Various mergers of railway companies led to the line becoming wholly owned by the SBB at its foundation in 1903.

The Murten–Muntelier section had already been electrified at 750 Volt using side-contact third rail between 1903 and 1947 for the trains of the Chemin de fer Fribourg–Morat–Anet (FMA).

The Palézieux–Kerzers route runs in a predominantly northeastern direction, always along the Broye river to Lake Morat.

At the entrance to Kerzers station, the Bern–Neuchâtel railway is crossed at an acute angle at grade.

The station itself, operated jointly by the SBB and BLS, underwent a fundamental reconstruction between 2003 and 2005.