Villeneuve railway station

Villeneuve railway station (French: Gare de Villeneuve) is a railway station in the municipality of Villeneuve, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Simplon line of Swiss Federal Railways.[1] The station is one city block east of the Villeneuve ferry terminal, with service to various destinations on Lake Geneva.

Villeneuve
The station building in 2008
Location	Villeneuve Switzerland
Coordinates	46°23′54.1140″N 6°55′37.1831″E
Elevation	374 m (1,227 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Simplon line
Distance	29.3 km (18.2 mi) from Lausanne[1]
Train operators	Swiss Federal Railways
Connections	CarPostal Suisse buses[2] Transports Publics du Chablais buses[3] VMCA buses and trolleybuses[4]
Other information
Fare zone	77 (mobilis)[5]
Passengers
2018	2,400 per weekday[6]
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station Veytaux-Chillon towards Annemasse RegioExpress Aigle towards St-Maurice Territet towards Renens VD RegioExpress Limited service Roche VD towards St-Maurice Preceding station RER Vaud Following station Montreux towards Vallorbe S2 Aigle towards Aigle, Bex or St-Maurice Veytaux-Chillon towards Grandson S5 Roche VD towards Aigle, Bex or St-Maurice
Location

Services

As of the December 2020 timetable change, the following services stop at Villeneuve:[7]

• RegioExpress:
  • hourly service between Annemasse and St-Maurice.
  • single daily round-trip between Renens VD and St-Maurice.
• RER Vaud S2/S5: half-hourly service to Aigle and hourly service to Vallorbe and Grandson; limited service from Aigle to St-Maurice.

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 42. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "Réseau Région Chablais" (PDF) (in French). PostBus Switzerland. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
3. "Plan TPC" (PDF) (in French). Transports Publics du Chablais. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
4. "Plan de réseau VMCV" (PDF) (in French). Transports publics Vevey-Montreux-Chillon-Villeneuve. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
5. "Plan Mobilis". Mobilis Vaud. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
6. "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
7. "Lausanne - Sion - Brig - (RER Vaud, lignes S2, S5)" (PDF) (in French). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.

External links

• Media related to Villeneuve railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Villeneuve railway station – SBB