Bercher railway station () is a railway station in the municipality of Bercher, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is the northern terminus of the LausanneâÂÂBercher line of the (LEB). The station has two terminal tracks, each with a side platform, together with a passing loop and a siding.
Bercher station opened to service on 24 November 1889, as the outer terminus of the Compagnie du Central Vaudois line from ÃÂchallens station. Although the Central Vaudois was nominally an independent company, its line was operated by the Lausanne-ÃÂchallens line, with which it connected at ÃÂchallens. The two lines merged as the LEB in 1913, and were electrified in 1935.
The main reason for building the line to Bercher was the presence in the town of a condensed milk plant owned by Nestlé. This was linked to the station by an aerial cableway. However, in 1921, the plant closed, resulting in a sharp decline in freight traffic on the LEB railway.
the following services stop at Bercher: