It is an UNESCO world Heriatge site, situated at 3454 m above sea level. The Jungfraujoch is arguably the highest train station in all of Europe. Snow and ice are guaranteed all year round. The Sphinx Terrace with its fantastic view onto the Aletsch Glacier, the Ice Palace and the Walking Plateau for walks in eternal snow are attractions that are open year round.
The Route: You can try the round trip.Interlaken Ost - Lauterbrunnen - Kleine Scheidegg - Jungfraujoch - Grindelwald - Interlaken Ost.Check the timetables.
The Discounts :The Good Morning Ticket includes a reduction for the Kleine Scheidegg - Jungfraujoch section.
You pay the normal fares to Kleine Scheidegg. Holders of Half-fare Cards, Swiss Cards and Eurail, Swiss & Flexi Passes already enjoy a better reduction than the Good Morning Ticket and don't have to travel on the first two trains. Click for Fares for the Jungfrau region
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.This trip by cogwheel railway takes us first to Kleine Scheidegg, altitude 2061 metres, at the foot of the Eiger North Wall. Then the trip continues through the Eiger tunnel to the stations at Eigerwand and Eismeer, with a five minute halt at each. If the weather is fine spectacular views from the large observation windows made in the solid Alpine rock.
On arrival at the Jungfraujoch, in the heart of a glacier one can proceed to see the superb views extending as far as the Vosges Mountains in France and the Black Forest in Germany. The Great Aletsch Glacier, at 22 km the longest ice-stream in the Alps, begins on the Jungfraujoch-Top of Europe.
On arrival at the Jungfraujoch, in the heart of a glacier one can proceed to see the superb views extending as far as the Vosges Mountains in France and the Black Forest in Germany. The Great Aletsch Glacier, at 22 km the longest ice-stream in the Alps, begins on the Jungfraujoch-Top of Europe.
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