Mouettes Genevoises Navigation is a private[2] water bus operator in Geneva, Switzerland, operating four lines across the western end of Lake Geneva. A member of the integrated Unireso fare network, its head office is in Geneva.[3] The modern company was founded in 1897 by the merger of three boat operators.[4]
Name
"Mouettes" translates to "gulls". The origin of this name is not well understood, but may date from an era of many boat companies, each named after different birds.[5] The boats today are usually painted in yellow and red, the heraldic colors of Geneva.
Lines
The four lines are considered integral to the city's transport network and thus receive public funding.[4]
- M1 Line Pâquis – Molard
- M2 Line Pâquis – Quai Gustave Ador
- M3 Line Pâquis – Geneva beach
- M4 Line Geneva beach – De-Chateaubriand
See also
References
- ^ Suppes 94/95 Historische Wertpapiere. WWA Bernd Suppes. 1994. p. 466. ISSN 0936-9406.
- ^ Oelgardt, Daniela (1994). "Les Mouettes Genevoises et la "Conception globale de la circulation à Genève" (C2000)". Le Globe. Revue genevoise de géographie. 134 (1): 57–63. doi:10.3406/globe.1994.1328.
- ^ "Mouettes genevoises". Mouettes genevoises (in French). Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Le cheval, ancêtre des Mouettes genevoises". Tribune de Genève (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-31.
- ^ "Archives Interroge - Question / réponse". Bibliothèque municipale de la Ville de Genève (in French). 2014-10-20. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
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