Vevey railway station

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Vevey
Vevey station entrance.jpg
The entrance to the station in 2008
General information
LocationPlace de la Gare
Vevey
Switzerland
Coordinates 46°27′46.8″N6°50′36.2″E / 46.463000°N 6.843389°E / 46.463000; 6.843389
Elevation386 m (1,266 ft)
Owned by Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)
Distance18.4 km (11.4 mi) from Lausanne [1]
Platforms5
Tracks6
Train operators
Connections VMCA buses and trolleybuses [2]
Construction
ParkingYes (46 spaces)
Bicycle facilitiesYes (434 spaces)
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 SBB logo simplified.svg Swiss Federal Railways Following station
Lausanne
towards Geneva Airport
IR 90 Montreux
towards Brig
IR 95
Lausanne
towards Annemasse or Geneva Airport
RE33 Montreux
towards St-Maurice or Martigny
Lausanne
Terminus
 RegioExpress
Limited service
 La Tour-de-Peilz
towards St-Maurice
Burier
One-way operation
Palézieux
towards Fribourg/Freiburg
VosAlpes Express Aigle
towards Le Châble VS
Preceding station RER Vaudois.png RER Vaud Following station
Cully
towards Vallorbe
R3 La Tour-de-Peilz
towards Bex
St-Saphorin
towards Le Brassus or Vallorbe
R4
Chexbres-Village
towards Palézieux
R7 Terminus
Corseaux-Cornalles
Limited service
towards Palézieux
Preceding station MVR Transports Montreux-Vevey-Riviera.svg Transports Montreux–Vevey–Riviera Following station
Vevey Vignerons
towards Blonay or Les Pléiades
R35 Terminus
Location
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.

Contents

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

station (before 1902) Bahnhof Vevey 1890-1900.JPG
station (before 1902)

Vevey station was opened on 2 April 1861, when the then Jura–Simplon Railway (JS) opened the Lausanne–Villeneuve 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

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 R7 to Palézieux.

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 2024 timetable change, the following services call at Vevey: [5]

Swiss Federal Railways

RER Vaud

Transports Montreux–Vevey–Riviera

Bus service

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

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References

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  2. ↑ "Plan de réseau VMCV" (PDF) (in French). Transports publics Vevey-Montreux-Chillon-Villeneuve. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  3. ↑ "Plan de zones tarifaires" (PDF). Mobilis Vaud. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Vevey, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2024– via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
  5. ↑ "Départ: Gare de Vevey" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in French). 15 December 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
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