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S20 (RER Fribourg)

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S20
Overview
First service14 December 2014 (2014-12-14)
Current operator(s)Transports publics Fribourgeois
Route
TerminiNeuchâtel
Romont FR
Stops19
Distance travelled71.1 kilometres (44.2 mi)
Average journey time
  • 56 minutes (Neuchâtel–Fribourg)
  • 1 hour 30 minutes (Neuchâtel–Romont FR)
Service frequencyHourly
Line(s) used
Route map
Regional services to Travers
Regional services to La Chaux-de-Fonds
Regional services to Yverdon-les-Bains
42.9
Neuchâtel
38.7
St-Blaise-Lac
36.7
Marin-Epagnier
29.8
32.2
Ins
Regional services to Biel/Bienne
27.8
Sugiez
22.2
Murten/Morat
20.6
Münchenwiler-Courgevaux
16.9
Cressier FR
12.4
Courtepin
9.2
Pensier
5.8
Belfaux-Village
4.0
Givisiez
S1 to Bern
0.0
66.0
Fribourg/Freiburg
62.1
Villars-sur-Glâne
60.4
Matran
57.5
Rosé
55.4
Neyruz FR
52.4
Cottens FR
49.6
Chénens
45.0
Villaz-St-Pierre
40.2
Romont FR
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The S20 is a railway service of RER Fribourg that provides hourly service between Neuchâtel and Fribourg/Freiburg, in the Swiss cantons of Neuchâtel and Freiburg, respectively. The S20 is extended to Romont FR on weekdays. Transports publics Fribourgeois operates the service.

Operations

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The S20 runs hourly between Neuchâtel and Fribourg/Freiburg. On weekdays it continues to Romont FR. It uses the western end of the Bern–Neuchâtel line, the entirety of the Fribourg–Ins line, and a portion of the Lausanne–Bern line. It is paired with the S21 between Ins and Romont FR, providing half-hourly service.[3][4]

History

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RER Fribourg introduced the S20 designation on 14 December 2014 for an hourly service between Fribourg/Freiburg and Neuchâtel.[5] In December 2017, the S21, previously a rush-hour service between Fribourg and Kerzers, was re-routed to run between Fribourg and Ins and rescheduled for hourly service on weekdays, increasing the service level between Fribourg and Ins to half-hourly on weekdays.[6] With the December 2021 timetable change, both the S20 and S21 were extended south from Fribourg to Romont, replacing the S40.[7] The S21 began running on weekends with this change, while the S20 operated between Fribourg and Romont on weekdays only.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 17–18, 30. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. ^ "RER Fribourg | Freiberg" (PDF) (in French). Swiss Federal Railways. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Neuchâtel - Ins - Murten - Fribourg/Freiburg" (PDF) (in French). Systemaufgaben Kundeninformation. 4 November 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Lausanne - Romont - Fribourg - Bern (RER Vaud, ligne S4) (RER Fribourg | Freiburg, ligne S20, S21)" (PDF) (in French). Systemaufgaben Kundeninformation. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Plus de trains, plus de bus et des gares modernisées" (in French). PostBus Switzerland. 14 December 2014. p. 7. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Davantage de trains et de bus + de liberté" (in French). PostBus Switzerland. 10 December 2017. p. 5. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  7. ^ "2022 timetable for French-speaking Switzerland". www.sbb.ch. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Timetable change". www.sbb.ch. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
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