Trolleybuses in Montreux/Vevey

Montreux/Vevey
trolleybus system
Van Hool trolleybus in front of Chillon Castle
Operation
LocaleMontreux and Vevey, Switzerland
Open1957 (1957)
StatusOpen
Routes1
Operator(s)VMCV
Infrastructure
Electrification600 V DC[1]
Statistics
Route length12.8 km (8.0 mi)
Overview
Funiculaire
Bergère
L'Union
Gare
Ronjat
Cour-au-Chantre
Hôtel-de-Ville
Ste-Claire
Clara-Haskil
Entre-Deux-Villes
Centre
Baumes
La Becque
Portail-Blanc
Route Chailly
Burier
Maladaire
St-Georges
Basset
Dépôt VMCV
Centre
Gambetta
Rue du Port
Vernex
Centre des Congrès
Escaliers de la Gare
Débarcadère
Marché
Casino
Bon-Port
Avenue Riviera
Gare
L'Eaudine
Bonivard
Gare
Château de Chillon
Grandchamp
Clos du Moulin
La Plage
Gare
Eau-Froide
Les Saviez
La Mounie
Pré des Fourches
Hôpital
Village
Websitehttp://www.vmcv.ch/ VMCV (in French)

The Montreux/Vevey trolleybus system (French: Réseau trolleybus de Montreux/Vevey), also known as the Vevey–Villeneuve trolleybus line, forms part of the public transport network in Montreux and Vevey, in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. It comprises a single 12.75 km (7.92 mi) long trolleybus route along the length of the Riviera vaudoise (Vaud Riviera) on the north shore of Lake Geneva.[2]

Opened in 1957, the line is designated as line 201 (prior to 11 December 2010, line 1) of the local bus network, operated by Transports publics Vevey-Montreux-Chillon-Villeneuve (VMCV). In addition to line 201, the VMCV runs eight motorbus lines. However, with 5,204,000 passengers annually, the trolleybus route is by far the busiest of all the operator's lines, and generates 74 percent of its total revenue.

The Vevey–Villeneuve trolleybus line is the last remaining of several interurban trolleybus lines that have existed in Switzerland.[2] It largely follows Swiss main road no. 9, and passes through the municipalities of Vevey, La Tour-de-Peilz, Montreux, Veytaux and Villeneuve, and as of 2019 served a total of 41 stops.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference buisson1992 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Atlas suisse des tramways et des trolleybus (in German and French). Editions Endstation Ostring. June 2016. ISBN 978-3-9522545-4-7.