Vevey railway station

Vevey
Three-story building fronting on the street
The entrance to the station in 2008
General information
LocationPlace de la Gare
Vevey
Switzerland
Coordinates46°27′46.8″N 6°50′36.2″E / 46.463000°N 6.843389°E / 46.463000; 6.843389
Elevation386 m (1,266 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)
Distance18.4 km (11.4 mi) from Lausanne[1]
Platforms5
Tracks6
Train operators
ConnectionsVMCA buses and trolleybuses[2]
Construction
Parking46
Bicycle facilities434
AccessiblePartly
Other information
Station code8501200 (VV)
Fare zone70 (mobilis)[3]
History
Opened2 April 1861 (1861-04-02)
Passengers
202326'700 per weekday[4] (MVR, RegionAlps, SBB)
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station
Lausanne IR 90 Montreux
towards Brig
Lausanne RE33 Montreux
towards St-Maurice
Lausanne
towards Renens VD
RegioExpress
Limited service
La Tour-de-Peilz
towards St-Maurice
Palézieux VosAlpes Express Aigle
Preceding station RER Vaud Following station
St-Saphorin
towards Vallorbe
R3 La Tour-de-Peilz
towards St-Maurice
Cully
towards Le Brassus or Vallorbe
R4
Vevey-Funi
towards Puidoux
R7 Terminus
Preceding station Transports Montreux–Vevey–Riviera Following station
Vevey Vignerons R35 Terminus
Location
Map

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.

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]

  1. ^ a b 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. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Plan de zones tarifaires". Mobilis Vaud. December 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Vevey, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.