Transports Publics du Chablais

125

Route length:

6.207 km

Gauge :

1000 mm ( meter gauge )

1500 =

Maximum slope :

Adhesion 38 ‰
rack 230 ‰

Rack system :

Dept

Dual track :

Leysin-Village-Leysin-Feydey


	to Le Sépey - Les Diablerets (ASD)
	to Ollon - Monthey - Champéry (AOMC)
	to Brig (SBB)
0.000	Aigle	404 m above sea level M.
	to Lausanne (SBB)
0.590	Place-du-marché
	Pont-de-la-Grande-Eau
	until 1932
1.030	Aigle-Dépôt AL	430 m above sea level M.
	Depot and workshop, start of the cogwheel route
1,300	Parqueterie until 1932
1.708	Fontanney	548 m above sea level M.
1,900	Grand Hôtel Aigle until 1932	481 m above sea level M.
	Drapel tunnel (55 m)
2.09	Pont-de-Drapel	610 m above sea level M.
3.514	Rennaz (Leysin)	922 m above sea level M.
	Rennaz Tunnel (154 m)
	Roulaz tunnel (18 m)
5.166	Leysin -Village	1268 m above sea level M.
	Leysin Bridge (128 m)
5.477	Versmont	1338 m above sea level M.
5,872	Leysin-Feydey	1398 m above sea level M.
	Loop tunnel Leysin (287 m)
6.207	Leysin-Grand-Hotel	1451 m above sea level M.
	End of the gear train

BDeh 4/4 311 on the Aigle – Leysin railway in Aigle

Aigle-Dépôt hairpin (on the right the route from Aigle, on the left the mountain route)

BDeh 4/4 311 leaves Aigle-Dépôt uphill

The Aigle-Leysin-Bahn , abbreviated to AL , French Chemins de fer Aigle-Leysin , is a meter-gauge rack railway with the Abt system and leads over 6.3 km from Aigle SBB in the Rhone Valley up to Leysin . The first two kilometer long tram section from Aigle JS to the then Grand-Hôtel was opened on May 5, 1900 (see Aigle CFF-Aigle Grand Hôtel tram ). The tram depot was on the other side of the Grande Eau and was reached via a junction at the Pont-de-la-Grande-Eau stop. It was also the starting point of the cogwheel route to Leysin-Feydey, which opened on November 6th of the same year. The continuation to today's end point Leysin-Grand-Hôtel was opened on September 8, 1915. Originally, the cars were transported to Leysin on the tram section by the tram cars of the Aigle JS – Grand-Hôtel tram, then from Aigle-Dépôt by the rack-and-pinion locomotives. Both tracks were operated with 600 volts direct current.

The tram to the Grand Hotel was in operation until 1932, the hotel closed in 1934. The hotel no longer opened after the Second World War and was demolished in 1945, as was the tram route from Pont-de-la-Grande-Eau to the Grand Hotel.

The railway has been operated with 1500 volts direct current since 1946 and railcars for mixed adhesion and cogwheel operation are used. From 1986 an extension of the line to the summit of the Berneuse was sought; the concession was granted, but has since expired as neither the planning approval nor the financing was successful. The length of the rack section is now 5.3 km, the maximum gradient 230 per thousand .

Vehicle fleet

steam train

H 2/3 10 (1900) SLM, rented from BVB from 1909, sold to BVB in 1911.

Locomotives

He 2/2 1 (1901) SLM / AL, 1946 out of service, later canceled
He 2/2 2 and 3 (1900) SLM / AL, 1946 out of service, later canceled
He 2/2 4 (1909) SLM / SIEM, canceled in 1979
He 2/2 11 (1912) SLM / MFO, canceled
He 2/2 12 (1915) SLM / MFO, out of order

Railcar and control car

Arseh 2/4 201 (1946) SLM / BBC, converted from BDeh 2/4 201 into a saloon railcar
BDeh 2/4 202 and 203 (1946) SLM / BBC
BDeh 4/4 301 to 302 and Bt 351 to 352 (1966) SIG / SAAS
BDeh 4/4 311 to 313 and Bt 361 to 363 (1987/1993) Ateliers de constructions mécaniques de Vevey (ACMV) / SLM / BBC

Passenger cars

CF ² 21 (1900) SIG, handed over to Museum Railway Blonay – Chamby (BC) in 1972 , transferred to Museum Railway in 1974
B ² 22 (1900) SIG, formerly CF ² , 1955 new car body from ACMV / AL, used as storage space in Gryon Parc at Place de la Barboleuse since 1993
B ² 23 (1956) ACMV / AL, since 1993 in Gryon Parc near Place de la Barboleuse, as a storage room

BDeh 4/4 302 in Aigle station
BDeh 4/4 304 of the Aigle – Leysin railway in Aigle
Bt 363 control car in Aigle
The BDeh 2/4 202 railcar and the Bt 361 control car in Aigle-Dépôt AL
Historic compartment car (passenger and baggage car) CF ² 21 of the Aigle – Leysin Railway, 2010 on the Blonay – Chamby museum railway

Aigle-Ollon-Monthey-Champéry Railway

Aigle – Ollon-Monthey – Champéry railway line

126

Route length:

23.4 km

Gauge :

1000 mm ( meter gauge )

1500 =

Maximum slope :

Adhesion 50 ‰
rack 135 ‰

Rack system :

Dept


	TPC (ex AL) to Leysin and Aigle-Grand Hôtel
	SBB from Lausanne
0.0	Aigle	404 m above sea level M.
	SBB to Brig
	TPC (ex ASD) to Le Sépey - Les Diablerets
1.0	Aigle-Hôpital (H)	406 m above sea level M.
	Dépot and workshop En Châlex
1.9	En Châlex (H)	396 m above sea level M.
2.2	St-Triphon-Village (H)	405 m above sea level M.
3.7	Ollon	468 m above sea level M.
4.4	Les Arnoux (H)	415 m above sea level M.
5.1	Villy (H)	404 m above sea level M.
6.9	St-Triphon-Gare (H)	391 m above sea level M.
	SBB Lausanne-Brig
	A9 motorway
	Rhone bridge
	Pont du Rhône (H)	397 m above sea level M.
8.7	Corbier (H)	394 m above sea level M.
	SBB St-Gingolph – St-Maurice
9.4	Collombey-Muraz	393 m above sea level M.
10.2	Monthey-en-Place	397 m above sea level M.
10.4 / 0.0	Monthey-Bif
11.2	Monthey-Ville	412 m above sea level M.
0.1	Monthey-en-Place	397 m above sea level M.
	Start of cogwheel route
1.3	Monthey-Hôpital (H)	549 m above sea level M.
2.5	Pont de Chemex (H) until 2016
	End of the gear train
2.8	Chemex (H)	687 m above sea level M.
3.4	Croix-du-Nant (H)	708 m above sea level M.
3.7	Le Neys (H)	718 m above sea level M.
4.3	Route de Morgins (H)
	Troistorrents tunnel 93 m
4.9	Troistorrents	770 m above sea level M.
	Pont de Fayot (H)
7.1	Fayot (H)	849 m above sea level M.
	Start of cogwheel route
	End of the gear train
8.2	Val d'Illiez	946 m above sea level M.
9.2	En Charnet (H)	921 m above sea level M.
9.4	La Cour (H)
	Start of cogwheel route
	End of the gear train
11.4	Champéry-Village (H)	1043 m above sea level M.
12.2	Champéry	1035 m above sea level M.

Trains from AOMC, AL and SBB at Aigle station

A train on the Aigle-Ollon-Monthey-Champéry railway in Aigle

Monthey terminus

Evening entry to the final station Champéry

The Aigle-Ollon-Monthey-Champéry Railway , abbreviated to AOMC , French Chemin de fer Aigle – Ollon – Monthey – Champéry , runs from Aigle via Ollon and Monthey to Champéry and was created in 1946 from the merger of the Aigle-Ollon-Monthey- Railway (AOM), French Chemin de fer Aigle – Ollon – Monthey , with the Monthey-Champéry-Morgins Railway (MCM) opened in 1909, French Compagnie du chemin de fer Monthey – Champéry – Morgins .

The railway was originally operated with 950 volts direct current. The Monthey – Champéry railway has three sections of rack and pinion approximately 3.7 km long (originally Strub system , maximum gradient 135 per mille). In Champéry, the line was extended by 840 m in 1990, and the previous terminus became Champéry-Village. The name of the former railway company Monthey-Champéry-Morgins indicates that originally a branch line to Morgins (at that time a well-known bath with iron-containing water) was planned. This was also included in the concession, but was never built. After cost overruns in the construction of the route to Champéry and passenger numbers that remained below expectations, the company wanted to reassess the profitability and possibly limit itself to summer operations. The outbreak of the First World War definitely sealed the fate of the branch line.

The route was extensively modernized in the summer of 2016. The rack sections were completely renewed and the previous Strub rack system was replaced by an Abt rack. The Pont de Chemex stop in the rack section has been canceled. The contact line voltage was also increased from 950 to 1500 V. Thus, the TPC routes from Aigle all have the same rack system and the same voltage. The traffic is now completely handled with the newly delivered Beh 2/6 541-547. Of the existing AOMC locomotives, only the two Beh 4/8 591-592 double multiple units delivered in 2001 will be adapted to the new rack and power system.

Vehicle fleet valley section (adhesion)

(The ex-BLT vehicles were equipped with BSI couplings, some were converted)

Be 4/4 101 (1966/1985) SWP / BBC ex BLT / BTB ABe 4/4 15 - 1985 fire, broken off in 1988
Be 4/4 101 " Yvorne (1966/1985) SWP / BBC ex BLT / BTB ABe 4/4 14
Be 4/4 102 Chablais (1966/1985) SWP / BBC ex BLT / BTB ABe 4/4 12, to the Pro Birsigthalbahn association
Be 4/4 103 Collombey-Muraz (1966/1985) SWP / BBC ex BLT / BTB ABe 4/4 13, Zp1, drawn
Be 4/4 104 Ollon (1966/1985) SWP / BBC ex BLT / BTB ABe 4/4 16 - 2007 canceled
Be 4/4 105 Aigle (1966/1985) SWP / BBC ex BLT / BTB ABe 4/4 11, Zp1, drawn
BDe 4/4 111, SWS / MFO 1949, 1969 formerly SeTB BFe 4/4 5, resold to Stern & Hafferl (ET 26.108), scrapped in 1987 after severe fire damage
BDe 4/4 112, SWS / MFO 1949, 1969 formerly SeTB BFe 4/4 6, resold to Stern & Hafferl, there ET 26.109
BDe 4/4 113, 1969 formerly SeTB BFe 4/4 7 SWS / MFO (1949), resold to Stern & Hafferl, there ET 26.110
Bt 132 (1966/1985) SWP / BBC ex BLT / BTB Bt 22 - control car for 101, 102, 104
Bt 133 (1966/1985) SWP / BBC ex BLT / BTB Bt 23 - control car for 101, 102, 104, 2007 canceled
Bt 134 (1966/1985) SWP / BBC ex BLT / BTB Bt 24 - control car for 101, 102, 104

Vehicle fleet for adhesion and gear operation

Older vehicles with central buffers and an underlying screw coupling (Zp1), newer vehicles with BSI coupling.

BCFeh 4/4 1–3 (original designation) SIG / SLM / Aloith 1908, Zp1 - 1954 put out of service and canceled
BCFeh 4/4 6 (original designation) SIG / SLM / Aloith 1909, Zp1 - 1975 handed over to the Blonay – Chamby museum railway
BDeh 4/4 501 Vaud ACMV / SLM / BBC 1987 - in operation with green TPC paint (as of 2016)
BDeh 4/4 502 Valais ACMV / SLM / BBC 1987 - in operation with red AOMC paint and advertising on the side (as of 2016)
BDeh 4/4 503 Europe ACMV / SLM / BBC 1992 - in operation with red AOMC paint (as of 2015)
BDeh 4/4 511 Champéry SWP / BBC 1954, Zp1 - demolished in 2015
BDeh 4/4 512 Val d'Illiez SWP / BBC 1954, Zp1 - 2016 sold to the Pairi Daiza animal park in Brugelette, Belgium
BDeh 4/4 513 Monthey SWP / BBC 1954, Zp1 - 2016 sold to the animal park Pairi Daiza in Brugelette, Belgium
BDeh 4/4 514 Troistorrents SWP / BBC 1954, Zp1 - 2016 sold to the animal park Pairi Daiza in Brugelette, Belgium
Beh 4/8 591 Bombardier / Stadler / Adtranz 2001 - 2016 conversion to 1500 V
Beh 4/8 592 Bombardier / Stadler / Adtranz 2001 - 2016 conversion to 1500 V
Beh 2/6 541 Cimé de l'Est Stadler 2016
Beh 2/6 542 La Forteresse Stadler 2016
Beh 2/6 543 La Cathédrale Stadler 2016
Beh 2/6 544 L'Eperon Stadler 2016
Beh 2/6 545 La Dent Jaune Stadler 2016
Beh 2/6 546 Les Doigts Stadler 2016
Beh 2/6 547 La Haute Cime Stadler 2016

Bt 531 ACMV / BBC 1987 - control car for 501-03
Bt 532 ACMV / BBC 1987 - control car for 501-03

B2 122 (1932) - to VFV
B 523 ACMV 1967, Zp1
B 524 ACMV 1968, Zp1
B 525 ACMV 1969, Zp1

Historic BCFeh 4/4 6 motor vehicle with mixed adhesion and gear drive of the former Monthey – Champéry – Morgins railway, 2010 on the Blonay – Chamby museum railway
BDeh 4/4 513 in Monthey train station
BDeh 4/4 501 in Collombey-Muraz
Beh 4/8 592 in Monthey
BDeh 4/4 503, BDeh 4/4 512 and control car in the Dépôt Aigle
BDeh 2/6 547 in Aigle station

Aigle-Sépey-Diablerets Railway

Aigle – Sépey – Diablerets railway line

124

Route length:

23.34 km

Gauge :

1000 mm ( meter gauge )

1500 =

Maximum slope :

60 ‰


	TPC (ex AL) to Leysin and Aigle-Grand Hôtel
	SBB from Lausanne
0.0	Aigle	404 m above sea level M.
	SBB to Brig
	TPC (ex AOMC) to Ollon - Monthey - Champéry
0.59	Place-du-marché (H)	415 m above sea level M.
1.37	Aigle-Dépôt ASD (H)	430 m above sea level M.
	Depot and workshop
	Grand-Hôtel-Tunnel 119 m
	Verchiez tunnel 16 m
3.78	Verchiez (H)	565 m above sea level M.
	Vanel tunnel 28 m
	Vanex Bridge (76 m)
7.97	Plambuit (H)	798 m above sea level M.
	Plambuit tunnel 39 m
	Dard tunnel 202 m
10.15	Exergillod (H)	863 m above sea level M.
11.21	Les Fontanelles (H)	899 m above sea level M.

12.77	Les Planches (H) ( wedge station )	943 m above sea level M.
	Joux-au-Crax bridge 40 m
13.78	Le Sépey (H)	978 m above sea level M.
18.48	Les Echenards (H)	1131 m above sea level M.
19.81	Les Aviolats (H)	1091 m above sea level M.
21.54	Vers-l'Eglise (H)	1136 m above sea level M.
23.34	Les Diablerets	1155 m above sea level M.

Railcars 12 and 11 in the 1980s

An older train with railcar 2 in Aigle

Train in Le Sépey terminus

Share for CHF 500 in the Aigle-Sépey-Diablerets-Bahn on December 24, 1911

The Aigle-Sépey-Diablerets-Bahn , abbreviated ASD , French Chemin de fer Aigle-Sépey-Diablerets , opened in 1913 , leads from Aigle via Le Sépey to Les Diablerets . The crossing station is currently mostly Exergillod (see timetable field). Le Sépey is a terminus , all trains go back to the wedge station Les Planches, where the junction to Aigle or Les Diablerets is. The adhesive track with a maximum gradient of 60 per thousand was operated electrically from the start, with the nominal voltage later being increased from 1350 volts to 1500 volts. The originally licensed extension of the route over the Pillon Pass to Gstaad near Saanen , with a connection to the Montreux – Bernese Oberland Railway , was never implemented. Due to the resulting island operation, the 23.3 km long route of the Aigle-Sépey-Diablerets Railway was threatened with closure for many years. After the First World War, the number of passengers remained stable at around 200 per day, but the small railroad lost considerable freight transport shares to road competition .

On June 26, 1940, a major fire in the Aigle depot destroyed three railcars and four passenger cars . This would have sealed the fate of the Aigle-Sépey-Diablerets-Bahn had it not been for the Montreux-Berner Oberland-Bahn and the Chemins de fer électriques Veveysans (CEV), the railway company, whose vehicle fleet had shrunk to two railcars and a passenger coach each supports one passenger car. The Second World War brought increased demand in the transport business anyway. The railway only survived the post-war period because the road connection to Les Diablerets was not safe for winter. After its winter-proof expansion, the Swiss Confederation demanded that the ASD be converted to road transport in the early 1980s. The canton and region opposed this and gave a loan of 17.9 million francs for the renewal. As a result, the federal government renewed the license in 1985, but from 1986 refused to cover the deficit and to provide investment aid. The tariff convergence and the general (but insignificant amount) remuneration for public services will continue to be aligned. With the reorganization of the financing of regional transport from 1996, the planned uncovered costs of the transport sector were covered, but not those of the infrastructure. With the decision of the Federal Office of Transport on August 9, 1999, the ASD will again receive infrastructure payments due to the significantly increased frequencies. After fifteen years, the financing conditions have returned to normal.

With the investment loan from the canton and municipalities, four new railcars were purchased and some track renewals were carried out. Low-priced vehicles from the Birsigtalbahn were converted as control and intermediate cars. The further renovation of the infrastructure could only be carried out from 2000, and as one of the very last routes in Switzerland, it is currently being equipped with a route block.

The Transports Publics du Chablais (TPC) are planning to extend the railway line in Les Diablerets by around 800 meters in a southerly direction in order to open up a new gondola lift to the Les Diablerets / Villars / Gryon ski area . If there is no project delay, the TPC expect commissioning in winter 2021/22.

Vehicle fleet

BDe 4/4 401 to 404 (1987) ACMV / BBC
Ars 421 (1966/1987) SWP / BBC ex BLT / BTB B 62 - control car to BDe 4/4 401 to 404, converted to saloon car in 1993
Bt 431 (1966/1987) SWP / BBC ex BLT / BTB Bt 26 - control car for BDe 4/4 401 to 404
Bt 432 (1966/1987) SWP / BBC ex BLT / BTB Bt 21 - control car for BDe 4/4 401 to 404
Arst 433 (1966/1987) SWP / BBC ex BLT / BTB Bt 27 - control car to BDe 4/4 401 to 404, converted to saloon control car in 1995
Bt 434 (1966/2000) SWP / BBC ex BLT / BTB Bt 25 - control car for BDe 4/4 401 to 404
BDe 4/4 1–2 (1913/41) SWS / BBC historic vehicles
B2 34–35 (1913) SWS historical vehicles, No. 34 equipped with bar since 1992

The company vehicles are no longer used on a route-specific basis. Construction trains on the ASD are run by AL railcars.

ASD railcar 1 in Aigle
Railcar BDe 4/4 401 in Aigle
Railcar BDe 4/4 402 in Aigle
BDe 4/4 404 in Le Sépey
Bt 431 control car in the Les Planches junction station
Salon car Ars 421 in the Dépôt Aigle En Châlex (in the background vehicles from AOMC and AL)
Salon control car 433 in Aigle station

Bex-Villars-Bretaye Railway

Bex – Villars – Bretaye railway line

127, 128

Route length:

17.09 km

Gauge :

1000 mm ( meter gauge )

750 =

Maximum slope :

Adhesion 57 ‰
rack 200 ‰

Rack system :

Dept