Châtel-St-Denis railway station (), is a railway station in the municipality of Châtel-Saint-Denis, in the Swiss canton of Fribourg. It is an intermediate stop on the Palézieux–Bulle–Montbovon railway line of Transports publics Fribourgeois.
History Châtel-Saint-Denis railway station was opened on 29 April 1901 by the Châtel-Saint-Denis - Palézieux (CP). The Chemins de fer électriques de la Gruyère (CEG) opened the line from Châtel-Saint-Denis to Vuadens in 1903 and the Chemins de fer électriques veveysans opened the line from Châtel-Saint-Denis to Saint-Légier in 1904.
The line to Saint-Légier was discontinued in 1969, leaving the station at a dead end. A new station was therefore opened in 2019, a few hundred metres from the old one, to reduce the distance between Palézieux and Bulle by eliminating the turning back at the station, thereby saving three minutes on this route. The project, which took three years to complete at a cost of CHF 60 million, also included the construction of a new cantonal road, the revitalisation of the Tatrel stream and the creation of a greenway.
Services the following services stop at Châtel-St-Denis:
RER Fribourg / : half-hourly service on weekdays and hourly service on weekends between and and hourly service from Gruyères to .
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