Eigergletscher railway station

Eigergletscher is a railway station in the municipality of Lauterbrunnen in the canton of Bern. The station is served by trains of the Jungfrau railway, which run to the Jungfraujoch from Kleine Scheidegg, where they connect with services from Interlaken, Lauterbrunnen, Wengen and Grindelwald via the Bernese Oberland railway and the Wengernalp railway.^[1][2][3]

Eigergletscher
General information
Location	Eigergletscher Lauterbrunnen, Bern Switzerland
Coordinates	46°34′29″N 07°58′13″E
Elevation	2,320 m (7,610 ft)[1]
Line(s)	Jungfraubahn
History
Opened	1898; 127 years ago (1898)
Services
Preceding station Jungfraubahn AG Following station Kleine Scheidegg Terminus Jungfrau Railway Eigerwand towards Jungfraujoch
Location Eigergletscher Location in Switzerland

The station takes its name from the adjacent Eiger Glacier, and is the Jungfraubahn's last station in the open air, before the line enters its tunnel to the summit. It is also the location of the railway's workshop.^[1]

History

The station opened on 19 September 1898, with the opening of the first open air stretch of the Jungfraubahn. After further construction, the line was extended to a temporary terminus within the tunnel at Rotstock station on 2 August 1899.^[4]

Jungfraubahn AG announced that a new V-cableway would be constructed to bring visitors direct to Eigergletscher from Grindelwald, shortening journey times to the Jungfraujoch by 47 minutes. Construction started in the summer of 2018 and the new service called the Eiger Express began in December 2020. It allows a connection from a new station, Grindelwald Terminal, to the new Eigergletscher gondola station, with a transfer hall where passengers can transfer from the gondola to the Jungfraubahn train to the Jungfraujoch summit.^[5][6][7]

Services

The following passenger trains operate:^[8][9]

Operator	Train Type	Route	Typical Frequency	Notes
Jungfraubahn		Kleine Scheidegg - Eigergletscher - Eigerwand - Eismeer - Jungfraujoch	2 per hour

Gallery

• 
  View of the station looking north
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  The workshop at the north end of the station
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  The tunnel mouth, just south of the station
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  The new passenger hall connecting the Eiger Express gondola with the Jungfraujoch train
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  The station with new construction from the Eiger Express project, 2022

See also

• List of highest railway stations in Switzerland