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HISTORY of SAILINGS |
 in white livery |
| General | - over the years, the actual departure times, calling points, dates and sailing numbers have varied (see Archive Index for further details) |
| 2008 | Details will be posted at the end of the
season (in the interim see 2008 Advance Information Lake Brienz Summary and/or 2008 Timetable Index (for links to individual timetables) |
| 2007 | The season started on Sunday 3rd June and operated the 'traditional' two traditional round trips from Interlaken to Brienz at the slightly retimed departures of 1116 and 1425 |
| For the first time there were no paddle steamer sailings on Mondays - the regular sailings were cover by a motor vessel | |
| Owing to abnormally high lake levels following exceptionally heavy
rain all sailings on the lake were suspended from
Thursday 9th August to
Saturday 11th August inclusive Sailungs by motor vessels recommenced on Sunday 12th August and PS Lötschberg returned to service the following Tuesday (14th August) | |
| Sailings finished on Sunday 9th September | |
| 2006 | The season started much later than usual on Sunday 4th June and operated the usual two traditional round trips from Interlaken to Brienz |
| Sailings finished earlier than usual on Sunday 10th September | |
| 2005 | The season started on Sunday 8th May and the regular timetabled departures were advanced by up to approx 30 minutes to maintain train connections following the complete re-cast of services by the SBB |
| On Monday 11th July the
paddle steamer made a very rare early start
at 0910 which involved her calling at additional piers for her Her 'traditional sailings' were covered by a motor vessel | |
| Sailings were brought to an abrupt halt on
Tuesday 23rd August when an abnormally high lake level following exceptionally heavy rain
forced the cancellation of all sailings on the lake The paddle steamer only made one further apprerance on Saturday 24th September for a redated Jazz Cruise | |
| 2004 | The season started slightly earlier in time for the local
Mothers Day with |
| The paddle steamer celebrated her 90th birthday with a special evening parade along with the fifty year old mv Jungfrau on Saturday 3rd July | |
| Sailings finished on Sunday 19th September | |
| 2003 | A shorter season with |
| Sailings finished on Sunday 21st September | |
| 2002 | on Sunday 28th April |
| Sailings finished on Sunday 22nd September | |
| 2001 | The timing schedule was slightly slower than previously |
| Timetabled sailings finished later than 2000 on Sunday 23rd September | |
| The paddle steamer ended the season one week later with a special four hour cultural and culinary cruise | |
| 2000 | It was many years since a paddle steamer operated timetabled services on Lake Brienz during April |
| Sailings finished early on the 10th September to enable work to start on a major re-build, including a new boiler | |
| 1999 | Sailings commenced at the start of May |
| Sailings finished earlier than usual at the end of September | |
| 1998 | Sailings continued to the first Sunday in October |
| 1996 | Special evening cruises from Interlaken to Brienz for inclusive trip to Mount Rothorn withdrwan |
| 1995 | Special evening cruises from Interlaken to Brienz for inclusive trip to Mount Rothorn now reduced to two and operated on Saturdays |
| 1994 | Three special Tuesday evening cruises operated from Interlaken to Brienz for inclusive trip to Mount Rothorn |
| Sailings continued to the first Sunday in October | |
If you are aware of any errors in the above or can add anything further, please e-mail me with the information |
25th December 2007
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John B Bird