Bercher railway station
Bercher | |||||||||||
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The station in 2011 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Bercher, Vaud Switzerland | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°41′34″N 6°42′13″E / 46.69288°N 6.70365°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 627 m (2,057 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Chemin de fer Lausanne-Échallens-Bercher | ||||||||||
| Line | Lausanne–Bercher line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 23.7 km (14.7 mi) from Lausanne-Flon[1] | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Train operators | Chemin de fer Lausanne-Échallens-Bercher | ||||||||||
| Connections | CarPostal SA bus lines[2] | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 8501177 (BERC) | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 52 (mobilis)[3] | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 24 November 1889 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | 7 December 1935 | ||||||||||
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Bercher railway station (French: Gare de Bercher) is a railway station in the municipality of Bercher, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is the northern terminus of the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Lausanne–Bercher line of the Chemin de fer Lausanne-Échallens-Bercher (LEB).[1]
Bercher station opened to service on 24 November 1889, as the outer terminus of the Compagnie du Central Vaudois line from Échallens station. Although the Central Vaudois was nominally an independent company, its line was operated by the Lausanne-Échallens line, with which it connected at Échallens. The two lines merged as the LEB in 1913, and were electrified in 1935.[4]
The main reason for building the line to Bercher was the presence in the town of a condensed milk plant owned by Nestlé. This was linked to the station by an aerial cableway. However, in 1921, the plant closed, resulting in a sharp decline in freight traffic on the LEB railway.[4]
Services
As of the December 2023 timetable change, the following services stop at Bercher:[5][6]
- Regio: half-hourly service to Lausanne-Flon.
References
- ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 29. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "Réseau de lignes Echallens / Yverdon / Thierrens" (PDF) (in French). PostBus Switzerland. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ "Plan Mobilis". Mobilis Vaud. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ a b "150 ans d'histoire et de modernité" [150 years of history and modernity] (in French). Chemin de fer Lausanne-Échallens-Bercher. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
- ^ "Lausanne-Flon - Echallens - Bercher" (PDF) (in French). öv-info.ch. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ "Départ: Gare de Bercher" (PDF) (in French). Transports publics de la région lausannoise. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
External links
- Media related to Bercher railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Bercher railway station – SBB