Palézieux railway station

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Palézieux
Three-story hip-roofed building next to double-track railway line with canopy-covered side platforms
The station building in 2017
LocationOron
Switzerland
Coordinates46°32′33.9180″N 6°50′16.3514″E / 46.542755000°N 6.837875389°E / 46.542755000; 6.837875389Coordinates: 46°32′33.9180″N 6°50′16.3514″E / 46.542755000°N 6.837875389°E / 46.542755000; 6.837875389
Elevation668 m (2,192 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)
Distance20.6 km (12.8 mi) from Lausanne[1]
Platforms3 (SBB)
Train operators
ConnectionsCarPostal Suisse buses[2]
Other information
Fare zone
History
Opened
  • 1862 (1862) (SBB)
  • 1903 (1903) (TPF)
Passengers
20184,600 per weekday (excluding TPF)[5]
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station
Lausanne
towards Geneva Airport
 InterRegio
IR 15
 Romont
towards Lucerne
Preceding station RER Vaud Following station
Moreillon
towards Allaman
 S4 Terminus
Oron
Limited service
towards Romont
Moreillon
towards Lausanne
 S6 Terminus
Terminus S8 Palézieux-Village
towards Payerne or Avenches
Puidoux
towards Lausanne
 S9 Palézieux-Village
towards Kerzers
Preceding station RER Fribourg Following station
Terminus S50
towards
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Route map
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Legend
to Bern and Olten
to Moudon and Payerne
Palézieux-Village
(633 m)
Palézieux
(669 m)
to Châtel-Saint-Denis and Bulle
to Lausanne and Vevey
Location
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Palézieux railway station serves the village of Palézieux, within the municipality of Oron, in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The station is located at the junction of the standard gauge Lausanne–Bern and Palézieux–Lyss lines of Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), 20.6 kilometres (12.8 mi) from Lausanne. The station is also the terminus of the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge Châtel-St-Denis–Palézieux line of Transports publics Fribourgeois. Palézieux's other station, Palézieux-Village, is located to the north on the Palézieux–Lyss line.[1]

The station has two parts, one for the national railways (SBB) and the other for the metre gauge line; it is the only station on the Transports publics Fribourgeois network which is in the canton of Vaud. There are three through-platforms on the SBB mainline, with further platforms at the adjacent metre gauge railway terminus. The station is staffed by SBB Monday to Friday. There are 179 car parking spaces.[6]

Services[]

As of the December 2020 timetable change, the following services stop at Palézieux:[7][8]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 30. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. ^ "Reseau CarPostal Ouest" (PDF) (in French). PostBus Switzerland. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Plan de zones tarifaires" (PDF). Mobilis Vaud. December 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Plan des zones" (PDF) (in French). frimobil. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  6. ^ SBB-CFF-FFS Palézieux station information (English)
  7. ^ "Lausanne - Puidoux- Palézieux - (tous les trains)" (PDF) (in French). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Montbovon - Bulle - Châtel-St-Denis - Palézieux" (PDF) (in French). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.

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