Montbovon railway station

Montbovon
The station in 2022
General information
Location	Haut-Intyamon, Fribourg Switzerland
Coordinates	46°29′7.534″N 7°2′31.704″E
Elevation	797 m (2,615 ft)
Owned by	Transports publics Fribourgeois
Line(s)	Palézieux–Bulle–Montbovon line Montreux–Lenk im Simmental line
Distance	36.7 km (22.8 mi) from Châtel-St-Denis[1] 22.1 km (13.7 mi) from Montreux[1]
Platforms	3 1 side platform 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Train operators	Transports publics Fribourgeois Montreux Oberland Bernois Railway
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	8504070 (MTB)
Fare zone	22/23 (frimobil [de])[2]
History
Opened	23 July 1903 (1903-07-23)
Passengers
2023	840 per weekday [3] (MOB, TPF)
Services
Preceding station RER Fribourg Following station Terminus S50 Lessoc towards Palézieux Preceding station Montreux Oberland Bernois Railway Following station Château-d'Oex towards Interlaken Ost GoldenPass Express Montreux Terminus La Tine towards Zweisimmen PE30 Les Sciernes towards Montreux Rossinière towards Château-d'Oex R34 Les Avants towards Montreux
Location

Montbovon railway station (French: Gare de Montbovon), is a railway station in the municipality of Haut-Intyamon, in the Swiss canton of Fribourg. It is the terminus station on the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge Palézieux–Bulle–Montbovon railway line of Transports publics Fribourgeois and an intermediate stop on the Montreux–Lenk im Simmental line of Montreux Oberland Bernois Railway.[1]

History

The station building was built in 1903 by Ody & Fils by the design of the architects Broillet & Wulffleff.[4] The station was opened by the Chemins de fer électriques de la Gruyère at the same time as the Tour-de-Trême to Montbovon section of the Palézieux-Bulle-Montbovon line, on 23 July 1903[5].The Les Avants to Montbovon section of the MOB line was inaugurated a few months later, on 10 October 1903.[6][7] Due to its high level of use and its role at the junction of two strategic metre gauge lines, the station underwent a major renovation between 2017 and 2019.[8] In order to bring the station's infrastructure into compliance with the LHand law on equality for disabled people, a new underpass has been built under the station, leading to the platforms via gently sloping ramps. The platforms have been extended to 214 and 259 metres, raised and fitted with canopies to protect passengers while they wait in the station.[9][10] The work is estimated to cost 32 million Swiss francs, of which 26 million for Transports publics fribourgeois and 6 million for Montreux Oberland Bernois Railway.[11]

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Montbovon:[12][13]

• RER Fribourg S50: hourly service to Palézieux.
• GoldenPass Express: 4 daily round-trips between Montreux and Interlaken Ost.
• Panorama Express/Regio: half-hourly service during peak hours or hourly service between Montreux and Château-d'Oex and hourly service to Zweisimmen.

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Freiburg: EK-Verlag. 2024. p. 43, 73. ISBN 978-3-8446-6441-6.
2. "Plan des zones / Zonenplan" (PDF) (in French and German). frimobil. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
3. "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Haut-Intyamon, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
4. Julien 'neiluj' Richard. "MONTBOVON / BÂTIMENT DE GARE TPF". a-rb.ch (in French). Archived from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
5. "23 juillet 1903: jour faste pour les chemins de fer fribourgeois". Histoire ferroviaire suisse (in French). 23 July 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
6. "MOB gare de Montbovon 1904". notrehistoire.ch (in French). 2 November 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
7. "Montreux". aubertrain.com. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
8. "Passage sous-voie, gare de Montbovon (FR)". www.mapei.com (in French). Retrieved 29 July 2024.
9. Julien 'neiluj' Richard. "Marquises de gare et passage inférieur TPF | RBCH". a-rb.ch (in French). Retrieved 29 July 2024.
10. Sophie Roulin (19 July 2013). "La gare de Montbovon est en retard d'un train". www.lagruyere.ch (in French). Retrieved 29 July 2024.
11. "Les TPF et le MOB lancent les travaux de la gare de Montbovon - Détail - TPF". www.tpf.ch. Archived from the original on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
12. "Montbovon - Bulle - Châtel-St-Denis - Palézieux (RER Fribourg | Freiburg, lignes S50, S51)" (PDF). öv-info.ch (in French). 23 November 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
13. "Montreux - Château-d'Oex - Gstaad - Zweisimmen - Lenk im Simmental" (PDF). öv-info.ch (in French). 4 December 2023. Retrieved 29 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 Montbovon railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Montbovon railway station – SBB