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.
Broc-Village | |||||||||||||||
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 The station building in 2014 | |||||||||||||||
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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] | ||||||||||||||
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| 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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History
editThe 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
editAs 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
edit- ^ 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
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Media related to Broc-Village railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Broc-Village railway station – SBB
