The Bulle–Broc railway line is a railway line in the

canton of Fribourg The canton of Fribourg, also canton of Freiburg (french: Canton de Fribourg ; german: Kanton Freiburg ; frp, Canton de Fribôrg rm, Chantun Friburg it, Canton Friburgo) is located in western Switzerland. The canton is bilingual, with French ...

, Switzerland. It runs from to . It was built in 1912 by the

Chemins de fer électriques de la Gruyère The Chemins de fer électriques de la Gruyère (CEG) was the name finally adopted by the Chemin de fer Châtel-St-Denis-Bulle-Montbovon (CBM) before operation started. (The 1903 federal rolling stock statistics already showed the company as CEG). ...

(CEG) as a branch from the

Palézieux–Bulle–Montbovon railway line The Palézieux–Bulle–Montbovon railway line is a railway line in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. It runs from to . The line is owned and operated by Transports publics Fribourgeois (TPF). History The first section between and open ...

. Both lines were .

Transports publics Fribourgeois The Transports Publics Fribourgeois (TPF) is a renaming of the former Chemins de fer Fribourgeois Gruyère-Fribourg-Morat when the municipal Transport en commun de Fribourg (TF) was absorbed in 2000. Lines The company is a railway operator w ...

(TPF) closed the line in 2021 for rebuilding as a standard gauge line, which will permit through operation over the

Bulle–Romont railway line The Bulle–Romont railway line is a standard gauge railway line in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. It runs from to . The line is owned and operated by Transports publics Fribourgeois (TPF). History The Chemin de fer Bulle–Romont (BR) ...

History

The

constructed the branch line in 1912, with the section from Bulle to Les Marches opening on 29 January and from Les Marches to Broc on 24 June. In 1942, the CEG merged with two other companies to form the

Chemins de fer fribourgeois Gruyère–Fribourg–Morat The Chemins de fer fribourgeois Gruyère–Fribourg–Morat (GFM) was a railway company in Switzerland. It was established with the merger in 1942 of two standard gauge and one gauge railways running mainly within the Swiss canton of Fribourg. It ...

(GFM). The GFM, in turn, became the

(TPF) in 2000. Two stations were renamed with the 2017 timetable change: La Tour-Village became La Tour-de-Trême while Epagny became La Tour-de-Trême Parqueterie. The station formerly known as La Tour-de-Trême on the Palézieux–Bulle–Montbovon line became La Tour-de-Trême Ronclina. TPF closed the line in April 2021 to permit a complete rebuilding and conversion to standard gauge. The change of gauge will allow through operation of trains to and from . In addition, the stations of , , and will be rebuilt for better handicapped access. Two other stations, La Tour-de-Trême Parqueterie and Les Marches, were closed. The line is scheduled for reopening in 2023.

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* Railway lines in Switzerland Metre gauge railways in Switzerland Transport in the canton of Fribourg Railway lines opened in 1912 {{DEFAULTSORT:Bulle-Broc railway line