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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 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]

Palézieux
The station building in 2017
General information
Location	Oron Switzerland
Coordinates	46°32′33.9180″N 6°50′16.3514″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)
Train operators	Swiss Federal Railways Transports publics Fribourgeois
Connections	CarPostal Suisse buses[2]
Other information
Fare zone	63 (mobilis)[3] 93 (frimobil [de])[4]
History
Opened	1862 (1862) (SBB) 1903 (1903) (TPF)
Passengers
2018	4,600 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 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 Bossonnens towards Bulle
Route map Legend 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

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 2021 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Palézieux:[7][8]

• InterRegio: hourly service between Geneva Airport and Lucerne.
• RER Vaud:
  • S4 / S6: half-hourly service to Lausanne and hourly service to Allaman; weekday rush-hour service continues from Palézieux to Romont.
  • S8: hourly service except on Sundays to Payerne.
  • S9: hourly service between Lausanne and Kerzers.
• RER Fribourg S50: half-hourly service on weekdays and hourly service on weekends to Bulle.

References

External links

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

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