Heritage route
Blonay–Chamby Museum Railway
Blonay → Chamby · Switzerland
Blonay–Chamby Museum Railway in pictures
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- Distance
- 3 km
- Fastest time
- 20 min
- Average speed
- 9 km/h
- Top speed
- 30 km/h
- Operator
- Museumsbahn Blonay–Chamby
- Train
- Belle Époque steam & electrics
- Countries
- Switzerland
- In service since
- 1902
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Switzerland’s first museum railway (running since 1968): Belle Époque steam and electrics cross the Baye de Clarens viaduct high above Lake Geneva on 3 km of 1902 branch line.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 53.8% of this line lies within 250 m of real track, a median 241 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 2.6 km from the shape of Bus EV
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
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