Montreux railway station

Montreux
Montreux
	The station building in 2012
General information
Location	Avenue des Alpes 74; Montreux; Switzerland
Coordinates	46°26′9.1500″N 6°54′37.5631″E / 46.435875000°N 6.910434194°E
Elevation	395 m (1,296 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Montreux–Glion–Rochers-de-Naye line; Montreux–Lenk im Simmental line; Simplon line;
Distance	24.5 km (15.2 mi) from Lausanne
Platforms	7
Train operators	Montreux Oberland Bernois Railway; Swiss Federal Railways; Transports Montreux–Vevey–Riviera;
Connections	mobilis)
History
Opened	1861
Passengers
2018	16,500 per weekday
Services
Location

Montreux railway station (

canton of Vaud, Switzerland

.

All of the SBB-CFF-FFS standard gauge passenger trains operating on the Simplon line call at this station, which is also the western terminus of the GoldenPass Line narrow gauge railway lines to Zweisimmen and to Rochers de Naye.^[1]

History

Montreux railway station was opened in 1861, when the then

SBB-CFF-FFS

.

In 1901, the station became a

Montbovon

.

In 1909, the

Chemin de fer Glion–Rochers-de-Naye, opened in 1892. It is now operated by Transports Montreux–Vevey–Riviera

.

Location

The station is on a hillside above the lake.

Access to and from Montreux's main street, Grand Rue, is by escalators, elevators and stairs. The Rue de la Gare provides access to and from the old town, which is divided from the lake shore by the standard gauge railway tracks.

Layout

The station complex is in many ways a rarity. Montreux is most distinctive for being one of the few stations in the world (and the only station in Switzerland) served by three different

Gare de Latour-de-Carol-Enveitg

in the French Pyrénées.

Second, access from the station building to the railway platforms is from the second floor, not the ground floor, due to the slope of the city, while the service facilities are at ground floor level, and access to the underpass can be found on the first floor.

Apart from these unusual features, the station also lacks a track 2. In the past, the designation track 2 was allocated to a passing loop not equipped with a platform. However, in 2006, as part of work done to increase the height of the platforms to 55 centimetres (22 in), this track was provided with a platform and renamed track 1, and the former platform 1 was removed.[6]

The SBB-CFF-FFS serves the main platform with track 1, and also operates track 3, which, together with the MOB tracks 4 (east half) and 5 (western half), serves a centre platform. Track 4 partially divides that platform in two.

Tracks 6, 7 and 8 serve a further central platform, which is similarly partially divided in two by track 7. Track 8, operated by the MVR, is situated underneath both a hotel and the MOB/MVR headquarters, known as the GoldenPass Centre.

Whereas tracks 4 and 7 are used by regional traffic to and from Fontanivent, Sonzier and Les Avants, tracks 5 and 6 are for trains to and from Zweisimmen.

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change,^[update] the following services call at Montreux:^[7]

Swiss Federal Railways

InterRegio: half-hourly service between Geneva Airport and Brig.
RegioExpress:
- hourly service between St-Maurice and Annemasse (on weekdays) or Geneva Airport (on weekends).
- single daily round-trip between Renens VD and St-Maurice.

RER Vaud

RER Vaud R3 / R4: half-hourly (hourly on weekends) service between Vallorbe and Aigle; hourly service to Le Brassus; hourly service to St-Maurice on weekdays.

Montreux–Lenk im Simmental line

GoldenPass Express: four round-trips to Interlaken Ost via Zweisimmen.
Regio: half-hourly service to Les Avants
and hourly service to Zweisimmen.

Transports Montreux–Vevey–Riviera

Regio: hourly service to Rochers-de-Naye.

Bus traffic

A total of three

VMCV

bus stops serve the station:

Vernex-Dessus on motor bus lines 4,5 and 6;
Montreux Gare on motor bus lines 4,5 and 6;
Escalier de la Gare on
trolleybus line 1
, access via escalators to Grand Boulevard.

References

^
ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7
.

^ "Plan de réseau VMCV" (PDF) (in French). Transports publics Vevey-Montreux-Chillon-Villeneuve. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
^ "Plan Mobilis". Mobilis Vaud. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
^ "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
^ Stefan Dringenberg. "Montreux-Oberland Bernois-Bahn - Beschreibung" [Montreux-Oberland Bernois-Bahn - Description]. Rail-Info Schweiz (in German). Manfred Luckmann, Stefan Dringenberg. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
^ "MOB - Plan de la gare de Montreux et de Rochers de Naye" [MOB - Map of Montreux railway station and Rochers de Naye]. Forum du Rail en Suisse (in French). Retrieved 9 November 2010.
^ "Départ: Gare de Montreux" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in French). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.

External links

[saw-1] 
ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7
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[vmca-2] "Plan de réseau VMCV" (PDF) (in French). Transports publics Vevey-Montreux-Chillon-Villeneuve. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.

[mobilis-vaud-3] "Plan Mobilis". Mobilis Vaud. Retrieved 23 December 2020.

[4] "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2020.

[rail-info-5] Stefan Dringenberg. "Montreux-Oberland Bernois-Bahn - Beschreibung" [Montreux-Oberland Bernois-Bahn - Description]. Rail-Info Schweiz (in German). Manfred Luckmann, Stefan Dringenberg. Retrieved 9 November 2010.

[forum-6] "MOB - Plan de la gare de Montreux et de Rochers de Naye" [MOB - Map of Montreux railway station and Rochers de Naye]. Forum du Rail en Suisse (in French). Retrieved 9 November 2010.

[depart-7] "Départ: Gare de Montreux" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in French). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.

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