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Mouettes Genevoises Navigation

Mouettes Genevoises Navigation

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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]

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Share of the S. A. des Mouettes Genevoises, issued 30. October 1897[1]

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

A docked mouette, named for Rousseau

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

References

  1. [1]
    Suppes 94/95 Historische Wertpapiere. WWA Bernd Suppes. 1994. p. 466. ISSN 0936-9406.
  2. [2]
    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.
  3. [3]
    "Mouettes genevoises". Mouettes genevoises (in French). Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  4. [4]
    "Le cheval, ancêtre des Mouettes genevoises". Tribune de Genève (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  5. [5]
    "Archives Interroge - Question / réponse". Bibliothèque municipale de la Ville de Genève (in French). 2014-10-20. Retrieved 2022-07-31.


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