Chemin de fer Glion-Rochers-de-Naye

Chemin de fer Glion-Rochers-de-Naye

The Chemin de fer Glion - Rochers-de-Naye (GN) is a mountain railway in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland which links the places in its title, high above the Lake Geneva resort town of Montreux.

Glion, a small hill resort above Montreux was reached by the Chemin de fer funiculaire Territet-Glion which departed from a lower station opposite the main line station of Territet, the first station east of Montreux. The GN, which opened in September 1892, commenced from a platform adjacent to the upper terminus of the funicular. Built to a gauge of 800 mm the line was operated by steam locomotives using the rack and pinion system devised by Roman Abt.

In 1909 the railway was joined at Glion by the Chemin de fer Montreux-Glion, an electrically-operated railway using the same gauge and rack system, with which it made an end-on junction.

Trains were handed over in Glion between electric and steam locomotives until 1938 when the Glion - Rochers-de-Naye line changed over to electrical operation. At the same time electric railcars took over most services, leaving freight and peak traffic, service trains and snow blowing to the electric locomotives.

In 1987 the two companies merged to become the Chemin de fer Montreux-Glion-Rochers-de-Naye and since 2001 they have been part of Transports Montreux-Vevey-Riviera (MVR).


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