Crêt-d’y-Bau railway station

Crêt-d’y-Bau railway station is a railway stop in Montreux, Riviera-Pays-d’Enhaut District, Vaud and has an elevation of 1,286 metres. Crêt-d’y-Bau railway station is situated near the railway stop Haut-de-Caux railway station, as well as near Paccot station.

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Type: Railway stop
Description: train station in Switzerland
Also known as: “Bahnhof Crêt-d’y-Bau”, “Cret-d’y-Bau station”, “Crêt-d’y-Bau station”, and “gare de Crêt-d’y-Bau”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Rochers de Naye and Dent de Jaman.

Rochers de Naye

Peak

Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Rochers de Naye is a mountain of the Swiss Alps, overlooking Lake Geneva near Montreux and Villeneuve, in the canton of Vaud. It lies on the range separating the basin of Lake Geneva from the valley of the Sarine, on the watershed between the Rhone and the Rhine.

Dent de Jaman

Peak

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The Dent de Jaman is a mountain above Montreux, situated north of the Rochers de Naye. In August 1830 three Polish romantic poets, Adam Mickiewicz, Zygmunt Krasiński and Antoni Edward Odyniec, climbed the mountain together.

Haut-de-Caux railway station

Railway stop

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Haut-de-Caux railway station is a railway stop, which is situated 620 metres west of Crêt-d’y-Bau railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Caux and Glion.

Caux

Village

Photo: Mykola Swarnyk, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Caux is a small village in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland which is part of the Montreux municipality. It looks out over Lake Geneva from an altitude of 1000 meters.

Glion

Village

Photo: Traumrune, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Glion is a village in the municipality of Montreux in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The village is located 700 meters above sea level, overlooking Lake Geneva.

Les Avants

Village

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Les Avants is a village in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is located in the municipality of Montreux, in the east of the canton, in the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut. It lies 3.5 km north-east of the town of Montreux and 25 km east of Lausanne.

Crêt-d’y-Bau railway station

Categories: railway station and transport
Location: Montreux, Riviera-Pays-d’Enhaut District, Vaud, Western Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.43521° or 46° 26′ 7″ north

Longitude

6.95551° or 6° 57′ 20″ east

Elevation

1,286 metres (4,219 feet)

Operator

MVR-mtgn

Open location code

8FR8CXP4+36

OpenStreetMap ID

node 477540732

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=halt

Wikidata ID

Q33513777

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In Other Languages

From Esperanto to Venetian—“Crêt-d’y-Bau railway station” goes by many names.

Esperanto: “Crêt-d’y-Bau”
French: “Crêt-d’y-Bau”
French: “Gare de Crêt-d’y-Bau”
German: “Crêt-d’y-Bau”
Spanish: “Estación de Crêt-d’y-Bau”
Venetian: “Stasion de Crêt-d’y-Bau”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Paccot station and Tête du Paccot.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Crêt-d’y-Bau and Haut-de-Caux.

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