Vevey railway station

Vevey railway station (French: Gare de Vevey) is a public transport hub not far from the shore of Lake Geneva. It serves the municipality of Vevey, in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland.

Vevey
The entrance to the station in 2008
LocationPlace de la Gare
Vevey
Switzerland
Coordinates46°27′46.807″N 6°50′36.406″E
Elevation386 m (1,266 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)
Distance18.4 km (11.4 mi) from Lausanne[1]
Platforms5
Train operators
ConnectionsVMCA buses and trolleybuses[2]
Other information
Fare zone70 (mobilis)[3]
History
Opened2 April 1861 (1861-04-02)
Passengers
201824,100 per weekday[4] (SBB)
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station
Lausanne InterRegio
IR 90
Montreux
towards Brig
Lausanne
towards Annemasse
RegioExpress
Montreux
towards St-Maurice
Cully
towards Renens VD
RegioExpress
Limited service
La Tour-de-Peilz
towards St-Maurice
Preceding station RER Vaud Following station
Cully
towards Vallorbe
S2 La Tour-de-Peilz
towards Aigle, Bex or St-Maurice
St-Saphorin
towards Grandson
S5
Vevey-Funi
towards Puidoux
S7 Terminus
Preceding station Transports Montreux–Vevey–Riviera Following station
Terminus Regio
Vevey to Les Pléiades
Gilamont
towards Les Pléiades
Location

SBB-CFF-FFS passenger trains call here while operating on the lakeside section of the standard gauge Simplon railway line. The station is also the western terminus of the standard gauge Chemin de fer Vevey-Chexbres to Puidoux-Chexbres on the Olten–Lausanne railway line, and a metre gauge line from Vevey to Blonay and Les Pléiades.[1]

History

Vevey station was opened on 2 April 1861, when the then Jura–Simplon Railway (JS) opened the LausanneVilleneuve section of its standard gauge Simplon railway line to Sion. This line is now owned and operated by SBB-CFF-FFS.

In 1902, operations began on the present day Transports Montreux–Vevey–Riviera metre gauge line to Blonay and Les Pléiades. In 1904, the line to Châtel-Saint-Denis, also metre gauge, became available for traffic. In the same year, the standard gauge Chemin de fer Vevey–Chexbres (VCh) line was opened to link Vevey with Puidoux-Chexbres.

The metre gauge line to Chatel-Saint-Denis was closed in 1969 and was replaced by VMCV bus line 13.

Location

The station is about 300 metres (980 ft) north of the lakeside marketplace. In the immediate vicinity can be found the Centre Saint-Antoine and Midi-Coindet shopping centres, which combine to form one of the largest shopping facilities in western Switzerland. Next to the station, in the old post office building, is the Coop Pronto office, amongst others.

Layout

Covered goods wagon K 672, of the former GFM, in the collection of the BC (BC), at the Vevey railway station with publicity for the museum railway.

As at the nearby Montreux railway station, access to the main platform is from the first floor of the station building, instead of the ground floor. The track system comprises one side and two centre platforms, along with some goods tracks.

Tracks 1 and 3 are reserved for SBB-CFF-FFS traffic on the Simplon railway line (there is no track 2).

Track 5, which is located with track 3 and the short track 4 on one of the centre platforms, serves the Train des Vignes as S31 to Puidoux-Chexbres.

The other centre platform, with tracks 6 (standard gauge) and 7 (metre gauge), which is in the western part of a small curve, usually serves only the MVR traffic to Blonay and Les Pléiades.

Services

As of the December 2020 timetable change, the following services call at Vevey:[5]

Swiss Federal Railways

RER Vaud

Transports Montreux–Vevey–Riviera

  • Regio: half-hourly service to Blonay, with every other train continuing to Les Pléiades.

Bus service

The VMCV serves the station (Vevey Gare) with various lines:

References

  1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 42. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. "Plan de réseau VMCV" (PDF) (in French). Transports publics Vevey-Montreux-Chillon-Villeneuve. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  3. "Plan Mobilis". Mobilis Vaud. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  4. "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  5. "Départ: Gare de Vevey" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in French). 13 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
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