Transports publics Vevey–Montreux–Chillon–Villeneuve
The Transports publics Vevey-Montreux - Chillon -Villeneuve, officially VMCV SA, is a Swiss transport company based in Montreux in the canton of Vaud. The company was founded in 2008 by splitting the traffic segment of which was founded on August 14, 1886 Société électrique Vevey- Montreux ( SEVM ). The remaining after cleavage electricity company was integrated energy holding in the Romande. The SEVM was the first of a number of companies that originated 1886-1914 in Switzerland from the initiative to build an electric car and in the episode, as they had to first build an electricity supply for railway operation, the local electricity supply took over. With the slipping of public transport in the loss zone, these companies have been around a hundred years later divided into transport companies and electricity companies.
The traffic area VMCV extends along the Vaud Riviera, the local villages of Vevey, Montreux, Chillon and Villeneuve gave the company its name. It operates associate with trolleybuses and buses of a network of 78,95 kilometers on the nine lines.
History
Parallel to the Simplon line, the section Lausanne -Villeneuve was opened in 1861, was built in the 1880s to Fine closure of the towns along the Vaud Riviera also a tram.
The first section of this Tramway Vevey- Montreux- Chillon (VMC ) was opened by the SEVM on May 1, 1888. It was 8951 feet long and ran from Vevey Plan on La Tour -de- Peilz, Clarens and Montreux up to the railway crossing in Montreux. The regular operations started on June 4. This tram was the first electric railway in Switzerland, the application was a two-pole slotted pipe catenary contact with cars. On 16 September of the same year, the 1423 -meter-long continuation followed to Chillon Castle.
1897 requested the SEVM a concession for the extension to Villeneuve. Since first corrects the Canton Street Grand Champ Villeneuve and the level crossing should be repealed, the project dragged on. Finally, a new company is established, the Compagnie du Tramway de Chillon -Villeneuve - Byron ( CBV ), which took over the concession of the SEVM. On November 26, 1903, the first test drives were conducted and the 2575 meter long connecting route from the Castle of Chillon via Hôtel Byron was opened to Villeneuve on December 14. The management on the extension was transferred to the SEVM. Unlike their original route, the route Chillon -Villeneuve but it was implemented with role pantographs.
Since the CBV fell into economic difficulties, the SEVM took over the assets of the CBV for the price of 57'150 .55 CHF, which gave a big loss to the shareholders of CBV. The official name of the transport company has since become the SEVM VMCV. 1913 new cars were put into service and converted both line items on bow collector operation. A peculiar feature then from the mid- 1920s, when the Simplon line was electrified, represents the same level of overhead line crossing in Montreux
- Villeneuve SBB SBB Montreux ( 4157 meters): April 23, 1952
- Montreux SBB Montreux Marché ( 1196 meters): 1956
- Montreux -Clarens Marché Deposit VMCV ( 2070 meters): July 8, 1957
- Clarens Deposit VMCV Vevey Entre -deux- Villes: January 5, 1958
- Vevey Entre -deux- Villes- Vevey funicular: January 19, 1958
Cog railway trait Planches
At the opening up of the eponymous village in the municipality Planches the SEVM acquired a railway concession and built a 392 -meter-long rack railway, which was operated with only a railcar and opened on 1 June 1897. The slope was below 128, then up 140 per thousand. The rack was placed laterally, which had an eccentric tensile force transmission result. On 11 November 1912, the only car derailed with the number 24 on a blank drive and slid into the valley station, where he was destroyed at the buffer. Plans for rebuilding failed due to financial opportunities.