A new logo, fresh coat of paint and ID as a commuter boat on Lake Geneva
Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The CGN (Compagnie Générale de la Navigation) has painted its commuter boats dark blue, given them their own logo with an identity that will be used for signs on quays and elsewhere, and created a web site that also works well on commuters’ iPhones.
The four cross-border lines have been colour-coded and given numbers, like other public transport bus, train and tram lines. Welcome aboard the new NaviMobilité system!
For the more than 1.22 million commuters in the Lake Geneva region who used the seven fast service boats in 2009, the clearer focus on their needs will be undoubtedly be welcome. The new website, navimobilite.ch, offers schedules, prices and practical information far more quickly and easily than in the past, for the four cross-border routes, with up to 92 runs a day between France and Switzerland:
Direct to France, less than half an hour away
Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The fast boat service that connects Lausanne with Thonon, Haute Savoie in neighbouring France is one year old. The Compagnie Generale de Navigation (CGN) says that traffic increased 19 percent in 2009, more than 125,000 more passengers, compared to 2008.
The company offers 18-24 crossings a day, depending on the season, on the Lausanne-Thonon route. It has up to 70 daily crossings that connect the four French towns of Chens, Yvoire, Thonon and Evian, with Nyon and Lausanne in Switzerland.
It takes 27 minutes to cross the lake in the Navibus, compared to a 90-minute car ride. A full-price roundtrip ticket costs CHF12.70. The CGN estimates that the same trip by car costs CHF110.
Busy Lake Geneva!
Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Lake Geneva’s paddlesteamers and swimmers are not a good mix, a point that the police and CGN boat company would like to put across strongly as summer begins. “This year, we’ll be stricter,” says Claude-Alain Bart of the Vaud Brigade du Lac. New legislation went into effect in January 2009 and police say they will be tougher this summer with lawbreakers who swim in areas where the large boats dock or who go closer than 100 metres to the large craft, either swimming or in smaller boats.
Police and the Compagnie Générale de Navigation (CGN) are starting a public awareness campaign to educate lake-goers on the new safety rules, which are designed to reduce incidents involving swimmers, especially young swimmers, who approach CGN boats near landing docks and potentially put their lives at risk.
