V-cableway

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Grindelwald Terminal housing the new rail station, Eiger Express, and the Männlichen gondola cableways

The V-cableway is a gondola cableway with a shared base station at Grindelwald; it has one route to Männlichen and another to Eigergletscher railway station. It was built by Jungfraubahn AG.[1]

Project[edit]

The project had two aims. Firstly it was to replace the Grindelwald–Männlichen gondola cableway, which dated from 1978, with a larger capacity gondola service which would reduce journey times to Männlichen by 12 minutes. Secondly it was to reduce the travel time to Jungfraujoch via direct connection–the Eiger Express–from a new station on the Berner Oberland Bahn at Rothenegg to Eigergletscher railway station.[2]

Construction started in the summer of 2018, and the CHF 400m project[3] was completed in 2020.[4]

Completed projects[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The V-cableway Project". Jungfraubahn AG. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  2. ^ "V-cableway". Männlichen.ch. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Green light for controversial Eiger Express cable car link". The Local. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  4. ^ "'Most Modern Gondola in the World' Opens in Swiss Jungfrau Region". Snow Magazine. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

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