Palézieux railway station

Palézieux
The station building in 2017
General information
Location	Oron Switzerland
Coordinates	46°32′34.1″N 6°50′16.4″E
Elevation	668 m (2,192 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Palézieux–Bulle–Montbovon line Lausanne–Bern line Palézieux–Lyss line
Distance	20.6 km (12.8 mi) from Lausanne[1]
Platforms	3 (SBB) 2 (TPF)
Tracks	5
Train operators	Swiss Federal Railways Transports publics Fribourgeois
Connections	CarPostal SA buses Transports publics Fribourgeois buses [2][3]
Construction
Parking	Yes (182 spaces)
Bicycle facilities	Yes (74 spaces)
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	8504014 (PAL)
Fare zone	63 (mobilis)[4] 93 (frimobil [de])[5]
History
Opened	1862 (1862) (SBB) 1903 (1903) (TPF)
Passengers
2023	7'800 per weekday [6] (RegionAlps, SBB, TPF)
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station Lausanne towards Geneva Airport IR 15 Romont FR towards Lucerne Vevey towards Le Châble VS VosAlpes Express Romont FR towards Fribourg/Freiburg Preceding station RER Vaud Following station Puidoux towards Lausanne S40 Vauderens towards Fribourg/Freiburg Moreillon towards Lausanne S41 Oron towards Fribourg/Freiburg Puidoux towards Vevey R7 Terminus Puidoux towards Allaman R8 Palézieux-Village towards Payerne R9 Palézieux-Village towards Murten/Morat Preceding station RER Fribourg Following station Terminus S50 Bossonnens towards Montbovon S51 Bossonnens towards Gruyères
Route map SBB to Bern SBB to Payerne Palézieux-Village (633 m) Palézieux (669 m) TPF to Bulle SBB to Lausanne This diagram: view talk edit
Location

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 Palézieux–Bulle–Montbovon 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 182 car parking spaces.^[7]

Services

As of the December 2024 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Palézieux:^[8][9][10]

• InterRegio: hourly service between Geneva Airport and Lucerne.
• VosAlpes Express: daily direct service between Le Châble VS and Fribourg/Freiburg on weekends between December and April.
• RER Vaud:
  • S40 / S41: half-hourly service between Lausanne and Fribourg/Freiburg.
  • R7: hourly service to Vevey.
  • R8 / R9: half-hourly service between Allaman and Payerne, with every other train continuing from Payerne to Murten/Morat.
• RER Fribourg S50 / S51: half-hourly service on weekdays and hourly service on weekends to Gruyères and hourly service to Montbovon.

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 30. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "Plan de réseaux Palézieux, Lavaux, Oron" (PDF) (in French). PostBus Switzerland. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
3. "Plan des bus régionaux" (PDF) (in French). tpf. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
4. "Plan de zones tarifaires" (PDF). Mobilis Vaud. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
5. "Plan des zones / Zonenplan" (PDF) (in French and German). frimobil. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
6. "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Oron, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
7. SBB-CFF-FFS Palézieux station information (English)
8. "Lausanne - Puidoux- Palézieux (tous les trains)" (PDF) (in French). öv-info.ch. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
9. "Montbovon - Bulle - Châtel-St-Denis - Palézieux (RER Fribourg | Freiburg, lignes S50, S51)" (PDF). öv-info.ch (in French). 1 November 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
10. "Départ: Gare de Palézieux" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in French). 15 December 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.

External links

• Media related to Palézieux railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Palézieux railway station – SBB