This is one of the junctions for the three railways that take tourists to the Jungfraujoch. Initially the Bernese Oberland Railway (BOB) runs from Interlaken-Ost station to Lauterbrunnen or Grindelwald. Then there is a change to the Wengernalpbahn (WAB) to Kleine Scheidegg. The WAB links the towns of Lauterbrunnen, Wengen and Grindelwald with Kleine Scheidegg at 2,061 metres (6,762 ft) above sea level. Its length of 19.1 km (11,9 miles) makes it the longest cog railway in the world.
There is then a connection to the Jungfraubahn Railway towards the Jungfraujoch 9 km (5.6 miles) from the station of Kleine Scheidegg to the Jungfraujoch at 3,454 meters (11,332 ft), well above the perennial snow line. As a consequence, the railway runs essentially within the Jungfrau Tunnel, built into the neighbouring Eiger and Mönch, to protect the line from snow and extreme weather. at the top of Europe. The travel time from Interlaken-Ost is 1 hour and 15 minutes.
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