Murten/Morat railway station

Murten/Morat railway station (German: Bahnhof Murten, French: Gare de Morat) is a railway station in the municipality of Murten, in the Swiss canton of Fribourg. It is located at the southern junction of the standard gauge Fribourg–Ins and Palézieux–Lyss lines of Swiss Federal Railways.^[1]

Murten/Morat
The station building in 2019
General information
Location	Murten Switzerland
Coordinates	46°55′31.249″N 7°6′55.019″E
Elevation	453 m (1,486 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Fribourg–Ins line Palézieux–Lyss railway line
Distance	22.2 km (13.8 mi) from Fribourg/Freiburg 76.5 km (47.5 mi) from Lausanne [1]
Platforms	2 side platforms 1 island platform
Tracks	4
Train operators	BLS AG Swiss Federal Railways Transports publics Fribourgeois
Connections	PostAuto AG bus line Transports publics Fribourgeois buses [2][3]
Construction
Parking	74
Bicycle facilities	200
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	8504128 (MRT)
Fare zone	50 (frimobil [de])[4]
History
Previous names	Murten (until 2012)
Passengers
2023	3'600 per weekday[5] (BLS, SBB, TPF)
Services
Preceding station RER Vaud Following station Faoug towards Lausanne R9 Muntelier-Löwenberg towards Kerzers Preceding station RER Fribourg Following station Münchenwiler-Courgevaux towards Romont FR S20 Sugiez towards Neuchâtel S21 Muntelier-Löwenberg towards Ins Preceding station Bern S-Bahn Following station Faoug towards Payerne S5 Muntelier-Löwenberg towards Bern Terminus
Location

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Murten/Morat:^[6][7][8]

• Bern S-Bahn: S5: hourly service to Bern and rush-hour service to Payerne.
• RER Vaud R9: hourly service between Lausanne and Kerzers.
• RER Fribourg S20 / S21:
  • Weekdays: half-hourly service between Ins and Romont FR; S20 trains continue to Neuchâtel.
  • Weekends: half-hourly service between Ins and Fribourg/Freiburg; S21 trains continue to Romont FR.

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 18. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "Plan régional | Regionalnetz" (PDF) (in French and German). tpf. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
3. "Liniennetz Bern West" (PDF) (in German). Libero. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
4. "Plan des zones / Zonenplan" (PDF) (in French and German). frimobil. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
5. "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Murten/Morat, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
6. "Neuchâtel - Ins - Murten - Fribourg/Freiburg (RER Fribourg | Freiburg, lignes S20, S21)" (PDF) (in French). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 18 September 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
7. "Payerne - Murten/Morat - Kerzers - Bern" (PDF) (in German and French). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
8. "Abfahrt/Départ: Bahnhof/Gare de Murten/Morat" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German and French). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2024.

External links

• Media related to Murten/Morat railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Murten/Morat railway station – SBB