Culture
CFF Châtelard-Barberine hydroelectricity museum
Finhaut
The SBB Châtelard-Barberine Museum, located in the Châtelard Village hydroelectric plant, brings to life the construction and operation of the complex of the same name. Pictures, various materials and tools from the period are on display.
ommissioned in successive stages between 1923 and 1928, due to the constant increase in electricity consumption, the SBB began to collect water from the Vallon d'Émaney in 1952 and then built the Vieux-Emosson dam. In 1972, SBB built a second hydroelectric plant. The water from Emosson is also used to supply the Vernayaz power plant. SBB (in collaboration with a number of partners) has worked to link the two reservoirs of Emosson and Vieux-Emosson to the Nant de Drance pumped storage power station. The two lakes are now linked.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
- Guided tours
- 15 people maximum
- Monday to Friday, during the day
- Free of charge
Prices
Free admission, by reservation only
Contact
CFF
watch_later Guided tours are available by reservation only from Monday to Friday from 07:00 to 12:00 and from 13:30 to 16:00.
phone +41 51 225 56 56
email fuehrungen@sbb.ch
link https://company.sbb.ch/en/
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Usine CFF
1925 Châtelard village
Location / Access
GPS coordinates :
46.061198710433544, 6.957827697624452
Access :
By train: with the Mont-Blanc Express, from Martigny (30') or Chamonix (1h) - timetable
By bus: from Martigny, via the Col de la Forclaz (from 20th June to 20th September), Finhaut (Switzerland) and Chamonix to Vallorcine and le Châtelard - timetable
By car :
- From Martigny, via the Col de la Forclaz (30 minutes) or from Chamonix, via the Col des Montets (30 minutes).
- Distances :
- Martigny : 25km | Verbier : 40km | Sion : 50km | Lausanne : 100km | Geneva Airport 120km (via Chamonix) | Chamonix : 25km | Courmayeur : 45km | Aosta : 70km
Partially wheelchair-accessible
Toilets partially wheelchair-accessible
Parking place partially wheelchair-accessible