Châtel-St-Denis railway station

Châtel-St-Denis
The station in 2020
General information
Location	Châtel-Saint-Denis, Fribourg Switzerland
Coordinates	46°31′39.9029″N 6°53′44.6960″E
Elevation	807 m (2,648 ft)
Owned by	Transports publics Fribourgeois
Line(s)	Palézieux–Bulle–Montbovon line St-Légier–Châtel-St-Denis line (until 1969)
Platforms	2 (2 side platforms)
Tracks	1
Train operators	Transports publics Fribourgeois
Connections	Transports publics Fribourgeois buses VMCA bus line[1][2]
Construction
Parking	0
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	8504062 (CHSD)
Fare zone	40 (frimobil [de])[3]
History
Opened	29 April 1901 (1901-04-29)
Services
Preceding station RER Fribourg Following station Remaufens towards Palézieux S50 Semsales towards Montbovon S51 Semsales towards Gruyères
Location

Châtel-St-Denis railway station (French: Gare de Châtel-St-Denis), is a railway station in the municipality of Châtel-Saint-Denis, in the Swiss canton of Fribourg. It is an intermediate stop on the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge Palézieux–Bulle–Montbovon railway line of Transports publics Fribourgeois.

History

Châtel-Saint-Denis railway station was opened on 29 April 1901 by the Châtel-Saint-Denis - Palézieux (CP). The Chemins de fer électriques de la Gruyère (CEG) opened the line from Châtel-Saint-Denis to Vuadens in 1903 and the Chemins de fer électriques veveysans opened the line from Châtel-Saint-Denis to Saint-Légier in 1904.

• The old station
• 
  Map showing the current station opened in 2019 (full rectangle) and the old station (empty rectangle), with the current track in full line and the old tracks in dotted line.
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  The old station in 2013.

The line to Saint-Légier was discontinued in 1969, leaving the station at a dead end. A new station was therefore opened in 2019, a few hundred metres from the old one, to reduce the distance between Palézieux and Bulle by eliminating the turning back at the station, thereby saving three minutes on this route. The project, which took three years to complete at a cost of CHF 60 million, also included the construction of a new cantonal road, the revitalisation of the Tatrel stream and the creation of a greenway.[4][5]

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Châtel-St-Denis:[6]

• RER Fribourg S50 / S51: half-hourly service on weekdays and hourly service on weekends between Palézieux and Gruyères and hourly service from Gruyères to Montbovon.

References

1. "Plan régional | Regionalnetz" (PDF) (in French and German). tpf. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
2. "Plan de réseau VMCV" (PDF) (in French). VMCA. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
3. "Plan des zones / Zonenplan" (PDF) (in French and German). frimobil. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
4. "Le futur visage du centre-ville de Châtel-St-Denis (FR) a été dévoilé" (in French). Radio télévision suisse. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
5. "Inauguration de la gare entièrement remaniée de Châtel-St-Denis" (in French). Radio télévision suisse. 14 December 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
6. "Montbovon - Bulle - Châtel-St-Denis - Palézieux (RER Fribourg | Freiburg, lignes S50, S51)" (PDF). öv-info.ch (in French). 23 November 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2024.

Bibliography

• 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 Châtel-Saint-Denis railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Châtel-St-Denis railway station – SBB