The autumn timetable on Lake Geneva ends on Sunday 11th October.

Rhone will end her season with the run from Geneva (10.45) to Lausanne (14.30 – 14.55) before returning to Geneva (18.40) on both Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th October. After that she is expected to return to Lausanne light ship on Monday 12 to lay up in the shipyard at Ouchy.

Montreux will run two circuits of the eastern lake from Lausanne (11.25 and 15.05) to St Gingolph returning and calling at piers along the way on the Swiss shore to Lausanne (14.45 and 16.30) on both Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th October. After that she will lay up in the shipyard at Ouchy.

Vevey will start Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th at Le Bouveret (09.10) to sail along the Swiss shore to Lausanne (10.50) and back to to Vevey (12.00) for a circuit along the Swiss shore to St Gingolph (13.38) to return directly to Vevey after which she will run two more such circuits of the lake from Vevey (14.00 and 16.00) before returning to Le Bouveret (18.50). She will then be in reserve at Le Bouveret to be called into action in case of any issues developing with the normally rostered diesel ferries on the Lausanne/Evian/Thonon services until Friday 16th October.

On Saturday 17th October she will run light ship to Geneva to be in position to take the trips on Sunday 18th from Geneva (12.35) to Nyon (13.50) and back to Geneva (15.05) followed by two one hour cruises from Geneva (15.30 and 16.35).

She is rostered to run the same programme on Sunday 25th October and possibly on subsequent Sundays although that has yet to be confirmed. She has a private charter booked from Geneva on Wednesday 28th October. Otherwise she will remain in reserve at Geneva.

This has not been a great summer for the utilisation of the eight Lake Geneva paddle steamers. Helevtie remains laid up long term awaiting funding for a major rebuild but has rather been pushed down the queue for finance as Simplon needs money for work after her accident two years ago as does La Suisse for a major engine repair. The other five Rhone, Montreux, Savoie, Italie and Vevey have all been in service at one time or another during the summer but the timetables have never required more than three to be in action on any given day with a fourth in reserve and the fifth out of service in the Ouchy Shipyard.