The new Bulle station was inaugurated in 2023.
Covering an area of more than 300 m2, the frescoes on the bus station walls were made in 1990 by Jacques Cesa, Georges Corpataux, Pierre-André Despond, Dominique Gex, Jacques Rime and Daniel Savary. They depict La Gruyère by day and by night.
The Bulle-Romont railway line was inaugurated in 1868. It connected the administrative centre of the district of La Gruyère to the Lausanne-Berne main line (1862). The Châtel-Bulle-Montbovon, Châtel-Palézieux and Bulle-Broc regional lines were built at the beginning of the 20th century by Les Chemins de Fer Electriques de La Gruyère (CEG). Plans for the creation of a Bulle-Fribourg line, aired in 1912, remained on the drawing board. The old railway and bus stations were built by Les Transports Publics Fribourgeois (TPF) between 1987 and 1992. The same goes for the new station, which was inaugurated not far from the old station in 2023. Several works of art were created by regional artists to mark the occasion.
In the bus station, art is present on the large rear wall, painted in acrylic by six artists from La Gruyère directly onto the concrete base: Jacques Rime, Daniel Savary, Dominique Gex, Georges Corpataux, Pierre-André Despond and Jacques Cesa. This fresco, progressing from day to night, from the silvery moon to the midday sun, depicts the district of La Gruyère, vibrant with its abundance of nature. The silence and beauty of the earth; lichen, forests, mountain streams, fallen rocks, banks of snow, clouds; the play of light and shadow in the unending relationship with fish, birds, wild animals and livestock, all life-size, on a par with mankind.
© Musée gruérien
Archive photo:
Bulle, GFM station, main façade, 1905 © Charles Morel Musée gruérien Bulle
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