Fribourg/Freiburg railway station

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Fribourg/Freiburg
Fribourg railway station, 2013
General information
Location	Avenue de la Gare Fribourg Switzerland
Coordinates	46°48′11.77″N 7°9′3.71″E / 46.8032694°N 7.1510306°E / 46.8032694; 7.1510306
Elevation	629 m (2,064 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Fribourg–Ins line Fribourg–Yverdon line Mittellandlinie
Platforms	5 2 island platforms 1 side platform
Tracks	5
Train operators	BLS AG Swiss Federal Railways Transports publics Fribourgeois
Connections	TPF buses TPF trolleybuses [1]
Construction
Parking	35
Bicycle facilities	225
Other information
Station code	8504100 (FRI)
Fare zone	10 (frimobil [de])[2]
History
Opened	20 August 1862 (1862-08-20)
Rebuilt	1872–1873, 1928
Previous names	Fribourg (until 2012)
Passengers
2023	33'400 per weekday [3] (BLS, RegionAlps, SBB, TPF)
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station Lausanne towards Geneva Airport IC 1 Bern towards St. Gallen Romont FR towards Geneva Airport IR 15 Bern towards Lucerne Romont FR towards Le Châble VS VosAlpes Express Terminus Preceding station RER Fribourg Following station Romont FR towards Broc-Chocolaterie RE2 Düdingen towards Bern RE3 Düdingen Terminus Terminus S20 Givisiez towards Neuchâtel Villars-sur-Glâne towards Romont FR S20 Weekdays only S21 Givisiez towards Ins Terminus S30 Givisiez towards Yverdon-les-Bains Preceding station Bern S-Bahn Following station Terminus S1 Fribourg/Freiburg Poya towards Thun
Location

Fribourg/Freiburg railway station (French: Gare de Fribourg; German: Bahnhof Freiburg im Üechtland) serves the municipality of Fribourg, capital of the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. Opened in 1862, it is owned and operated by SBB-CFF-FFS.

The station forms part of the Lausanne–Bern railway, which is the original portion of the Olten–Lausanne railway line (French: Ligne du Plateau suisse; German: Mittellandlinie). It is also the junction for the Yverdon-les-Bains–Payerne–Fribourg railway, and the Fribourg–Ins railway.^[4]