Train on the open-air section of the line, overlooked by the Eiger and Mönch
Overview
Native name
Jungfraubahn JB
Status
operating daily
Owner
Jungfraubahn AG
Locale
Bern and Valais, Switzerland
Termini
Kleine Scheidegg
Jungfraujoch railway station
Stations
5
Website
JB
Service
Type
Mountain rack railway
Services
1
Operator(s)
JB
Depot(s)
Kleine Scheidegg railway station
Daily ridership
max. 1 Million p.a.
History
Opened
1912; 112 years ago (1912)
Technical
Line length
9.34 km (5.80 mi)
Character
Touristic, mainly underground rack railway
Rack system
Strub
Track gauge
1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge
Minimum radius
100 m (328.08 ft)
Electrification
3-phase, 1,125 V AC, 50 Hz, overhead wire
Highest elevation
3,454 m (11,332 ft)
Maximum incline
25%
Route diagram
Legend
elev.
in M
Wengernalpbahn
to Wengen & Lauterbrunnen
2,061
Kleine Scheidegg
Wengernalpbahn
to Grindelwald
workshops
2,320
Eigergletscher
2,864
Eigerwand
3,159
Eismeer
3,454
Jungfraujoch
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Jungfrau Railways
Legend
To Spiez, Thun and Bern (BLS AG)
Interlaken Ost
567m
Brünig line
Ferry to Brienz
548m
Wilderswil
1542m
Breitlauenen
Zweilütschinen
653m
1987m
Schynige Platte
Sandweid
727m
Lütschental
Lauterbrunnen
796m
Burglauenen
Wengwald
Schwendi
Grütschalp
1487m
1275/1034m
Wengen / Grindelwald
Winteregg
1578m
1479/943m
Allmend / Grindelwald Grund
Mürren
1639m
1874/1332m
Wengernalp / Brandegg
Kleine Scheidegg
2061m
1616m
Alpiglen
Eigergletscher
2320m
Eigerwand
2864m
Eismeer
3158m
Jungfraujoch
3454m
The Jungfrau Railway (German: Jungfraubahn, pronounced[ˈjʊŋfʁaʊ̯ˌbaːn]ⓘ, JB) is a mountain rack railway in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland, connecting Kleine Scheidegg in the Bernese Oberland to the Jungfraujoch, across the Valais border. It is the highest railway in Switzerland and Europe, running 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from the station of Kleine Scheidegg (2,061 m (6,762 ft)) to the Jungfraujoch (3,454 m (11,332 ft)), well above the perennial snow line. As a consequence, the railway runs essentially within the Jungfrau Tunnel, built into the neighbouring Eiger and Mönch, to protect the line from snow and extreme weather.
The Jungfrau Railway got its name from the highest of the three high peaks above it: the Jungfrau (English: Virgin; 4,158 metres (13,642 ft)), which was the initial goal of the project. A lift connecting the summit of the Jungfrau with an underground railway was planned.[1] In 1912, the project ultimately ended at the Jungfraujoch, the saddle between the Mönch and Jungfrau. It was one of the highest railways in the world at the time of its inauguration.
At Kleine Scheidegg the Jungfrau Railway connects with the Wengernalpbahn (WAB), which has two routes down the mountain, running respectively to the villages of Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwald. From both villages, branches of the Berner Oberland-Bahn (BOB) connect to the Swiss Federal Railways at Interlaken.[2]
The line is owned by the Jungfraubahn AG, a subsidiary of the Jungfraubahn Holding AG, a holding company that owns several mountain railways, cable railways, hotels, restaurants and travel agencies in the same region. Through that holding company it is part of the Allianz - Jungfrau Top of Europe marketing alliance, which also includes the separately owned Berner Oberland-Bahn and Schynige Platte-Bahn.[3]
^Jungfrau Railway: Rocky road to the project of the century
^Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. p. 82. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
^"Companies". Interlaken, Switzerland: Jungfraubahnen Management AG. Archived from the original on 2017-07-02. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
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