The Vevey–Les Pléiades railway line is a railway line in the

canton of Vaud Vaud ( ; , ), more formally Canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts; its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms bears the motto "Liberté et patrie" on a white-green bicolou ...

, Switzerland. It runs from , on

Lake Geneva Lake Geneva is a deep lake on the north side of the Alps, shared between Switzerland and France. It is one of the List of largest lakes of Europe, largest lakes in Western Europe and the largest on the course of the Rhône. Sixty percent () ...

, to Les Pléiades, in the

Swiss Prealps The Alpine region of Switzerland, conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps, represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Swiss Plateau and the Swiss portion of the Jura Mountains, one of its three main physiograph ...

. The line is owned and operated 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 Montre ...

(MVR). It was originally built by the Chemins de fer électriques Veveysans (CEV).

History

The Chemins de fer électriques Veveysans opened a line between and on 1 October 1902. The extension from to opened on 8 July 1911. The CEV and three other companies merged to become the

on 1 January 2001.

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References

* Railway lines in Switzerland Metre-gauge railways in Switzerland Transport in Vevey Transport in the canton of Vaud Railway lines opened in 1902 900 V DC railway electrification {{DEFAULTSORT:Vevey-Les Pléiades railway line