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Major re-builds -- 1962 and 2001 # Length -- 68.3m Breadth -- 14.3m Passenger capacity -- 750 # - the new steam engine built by DLM was the only one in the world controlled direct | |||
normally operates an afternoon cruise from Lausanne to the Upper lake (Château de Chillon) followed by an evening dinner cruise to Yvoire across the lake in France | |||
| 16th September 2022 | 20 Years of the ABVL Took part in a special evening parade joining sisters PS Simplon and PS Savoie mid-lake on Friday 16th September | ||
| 4th September 2022 | Last timetabled sailings of the season Operated the afternoon anti-clockwise cruise sailings 204-205 from Lausanne round the Upper Lake followed by her 'traditional' evening cruise > | ||
| 19th June 2022 | First timetabled sailings of the season Operated the first of her new afternoon anti-clockwise cruise sailings 204-205 from Lausanne round the Upper Lake followed by her 'traditional' evening cruise sailings 487-488 to Yvoire on Sunday 19th June | ||
| XXXXX22nd May 2023 | First public sailing of the season Took part in the annual pre-season naval parade off-Montreux on Sunday 22nd May | ||
| 16th September 2022 | 20 Years of the ABVL Took part in a special evening parade joining sisters PS Simplon and PS Savoie mid-lake on Friday 16th September | ||
| 4th September 2022 | Last timetabled sailings of the season Operated the afternoon anti-clockwise cruise sailings 204-205 from Lausanne round the Upper Lake followed by her 'traditional' evening cruise > | ||
| 19th June 2022 | First timetabled sailings of the season Operated the first of her new afternoon anti-clockwise cruise sailings 204-205 from Lausanne round the Upper Lake followed by her 'traditional' evening cruise sailings 487-488 to Yvoire on Sunday 19th June | ||
| 22nd May 2022 | First public sailing of the season Took part in the annual pre-season naval parade off-Montreux on Sunday 22nd May | ||
| 5th September 2021 | Last public sailings of the season Operated an afternoon cruise from Lausanne to Château-de-Chillon followed by an evening cruise to Yvoire (France) on Sunday 5th September | ||
| 7th July 2021 |
Broke down
on Wednesday
7th July resulting in her spending the day undertaking repairs at Ouchy
Dock Her afternoon sailings She returned to service the following day operating her usual sailings | ||
| 20th June 2021 | First public sailings of the season Operated an afternoon cruise from Lausanne to Château-de-Chillon followed by an evening cruise to Yvoire (France) on Sunday 20th June | ||
| 6th September 2020 | Last sailing of the season Operated her normal summer sailings 906-907 from Lausanne to the Upper Lake followed by the evening sailings 487-488 to Yvoire and return on Sunday 6th September | ||
| 2nd August 2020 |
Broke down
on Sunday
2nd August resulting in her spending the day undertaking repairs at Ouchy
Dock Her afternoon sailings She returned to service the following day operating her usual sailings | ||
| 28th June 2020 | First timetabled sailing of the
season Eventually returned to service at the start of the delayedsummer timetable and operated sailings 906-907 from Lausanne to the Upper Lake followed by the evening sailings 487-488 to Yvoire and return commencing Sunday 28th June | ||
| 24th May 2020 | Orininally planned to take part in the annual pre-season naval parade on Sunday 24th May, but this had to be cancelled due to the Coronavirus precautions | ||
| 20th October 2019 | Last sailing of the season Operated the usual two Autumn sailings 920-921-922-923 from Lausanne to the Upper Lake and return on Sunday 20th October | ||
| 8th September 2019 | In addition to her usual late season private charters, she operated
the majority of the Lausanne to the Upper Lake sailings vice her larger sister
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| 1st September 2019 | Last advertised sailing of her
traditional summer season Operated sailings 906-907 from Lausanne to the Upper Lake followed by the evening sailings 487-488 to Yvoire and return on Sunday 1st September | ||
| 18th July 2019 | Fête des Vignerons Owing to sisters PS La Suisse and PS Simplon both originally being chartered for the event, several motor vessels were planned to "step-up" to cover In consequence PS Montreux was initially rostered to partially cover This would have seen her make rare calls (for her) at However due to the late cancellation of one of the charters, this rare situation was withdrawn | ||
| 16th June 2019 | First timetabled sailing of the
season Operated sailings 906-907 from Lausanne to the Upper Lake followed by the evening sailings 487-488 to Yvoire and return commencing Sunday 16th June | ||
| 19th May 2019 | First public sailing of the
season Took part in the annual pre-season naval parade off-Rolle on Sunday 19th May | ||
| 2nd September 2018 | Last timetabled sailing of the
season Operated sailings 906-907 from Lausanne to the Upper Lake followed by the evening sailings 487-488 to Yvoire and return on Sunday 2nd September | ||
| 12th July 2018 |
Broke down before her
afternoon sailing 906 on
Thursday 12th July resulting in her remaining in dock for
four days indertaking repair Her sailings were covered by the much smaller mv Henry-Dunant which was moved from "standby" at Geneva to cover She returned to service on Monday 16th July operating her usual sailings 906-907-487-488 | ||
| 17th June 2018 | First timetabled sailing of the
season Operated sailings 906-907 from Lausanne to the Upper Lake followed by the evening sailings 487-488 to Yvoire and return commencing Sunday 17th June | ||
| 20th May 2018 | First public sailing of the
season Took part in the annual pre-season naval parade off-Evian-les-Bains on Sunday 20th May | ||
| 3rd September 2017 | Last timetabled sailing of the
season Operated sailings 906-907 from Lausanne to the Upper Lake followed by the evening sailings 487-488 to Yvoire and return on Sunday 3rd September | ||
| 13th August 2017 |
Broke down after
her afternoon sailings 906-907 resulting in her evening
sailings 487-488 having to be covered by the much smaller
mv Morges on
Sunday 13th August She returned to service the following morning after quick overnight repairs | ||
| 18th June 2017 | First timetabled sailing of the
season Operated sailings 906-907 from Lausanne to the Upper Lake followed by the evening sailings 487-488 to Yvoire and return commencing Sunday 18th June | ||
| 21st May 2017 | First public sailing of the
season Took part in the annual pre-season naval parade off-Cully on Sunday 21th May | ||
| 2016 | Spent all year in Ouchy dock undertakiong repairs to her boiler | ||
| 8th August 2015 | Last sailings of the season Broke down after her evening sailings 487-488 on Saturday 8th August with further boiler problems and was taken out of service the following day for the remainder of the 2015 season | ||
| 1st August 2015 | Swiss National Day Broke down with boiler problems before her afternoon sailings 906-907 which were covered by mv Général-Guisan After quick repairs she was able to operate her evening sailings 487-488 on Saturday 1st August | ||
| 21st June 2015 | First timetabled sailing of the
season Operated sailings 906-907 from Lausanne to the Upper Lake followed by the evening sailings 487-488 to Yvoire and return on Sunday 21st June | ||
| 24th May 2015 | First public sailing of the
season Took part in the annual pre-season naval parade off-Rolle on Sunday 25th May | ||
| 7th September 2014 | Last sailings of the season Operated the sailings 906-907 from Lausanne to the Upper Lake followed by the evening sailings 487-488 to Yvoire and return on Sunday 7th September | ||
| 22nd June 2014 | First timetabled sailing of the
season Operated the sailings 906-907 from Lausanne to the Upper Lake followed by the evening sailings 487-488 to Yvoire and return on Sunday 22nd June | ||
| 25th May 2014 | First public sailing of the
season Took part in the annual pre-season naval parade off-Vevey on Sunday 25th May | ||
| 8th September 2013 | Last sailings of the season Operated the sailings 906-907 from Lausanne to the Upper Lake followed by the evening sailings 487-488 to Yvoire and return on Sunday 8th September | ||
| 30th April 2013 | First sailings of the season Operated the 0640 ferry sailing 1212 from Thonon-les-Bains and the 1730 return sailing 1223 from Lausanne vice | ||
| 27th September 2012 | Last sailings of the Season Unusually operated relief sailings between Nyon and Yvoire followed by the evening Lausanne to | ||
| 20th May 2012 | First public sailing of the
season Returned to service after her major repairs and took part in the annual pre-season naval parade off-Morges on Sunday 20th May | ||
August 2011 |
Following her withdrawal from service, the
paddle steamer spent the remainder of summer 2011 moored on "death's row" - the outer harbour
wall at Lausanne-Ouchy where so many of her older sisters spent their final days before being scrapped
- alongside sister MPV Italie (also awaiting
re-building) Her afternoon sailing to the Upper lake was covered by a motor vessel and a modified version of her Evening Dinner Cruise was operated by Photo: Margaret Smith - click on picture to enlarge | ||
| 8th June 2011 | After a private charter on Wednesday 8th June is was
discovered her new superheater had failed thus causing in a complete boiler failure - ironically
replacement parts which had only just been installed by the CGN the previous winter The paddle steamer was taken out of service two days later for repairs As it turned out, this was her final sailing of 2011 It was very fortunate the late decision was taken to return her sister PS Rhône to service in 2011 after all, so she was available to cover her first timetabled sailings on Sunday 12th June and some of her many planned charters | ||
| 5th June 2011 | First public sailing of the
season Took part in the annual pre-season naval parade off-Rolle on Sunday 5th June | ||
| 29th August 2010 | Last sailings of the Season Operated Upper Lake timetabled 204-205 followed by the evening dinner cruise from Lausanne to Rolle on Sunday 29th August | ||
| Peak Summer 2010 | Peak-Summer timetabled
sailings During the summer of 2010, operated the 1415 sailing from lausanne to the Upper Lake followed by the curtailed timetabled evening dinner cruise from Lausanne to Rolle and return commencing Sunday 4th July | ||
| 20th June 2010 | Made a rare public visit to Geveva by operating sailings 100-101 from Lausanne on Sunday 20th June vice mv Chablais which broke down earlier in the month and had to be permamently withdrawn from service | ||
| 16th May 2010 | First public sailing of the
season Took part in the annual pre-season naval parade off-Morges on Sunday 24th May | ||
| 6th September 2009 | Last sailings of
2009 Operated the timetabled evening dinner cruise from Lausanne to Yvoire on and Sunday 6th September | ||
| Peak Summer 2009 | Peak-Summer timetabled
sailings During the summer of 2009, the paddle steamer only operated the timetabled evening dinner cruise from Lausanne to Yvoire and return commencing Sunday 28th June | ||
| 24th May 2009 | First public sailing of the
season Took part in the annual pre-season naval parade off Rolle on Sunday 24th May | ||
| 14th September 2008 | Last sailings of
2008 Operated six 45 minute non-landing cruises from Lausanne-Ouchy on Sunday 14th September in connection with the "open day" at Ouchy works where progress of the major re-build of her sister The last day in service was considerably earlier than recent years as the 'traditional' Montreux Christmas Market Lunch Cruises will not operate this year | ||
| Peak Summer 2008 | Peak-Summer timetabled
sailings The paddle steamer operated timetabled sailings 1204-1205-204-205-405-406 between Sunday 29th June and Sunday 7th September | ||
| 25th May 2008 | First public sailing of the
season Took part in the annual pre-season naval parade off Vevey on Sunday 25th May | ||
| 16th December 2007 | Last sailings of
2007 Operated the 'traditional' Montreux Christmas Market Lunch Cruises at 1200 from Lausanne on Sundays 16th and 23rd December | ||
| 26th August 2007 |
Broke down at Ouchy dock on
Sunday 26th August and her
sailings 711-712-1201-1202-211-403-404 were covered by
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| July and August 2007 | Peak-Summer timetabled
sailings The paddle steamer operated timetabled sailings 711-712-1201-1202-211-403-404 between Sunday 1st July and Sunday 9th September | ||
| 20th May 2007 | First public sailings of the
season Took part in the annual pre-season naval parade off Morges on Sunday 20th May | ||
10th December 2006 |
Last sailings of
2006 Operated the 'traditional' Montreux Christmas Market Lunch Cruise on Sunday 10th December at 1200 from Lausanne and again on the following Sunday before retiring to Ouchy dock | ||
9th September 2006 |
Journées européennes du
Patrimoine Operated three two-hour cruises from Lausanne to Vevey on Saturday 9th September and again on Sunday 10th September On the Sunday alone the paddle steamer carried 2092 passengers ! See also special photo feature | ||
| July and August 2006 | Peak-Summer timetabled
sailings The paddle steamer operated timetabled sailings 711-712-1201-1202-211-403-404 between Sunday 2nd July and Sunday 3rd September | ||
| 21st May 2006 | First public sailings of the
season Took part in the annual pre-season naval parade off Rolle on Sunday 21st May | ||
| 11th and 18th December 2005 | Last sailings of
2005 Operated two special Montreux Christmas Market Lunch Cruises from Lausanne depart 1200 on Sundays 11th and 18th December | ||
| 7th September 2005 | Broke down at Ouchy dock on
Wednesday 7th
September during her Late Summer Charter period Basically her charters and the special sailings for the next few days including the Journées du patrimoine special sailings were covered by | ||
| July and August 2005 | Peak-Summer timetabled
sailings The paddle steamer is operating timetabled sailings 309-310-901-53-54 between Saturday 2nd July and Sunday 4th September | ||
| 15th May 2005 | Took part in the annual pre-season naval parade off Morges on Whit Sunday 15th May | ||
| 14th May 2005 | First public sailings of the
season Operated six special one hour cruises from Morges for just SF5 on Whit Saturday 14th May | ||
18th December 2004 |
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| 5th December 2004 | Last sailings of
2004 Operated three special Montreux Christmas Market Lunch Cruises from Lausanne depart 1200 including a short afternoon non-landing "mini-cruise" from Montreux depart 1410 on Sunday 5th December and again on the following two Sundays note - the earlier departure of the mini-cruise compared with last year was to enable the paddle steamer to clear the pier for the new timetabled sailing 39 by | ||
| 11th September 2004 | Europäischer Tag des Denkmals - Saturday
11th September In connection with the above and the CGN Ouchy works open day, the paddle steamer operated seven 30 minute non-landing cruises from Lausanne on Saturday 11th September - depart 1000, 1100, 1200, 1300, 1400, 1500 and 1600 This arrangement was repeated the following day (Sunday 12th September) | ||
| 29th August 2004 | Last timetabled sailings of the
season The paddle steamer operated timetabled sailings 309-310-201-53-54 on Sunday 29th August | ||
30th May 2004 |
As part of her 100th birthday celebrations the paddle steamer operated a special public lunch cruise on Whit Sunday 30th May departing Vevey at 1145 and Montreux at 1220 | ||
| 9th May 2004 | First public sailing of the
season Took part in the annual pre-season naval parade on Sunday 9th May | ||
| 2004 | 100 years old in 2004 The paddle steamer mainly operated private charter sailings for most of the year, except for the period between Sunday 27th June and Sunday 29th August when she was be rostered to timetabled sailings 309-310-201-53-54 | ||
| 21st December 2003 | Last sailings of
2003 Operated the last of three Sunday special Montreux Christmas Market Brunch Cruises from Lausanne also a short non-landing "mini-cruise" from Montreux on Sunday 21st December | ||
| 7th December 2003 | Operated the first of three Sunday special Montreux Christmas Market Brunch Cruises from Lausanne also a short non-landing "mini-cruise" from Montreux on Sunday 7th December - see photo feature | ||
| 10th August 2003 | Broke down at Morges whilst operating
sailing 173 on
Sunday 10th
August Following repairs at the pier, the paddle steamer returned non-stop to Lausanne at approximately 2130 (roughly in the path of sailing 218) See news page for further details | ||
| 29th June 2003 | The paddle steamer operated timetabled sailings 65-76-195-173-218 on Sunday 29th June and continued every day until Sunday 31st August | ||
| 29th May to 3rd June 2003 |
"G8
Summit" at Evian-les-Bains Operated special ferry sailings from Lausanne for VIPs attending the conference | ||
11th May 2003 |
First public sailing of the
season Took part in the five paddle steamer pre-season 130 years of the CGN naval parade on Sunday 11th May departing Lausanne at 1200 | ||
| 2003 | The paddle-steamer mainly operated private charter sailings from 22nd February to the end of the year | ||
| 22nd December 2002 | Laat sailing of the season Operated the third Sunday Christmas Market Brunch Cruise from Lausanne on Sunday 22nd December | ||
| 8th December 2002 | Operated the first of three Sunday
Christmas Market Brunch
Cruises from Lausanne on
Sunday 8th December This was the first time the new steam engine was controlled directly from the bridge in public service, without the need for an engineer | ||
| 1st September 2002 | Last timetabled sailings
of the season Operated the regular Lausanned based sailings 65-76-95-173-218 on Sunday 1st September | ||
| 11th July 2002 |
Broke down off-Rolle with generator problems whilst operating
sailing 218 on
Thursday 11th July
and passengers were transferred to
MPV Vevey (which was operating a private
charter sailing) to continue their journey to Lausanne See news page for further details | ||
| 30th June 2002 | The paddle steamer returned to daily timetabled service on Sunday 30th June for the peak-season | ||
| 21st/22nd June 2002 | First timetabled sailings
of the season The paddle steamer UNUSUALLY operated the Weekend Late Night Ferry Service between Lausanne and Evian-les-Bains on the nights of Friday/Saturday | ||
| 12th May 2002 | First public sailing of the
season The paddle steamer took part in the six steamer pre-season publicity parade on Sunday 12th May | ||
| 2002 | The paddle steamer mainly operated private charter sailings until 6th January and again from 11th March to 22nd December | ||
| 1st December 2001 | Last public
sailing of the season Operated a special evening Scottish Whisky Dinner cruise from Geneva at 2100 on Saturday 1st December | ||
| 23rd November 2001 | Operated a special public evening Scottish Whisky Dinner cruise from Lausanne at 2100 on Friday 23rd November | ||
| Autumn and Winter 2001 |
The paddle steamer had a large number of private charter sailings | ||
| 31st August 2001 | Last timetabled sailings of the season on Friday 31st August -- 1820 evening cruise from Lausanne to Yvoire and 2010 return | ||
| 1st July 2001 | First timetabled sailing of the season on Sunday 1st July - 1230 lunch cruise from Lausanne to Evian-les-Bains and 1315 return | ||
| 29th June 2001 | The day started early with a 0700
Shareholders
AGM special from Lausanne to Geneva The paddle steamer then operated two special short free cruises for the public from Geneva (at 1010 and 1055) followed by a 1215 lunch cruise before the return AGM Shareholders special sailing left Geneva for Lausanne at 1525 on Friday 29th June | ||
| 20th May 2001 | Operated six special short free cruises for the public from Lausanne (at 0910, 0955 and 1040) and from Montreux (at 1610, 1700 and 1750) on Sunday 20th May | ||
| 19th May 2001 |
Operated her maiden voyage as
"PS" Montreux for invited guests only on
Saturday 19th May
commemorated by a naval
parade with the other four
paddle steamers - see
photo feature This followed the major re-build during the previous two and a half years which included the installation of a new steam engine and boiler to replace the | ||
| Autumn 1998 |
Withdrawn from service for major re-build, including | ||
4th October 1998 |
Final sailing of
MPV Montreux On Sunday 4th October operated sailings 33-50-64-155 - ending up with the 1500 St-Gingolph to Lausanne Click here for official CGN poster | ||
| Summer 1998 | Normally operated the "2 day roster" alternating
with day one - 1015 Lausanne to Geneva via day two - 1030 Geneva to Lausanne via | ||
| Summer 1983 | Normally operated the
"Two Day roster"
alternating with MPV Vevey day one - 0930 Lausanne to Geneva followed by 1430 Geneva to Yvoire and return day two - 1045 Geneva to Lausanne via | ||
24th June 2022
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