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.Photo: TurkAviator, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kleine Scheidegg and Eiger.
Kleine Scheidegg
Photo: Kuebi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kleine Scheidegg is a tiny resort in the Bernese Highlands of Switzerland. At 2061 m it stands at the top of a pass between the Lauberhorn ridge and the dizzy peaks of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau, and "Scheidegg" means a watershed.
Eiger
Peak
Photo: qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0.
The Eiger is a 3,967-metre mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland, just north of the main watershed and border with Valais.
Mönch
Peak
Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Mönch at 4,110 metres is a mountain in the Bernese Alps, in Switzerland. Together with the Eiger and the Jungfrau, it forms a highly recognisable group of mountains, visible from far away. Mönch is situated 2½ km southeast of Eigergletscher railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wengen and Stechelberg.
Wengen
Photo: Nikolai Karaneschev, CC BY 3.0.
Wengen is an Alpine resort in the Bernese Highlands of Switzerland. It's at 1,274 m above sea level, reached by cog railway and with no vehicle access, on the route up towards the Eiger and Jungfrau.
Stechelberg
Village
Photo: Thisisbossi, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Stechelberg is a small village in Switzerland located at the base of the Schwarzmönch mountain in the Bernese Alps, part of the district of Lauterbrunnen. Stechelberg is situated 6 km southwest of Eigergletscher railway station.
Mürren
Photo: Thisisbossi, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Mürren is a mountain village in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland, with a resident population of 155 but hundreds of seasonal workers and 2000 hotel guests.
Eigergletscher railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Lauterbrunnen, Interlaken-Oberhasli, Canton of Bern, Bernese Highlands, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.5748° or 46° 34′ 29″ northLongitude
7.97486° or 7° 58′ 30″ eastElevation
2,320 metres (7,612 feet)Operator
JBNetwork
JungfraubahnenOpen location code
8FR9HXFF+WWOpenStreetMap ID
node 4313036324OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q800710
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Venetian—“Eigergletscher railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Station Eigergletscher”
- Esperanto: “Eigergletscher”
- French: “Eigergletscher”
- French: “Gare d’Eigergletscher”
- French: “Gare du glacier de l’Eiger”
- German: “Bahnhof Eigergletscher”
- German: “Eigergletscher”
- German: “Station Eigergletscher”
- Hebrew: “תחנת הרכבת קרחון אייגר”
- Hungarian: “Eigergletscher vasútállomás”
- Italian: “Stazione di Eigergletscher”
- Japanese: “アイガーグレッチャー駅”
- Korean: “아이거글레처역”
- Spanish: “estación Eigergletscher”
- Spanish: “Estación Eigergletscher”
- Venetian: “stasion de Eigergletscher”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Klettergarten Eigergletscher and Erlebnishaus Eiger-Nordwand.
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