🇨🇭 Chateau-d’Oex

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Quick Facts

Country	🇨🇭
Type	Major
Coordinates	46.475327, 7.132787
Timezone	Europe/Zurich
Connections	777
UIC Code	8501394

About Chateau-d’Oex

Château-d'Oex station lies in the canton of Vaud in the Pays-d'Enhaut region, on the narrow-gauge Montreux–Berner Oberland-Bahn (MOB) scenic mountain railway that winds through the Pre-Alps between Montreux on Lake Geneva and Zweisimmen in the Bernese Oberland. The village is internationally known as a centre of hot-air ballooning, hosting a prestigious annual international balloon festival each January, and its traditional chalets and mountain scenery have long made it a quiet alternative to the more fashionable resorts nearby. The Golden Pass Panoramic Express, which links Montreux with Interlaken Ost via a change at Zweisimmen, passes through Château-d'Oex, offering visitors one of the finest scenic rail journeys in Switzerland.

Frequently Asked Questions

Chateau-d'Oex is on the MOB line between Montreux and Zweisimmen, about 60 minutes from Montreux. The GoldenPass route is scenic, climbing through vineyards and alpine meadows. The station is at the edge of the village centre.

MOB trains on the Montreux-Zweisimmen Golden Pass line stop at Chateau-d'Oex. Both regional and GoldenPass panoramic trains serve the station. The GoldenPass Express also calls here on its Montreux-Interlaken route.

Chateau-d'Oex station has basic facilities with a small ticket counter. The village centre with its chalets, restaurants, and cheese shops is within a short walk of the platform.

Chateau-d'Oex is world-famous for its International Hot Air Balloon Festival, held every January since 1979. The village was also the starting point of the first non-stop balloon flight around the world by Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones in 1999. A balloon museum commemorates this history.

Beyond the balloon museum and festival, Chateau-d'Oex is a traditional Pays-d'Enhaut village known for paper-cut art (decoupage) and alpine cheese-making. The surrounding mountains offer hiking and skiing, and the village maintains a distinctly French-Swiss pastoral character.

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