page_title: Bex–Villars–Bretaye railway
section_title: Line
hierarchical_section_title: Bex–Villars–Bretaye railway / Line
caption_attribution_description: Photo: Trams aux Fils. Motrice 26 de 1945 dite flèche, actuellement ce type de motrice ne circule presque plus. (Date?) English: Train of the Bex Villard Bretaye rail-line
context_page_description: The Bex–Villars–Bretaye Railway is a metre gauge railway line operating between the towns of Bex and Villars-sur-Ollon and the Col de Bretaye mountain pass, situated in the Chablais region of southwest Switzerland. It is, in fact, two railways, one mixed adhesion and rack worked between Bex and Villars-sur-Ollon, the other, linking Villars to the Col de Bretaye being worked on the Abt rack system. Passengers making the full journey are required to change trains at Villars.
context_section_description: The line, with a total length of 17.1 km, rises from 427 m (1,401 ft) at Bex to 1,810 m (5,938 ft) at Bretaye. Of this length, 7.34 km is operated on the Abt rack system.
  The first part of the line, reflecting its tramway history, runs alongside and through the streets of Bex from its terminal in the square outside the main line station.  For many years, the 3.4-km section between Bex station and Bévieux had a regular tram service in addition to the through service, albeit running only approximately hourly, using 1948-built three-axle trams 15 and 16.  A bus service replaced the tram service in 2002, but in 2007 it was reported that a single round trip was still scheduled to take place each weekday, departing Bévieux at 7:01 and Bex at 7:15, using one of the 1948 trams.  In 2013, this round trip was still being operated and was scheduled to depart Bévieux at 6:58 and return from Bex at 7:12, on weekdays only.
  Electrical power is provided at 700 V DC through an overhead contact wire.
caption: Three-axle tram (15 or 16), at left, and three of the 21–26 series cars in front of Bex SBB/CFF station
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