Chemin de fer Glion-Rochers-de-Naye

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The Chemin de fer Glion - Rochers-de-Naye is a mountain railway in Switzerland which links the shores of Lake Geneva to the summit of Rochers-de-Naye, high above the resort town of Montreux.

Glion, a small hill resort above Montreux was reached by a the Chemin de fer funiculaire Territet-Glion and the railway commenced from a platform adjacent to its upper terminus. The railway, built to a gauge of 800 mm and opened in September 1892, was operated by steam locomotives using the rack and pinion system devised by Roman Abt.

In 1909 the railway was joined at Glion by the Chemin de fer Montreux-Glion, an electrically-operated railway using the same gauge and rack system, with which it made an end-on junction.

Trains were handed over in Glion between electric and steam locomotives until 1938 when the Glion - Rochers-de-Naye line changed over to electrical operation. At the same time electric railcars took over most services, leaving freight and peak traffic, service trains and snow blowing to the electric locomotives.

In 1987 the two companies merged to Chemin de fer Montreux-Glion-Rochers-de-Naye, since 2001 part of Transports Montreux-Vevey-Riviera (MVR).