Chemin de fer Friborg – Morat – Anet
| Freiburg-Murten-Ins-Bahn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Timetable field : | 255 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route length: | 25.60 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Power system : | 15 kV 16.7 Hz ~ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maximum slope : | 30 ‰ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Chemin de fer Friborg – Morat – Anet ( French , German Freiburg-Murten-Ins-Bahn ) ( FMA ) is a former Swiss railway company.
history
Originally under the name of Freiburg-Murten-Bahn ( FM ) (French: Chemin de fer Friborg – Morat ), the standard gauge, 22 km long railway line between Friborg and Murten (French: Morat ) was opened on 23 August 1898 . The FM already drove the first four kilometers between Friborg and Givisiez, the Friborg– Payerne section of the Broye transversale opened on August 25, 1876 by the Suisse-Occidentale (SO) . In Murten, the FM again reached the Broye longitudinal ( Palézieux- Murten- Lyss ), which was also opened by the SO. The two broyelines were already part of the Jura-Simplon-Bahn (JS) when the FM began operating .
On May 1, 1903, the route was extended by around 10 km from Murten to Ins (French: Anet ) and the name of the company was changed to Chemin de fer Friborg-Morat-Anet (FMA). Since then, a good two and a half kilometers of the Murten – Lyss section of the Broye longitudinale, which opened on June 12, 1876, has been used by the FMA between Murten and Muntelier . At the same time, JS, the owner of the broyeline lines shared by the FMA, was nationalized to the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB). In Ins, the FMA reached the line of the Bern-Neuchâtel Railway (BN), which opened on July 1, 1901 .
On July 23, 1903, the entire railway line was electrified with direct current . Since sections of the SBB were also used and these did not want to allow overhead lines, the FMA chose a conductor rail system with a third rail on the side, which is extremely unusual in Switzerland. Only the Martigny-Châtelard-Bahn (MC) also uses a busbar system, but combined with overhead contact line sections. Over the years, the FMA has used voltages between 750 and 900 volts.
Since March 19, 1917, Ins has been connected to the meter-gauge Seeländische Lokalbahnen (SLB) to Nidau ; At the same time, the SLB put a roller bolster system into operation. On August 21, 1926, the SLB railway line was extended to Biel / Bienne .
On January 1, 1942, the FMA, the also standard gauge Bulle-Romont-Bahn (BR) (French: Chemin de fer Bulle-Romont ) and the meter-gauge Chemins de fer électriques de la Gruyère (CEG) merged to form the Chemins de fer fribourgeois Gruyère – Friborg – Morat (GFM).
The merger to form the GFM had little impact on the operation of the FMA; synergies with the BR were only rudimentary due to the geographical distance. With the advancing electrification of the surrounding SBB lines, the FMA was finally re-electrified to alternating current via overhead lines. On August 12, 1947, operations began at 15 kV 16⅔ Hz.
On January 1, 2000, GFM merged with Transport en commun de Friborg (TF) to form Freiburgische Verkehrsbetriebe (TPF) (French: Transports publics Fribourgeois ), which has owned the FMA route ever since.
In the 2010s, several stations on the Freiburg-Murten route were renovated and expanded as crossing stations. First Belfaux-Village, then Pensier, then Münchenwiler-Courgevaux (2017), Courtepin (2018), and finally Givisiez (2019). At the end of 2017, the half-hourly service between Freiburg and Ins was introduced on weekdays - the normal crossings take place in Pensier and Münchenwiler-Courgevaux. Cressier FR is also to be renovated, but without the possibility of crossing.
literature
- Hans G. Wägli: Swiss Rail Network . 2nd Edition. AS Verlag, Zurich 1998