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The Schynige Platte Railway (German: Schynige Platte-Bahn, SPB) is a mountain railway in the Bernese Highlands area of Switzerland, which connects the town of Wilderswil, near Interlaken, with the famous wildflower gardens of the Schynige Platte. [1] [2] [3]
Schynige Platte is a railway station that is the upper terminus of the Schynige Platte railway, a rack railway that connects Wilderswil with the Schynige Platte mountain in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland. The Schynige Platte alpine botanical garden is accessed from the station, whilst a mountain hotel and restaurant is nearby. [1]
The Schynige Platte Railway. This is a list of heritage railways in Switzerland.For convenience, the list includes any pre-World War II railway in the large sense of the term (either adhesion railway, rack railway or funicular) currently operated with at least several original or historical carriages.
The station is on the Berner Oberland Bahn, whose trains operate services to Interlaken Ost, Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen. It is also the valley terminus of the Schynige Platte Railway, whose trains operate to the Schynige Platte and are stabled at a depot bordering the station. [1] [4]
Breitlauenen station was created from the purchase of the inn at Breitlauenen when the Schynige Platte Railway was constructed in 1891. [3] The station, the inn and surrounding geography, are extensively covered in late 1890s literature. [4] [5] The inn at the station closed in 1974. [6]
The Schynige Platte (Scheinige Platte on the old Siegfried Map) [1] is a small mountain ridge and a viewpoint in the Bernese Highlands and belongs to the Schwarzhorn group. The mountain range consists of three peaks: Gumihorn (2,099 m (6,886 ft)), Tuba (2,076 m (6,811 ft)), and the closest summit next to the viewpoint, Geiss (2,067 metres (6,781 ft)).
Wilderswil railway station is the primary connection in the town, Wilderswil with Berner Oberland Bahn trains passing through between Interlaken and up to Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwald. The station is the terminus of the Schynige Platte Railway. The town has main road access to the A8 motorway. In August 2023, a project was completed to ...
Biel-Meinisberg Bahn. BMB 1913 1940 † 30 June 1940 Berner Oberland Bahn. BOB 1890 Schynige Platte-Bahn: SPB 1893 1895 Brienz-Rothorn-Bahn. BRB 1892 Chemins de fer du Jura. CJ 1944 Chemin de fer Tavannes-Le Noirmont: CTN 1927 1943 Chemin de fer Tramelan-Les Breuleux-Le Noirmont: TBN 1913 1927 Chemin de fer Tavannes-Tramelan: TT 1884 1927