Mouettes Genevoises Navigation
{{Infobox Public transit
| name = Mouettes Genevoises Navigation
| image = Mgnboatlogo.png
| locale = Geneva, Switzerland
| transit_type = Water bus
| lines =
| operator =
| website = [http://www.mouettesgenevoises.ch mouettesgenevoises.ch]
| map = File:Geneva-Mouettes-Inkscape.png
| began_operation = 1897
}}
File:Mouettes Genevoises 1897.jpg
Mouettes Genevoises Navigation is a private{{Cite journal |last=Oelgardt |first=Daniela |date=1994 |title=Les Mouettes Genevoises et la "Conception globale de la circulation à Genève" (C2000) |url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/globe_0398-3412_1994_num_134_1_1328 |journal=Le Globe. Revue genevoise de géographie |volume=134 |issue=1 |pages=57–63 |doi=10.3406/globe.1994.1328}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Mouettes genevoises |website=Mouettes genevoises |date= |access-date=25 December 2021 |url= https://www.mouettesgenevoises.ch/ |language=fr }} The modern company was founded in 1897 by the merger of three boat operators.{{Cite web |title=Le cheval, ancêtre des Mouettes genevoises |url=https://www.tdg.ch/le-cheval-ancetre-des-mouettes-genevoises-208759652102 |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=Tribune de Genève |language=fr}}
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.{{Cite web |date=2014-10-20 |title=Archives Interroge - Question / réponse |url=http://institutions.ville-geneve.ch/fr/bm/interroge/archives-questions-reponses/detail/question/pourquoi-les-petits-bateaux-jaunes-qui-traversent-le-lac-a-geneve-sappellent-ils-les-mouettes/ |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=Bibliothèque municipale de la Ville de Genève |language=fr}} The boats today are usually painted in yellow and red, the heraldic colors of Geneva.
Lines
File:Mouettes genevoises (2018) - 2.JPG]]
The four lines are considered integral to the city's transport network and thus receive public funding.
- M1 Line Pâquis – Molard
- M2 Line Pâquis – Quai Gustave Ador
- M3 Line Pâquis – Geneva beach
- M4 Line Geneva beach – De-Chateaubriand
See also
References
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External links
{{Portal|Switzerland|Transport}}
- [https://www.mouettesgenevoises.ch/?lang=en Mouettes Genevoises]
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Category:Public transport in Switzerland
Category:Organisations based in Geneva
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