The Blonay–Chamby railway line is a railway line in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. It runs from to . The line is owned by

Transports Montreux–Vevey–Riviera The Transports Montreux–Vevey–Riviera (MVR) is a Swiss railway company. It was formed in 2001 from the merger of four railway companies: the Chemins de fer électriques Veveysans, the Chemin de fer Les Avants-Sonloup, the Chemin de fer Mont ...

(MVR), who use the line to move rolling stock between the Vevey - les Pleiades line and the

Montreux–Lenk im Simmental line The Montreux Oberland Bernois Railway (french: link=no, Chemin de fer Montreux Oberland Bernois, german: link=no, Montreux Berner Oberland Bahn, abbreviated MOB), is an electrified railway line that operates in southwest Switzerland. It is one o ...

. the

Blonay–Chamby Museum Railway The Blonay–Chamby Museum Railway (french: Chemin de fer-musée Blonay-Chamby, BC) is a short steep but adhesion worked metre gauge heritage railway operated as part of the Blonay–Chamby Railway Museum using vintage steam and electric loco ...

operates shuttle trains with historic rolling stock over the route at weekends between May and October. It was originally built by the

Chemins de fer électriques Veveysans The Chemins de fer électriques Veveysans (CEV) was a railway company that built and operated narrow gauge electric railway lines from Vevey to Blonay, Chamby, Châtel-St-Denis and Les Pléiades, in Switzerland. It began operations in 1902. T ...

(CEV).

History

The

(CEV) opened the line from to on 1 October 1902. The line was electrified from opening. The full line ran ; the length from Blonay to Chamby was . The CEV ceased operations between Blonay and Chamby on 21 May 1966. The line was not abandoned, and the

began operations over the route on 20 July 1968.

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2022 timetable
Railway lines in Switzerland Metre gauge railways in Switzerland Transport in the canton of Vaud Railway lines opened in 1902 900 V DC railway electrification {{DEFAULTSORT:Blonay-Chamby railway line