Clarens–Chailly–Blonay Railway
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The Clarens–Chailly–Blonay Railway (CCB) or chemin de fer Clarens–Chailly–Blonay was a metre gauge electric railway that operated from 1911 to 1955. At its greatest extent, it ran from the boat landing stage on Lake Geneva in Clarens, via Chailly to Blonay, terminating alongside the station of the Chemins de fer electriques Veveysans (CEV), but not connected to that line.
Clarens–Chailly–Blonay Railway
Mural on the site of the former CCB terminus at Blonay. The caption reads 'Upon this spot from 1911 to 1955, a tram line linked Blonay to Clarens. On the 1 January 1956, the line was replaced by buses."
View NW from the MOB Fontanivent Station showing the remains of the line toward Blonay, now a siding, and the former alignment of track toward Clarens
View SW from the lower level crossing at Fontanivent
Chemins de fer électriques Veveysans
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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. The CEV and three other companies merged to become the Transports Montreux–Vevey–Riviera in 2001. The Vevey–Les Pléiades railway line remains in active use.
Former CEV vehicles at Vevey in 2004
MVR Beh 2/4 71 and Bt 224 arriving from Les Pléiades in MU behind 72, Sunday, 20 May 2007
MVR BDeh 2/4 73 and Bt 221 on 20 May 2007 in Blonay. 71-75 originally were identical.
MVR Bt 223 and BDeh 2/4 74 in Vevey on 6 May 2005