THE JOURNEY THROUGH ALPS: THE JUNGFRAU RAILWAY, SWITZERLAND

Lets have a journey to the top of Europe through the snow capped Alps mountains. Today’s our destination lies in the heart of the Alps mountains of the Jungfrajoch railways. Switzerland’s most popular (and expensive) mountain railway excursion is an unmissable item in the travel itinerary  for any European traveler. The Jungfrau Railway train journey is  one f the most exciting train routes in the world, attracting millions of tourists from across the globe.

The Journey

Sometimes its said that the journey is more exciting than the destination. Here it becomes true. The  journey takes passengers  to the Jungfraujoch – Top of Europe, at 3454 metres Europe’s highest-altitude railway station in a world. The Trains trundle through lush countryside south from Interlaken before coiling spectacularly up across either Wengen or Grindlewald’s mountain pastures, breaking the treeline at Kleine Scheidegg. The upward journey is through a tunnel hewn in the rock of the Eiger and Mönch  to emerge at the junfraujoch, an icy, windswept col at 3454m, just beneath the Jungfrau summit. It’s the site of the highest train station in Europe, and offers an unforgettable experience of the mountains.

THE JOURNEY BEGINS...

THE TRAIN PASSING THROUGH GREEN FIELDS BEFORE STARTING ITS STEEP COURSE

MARVELLOUS VIEWS

JUNGFRAU RAILWAY THROUGH KLEINE SCHEIDEGG

JUNGFRAU RAILWAY IN WINTER

There are two routes to the top. Trains head southwest from Interlaken Ost along the valley floor to Lauterbrunnen, from where you pick up the mountain line which climbs through Wengen to Kleine Scheidegg; different trains head southeast from Interlaken Ost to Grindelwald, where you change for the climb, arriving at Kleine Scheidegg from the other direction. All trains terminate at Kleine Scheidegg, where you must change for the final pull to Jungfraujoch – the popular practice is to go up one way and down the other. The Jungfrau Railway climbs an altitude of  of 1400 metres in  merely 50 minutes offering some of the most magnificent views of  nature to its travelers.

Places to see

• Jungfraujoch
• Interlaken
• Lucine
• Basel
• Kleine
• Eiger Wall

How to get there

Swiss International Air Lines is the national carrier of Switzerland serving 70 worldwide destinations in 42 countries from its home hub in Zurich, and from Basel and Geneva international airports. Zurich and Geneva airports are fully integrated into the Swiss railroad network and have their own railway stations. Trains to the two city centres run every 10 to 20 minutes, with a travelling time of approximately 10 minutes.