|
31st December 2001
 |
Lake Geneva |
MPV Helvétie operated a special New
Year's Eve Dance Cruise from Geneva at 2045
This turned out to be the final public sailing before the
paddle steamer went to Ouchy Harbour for long-term
lay-up |
Lake Luzern |
PS Uri
operated a special New Year's Eve Gala Cruise from
Luzern at 1930 |
25th December 2001
 |
Lake Luzern |
The 100 year old
PS Uri operated some timetabled sailings over the festive period
between Tuesday 25th December 2001 and Wednesday 2nd January 2002 - see special
feature for full details |
| 9th December 2001 |
Lake Geneva |
MPV Italie took over the Winter Sunday afternoon sailings from
Lausanne to St-Gingolph and return commencing on
Sunday 9th December |
| 7th December 2001 |
Lake Geneva |
MPV Helvétie operated an evening
disco cruise from Geneva
at 2330 on Friday 7th December |
| 2nd December 2001 |
Lake Geneva |
The final sailings of 2001 by
MPV Vevey
took take place on
Sunday 2nd December departing Lausanne at 1230 for
St-Gingolph and return |
| 1st December 2001 |
Lake Geneva |
PS Montreux operated an evening
Scottish Whisky Dinner
cruise from Geneva at 2100 on Saturday 1st
December |
| Although this was
the last public sailing of 2001 by
PS Montreux - the paddle steamer was
subsequently decorated specially for the Christmas charter
sailings |
| 23rd November 2001 |
Lake Geneva |
PS Montreux operated an evening
Scottish Whisky Dinner
cruise from Lausanne at 2100 on Friday 23rd
November |
| 4th November 2001 |
Lake Geneva |
MPV Vevey operated the Winter Sunday afternoon sailing
from Lausanne to St-Gingolph and return commencing on
Sunday 4th November
This followed an external re-paint during week commencing Monday 29th October |
| 3rd November 2001 |
Lake Geneva |
MPV Italie took over the Lausanne to Evian-les-Bains
ferry service from
mv Léman on Saturdays
and Sundays commencing
Saturday 3rd November following an
external re-paint during week commencing Monday 22nd October |
| 31st October 2001 |
Lake Geneva |
mv
Léman made a rare visit to Yvoire on
Wednesday 31st October when the motor vessel towed
PS La Suisse for
Winter work
at the French port, having left Ouchy works at 0800 |
| 28th October 2001 |
Lake Luzern |
The final sailings of the 2001 season by
PS Uri
PS Unterwalden and
PS Stadt Luzern took place on
Sunday 28th October
The sailings included two final visits to Alpnachstad by
PS
Unterwalden |
| 27th October 2001 |
Lake Luzern |
The final sailings of 2001 by
PS Schiller
took place on Saturday 27th October |
| 21st October 2001 |
Lake Luzern |
All four of the operational paddle steamers were in service
together for the final time during 2001 on
Sunday 21st October
The sailings included a rare Autumn visit to Alpnachstad by
PS
Unterwalden |
Lake Thun |
PS Blümlisalp made her final 2001
sailings 15-16 on
Sunday 21st October |
Lake Zurich |
PS Stadt Rapperswil made her final 2001
sailings 101-102-111-112
on Sunday 21st October vice a motor
vessel |
| 20th October 2001 |
Lake Thun |
PS Blümlisalp operated an
evening 'fondue' cruise
from Thun at 1910 on Saturday 20th October |
| 13th October 2001 |
Lake Geneva |
Owing to the small number of bookings,
mv Chablais
replaced the much larger
PS Simplon on the remaining weekly Autumn evening
'Taverne Alsacienne' sailings from Lausanne at
2030 on Saturdays 13th to 27th October |
| 12th October 2001 |
Lake Geneva |
Owing to the small number of bookings,
mv Ville-de-Genève
replaced the much larger
MPV Helvétie on the remaining weekly Autumn evening
'Taverne Alsacienne' sailings from Geneva
Pâquis at 2030 on Fridays 12th and 19th October
also Friday 26th October |
| 7th October 2001 |
Lake Thun |
PS Blümlisalp operated a
breakfast cruise
from Thun at 1000 on Sunday 7th October |
| 6th October 2001 |
Lake Geneva |
PS Simplon operated the first of four weekly Autumn evening
'Taverne Alsacienne' sailings from Lausanne-Ouchy at
2030 on Saturday 6th October |
| 5th October 2001 |
Lake Geneva |
MPV Helvétie operated the first of four weekly Autumn evening
'Taverne Alsacienne' sailings from
Geneva Pâquis at 2030 on Friday 5th
October |
| 30th September 2001 |
Lake Brienz |
PS Lötschberg operated a four-hour
cultural and culinary
cruise from Interlaken Ost at 1300 on Sunday
30th September |
| 23rd September 2001 |
Lake Brienz |
PS Lötschberg remained in timetabled service
until Sunday 23rd September
This was two weeks later than in 2000 |
| Lake Luzern |
Sunday 23rd September
was the last day that the
advertised timetable required all
five paddle steamers to be in
service on the same day
This was also be the last opportunity to sail on
PS Gallia before its withdrawal for a
two-year major re-build |
| 21st September 2001 |
Lake Brienz |
PS Lötschberg operated an
evening 'country' cruise
from Interlaken Ost at 1945 on
Friday 21st September |
| 17th September 2001 |
Lake Geneva |
PS Rhône was brought back into service for
one day to cover for
mv
Général-Guisan which had broken down the previous afternoon
- this was the last day of the CGN Late Summer Timetable |
| 16th September 2001 |
Lake Konstanz |
PS Hohentwiel operated a
Swiss coast
cruise commencing at Rorschach on
Sunday 16th September |
| 14th September 2001 |
Lake Zurich |
PS Stadt Zürich
operated an
evening Jazz cruise from Zurich at 2000 on
Friday 14th September |
| 7th September 2001 |
Lake Zurich |
PS Stadt Rapperswil
operated an evening Jazz
cruise from Zurich at 2000 on Friday
7th September |
| 6th September 2001 |
Lake Geneva |
PS Rhône operated the
annual special cruise
from Lausanne at 0915 for the 524th Thonon-les-Bains Fair on
Thursday 6th September
This was the last public sailing by
PS Rhône during 2001 |
| 2nd September 2001 |
Lake Thun |
PS Blümlisalp operated a
breakfast cruise from Thun at
1000 on Sunday 2nd September |
| 31st August 2001 |
Lake Geneva |
PS Montreux and
PS Rhône both finished
their advertised timetabled sailings of the 2001 season on
Friday 31st August |
Lake Luzern |
Evening cruises from Luzern
PS Unterwalden and
PS Uri
both operated the final
sailing 105 of the season at 1920 from Luzern
on Friday 31st August |
| 25th August 2001 |
Lake Geneva |
PS Simplon operated the third and final
evening 'love-boat' cruise
from Montreux at
1845 on Saturday 25th August |
| 24th August 2001 |
Lake Brienz |
PS Lötschberg operated an
evening jazz cruise
from Interlaken Ost at 1900 on
Friday 24th August |
| Lake Luzern |
PS Gallia sailed along with the other four
paddle steamers to provide a rare mid-week 'full-house' on timetabled services
on Friday 24th August |
| This was this be the last time before
2004 when
PS Gallia is expected to re-enter service |
| 18th August 2001 |
Lake Luzern |
PS Gallia operated an
appeal special cruise
from Luzern at 1230 on Saturday 18th
August to raise funds for its major re-build (due to take place
over the next two years) |
| 15th August 2001 |
Lake Geneva |
PS Simplon operated
sailings 80-191 on
Wednesday 15th August instead of
PS
Savoie |
Lake Luzern |
PS Schiller operated
sailings 7-18-21-24 and
PS Unterwalden
operated the regular 1915 'Sunset Cruise' from Luzern to
Vitznau as PS Uri
started the day at Flüelen operating
sailings 12-17-28 |
|
Lake Maggiore |
PS Piemonte operated the
annual public fireworks
cruise from Arona at 2030 to Laveno fireworks on
Wednesday 15th August - again the paddle steamer
only sailed at the Italian end of the lake
|
| 14th August 2001 |
Lake Geneva |
PS Simplon operated
sailings 36-91 on
Tuesday 14th August instead of
PS Savoie |
| Lake Luzern |
PS Uri operated an
evening cruise from Flüelen at 1930 on
Tuesday 14th August |
In consequence
PS Unterwalden operated
the regular 1915 'Sunset Cruise' from Luzern to
Vitznau |
| 11th August 2001 |
Lake Geneva |
PS
Simplon and MPV
Helvétie operated
evening fireworks cruises from Lausanne and Yvoire respectively
to Geneva on Saturday 11th August |
| Lake Luzern |
In additional to the normal
timetabled sailings,
special sailings by
PS Stadt Luzern and
PS Unterwalden
operated
evening fireworks cruises from Luzern at 1945 on
Saturday 11th August cruising round Luzern Bay for the annual
fireworks display |
| 10th August 2001 |
Lake Thun |
PS Blümlisalp operated an
evening jazz cruise from Thun
at 2000 on Friday 10th August |
| 1st August 2001 |
All lakes |
Swiss National Day - Wednesday 1st August
|
| Lake Brienz |
In additional to the daytime
timetabled sailings,
PS Lötschberg
operated an evening fireworks
cruise from Interlaken Ost at 2030 |
| Lake
Geneva |
In additional to the normal
timetabled
sailings there were again special sailings for
Swiss
National Day |
Dance Cruises
MPV Helvétie,
PS Savoie and
MPV Italie
operated evening dance
cruises from
Geneva, Lausanne and the "Upper Lake" piers respectively |
| Lake Luzern |
In additional to the normal daytime
timetabled sailings extra
sailings operated to Rütli Meadow
PS Gallia operated
sailings 17-28 with the
return sailing running non-stop
"flat-out" from Beckenried to Luzern |
Visit of Airship zeppelin
PS Unterwalden
operated a special morning
cruise at 0930 for the public to watch
mv Rütli
bring specially franked mail from Rütli pier to Luzern bay and transfer it onto the
airship for onward conveyance to the River Rhine
Fireworks at Brunnen
All five paddle
steamers sailed in convoy
from Luzern at 2000 to Brunnen for the annual
fireworks display
in consequence, the regular Wednesday evening
sailings 29-36 (1915 Luzern to Vitznau and 2027 return) were
operated by
a motor vessel |
PS
Uri suffered a minor defect to the engine whilst operating
sailing 21 on
Wednesday 1st
August
The paddle steamer terminated
its sailing at Kehrsiten-Bürgenstock and returned to dock for 'quick' repairs
to enable it to take part in the evening
fireworks parade - the remainder of
sailing 21 and
sailing 24
was covered by mv
Wäldstatter |
| Lake Thun |
In additional to the regular afternoon
timetabled sailings 15-16,
PS Blümlisalp
sailed in the annual evening naval
parade from Thun at 2030 |
| Lake Zurich |
In additional to the normal
timetabled sailings,
PS Stadt Zürich operated an
evening cruise from
Zurich at 2015 |
| 20th July 2001 |
Lake Thun |
Shortly after leaving
Beatushöhlen on
sailing 16, the steam engine of
PS Blümlisalp
stopped, apparantly due to a lack of oil in the lubrication cups at the start of the run from
Interlaken
- passengers were transferred about an hour later to the next
sailing 18
(operated by
mv Stadt
Thun)
The paddle steamer
subsequently returned light to Thun and continued her normal roster
.......... |
.......... re-commencing with the
special evening jazz cruise
from Thun (depart 2000) |
| 18th July 2001 |
Lake Luzern |
PS Schiller operated
sailings 7-18-21-24 and
PS Unterwalden
operated the regular 1915 'Sunset Cruise' from Luzern to
Vitznau as PS Uri
had started the day at Flüelen operating
sailings 12-17-28 |
| 17th July 2001 |
Lake Luzern |
PS Uri operated an
evening cruise from Flüelen at 1930 on
Tuesday 17th July |
In consequence
PS Unterwalden operated
the regular 1915 'Sunset Cruise' from Luzern to
Vitznau |
| 14th July 2001 |
Lake Geneva |
PS Savoie and
MPV Italie
operated evening dance cruises
from Lausanne and the "Upper Lake" piers respectively on
Saturday 14th July whilst
PS Simplon
operated an afternoon samba
cruise from Montreux |
| 11th July 2001 |
Lake Geneva |
PS Savoie suffered damage at Montreux pier during gales on
Wednesday 11th July
but continued in service
The paddle steamer was withdrawn from service for 'quick' repairs at
Ouchy works on the morning of Friday
13th July during which time her morning sailing to St-Gingolph was
undertaken by mv
Ville-de-Genève |
| 8th to 21st July 2001 |
Lake Geneva |
PS Simplon operated a series of special
cruises for Montreux Jazz Festival
Sunday 8th July - Salsa
Saturday 14th July - Samba
Sunday 15th July - Gospel and Blues
Saturday 21st July - African and
Caribean |
| 7th July 2001 |
Lake Brienz |
PS Lötschberg operated an
evening jazz cruise from
Interlaken Ost at 1900 on Saturday 7th
July |
| 6th and 7th July 2001 |
Lake Zurich |
PS Stadt Zürich and
PS Stadt Rapperswil
both operated fireworks cruises in connection
with the Zurich Festival on Friday 6th July and
Saturday 7th July |
| 6th July 2001 |
Lake Luzern |
PS Unterwalden operated the first
evening music cruise
of the season from Luzern at 1920 on Friday 6th
July |
| 4th July 2001 |
Lake Geneva |
MPV Italie operated the first of nine weekly
evening dance cruises
from the Upper Lake piers on Wednesday 4th
July |
| 1st July 2001 |
Lake Brienz |
PS Lötschberg operated a
breakfast cruise from
Interlaken at 0845 on Sunday 1st July |
Lake Geneva |
PS Simplon operated an
evening 'love-boat' cruise from Montreux at 1845 on
Sunday 1st July |
| Additional daily timetabled sailings commenced
on Sunday 1st July operated by
PS Montreux and
PS
Rhône |
|
Lake Konstanz |
PS Hohentwiel operated an
international cruise
from Romanshorn at 1400 on Sunday 1st
July |
| 30th June 2001 |
Lake Geneva |
PS Simplon operated an
evening 'love-boat' cruise
from Montreux at 1845 on
Saturday 30th June |
| 29th June 2001 |
Lake Geneva |
PS Montreux operated two 'short "free" cruises' and a 'lunch
cruise' from Geneva in addition to the 'shareholders special' from Lausanne to Geneva for
the AGM on Friday 29th June |
| 25th June 2001 |
Lake Zurich |
PS Stadt Zurich or
PS Stadt Rapperswil made an additional public sailing
from Zurich at 1230 on Monday 25th June |
| 24th June 2001 |
Lake Brienz |
PS Lötschberg made her first public timetabled sailing
on Sunday 24th June
operating sailings
63-64-69-70 |
22nd June 2001
|
Lake Brienz |
PS Lötschberg operated her Maiden
Voyage from Interlaken at 1630 on Friday 22nd
June following the major re-build, including the installation of a
new boiler, over the previous Winter |
| 16th June 2001 |
Lake Konstanz |
PS Hohentwiel operated a
Swiss coast cruise commencing at Rorschach on
Saturday 16th June |
14th to 16th June 2001
|
Lake Geneva |
MPV Helvétie opened a season of evening cruises from
Geneva at 2300 on
Thursday 14th June - Dance and
Salsa
Friday 15th June - Dance
Saturday 16th June - Salsa
Similar cruises during the Summer were operated by
mv
Lausanne |
| 10th June 2001 |
All Lakes |
Sunday 10th June (two weeks later than usual) marked the
official start of Summer Schedules
for all Swiss Railways and Lake Steamers (including calls at most of the "Summer
Only" piers)
There were minor timing alterations to many services - for full details see the individual
Timetable Index for each lake:-
Brienz - motor vessels only until
Sunday 1st July
Geneva - exception (started
Sunday 20th May)
Luzern
Thun
Zurich |
9th June 2001
 |
Lake Luzern |
Ten Years of the
"Weg der Schweiz"
(Swiss Path)
The celebrations continued at Flüelen on
Saturday 9th June when
PS Uri operated
three "one hour" free cruises at 1800, 1915 and 2030
The paddle steamer
returned to Luzern the following morning on
sailing 12 |
| 8th June 2001
|
Lake Geneva |
PS Rhône
unusually operated the "Upper Lake" stopping service from Le Bouveret on
Friday 8th June instead of
mv Chablais |
| 4th June 2001 |
Lake Thun |
PS Blümlisalp operated
sailings 15-16 (1327 from Thun to Interlaken and 1555 return) on
Whit Monday 4th June instead of
one of the motor vessels |
| 1st June 2001 |
Lake Luzern |
The first visit of the season to Alpnachstad by
a paddle steamer was by
PS Unterwalden on Friday 1st
June |
| 24th May 2001 |
Lake Luzern |
The 'flagship' of the fleet
PS Stadt Luzern
entered service much later than usual on Ascension Thursday
24th May following an extended winter ouerhaul
|
Lake Thun |
PS Blümlisalp operated
sailings 15-16 (1327 from Thun to Interlaken and 1555 return) on
Ascension Thursday 24th May instead of a motor vessel |
20th May 2001
|
Lake Geneva |
Despite the later date in 2001 for the start of
all official Swiss Timetables, the C G N
commenced operating its Summer Timetable on
Sunday 20th May
This was one week earlier than in
2000 |
The first public sailings by the re-built
PS Montreux
took place on Sunday 20th May
These were be special free half-hour cruises from Lausanne (depart 0910,
0955 and 1040) also from Montreux (depart 1610, 1700 and 1750) |
19th May 2001
|
Lake Geneva |
To mark the completion of a two-year rebuild including re-conversion
to steam power
PS Montreux operated a
Maiden Voyage
from Lausanne on Saturday 19th May
for invited guests only
- this was supported by a public
parade by
the other four paddle steamers
All five paddle steamers left
Lausanne at 1200, paraded round the Upper Lake and
arrived Montreux at 1550 |
| 13th May 2001 |
Lake Thun |
PS Blümlisalp operated a
morning breakfast cruise
from Thun at 1000 on Sunday 13th May |
5th May 2001
|
Lake Luzern |
Ten Years of the
"Weg der Schweiz"
(Swiss Path) -
Saturday 5th May
PS Uri
operated the "Wander
Express" (0832 from Luzern to Flüelen and 1526 return)
Also several other timetabled
sailings were operated by
PS Unterwalden and
PS Schiller
to celebrate a decade of Trails round the
Urnersee (the upper end of Lake Luzern) |
4th May 2001
1901-2001 |
Lake Luzern |
PS Uri is the oldest operational paddle steamer on any of the Swiss
Lakes and was
100 years old !
The
paddle steamer operated timetabled
sailings 7-18 (0915 Luzern
to Flüelen and
1200 return) before a special evening
Jubilee Cruise
from Luzern at 1835 |
| 3rd May 2001 |
Lake Geneva |
Paddle to the Market !
Unusually
MPV Italie was rostered to operate the early morning
"Thonon Market"
sailings 11-64 from Lausanne at 0745 on
Thursday 3rd May
Thursday 10th May and
Thursday 17th May
These sailings are usually the preserve of the large Evian-les-Bains ferry
mv
Léman
(or occasionally the smaller
mv Henry-Dunant or
mv Général-Guisan when
they deputise on the ferry services) |
| 1st to 3rd May 2001 |
Lake Geneva |
PS Rhône operated
sailings 33-50-64-155 from Lausanne to Evian-les-Bains and
St-Gingolph on
Tuesday 1st
Wednesday 2nd and
Thursday 3rd May instead of
mv
Chablais to enable
motor vessel to visit Ouchy works for a re-paint in the new
"CGN blue" livery |
| 29th April 2001 |
All lakes |
Swiss Navigation Day
traditionally marks the start of excursion sailings (as opposed
to ferry runs) on most of the Swiss Lakes |
| Lake Brienz |
There were no sailings by a paddle steamer
this year as
PS Lötschberg was in dock undertaking a major rebuild including a
new boiler and restoration of the first class dining saloon to its original condition
|
| Lake Geneva |
MPV Helvétie made a rare public sailing operating the Geneva based
sailings 80-110
-134-91 to Yvoire also PS
Simplon entered
service early and operated the Lausanne based
sailings 33-50-64-155 to Evian-les
-Bains and St-Gingolph
These were in addition to the regular weekend
sailings 43-172-179-206 sailings by
MPV Italie from Lausanne to
Geneva and
Evian-les-Bains |
| Lake Luzern |
PS Schiller
PS Unterwalden and
PS Uri
were all be in service operating the 0915,
1120, 1315 and 1520 departures from
Luzern |
| Lake Thun |
PS Blümlisalp commenced operation for the 2001 season on
Sunday 29th April with
the usual
sailings 15-16 from Thun at 1327 |
| Lake Zurich |
PS Stadt Rapperswil
operated special "one hour
trips" from Zurich at 1030, 1200, 1330, 1500 and 1630
PS Stadt Zürich
operated sailings 111-112
(1330 Zurich to Rapperswil and 1525 return) |
| 13th April 2001 |
Lake Zurich |
PS Stadt Zürich
operated Bank Holiday sailings 111-112
(1330 Zurich to Rapperswil and 1525 return) on
Good Friday,
Easter Sunday and
Easter Monday |
| 9th April 2001 |
Lake Geneva |
A very large charter took place on
Monday 9th April
involving TEN vessels of the sixteen strong CGN fleet to carry approximately
3,200 passengers
PS La Suisse was
proceeding light towards Geneva and broke down off Morges
MPV Italie (operating the
Lausanne to Evian-les-Bains ferry service) was
rapidly dispatched to Geneva to cover
mv
Léman (which was at Ouchy awaiting her annual overhaul) was sent
to Morges to tow the paddle
steamer back to Ouchy dock for repairs |
| 8th April 2001 |
Lake Luzern |
PS Unterwalden and
PS Uri operated the advertised sailings on the first day of the
Summer season - Sunday 8th April
Unusually both
paddle steamers had
alreadly sailed in public service during the
2001 Winter Timetable
period |
| 1st April 2001 |
Lake Luzern |
First Sailings of the Season
PS Unterwalden
operated sailings 17-26
(1315 Luzern to Flüelen and 1558 return) on Sunday
1st April - the last weekend of the Winter Timetable |
| Lake Zurich |
PS Stadt Zürich entered service on
Sunday
1st April and operated sailings
111-112
(1330 Zurich to Rapperswil and 1525 return) |
18th March 2001
|
Lake Luzern |
PS Unterwalden
was planned to operate sailings
17-26 (1315 Luzern to Flüelen and 1558 return) on
Sunday 18th March but these were again
cancelled due to the continuing bad weather |
11th March 2001
|
Lake Luzern |
Proposed First Sailings of the
Season
PS Unterwalden
was planned to operate sailings
17-26 (1315 Luzern to Flüelen and 1558 return) on
Sunday 11th March but these were
cancelled due to bad weather |
| 4th March 2001 |
Lake Geneva |
MPV Vevey took over from
MPV Italie and operated the Early Spring
Sundays only sailings
64-173 (1230 Lausanne to
St-Gingolph and 1547 return) from Sunday
4th March |
| 14th January 2001 |
Lake Geneva |
MPV Italie opened the 2001 Season by operating
the Sunday sailings
64-173 (1230 Lausanne to St-Gingolph and 1547 return)
on Sunday 14th January |
| 1st January 2001 |
Lake Luzern |
Following the success of the Millennium sailings,
PS Uri
again operated sailings 17-26,
on New Year's Day and
New Year Tuesday |
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|
9th March 2004
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