The station is located at the junction of the standard gauge Lausanne–Bern and Palézieux–Lyss lines of Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), 20.6 kilometres (12.8 mi) from Lausanne.

The station is also the terminus of the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge Palézieux–Bulle–Montbovon line of Transports publics Fribourgeois.

[1] The station has two parts, one for the national railways (SBB) and the other for the metre gauge line; it is the only station on the Transports publics Fribourgeois network which is in the canton of Vaud.

There are three through-platforms on the SBB mainline, with further platforms at the adjacent metre gauge railway terminus.

[7] As of the December 2024 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Palézieux:[8][9][10]