Lauterbrunnen railway station

Lauterbrunnen is a railway station in the village and municipality of Lauterbrunnen in the Swiss canton of Bern. The station is on the Berner Oberland Bahn (BOB), whose trains operate services to Interlaken Ost. It is also the valley terminus of the Wengernalpbahn (WAB), whose trains operate to Kleine Scheidegg via Wengen, and of the Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen-Mürren (BLM), whose hybrid cable car and rail link runs to Mürren.^[1][4] Before 2006, this was a funicular (Seilbahn Lauterbrunnen–Grütschalp).

Lauterbrunnen
The station in 2008
General information
Location	Bahnhofplatz Lauterbrunnen, Bern Switzerland
Coordinates	46°35′54.3624″N 7°54′29.1193″E
Elevation	796 m (2,612 ft)
Owned by	Berner Oberland-Bahnen [de]
Line(s)	Bernese Oberland line Lauterbrunnen–Mürren line Wengernalp line
Distance	12.3 km (7.6 mi) from Interlaken Ost[1]
Platforms	3
Train operators	Berner Oberland-Bahnen [de] Jungfraubahn AG
Connections	PostAuto Schweiz[2]
Other information
Fare zone	822 (Libero)[3]
History
Opened	1 July 1890 (1890-07-01)
Electrified	17 March 1914 (1914-03-17)
Services
Preceding station Jungfraubahn AG Following station Terminus Wengernalp Railway Wengwald towards Kleine Scheidegg Lauterbrunnen–Mürren Mountain Railway Grütschalp towards Mürren Preceding station Berner Oberland-Bahnen AG Following station Zweilütschinen towards Interlaken Ost Bernese Oberland Railway Terminus
Location

Lauterbrunnen station seen from the east. Wengernalpbahn trains can be seen in the nearest platforms under the glass roof. The terminus of the cable car stage of the Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen-Mürren can be seen to the right.

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 the BOB enter the station from the north, whilst trains of the WAB enter from the south. The lower, cable car, stage of the BLM departs from a terminal across the street from the main station which is connected to the main station via an underground walkway. The depot and workshop of the WAB lies to the south of the station.^[1]

Services

As of the December 2020 timetable change,^[update] the following rail services stop at Lauterbrunnen:^[5][6]

• Regio:
  • half-hourly service to Interlaken Ost.
  • half-hourly service to Kleine Scheidegg.
  • aerial tram every fifteen minutes to Grütschalp with connecting rail service to Mürren.

Post bus services connect Lauterbrunnen station to other local places, including a half-hourly service to Stechelberg via the Trümmelbach Falls.^[7]

A large multi-story car park is situated to the east of station, intended for the use of travellers to the car free resorts of Wengen and Mürren, who must complete their journey by train.^[8]

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 82. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "Liniennetz Lauterbrunnental" (PDF) (in German). PostBus Switzerland. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
3. "Zonenplan" (PDF) (in German). Libero. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
4. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2013-01-28.
5. "Interlaken - Lauterbrunnen - Wengen - Kleine Scheidegg - Jungfraujoch" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 9 November 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
6. "Grütschalp - Mürren" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 9 November 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
7. "Lauterbrunnen - Stechelberg (Linie 141)" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 9 November 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
8. "Lauterbrunnen multi-storey car park". Jungfraubahnen. Retrieved 2013-01-31.

External links

• Media related to Lauterbrunnen railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Lauterbrunnen station page on the Jungfraubahnen web site
• Lauterbrunnen railway station – SBB