Ecublens-Rue railway station
railway station in Switzerland
Ecublens-Rue railway station (French: Gare de Ecublens-Rue) is a railway station in the municipality of Écublens, in the Swiss canton of Fribourg. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Palézieux–Lyss line of Swiss Federal Railways.
Services
As of the December 2024 timetable change, the following services stop at Ecublens-Rue:
RER Vaud R8 / R9: half-hourly service between Allaman and Payerne, with every other train continuing from Payerne to Murten/Morat.
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