International Film Festival of Fribourg and Belluard Bollwerk International.Services
As of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Fribourg:[8]
- InterCity: hourly service between Geneva Airport and St. Gallen.
- InterRegio: hourly service between Geneva Airport and Lucerne.
- RER Fribourg:
- RE2 / RE3: half-hourly service between Düdingen and Broc-Chocolaterie and hourly service from Düdingen to Bern.
- S20 / S21:
- Weekdays: half-hourly service between Romont; S20 trains continue to Neuchâtel.
- Weekends: half-hourly service to Ins; S21 trains continue to Romont.
- Weekdays: half-hourly service between
- S30: half-hourly service to Yverdon-les-Bains.
- Bern S-Bahn S1: half-hourly service to Thun.
Interchange
Seven urban bus lines operated by the
See also
References
- ^ "Plan "Agglo Fribourg"" (PDF) (in French and German). tpf. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ "Plan des zones" (PDF) (in French and German). frimobil. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- SBB CFF FFS. Retrieved 18 April 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
- ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
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- ^ "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.
- ^ "Départ: Gare de Fribourg/Freiburg" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in French). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
External links
Media related to Fribourg/Freiburg railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Fribourg/Freiburg railway station – SBB
- Interactive station plan (Fribourg/Freiburg)
