Jungfraujoch
For more than 100 years, the Jungfrau railway has been making its journey to Europe’s highest-altitude railway station at 3,454 metres a.s.l. – right at the heart of the UNESCO heritage site “Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch”. All through the year, the cog railway runs steeply up through a tunnel to the Jungfraujoch from Kleine Scheidegg.
The tunnel leading up from the station Eigergletscher is seven kilometres in length and was built between 1896 and 1912. A stop within the tunnel offers spectacular views onto the glacier world outside through windows in the Eiger North Face. On the summit, visitors are greeted by a high-Alpine wonder world made of ice, snow and rocks. All of this can be marvelled at from the viewing platforms “Sphinx” and “Plateau” on the Aletsch glacier or from the “Ice Palace”.
- Altitude: 3,454 m a.s.l.
- Arrival: From Interlaken Ost with change of train at Grindelwald/Lauterbrunnen and Kleine Scheidegg / From Interlaken Ost with change at the Grindelwald Terminal and Eiger Glacier station (incl. 3S cableway)
- Travel duration to summit: 1 h 36 min
- Attractions: Nine kilometres of railway track from Kleine Scheidegg, close to 1,400 metres in altitude, a little over seven kilometres within the mountain tunnel; Ice Palace, Sphinx viewing terrace at 3,571 metres (11,716 feet) altitude, walks in the eternal snow, Chocolate adventure shop “Lindt Swiss Chocolate Heaven”, Snow Fun Park – adventurous cool-down time
- Special highlights: Europe’s highest-altitude station at 3,454 m a.s.l., Europe’s highest-altitude post office with its own area code (3801), Aletsch glacier – at 23 kilometres the longest Alpine glacier
- Website: Jungfraujoch
- Wengernalp Railway timetable
- Eiger Express operates year-round except during revision from 07 to 11 November 2022
- 25% discount with Swiss Travel Pass (Flex) from Wengen/Grindelwald to Jungfraujoch
- 25% discount with Eurail/Interrail from Interlaken Ost to Jungfraujoch
- 50% discount with Swiss Half Fare Card from Interlaken Ost to Jungfraujoch