Broc-Village railway station
Broc-Village | |||||||||||||||
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Location | Broc, Fribourg Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 46°36′14″N 7°5′56″E / 46.60389°N 7.09889°E | ||||||||||||||
Elevation | 719 m (2,359 ft) | ||||||||||||||
Owned by | Transports publics Fribourgeois | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Bulle–Broc railway line | ||||||||||||||
Distance | 4.4 km (2.7 mi) from Bulle[1] | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 (1 side platform) | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Train operators | Transports publics Fribourgeois | ||||||||||||||
Connections | Transports publics Fribourgeois[2] | ||||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||||
Parking | 6 | ||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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Station code | 8504088 (BROV) | ||||||||||||||
Fare zone | 31 (frimobil )[3] | ||||||||||||||
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Opened | 24 June 1912 | ||||||||||||||
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Broc-Village railway station (French: Gare de Broc-Village), is a railway station in the municipality of Broc, in the Swiss canton of Fribourg. It is one of two stations in Broc. The other, Broc-Chocolaterie, is located next to the Cailler chocolate factory. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Bulle–Broc railway line of Transports publics Fribourgeois.
History
The Chemins de fer électriques de la Gruyère constructed the Bulle–Broc railway line in 1912. Broc-Village opened on 24 June.[4] The line was built as a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge line. The line and station were closed between April 2021 and December 2023 for rebuilding as a 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge line. This permitted direct operation to via Fribourg/Freiburg to Bern. The line fully reopened on 24 August 2023.[5] As part of the project the station was rebuilt to be accessible, with a new 150 metres (490 ft) platform.[6]
Services
As of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Broc-Village:[7]
- RER Fribourg RE2 / RE3: half-hourly service to Düdingen and Broc-Chocolaterie and hourly service to Bern.
References
- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 30. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "Plan régional | Regionalnetz" (PDF) (in French and German). tpf. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ "Plan des zones / Zonenplan" (PDF) (in French and German). frimobil. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ Wägli & Jacobi 2010, p. 27.
- ^ "Ein Bahnhof für Bulle und eine neue Linie nach Broc: Mit Vollgas in eine neue Ära der Mobilität". Freiburger Nachrichten (in Swiss High German). 2023-08-27. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
- ^ "Région de Bulle: nouvelles infrastructures ferroviaires". www.programme-bulle.ch (in French). Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ Transports publics fribourgeois (18 September 2023). "Broc-Chocolaterie - Bulle - Romont" (PDF) (in French). Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- Wägli, Hans G.; Jacobi, Sébastien (2010). Schienennetz Schweiz - Bahnprofil Schweiz CH+ [Swiss rail network] (in German) (3rd ed.). Zürich: AS Verlag. ISBN 978-3-909111-74-9.
External links
- Media related to Broc-Village railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Broc-Village railway station – SBB