Schynige Platte Railway

The Schynige Platte Railway is a mountain railway in the Bernese Highlands area of , which connects the town of , near , with the famous wildflower gardens of the .
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: rack railway in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Schynige Platte”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gumihorn and Breitlauenen railway station.

Peak
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The is a mountain of the , the highest point of the ridge, located at the western end of the group. It forms a limestone tower, overlooking the valley of the .

Railway station
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Breitlauenen is a railway station on the Schynige Platte railway, a rack railway that connects with the in the region of . is situated 1½ km northwest of Schynige Platte Railway.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the municipality of in the . The station is on the Berner Oberland Bahn, whose trains operate services to Interlaken Ost, and . is situated 2½ km south of Schynige Platte Railway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lütschental and Isenfluh.

Village
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is a village and a municipality in the in the canton of Bern in . is situated 3½ km southeast of Schynige Platte Railway.

Village
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is a hamlet in , north of the road from to . It is first mentioned in 1319 as Ysenfluo and in 1401 people from the started to settle in the small hamlet. is situated 4 km south of Schynige Platte Railway.

Village
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is a village and a municipality in the in the canton of Bern in . belongs to the Small Agglomeration Interlaken with 23,300 inhabitants. is situated 4 km west of Schynige Platte Railway.

Schynige Platte Railway

Latitude
46.65226° or 46° 39′ 8″ north
Longitude
7.91117° or 7° 54′ 40″ east
Elevation
1,987 metres (6,519 feet)
Operator
SPB
Network
Jungfraubahnen
Open location code
8FR9MW26+WF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6037884622
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Wiki­data ID
Q617181
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Tosk Albanian—“Schynige Platte Railway” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “徐尼格观景台铁路”
  • Czech: “Schynige Platte Bahn”
  • Dutch: “Schynige Platte Bahn”
  • Dutch: “Schynige Platte-Bahn”
  • Finnish: “Schynige Platte-Bahn”
  • French: “Chemin de fer de la Schynige Platte”
  • French: “Schynige Platte-Bahn”
  • German: “Fahrplanfeld 314”
  • German: “Schynige Platte Bahn”
  • German: “Schynige Platte-Bahn”
  • Italian: “ferrovia della Schynige Platte”
  • Italian: “Ferrovia della Schynige Platte”
  • Japanese: “シーニゲ・プラッテ鉄道”
  • Japanese: “シーニゲプラッテ鉄道”
  • Korean: “쉬니게 플라테 철도”
  • Swedish: “Schynige Platte järnväg”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Schynige Platte-Bahn”

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