Compagnie des omnibus électriques Fribourg–Farvagny
| Company | |
| Industry | Public transport |
| Successor | Chemins de fer électriques de la Gruyère (CEG) |
| Founded | 7 August 1911 |
| Defunct | circa 1930 |
| Headquarters | Bulle, Switzerland |
Area served | Canton of Fribourg |
| Services | Fribourg–Farvagny trolleybus system |
The Compagnie des omnibus électriques Fribourg–Farvagny SA (sometimes abbreviated as F–F, and occasionally also described as Compagnie des omnibus électriques Fribourg–Posieux–Farvagny SA) was a joint-stock company based in Bulle, Switzerland.
History
The company was founded on 7 August 1911, and from 4 January 1912 was the operator of the Fribourg–Farvagny trolleybus system, an early interurban trolleybus line in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland.[1] Its share capital amounted to 450,000 Swiss francs, half provided by the canton of Fribourg and the other half by the communities adjacent to Bulle.
As a result of World War I, the company ran into financial difficulties, and on 1 April 1929 therefore ceded the management of the trolleybus line to the Chemins de fer électriques de la Gruyère (CEG). The CEG eventually bought the company on 30 June 1930 for 85,000 Swiss francs and continued to operate the trolleybus system up until its closure in 1932.
See also
References
Notes
- ↑ "Die erste Schweizer Trolleybus-Linie" [The first Swiss trolleybus line]. Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). 21 April 2001. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
Books
- Baeriswyl, Eric (1997). Un siècle de transports publics à Fribourg / Ein Jahrhundert öffentlicher Verkehr in Freiburg [A Century of Public Transport in Fribourg]. Fribourg: Club du tramway de Fribourg. ISBN 2-9700147-0-X. (French) (German)
- Chassot, José (2000). Compagnie des omnibus électriques Fribourg-Posieux-Farvagny (F-F) (1912-1932): document (in French). Posieux: J. Chassot. OCLC 603209030.
- Coppex, Jean-Philippe (2008). Les trolleybus régionaux en Suisse / Die Schweizer Überlandtrolleybusse [The Swiss Interurban Trolleybuses]. Genève: Verlag Endstation Ostring. ISBN 978-3-9522545-3-0. (French) (German)
- Jacobi, Sébastien (1985). Fribourg en Tram [Fribourg by Tram] (in French). Neuchâtel: Sébastien Jacobi. OCLC 145596311.
External links
Media related to Trolleybuses in Fribourg at Wikimedia Commons
- Image gallery at www.polier.ch – images of the Fribourg–Farvagny trolleybus system.
This article is based upon a translation of the German language version as at December 2011.