Fribourg railway station
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Fribourg
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Fribourg railway station, 2013
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| Location | Avenue de la Gare 1700 Fribourg Sarine, Fribourg Switzerland |
| Coordinates | 46°48′10″N 07°09′04″E / 46.80278°N 7.15111°ECoordinates: 46°48′10″N 07°09′04″E / 46.80278°N 7.15111°E |
| Elevation | 629 m above the sea |
| Owned by | SBB-CFF-FFS |
| Operated by | SBB-CFF-FFS |
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Olten–Lausanne Yverdon-les-Bains–Payerne–Fribourg Fribourg–Morat–Ins |
| Distance | 66.0 km (41.0 mi) from Lausanne |
| Platforms | 5 |
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| History | |
| Opened | 20 August 1862 |
| Rebuilt | 1872–1873, 1928 |
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 Fribourg
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Fribourg 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 (which is part of the Broye line French: Ligne de la Broye; German: Broyelinie), and the Fribourg–Murat–Ins railway.
Fribourg railway station is right in the heart of the city centre, which has shifted from the Old City to the railway station quarter since the station's construction.
The station was opened on 20 August 1862 by the Western Swiss Railways (French: Société des chemins de Fer Ouest-Suisse), upon completion of the Fribourg–Bern section of the Lausanne–Bern railway.
Completion of that section had been delayed for two years, due to the need to construct the 352 m (1,155 ft) long Grandfey Viaduct over the Saane/Sarine river, just to the north of the station. On 2 September 1862, the remaining section of the line was opened between Lausanne and Fribourg.
The first station building at Fribourg was a simple wooden hut. Between 1872 and 1873, a more substantial replacement building was constructed adjacent to the hut. The new building's design had been entrusted to the architect Adolphe Fraisse.
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