Bulle–Romont Railway Line
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The Bulle–Romont railway line is a standard gauge railway line in the
canton of Fribourg The canton of Fribourg, also canton of Freiburg, is located in western Switzerland. The canton is bilingual, with French spoken by more than two thirds of the citizens and German by a little more than a quarter. Both are official languages in th ...
, Switzerland. It runs from to . The line is owned and operated by
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 ...
(TPF).


History

The
Chemin de fer Bulle–Romont Chemin or Le Chemin may refer to: Arts and media * ''Le Chemin'' (Emmanuel Moire album), 2013 album by French singer Emmanuel Moire * ''Le Chemin'' (Kyo album), 2003 album by French band Kyo ** "Le Chemin" (song), title song from same-titled Kyo a ...
(BR) opened the line between Bulle and Romont on 1 July 1868. The line was electrified on 8 May 1946. In 1942, the BR merged with two other companies to form the Chemins de fer fribourgeois Gruyère–Fribourg–Morat (GFM). The GFM, in turn, became the
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 ...
(TPF) in 2000.


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References

* Railway lines in Switzerland Transport in the canton of Fribourg Railway lines opened in 1868 15 kV AC railway electrification {{DEFAULTSORT:Bulle-Romont railway line