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VCP - Vevey Mont Pélerin

(photo Michel Azéma October 2009)

Description

This funicular is born with the XXth century. It links Vevey to the Mont Pélerin, a small summit above the Leman lake. The line crosses the famoux vineyard of Chardonne which an Apellation Contrôlée of the Lavaux area between Lausanne and Montreux. The funicular is very classical but there are three intermediate stops: Corseaux, Chardonne, la Baume. In 1968 the Leman highway was built and it passes below the track between Chardonne and Corseaux stops. Is it the only funicular which passes over an highway? It is automatic. The two carriages are not classical. Each carriage is composed of one compartment on four levels. The funicular is owned by the Goldenpass company.

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Technical Datas

Start 1900 End  ... Status Type of funicular Type of tracks Type of energy Bottom station Vevey Plan (393 m) Top station Mont Pélerin (807 m) Length 1578 m Difference of levels 414 m Maximum Gradient 54 % Gauge 1 m Speed 4 m/s Time of a ride 10' Manufacturer Doppelmayr Von Roll GoldenPass Services PO Box 1426 CH-1820 Montreux Phone : +41 (0)21 989 81 81 Fax : +41 (0)21 989 8100 mob@mob.ch