Grindelwald railway station

Grindelwald
Three-story building with gabled roof
The station in 2012
General information
LocationDorfstrasse
Grindelwald, Bern
Switzerland
Coordinates46°37′27.696″N 8°1′59.916″E / 46.62436000°N 8.03331000°E / 46.62436000; 8.03331000
Elevation1,034 m (3,392 ft)
Owned byBerner Oberland-Bahnen [de]
Line(s)
Distance
[1]
Train operators
ConnectionsAutoverkehr Grindelwald bus lines[2]
Other information
Fare zone821 (Libero)[3]
History
Opened1 July 1890 (1890-07-01)
Electrified17 March 1914 (1914-03-17)
Services
Preceding station Jungfraubahn AG Following station
Terminus Wengernalp Railway Grindelwald Grund
Preceding station Berner Oberland-Bahnen AG Following station
Grindelwald Terminal Bernese Oberland Railway Terminus
Location
Map

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]

  1. ^ a b c Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 82. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. ^ "Liniennetz Grindelwald" (PDF) (in German). Autoverkehr Grindelwald. 13 December 2020. pp. 9–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Zonenplan" (PDF) (in German). Libero. 13 December 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  4. ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2013-01-28.