Avenches railway station

Avenches railway station (French: Gare de Avenches) is a railway station in the municipality of Avenches, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Palézieux–Lyss line of Swiss Federal Railways.[1]

Avenches
The station in 2019
Location	Avenches Switzerland
Coordinates	46°53′4.553″N 7°2′27.316″E
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Palézieux–Lyss railway line
Distance	69.1 km (42.9 mi) from Lausanne[1]
Train operators	BLS AG Swiss Federal Railways
Connections	PostAuto Schweiz and Transports publics fribourgeois buses[2]
Other information
Fare zone	51 (frimobil)[3] 130 (Mobilis Vaud)[4]
Passengers
2018	820 per weekday[5]
Services
Preceding station RER Vaud Following station Domdidier towards Lausanne S9 Faoug towards Kerzers Preceding station Bern S-Bahn Following station Domdidier towards Payerne S5 Limited service Faoug towards Bern
Location
Avenches Location within Switzerland Avenches Avenches (Canton of Vaud)

Services

The following services stop at Avenches:[6]

• Bern S-Bahn: S5: limited service between Bern and Payerne.
• RER Vaud S9: hourly service between Lausanne and Kerzers.

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 18. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "Liniennetz Freiburg Broye" (PDF) (in German). PostBus Switzerland. October 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
3. "Plan des zones" (PDF) (in French). frimobil. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
4. "Plan de zones tarifaires" (PDF). Mobilis Vaud. December 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
5. "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
6. "Payerne - Murten/Morat - Kerzers - Bern" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 21 October 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2020.

External links

• Media related to Avenches railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Avenches railway station – SBB