Châtel-St-Denis railway station
Railway station in Châtel-Saint-Denis, Switzerland
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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.
Switzerland
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| Location | Châtel-Saint-Denis, Fribourg Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°31′40″N 6°53′45″E | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 807 m (2,648 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Transports publics Fribourgeois | ||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 (2 side platforms) | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Train operators | Transports publics Fribourgeois | ||||||||||||||
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| Parking | None | ||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 8504062 (CHSD) | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 29 April 1901 | ||||||||||||||
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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.
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.[5][6]
