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There are NO sailings on Lake Brienz during the winter Limited sailings by motor vessels only are expected to re-commence in |
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Lake Thun and Lake Brienz |
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The early-Winter Timetable A copy of the full Early Winter 2008 timetable is now available on their website giving details of all CGN regular sailings planned to be worked by both the paddle steamers and the motor vessels See also my "Timetable Index" and "Summary Page" for further details of what is expected to happen with the paddle steamers Confirmation of the vessels planned to operate most of the CGN sailings for the next month can usually be found on their official site - see small panel now at the bottom of the page headed "OGS" make sure you check all the amendments thereto - including those not posted on the official website (ie - always confirm locally as |
Although there is now an English
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Unofficial site |
![]() An excellent site Numerous pictures of all the CGN operational vessels in service on Lake Geneva (including the four paddle steamers and the one remaining motor paddle vessel) --- also all the piers (both active and no longer used) Regular news, ship rosters, press reports, picture of the month, document of the month, sailings graphs, features, etc. |
Unfortunately only available in French but well worth a visit ! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Amis des Bateaux à Vapeur du Léman
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An association
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Patrimoine du Léman ![]() |
The object of this association founded in 1983 is
"To safeguard the heritage of Lake Geneva..." The site chronicles many of the achievements to date |
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Unofficial History Site ![]() |
An interesting account of the sailings on Lake Geneva from 1822 to the present day | Available in English as well as French | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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An interesting well illustrated website about the Steam Launch Étoile Arcture which on occasions can be seen sailing on Lake Geneva from the larger paddle steamers | Unfortunately only available in French but still well worth a visit ! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Early Winter Timetable A copy of the full See also my "Timetable Index" and "Summary Page" for further details of what is expected to happen with the paddle steamers Confirmation of the SGV paddle steamer timetabled sailings for the next couple of days can usually be found on their Dampfschiffeinsätze page |
Available in English but you are advised to also look at the German pages for the most uptodate information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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paddle steamers of Lake Luzern |
Dampferfreunde Vierwaldstättersee Website of the Friends of the Lake Luzern Paddle Steamers |
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Vierwaldstättersee ![]() |
An interesting site full of pictures of all
the ships on Lake Luzern In addition to the SGV, there are pictures of other passenger and freight vessels operating on the lake together with various docks and the "fireworks" display |
Although in German this does not distract from the pictures | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Early Winter Timetable See also my "Timetable Index" and "Summary Page" for further details of what is expected to happen with the paddle steamer |
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Lake Thun and Lake Brienz |
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The Early Winter Timetable which also includes details of all the limited timetabled and special sailings now operated by the motor vessels Select "Gesamtfahrplan 2008" See also my "Timetable Index" and "Summary Page" for further details of what is expected to happen with the two paddle steamers |
Unfortunately only the "entry page" is in English with links to other pages only available in German | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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There are no regular sailings to or from any Swiss piers Click here for further details - something similar is expected to happen in 2009 |
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The Winter Timetable
See also my "Timetable Index" and "Summary Page" for further details of what is expected to happen with the last remaining operational paddle steamer |
Basically in Italian but several pages now also have English translations | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unofficial site |
An excellent site edited by Marcello
Baldrati Numerous pictures and fleet details of the existing and scrapped paddle steamers, motor vessels and car ferries also 'high-speed' craft in service on Lake Como; history; timetables; departures from all piers; news; etc. Well worth a visit ! |
Available in English as well as Italian Click the "English Version" on the right hand side of the entry page | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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An excellent site
edited by Flaminio Borgonovo giving the history and latest position about the various
attempts to restore |
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The Winter Timetable
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Basically in Italian but several pages now also have English translations | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Winter Timetable
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Located in Switzerland, this Steam Engine Builder has recently produced
many 'modern' economical steam engines for several Swiss railways In addition, the new Steam Engine built for Lake Geneva's - just go on board and watch ! |
Available in English
as well as German| | (covering more than one lake) Lakes
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An excellent site |
News about Swiss and other lake paddle steamers also details of some special/charter sailings edited by Robert Knöpfel Unfortunately | only available in German
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News about Swiss and other lake paddle
steamers - also Cruise Liners and other transport |
edited by Nadia Jöhr Unfortunately | only available in German at present but an English version is comming soon
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Swiss website about steam locos and
steamboats |
edited by Andrew Thompson Most articles are about steam locomotives but there are some pages about the paddle steamers> now in | English | official site The
Trivapor Organisation owns the former steam engine
from the Lake Chiemsee paddle steamer
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Presently the paddle steamer is open for public viewing on the first Thursday of most months Unfortunately | only available in French and German official site A
Preservation Society has purchased the old 41.0m
Romanian |
It was hoped to tow the vessel to Mülhausen for restoration to operational state with a view to eventually sailing it on the River Aare in Switzerland It was proposed to rename it
Unfortunately | only available in German | (Paddle Steamers Section) Large selection of Paddle Steamer photographs (including
the Swiss Lakes) available for sale - numerous "sample" photographs available on line |
PLEASE mention this site when placing an order In English |
Large selection of Paddle Steamer news and photographs
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In English | An interesting monthly selection of various transport
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