Blonay railway station

Blonay railway station (French: Gare de Blonay) is a railway station in the municipality of Blonay, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is located at the junction of the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge Vevey–Les Pléiades and Blonay–Chamby railway lines. Both are owned by Transports Montreux–Vevey–Riviera, although the latter is operated as a heritage railway by the Blonay–Chamby Museum Railway.^[1]

Blonay
The station in 2011; the museum building and platform is in the foreground
General information
Location	Blonay – Saint-Légier, Vaud Switzerland
Coordinates	46°27′58″N 6°53′46″E
Elevation	620 m (2,030 ft)
Owned by	Transports Montreux–Vevey–Riviera
Line(s)	Vevey–Les Pléiades railway line Blonay–Chamby railway line
Distance	5.7 km (3.5 mi) from Vevey[1]
Platforms	3
Tracks	3
Train operators	Transports Montreux–Vevey–Riviera Blonay–Chamby Museum Railway
Connections	VMCV buses[2]
Construction
Parking	Yes
Accessible	No
Other information
Station code	8501281 (BLON)
Fare zone	74 (mobilis)[3]
Passengers
2023	1'100 per weekday[4] (MVR)
Services
Preceding station Transports Montreux–Vevey–Riviera Following station Château-de-Blonay towards Vevey R35 Prélaz-sur-Blonay towards Les Pléiades R35 Terminus
Station layout Legend MVR to Vevey Depot MVR platforms BC platform MVR to Les Pléiades BC to Chamby This diagram: view talk edit
Location

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Blonay:^[5][6]

• Regio: service every fifteen minutes or half-hourly service to Vevey and hourly service to Les Pléiades.
• Blonay–Chamby Museum Railway: On Saturdays and Sundays between May and October, hourly service in daylight to Chamby-Musée via Chamby.

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Freiburg: EK-Verlag. 2024. pp. 42, 72. ISBN 978-3-8446-6441-6.
2. "Plan de réseau VMCV" (PDF) (in French). Transports publics Vevey-Montreux-Chillon-Villeneuve. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
3. "Plan de zones tarifaires". Mobilis Vaud. December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
4. "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Blonay – Saint-Légier, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
5. "Vevey - Blonay - Les Pléiades (Blonay-Les Pléiades à crémaillère)" (PDF) (in French). öv-info.ch. 1 November 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
6. "Blonay - Chamby - Chamby-Musée (Chemin de fer-musée)" (PDF) (in French). öv-info.ch. 3 July 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2024.

External links

• Media related to Blonay railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Blonay railway station – SBB