Transports Publics du Chablais
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Route length: | 70 km |
Gauge : | 1000 mm ( meter gauge ) |
Power system : | 1500 V = |
Rack system : | Dept |
The Transports Publics du Chablais , abbreviated TPC , operate several meter-gauge railway lines and bus routes in Chablais in the Swiss cantons of Vaud and Valais . The Transports Publics du Chablais was created in 1999 from the merger of the four railway companies Aigle-Leysin (AL), Aigle-Ollon-Monthey-Champéry (AOMC), Aigle-Sépey-Diablerets (ASD) and Bex-Villars-Bretaye (BVB). The Aigle-Leysin-Bahn, the Aigle-Sépey-Diablerets-Bahn and the Bex-Villars-Bretaye-Bahn formed an operating community in the run-up to the merger, starting in 1975. The Aigle-Ollon-Monthey-Champéry-Bahn also joined this joint venture in 1977. The company is based in Aigle .
History of the railway lines and the predecessor companies
On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Transports Publics du Chablais in 2009, the new look, in various shades of green and designed by a student at the Ecole Cantonale d'art de Lausanne , is presented.
When the order was placed for the new look, the only requirement was that it should not contain the basic colors of the predecessor companies that had been valid for decades. These were brown / cream for the Aigle-Leysin-Bahn, the Aigle-Sépey-Diablerets-Bahn light blue / cream, the Aigle-Ollon-Monthey-Champéry-Bahn red / cream and the Bex-Villars-Bretaye-Bahn red.
Aigle-Leysin Railway
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Timetable field : | 125 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Route length: | 6.207 km | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gauge : | 1000 mm ( meter gauge ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Power system : | 1500 = | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maximum slope : |
Adhesion 38 ‰ rack 230 ‰ |
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Dual track : | Leysin-Village-Leysin-Feydey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
Aigle-Ollon-Monthey-Champéry Railway
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Route length: | 23.4 km | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gauge : | 1000 mm ( meter gauge ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Power system : | 1500 = | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maximum slope : |
Adhesion 50 ‰ rack 135 ‰ |
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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
Aigle-Sépey-Diablerets Railway
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Timetable field : | 124 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Route length: | 23.34 km | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gauge : | 1000 mm ( meter gauge ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Power system : | 1500 = | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maximum slope : | 60 ‰ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Bex-Villars-Bretaye Railway
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The Bex-Villars-Bretaye-Bahn , abbreviated BVB , French Chemin de fer Bex-Villars-Bretaye , is a 17 km long narrow-gauge railway that leads from Bex via Gryon and Villars to the Col de Bretaye .
history
The railway was built to open up the villages of Gryon and Villars-sur-Ollon on a terrace above the Rhone Valley . In October 1897, the Chemin de fer électrique Bex-Gryon-Villars (BGV) was granted the concession to build the line from Bex to Villars, which was to be operated in mixed adhesion and gear operation. On September 10, 1898, the first section of the line from the Jura-Simplon Railway station in Bex to Bévieux opened, and was operated in adhesion mode. The cogwheel section from Bévieux to Gryon followed on June 4, 1900, and the last section to Villars on June 10, 1901.
Chesières , north of Villars, feared it would be economically left behind by the other villages because it had no rail connection. It was therefore decided to extend the line with a short tram route to Chesières. The concession for this section was granted in 1905 and on August 12, 1906, operations on the extension could begin. In accordance with the new tasks, the railway company was renamed Chemin de fer Bex-Gryon-Villars-Chesières (BGVC).
The Chemin de fer Villars-Bretaye (VB) received the concession in October 1911 to build a rack railway on the Col de Bretaye. On December 18, 1913, the line to Bouquetins was opened, the extension to Col-de-Bretaye only followed on December 15, 1937.
In 1942, BGVC merged with VB to form BVB. The sections Bévieux – Gryon and Villars – Bretaye of the 750 volt direct current operated railway are provided with rack (system Abt); the maximum gradient is 200 per thousand.
Tram operation
The roughly 3.3 kilometer long section in Bex from the train station to Bévieux was built as a tram , as was the 5.6 kilometer long Gryon – Villars – Chesières section. Tram cars were procured for these routes. The latest railcars are the Be 2/3 No. 15 and 16, which were delivered by SWS and MFO in 1948 and are still in use. Motor vehicles were also taken over from tram companies, such as the Be 2/2 No. 9 from the Zurich transport company or the Be 2/2 No. 9 from the discontinued Biel tramway, which was taken over in 1948 .
Bex – Bévieux
This route was operated as a tram from the start. Until December 15, 2002, the route was driven every hour by an adhesion multiple unit, which took around 12 minutes for the route; for the past year and a half, only five pairs of courses ran in the morning. After that, six stops between Bex and Bévieux disappeared, the other six are now served by the hourly trains to and from Villars. Until 2015, a morning course pair ran from Bevieux to the train station and back. This pair of courses was run by one of the two three-axle tram cars.
Gryon – Villars – Chesières
In addition to the direct Bex – Villars – Chesières trains with vehicles that drove the cogwheel route into the valley, there were tram routes between Gryon and Chesières, which were operated by tram cars in pure adhesion mode.
The tram line was used by tourists and locals for many years. After Chesières was opened up with a direct bus line from Aigle , tram operation was no longer so important. With the increase in individual traffic, the trams on the narrow streets were increasingly felt as an obstacle, so that operations on the Villars – Chesières section were temporarily suspended on September 30, 1961 and finally on December 1, 1963. The tram was replaced by a bus line, the route was canceled in 1964.
As a seasonal boost, one of the two tram cars No. 15 and 16 still operate between Gryon and Villars.
Vehicle fleet
- steam train
- H 2/3 10 (1900) SLM, formerly AL H 2/3 10, rented from AL from 1909, bought in 1911, out of service in 1922, later demolished
- Locomotives
- BGVC He 2/2 1 (1899) SLM / CIE, canceled in 1965
- BGVC He 2/2 2 (1899) SLM / CIE, 1920 new locomotive body, 1985 out of service, restored in 1997 inoperable , La Grisette , 2011 at the Blonay-Chamby museum railway
- BGVC He 2/2 3 (1903) SLM / CIE, canceled in 1964
- BGVC He 2/2 4 (1906) SLM / CIE, canceled in 1942 after derailment
- VB He 2/2 1 (1905) SLM / CIE, later BVB He 2/2 4 II , originally MC HGe 2/2 2, purchased from VB in 1930, at the same time the adhesive drive was removed, broken off in 1961
- VB He 2/2 2 (1907) SLM / CIE, originally MC HGe 2/2 3, bought from VB in 1930, at the same time the adhesive drive was removed, broken off in 1941
- BGVC He 2/2 11 (1912) SLM / MFO, canceled in 1943
- BGVC He 2/2 12 (1912) SLM / MFO, 1941 as a spare part donor for AL, later canceled
- HGe 4/4 31-32 (1953,64) SIG / MFO
- Te 2/2 42 (1898,1976) SIG / BVB (self-made)
- Tram railcar
- Be 2/2 8–9 (1907,15) SWS / MFO, tram car ex VBZ, signed, No. 8 "ex 7, 8 'broken off in 1964, electrical equipment for Te 42
- Be 2/3 15–16 (1948) SWS / MFO, three-axle tram car, blue
- Railcar
- BDeh 2/4 21–26 1940–46 SLM / MFO, single driver, No. 21 2000 broken off
- BDeh 4/4 81-82 (1976/1977) SWP / SLM / SAAS
- BDeh 4/4 83 (1987) ACMV (Vevey) / SLM / BBC
- Beh 4/8 91 Bretaye , 92 Barboleuse and 93 Tuttlingen (2000/2001) Bombardier (Vevey) / Stadler, double multiple unit
- Passenger cars and control cars
- B 51 (1953/98), Bs 52 (1953/98) SIG / MFO, to HGe 4/4 31-32
- Bst 53 (1964/97) Bt 54 (1964/99) (ex 61-62) SIG / MFO, to HGe 4/4 31-32
- Bt 61 (2000 ex B 53), B 62 (ex 54), Bt 63-64 (1976) SWP / SAAS, to BDeh 4/4 81-83
- Bt 65 (1987) ACMV (Vevey) / SIG / BBC, to BDeh 4/4 81-83
- B 66 (1983/2010) ACMV (Vevey) / SIG / BBC ex MVR / CEV Bt 223, to BDeh 4/4 81-83
Bus companies
In addition to the four railway lines, the Transports Publics du Chablais also operate various bus routes that were run by the Bex-Villars-Bretaye-Bahn and the Aigle-Ollon-Monthey-Champéry-Bahn before the merger. The network nodes are Villars-sur-Ollon (with lines to Diablarets, Aigle and Solalex) and Monthey (with lines to Cerniers, Chenarlier and Troistorrents - Morgins). The two lines from Val-d'Illiez to Les Crosets and Champoussin are served by a subcontractor, but the concession is also held by Transports Publics du Chablais. The regional bus between Aigle and Villeneuve is operated on behalf of SBB, and a city bus route for the city of Aigle is served by a CNG bus.
In addition to its own bus lines, Transports Publics du Chablais is the postbus holder for lines from Aigle, Ollon, Sépey, St-Maurice, Bex and - together with the Montreux – Berner Oberland Railway (MOB) - for the Monthey – Bouveret – St-Gingolph rail replacement .
The vehicle fleet of the operating section ex Bex-Villars-Bretaye-Bahn consists primarily of Renault and Irisbus vehicles, while Setra buses make up the majority of the fleet on the network ex Aigle-Ollon-Monthey-Champéry-Bahn. Vehicles of various brands travel on the PostBus lines, including Renault, Volvo, MAN, Setra and Neoplan.
literature
- Michel Grandguillaume, Gérald Hadorn, Sébastien Jarne, Jean-Louis Rochaix: Voies étroites du Chablais . BVA, Lausanne 1990. ISBN 2-88125-007-6 .
- Theo Stolz: Pocket dictionary for traction vehicles in Switzerland, as of January 1, 2006 . Minirex, Lucerne 2007, ISBN 978-3-907014-31-8 .
- Hans G. Wägli: Swiss rail network and Swiss rail profile CH + . AS Verlag, Zurich 2010, ISBN 978-3-909111-74-9 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Jürg Ehrbar: Chemin de fer Aigle – Leysin. In: discontinued railways in Switzerland. Accessed February 1, 2020 .
- ↑ Manfred Möldner: B² 22 + B² 23. In: Swiss narrow-gauge railways. September 23, 2015, accessed February 1, 2020 .
- ↑ Gaston Maison: 75 ans AOMC, 1907–1982, 1908–1983. Editions Revue du Rail, Aigle 1983, page 93
- ^ Roman Steiner: Monthey – Champéry line is back in operation after renovation . In: Swiss Railway Review . No. 12 . Minirex, 2016, ISSN 1022-7113 , p. 635 .
- ↑ Alex Witula: Le Più Belle Azioni D'Epoca, p. 290; ISBN 978-88-95848-10-5
- ↑ Michel Grandguillaume et al .: Voies Étroites du Chablais. BVA, Lausanne 1990, ISBN 2-88125-007-6 , page 66
- ^ Jean-Louis Rochaix et al .: Chemins de fer privés vaudois 1873 - 2000. Editions La Raillère, CH-1092 Belmont 2000, ISBN 2-88125-011-4 , page 76
- ^ Matthias Rellstab: ASD extension on the way. In: Swiss Railway Review. No. 1/2018. Minirex, ISSN 1022-7113 , p. 6.
- ^ Suspension of the Tram Bex, in: Schweizer Eisenbahn-Revue 1/2003, page 10.
- ↑ Timetable field 129 in the Official Swiss Course Booklet, issues 2000/01, 2001/02 (June 10, 2001– June 15, 2002) and 2002 (June 16 – December 14, 2002)
- ↑ Timetable field 129 in the official timetable for Switzerland, editions 1982 (23 May – 25 September 1982) and 2002 (16 June – 14 December 2002) as well as timetable field 127 in the timetable 2014 (15 December 2013–13 December 2014)
- ↑ Hans G. Wägli: Rail network Switzerland / Réseau ferré suisse - rail profile Switzerland CH + / Le rail suisse en profile CH +. AS Verlag, Zurich 2010, ISBN 978-3-909111-74-9 , rail network page 30.
- ↑ Jürg Ehrbar: Chemin de fer Bex-Villars-Bretaye BVB (BGVC). Villars – Chesières. In: discontinued railways in Switzerland. Retrieved January 19, 2020 .
- ↑ C.-A. Fluckiger: News soon . Photo. In: Railway amateur . No. 4 , 2016, p. 166 .
- ^ History Verein (Association) Ferroviaire Bex-Villars-Bretaye Promotion ( Memento from November 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on April 4, 2011)