Grindelwald railway station
Grindelwald | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Dorfstrasse Grindelwald, Bern Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°37′27.696″N 8°1′59.916″E / 46.62436000°N 8.03331000°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 1,034 m (3,392 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Berner Oberland-Bahnen | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Connections | Autoverkehr Grindelwald bus lines[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 821 (Libero)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 July 1890 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 17 March 1914 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Grindelwald railway station (German: Bahnhof Grindelwald) is a railway station in the village and municipality of Grindelwald in the Swiss canton of Bern. The station is the terminus of both the Berner Oberland Bahn (BOB), whose trains operate services to Interlaken Ost, and of the Wengernalpbahn (WAB), whose trains operate to Kleine Scheidegg via Grindelwald Grund.[1][4]
The BOB and WAB lines use different gauges, and there is no physical connection between them. However the trains operate from adjacent platforms within the same station. Trains of both lines enter the station from its western end. Counter-intuitively, the WAB commences its ascent to Kleine Scheidegg by descending steeply to Grindelwald Grund, where it reverses and commences its climb.[1]
Services[edit]
As of the December 2020 timetable change,[update] the following rail services stop at Grindelwald:[5]
- Regio:
- half-hourly service to Interlaken Ost.
- hourly to half-hourly service to Kleine Scheidegg.
Post bus services connect Grindelwald station to other local places, including a service to Meiringen over the Grosse Scheidegg Pass, using a road closed to most other traffic.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 82. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "Liniennetz Grindelwald" (PDF) (in German). Autoverkehr Grindelwald. 13 December 2020. pp. 9–11. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ^ "Zonenplan" (PDF) (in German). Libero. 13 December 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2013-01-28.
- ^ "Interlaken - Grindelwald - Kleine Scheidegg - Jungfraujoch" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 9 November 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ^ "Grindelwald–Grosse Scheidegg–Schwarzwaldalp–(Meiringen)" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 2013-01-28.
External links[edit]
Media related to Grindelwald railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Grindelwald station page on the Jungfraubahnen web site
- Grindelwald railway station – SBB
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