Montreux–Glion–Rochers-de-Naye Railway

Geschichte

The Montreux–Glion–Rochers-de-Naye Railway is an electrically operated rack railway in Switzerland with a track gauge of. It was originally built as two separate lines, the Glion–Rochers-de-Naye Railway and the Montreux–Glion Railway .The line connects the resort of Montreux, on the shores of Lake Geneva, with the summit of the Rochers de Naye mountain. The line operates via the village of Glion, on the mountainside above Montreux, where it connects with the Territet–Glion funicular.HistoryGlion to Rochers-de-NayeThe first section of the line to open was the Glion to Rochers-de-Naye railway, which was built by the Chemin de fer Glion–Rochers-de-Naye company, and opened in 1892. Initially Glion was reached by the Territet–Glion funicular, which departed from a lower terminus opposite Territet station, the first station east of Montreux station on the Simplon railway.The Glion to Rochers-de-Naye railway was built to a gauge of, and the line was operated by steam locomotives using the rack and pinion system devised by Roman Abt.