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Chemin de fer-musée Blonay-Chamby - Museumsbahn Blonay–Chamby

1832 Chaulin, Switzerland (Waadt)
Address Chamby-Musée
Chemin de la Jorette 
 
Floor area unfortunately not known yet  
 
Museum typ Exhibition
Railway
  • Trams

Opening times
 May - end of October: Saturday and Sunday
Mai - Ende Oktober: Samstag und Sonntag

Admission
Status from 03/2015
Museumseintritt und beliebige Fahrten am Ausgabetag:
Erwachsene: CHF 20; Kinder (6-16 Jahre): CHF 10
Weitere Tarife siehe Seiten des Museums
Contact
Tel.:41-21-943 21 21  eMail:info blonay-chamby.ch  
Homepage
to Location / Directions
www.blonay-chamby.ch
not in present exhibition
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Location / Directions
N46.453824° E6.912378°N46°27.22944' E6°54.74268'N46°27'13.7664" E6°54'44.5608"

Access by train:

Main line service (CFF) to Vevey, then change for Blonay. Alternatively, CFF to Montreux then change for Chamby.

Access by boat:

Both Vevey and Montreux landing stages are 10 minutes’ walk away to the respective railway stations; Then as above.

Acces by car:

Highway (motorway) exit 14 (Vevey) then follow signs to St Légier and Blonay. At Blonay, turn right at the first roundabout and follow through the village. Turn left at the roundabout immediately after the Migros supermarket. Blonay station is a few metres further along on the left hand side. Parking both next to and opposite Blonay station.

The museum is rail connected at both ends, at its upper terminus, at Chamby with the Chemin de Fer Montreux Oberland Bernoise and at the lower end, Blonay, with the Vevey - Les Pleiades, Chemin de fer électriques Veveysans, line.
Street side, the museum complex in Chaulin is only accessible via a gated dirt road.
Description

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
The Blonay–Chamby museum railway (French: Chemin de fer-musée Blonay-Chamby, BC) is a short 3-kilometre-long (1.9 mi) steep but adhesion worked metre gauge heritage railway operated as part of the Blonay - Chamby Railway Museum using vintage steam and electric locomotives and rolling stock.
 

History and Aims

The Blonay - Chamby Railway and Museum was opened in 1968 with the aims of operating the metre gauge railway line from Blonay to Chamby and in doing so preserving railway equipment of technical or historic value. For this purpose the Blonay - Chamby Railway has purpose built two motive power and carriage depots at Chaulin - Chamby, a short distance from its upper terminus which nowadays houses what is generally regarded as the largest and most representative collection of metre gauge relics in Europe.
 

The Museum Line

The Blonay - Chamby Museum Railway is a railway preservation group staffed entirely by volunteers who operate trains each Saturday and Sunday between May and October. Vintage steam locomotives or electric locomotives haul equally vintage carriages slowly through a spectacular environment with fine views over Lake Geneva and the Alps. Visitors can access the shed / museum complex from Chamby, travelling the short distance on a vintage tram.

A further part of the remit of the preservation group is the encouragement of local and regional tourism and tourist traffic on adjacent lines. The timetable for the Blonay - Chamby line can be found on Table 115 and 115.1 of the Swiss National Railways Timetable.

The Museum Collection

Steam Locomotives
Tramway Steam Locomotives
Electric Locomotives, Railcars and Trams
Railcars
Trams
Passenger Coach
Tramway Passenger Coach
Post and Baggage Coach
Goods wagon
Diesel Locomotives, Shunters and Maintenance vehicles
Rotary Snowplow
Service Coach Stock
Placed external line Blonay-Chamby

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