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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.
Eismeer railway station (German for Ice Sea) is an underground railway station bored into the mountain Eiger on the Jungfrau Railway, which runs to the Jungfraujoch from Kleine Scheidegg. It lies at an altitude of 3,159 metres above sea level, which makes it the second highest railway station in Europe.
The base station hub of Kleine Scheidegg is the highest starting point for a railroad in Europe, and the top terminus of Jungfraujoch is the highest railway station in Europe. The initial open-air section culminates just after Eigergletscher station, at around 2,350 metres, which makes the line the second highest open-air railway in Switzerland ...
The passenger hall at Eigergletscher with visible ticket barriers to access the Jungfraujoch train to the right. The Eiger Express takes 15 minutes in total duration, travelling at 8 meters per second across a total distance of 6483 meters. [14] The Eiger Express allows a faster access to the Jungfraujoch summit by 47 minutes.
Third highest open-air station in Europe Eigergletscher: 2,320 m (7,612 ft) Bern: Lauterbrunnen: Jungfrau: Eiger Glacier: Ospizio Bernina: 2,253 m (7,392 ft) Graubünden: Poschiavo: Bernina: Ospizio Bernina Rail crossing (summit), highest rail mountain pass in Europe, [1] highest station in Eastern Switzerland: Brienzer Rothorn 2,244 m (7,362 ...
Don’t let the name of Switzerland’s Glacier Express train fool you, as the eight-hour train ride slowly weaves and winds you through 92 tunnels and 291 bridges from Zermatt to St. Moritz.