Chemins de fer Fribourgeois Gruyère-Fribourg-Morat

Chemins de fer fribourgeois Gruyère - Fribourg- Morat ( GFM ), officially the Compagnie des Chemins de fer fribourgeois, is the former name of the free TPF AG before the merger in 2000.

The GFM operated several railway lines and buses in the Swiss canton of Fribourg and the adjacent area.

The company was formed on January 1, 1942 the merger of the meter-gauge Chemins de fer de la Gruyère électriques (CEG ), the standard- Fribourg - Morat -in -Bahn (FMA ) and the equally standard-gauge bull -Romont Railway ( BR). As of 1 January 2000, the GFM merged with the Transport en commun de Fribourg ( TF) to the TPF operations (TPF ). It absorbed the GFM, the TF and gave himself the new name TPF.

Between 1929 and 1932, the CEG operation also the Trackless train Freiburg- Farvagny, an early trolleybus, which they took over from the Compagnie des omnibus électriques Fribourg- Farvagny before the company in 1930 rose entirely in the CEG.

Chemins de fer de la Gruyère électriques

The narrow-gauge network of GFM has a length of about 48 km and a track width of 1000 mm and has been electrified since the beginning. The first section of Châtel- Saint- Denis to Palézieux in 1901 taken from the Chemin de fer Châtel- Palézieux (CP ) in operation. Another railway company initially called Chemin de fer Châtel- bull - Montbovon (CBM ), but changed its name in 1902 in the Electricity Chemins de fer de la Gruyère (CEG ). She opened 1903-1904 in several stages with the distance of Châtel -Saint -Denis on Bulle and Gruyeres to Montbovon. In 1907 she took over the CP. 1912, the side line of bull was opened to Broc, the Cailler chocolate factory to the ( now Nestlé ) leads there. The originally planned continuation of this line to Freiburg was not created because of the First World War and later instead set up a bus line, after opening of the motorway until 2011 in the form of a quick bus Bulle- Freiburg.

In Montbovon the GFM has connection to the meter gauge network of the Montreux- Bernese Oberland Railway ( MOB), (French: Chemin de fer Montreux- Oberland bernois ), also with the rolling stock is replaced.

Between November 1973 and October 1979 were transported on this route with shuttle trains 2'025'000 clay gravel for N 12. For the two BDe were 4/4 141 and 142 but used without interior fittings with ballast.

In August 2012, 17 narrow gauge trainsets were advertised together with the BAM, the MOB and TRAVYS. In March 2013 it was announced that Stadler has won the CHF 150 million contract. At the TPF six three -car multiple units are delivered, which have a continuous power of 1340 kW and a top speed of 100 km / hr. The first trains will be delivered in early 2015 and replace older vehicles.

Vehicle park

• BCe 4/4 111 (1903) on loan to Blonay -Chamby
• Be 4/ 4 115 (1905 ) Nostalgia railcars
• Be 4/ 4 116 (1922 ), ex 121, 1999 New box body and renumbering
• Be 4/ 4131 (1943 ) delivery to railway museum Kerzers / Kallnach 2010, 2013 back
• Be 4/ 4151 and 152 (1977 ), only one cab, can only be used with control car 251-256
• ABe 4/12 Stadler railcars, used from 2015

• Te 2/2 11 ( Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon 1913) shunting in Bulle
• Te 2/2 12 ( Alioth 1913) shunting in Montbovon
• Te 4/4 13 ( Alioth 1901) Conversion of railcars in 1927, shunting in Broc Fabrique
• Te 4/4 14 ( Alioth 1901) Conversion of railcars in 1933, work trains
• Tm 2/2 15 (1971 ) diesel work trains and shunting bull

Fribourg - Morat -in - train

The Freiburg- Murten -in -Bahn (FMA ), (French: Chemin de fer Fribourg- Morat - Anet ) is a 32 km long, standard gauge railway from Freiburg via Murten (French: Morat ) to Ins (French: Anet ). At that time the company Chemin de fer Fribourg- Morat opened on 23 August 1898, the route of Givisiez, branch off the track Fribourg- Yverdon, Murten. The operation was carried out with rolling stock and staff of the Jura -Simplon (JS). 1901, the company changed its name to Compagnie du Chemin de fer Fribourg- Morat - Anet. In February, work began on the construction of additional track Muntelier - Lowenberg -ins, and on 1 May 1903, the operation could be added. On July 23, 1903, the electric operation with direct current was recorded 750 V ( from 1930 to 900 V ) from a third rail along the entire route Freiburg -ins. For this purpose, the two SBB belonging sections Freiburg- Givisiez and Murten - Muntelier lion mountain with the third rail, the station areas were equipped with a simple catenary. The same was true for the Bern- Neuenburg -Bahn station belonging ins. In Freiburg, and there were in 1906 an electrified with direct current siding after Perolles. The local former sawmill was purchased in 1923 and together with the TF ( Société des Tramways de Fribourg, later transport en commun de Fribourg ) used as a workshop. The 1926 adopted electrification of the train line Lausanne- Berne required the change in the station area of catenary to third rail, which was covered with fiber cement panels. Two years later, the Bern- Neuenburg -Bahn was electrified, and the Ins station had to be adjusted. In contrast, the catenary operation at the instigation of SBB from Murten to the branch direction ins in 1939 was extended. Soon, however, the DC operating collided with the electrification plans for the SBB - branch lines. The entire route was equipped with catenary, and from August 12, 1947 reversed the trains, will be called the GFM, with alternating between Freiburg and ins.

Three railcars Bcfe 4/4 1-3 were to electrification procured, the number 4 with a slightly longer wagon body followed in 1907. Finally arrived in 1931 yet another railcar to the BCFE 4/4 5 This was 1946 AC railcars Bcfe 2/4 rebuilt by getting a transformer and a new motor bogie ( this railcar was in 2003 at the tram Club Freiburg (CTF ) above ). With the merger, the railcars had received the new numbers 151-155.

Conserves the DC operation on the siding after Perolles. For this, a new Te 2/2 52 1947 yet procured, which supplemented the 1906 from the power plant in the canton of Fribourg commissioned in Te 2/2 51. The Te 52 was canceled in 1998 after the siding has been lifted.

Rolling stock from 1947 see today's TPF

Bulle- Romont train

The bull -Romont Railway ( BR), (French: Chemin de fer bull -Romont ) is the oldest part of the entire route network. On 1 July 1868, the 18 km long standard gauge railway line from Romont where opened on September 4, 1862 Lausanne- Fribourg- Bern -Bahn ( LFB ) ( now part of the SBB) operates a railway station, opened to Bulle. The railway initially did not own his own rolling stock, but handed over the management of the LFB and its successors. In 1929 the stations were taken in -house operation and in 1934 also the traffic, where the two locomotives and three passenger cars were purchased by other railways. After the merger, which was mainly the purpose of obtaining federal subsidies, according to the private railway Assistance Act, the electrification of the electrical equipment was tackled and on May 8, 1946 was added.

Steam locomotives of the BR:

• Ec 3/4 1, SLM, 1904, 1933 ex SBB 6514, 1947 scrapped, 1958 canceled
• Ed 3/4 3, SLM, 1907, 1933 ex SMB 3, 1951 scrapped, sold in 1953 to Belgium

Rolling stock from 1946 see today's TPF

Swell

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• Patrick Belloncle, Jean Metz: Les chemins de fer fribourgeois, 50 ans GFM. Les Editions du Cabri, Breil -sur -Roya (France) 1992, ISBN 2-908816-02-4
• Peter will: Locomotives of Switzerland 2, narrow gauge locomotives. Orell Füssli Verlag, Zurich 1972, no ISBN