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Schynige Platte-Bahn

Schynige Platte Railway
5637 - Schynige Platte - View of Interlaken and Thunersee.JPG
Trains on the Schynige Platte above Interlaken and Lake Thun
Overview
Native name Schynige Platte-Bahn SPB
Type Mountain rack railway
Status operating in summer season
Locale Bernese Highlands
Termini Wilderswil
Schynige Platte
Stations 4
Services 1
Website SPB
Operation
Opened 1893
Owner Berner Oberland-Bahnen AG
Operator(s) BOB
Character Touristic railway
Technical
Line length 7.26 km (4.51 mi)
Number of tracks Single track with passing loops
Track gauge 800 mm (2 ft 7 12 in)
Electrification 100%, 1500 V DC, overhead wire
Highest elevation 1,967 m (6,453 ft)
Maximum incline 1 in 4 (250‰)
Rack system Riggenbach rack
Route diagram
Schynige Platte Railway
Distance
Elevation
To Interlaken Ost
0km
584m
Depot
0.1km
584m
Wilderswil station
Lütschine
To Lauterbrunnen & Grindelwald
1.84km
886m
Rotenegg
4.61km
1542m
Breitlauenen
Monch, Eiger and Jungfrau viewpoint
7.26km
1987m
Schynige Platte

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.

An impressively and varied natural landscape unfolds on the journey, including forests, Alpine pastures and views of the Bernese Oberland. Towards the top of the line, there are also views of the imposing peaks of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau. The line opened, using steam traction, in May 1893, and was electrified in 1914.

The line is owned by the Berner Oberland-Bahnen AG, a company that also owns the Berner Oberland-Bahn. Through that company it is part of the Allianz - Jungfrau Top of Europe marketing alliance, which also includes the separately owned Wengernalpbahn, Jungfraubahn, Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen–Mürren, Harderbahn, and Firstbahn.

The key milestones in the history of the line are:

The Schynige Platte Railway commences from Wilderswil station at an altitude of 584 m (1,916 ft), where it connects with the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 38 in) metre gauge line of the Berner Oberland-Bahn (BOB), which operates to Interlaken Ost, Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwald. Wilderswil is within the built-up area around Interlaken, and buses also provide a connection from the station to the town centre and Interlaken West station.


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