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Chemins de fer du Kaeserberg

1763 Granges-Paccot, Switzerland (Freiburg)
Address Impasse des Ecureuils 9
 
 
Floor area unfortunately not known yet  
 
Museum typ Exhibition
Model Railway
  • Railway

Opening times
 during Opening days: 9:30am - 5pm. Opening days see museums's web site
an Öffnungstagen 9:30 - 17:00 Uhr. Öffnungstage: Siehe Seite des Museums; Gruppen auch an anderen Tagen

Admission
Status from 06/2018
Jugendliche 7 - 15 Jahre: CHF 10,-; Erwachsene: CHF 18.–
Enfants de 7 à 15 ans: CHF 10.-; Adultes: CHF 18.-
Contact
Tel.:+41-26 467 70 40  Fax:+41-26 467 70 41  
eMail:info kaeserberg.ch   
Homepage
to Location / Directions
www.kaeserberg.ch
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Location / Directions
N46.816000° E7.138800°N46°48.96000' E7°8.32800'N46°48'57.6000" E7°8'19.6800"
Arrival by public transport (train and bus)

Bus 9 La Faye, underneath Fribourg station (bus station) until Coteau stop then 5’ walk,
or Bus 3 Jura, in front of Fribourg station until Jura Chassotte stop, then 9’ walk.

Arrival by car

Free parkings spaces (underground, outside, coaches)

Highway A12, exit 8 Fribourg Nord, direction Fribourg, then follow the official brown signals
Description

An imaginary network of miniature railways will take you a journey through Switzerland as is it were real. Built on 3 levels, on a scale of 1:87, 2045 metres of track are layed.

The entire network is "imaginary". Nevertheless, landscape and the railway service are planned to the last detail and sympathise the swiss reality.
 

The network

Elevated on three floors in a 1:87 scale, the network measures 2045 meters of track on a 610m2 ground.

The Kaeserberg railway network required 17 years of construction.

Some statistics :
87 trains ready to circulate
62 trains on stock
180 locomotives and just as many on stock
1560 railcars
6500 figurine sets
221 buildings
1160 vehicles
5400 trees

A didactic model shows some secrets about the manufacturing of the Kaeserberg railways.
 

Switzerland in the nineties

The Kaeserberg railways narrate the daily life of the last decade of the twentieth century. Each place in the landscape relates to a story full of details, transporting the visitors into a world that is half dream and half reality. A time where mobile phones were only acquired by a few privileged people, where train stations had their guards and where the post was brought to the villages by train...
 

The trains

Three railway companies share the network and drive within the Kaeserberg area:

the swiss federal railway CFF (Chemins de fer fédéraux),
the RhB (Chemins de fer rhétiques) of Graubünden
and the KBB (Kaeserberg railway, an imaginary company).

Once a year, Kaeserberg sets aside the trains from the 90s and has 30 trains on the tracks that are from our great-grandparents time...
 

The Landscape

The landscape, although imaginary, reflects a typical Swiss atmosphere, with its relief, its buildings, signboards, and rustic alpine life...

The visitor will recognize the post, the Landi,even the local garage of the farm next door ! An illusion of depth and space that makes the landscape even more real.
 

The Simulator

Climb aboard a real locomotive cabinet and make a unique experience in Switzerland! You will take control and admire landscapes passing by on the big screen thanks to an outstanding effect of realism.

You will feel the way real train drivers feel.

A former train driver will share his experiences and his wise advice with you. You will first experiment a railway line from Kaeserberg. Then you will choose between two real routes:

Lausanne-Fribourg-Berne or
Spiez-Kandersteg-Brigue.

A certificate of the chosen route will be given to you at the end.

Instructions of 3 hours in French or German.
Price: CHF 485.-
 

RhB loco no. 212 Before the building stands the red-brown locomotive no. 212 of the RhB, 1000mm gauge. It was rebuilt in 1943-44 into the shunting Ge 2.4.
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