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9 February 2011 at 17:48:00 #804121

My wife and I will be in the Interlaken area in early May. What is the closest town/village to catch the “cog” railway up to the above mountains? We will have a hire car.

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[Olga]

10 February 2011 at 6:23:07 #832176

Hello Fozzie, the nearest towns are Grindelwald or Lauterbrunnen, from there you can take a train/cog railway to Wengen. Wengen is car free, from Wengen you can take the cog railway to Kleine Scheidegg. At Kleine Scheidegg you will have a beautiful view at Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau. If you want you can get higher by taking a train to Jungfraujoch – there you will be at the highest point reachable by train in Europe.

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11 February 2011 at 0:14:45 #832177

Thanks Olga! From where do you catch the train that goes up inside the mountains and you can look through the walls of the Eiger??

[Olga]

11 February 2011 at 3:34:11 #832178

The train you mean is the one to Jungfraujoch, leaving from Kleine Scheidegg. I wish you a beautiful trip!

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12 February 2011 at 19:05:14 #832179

Olga, Many thanks for your assistance re our visit to Switzerland and the Interlaken area. I have also read many other of your posts to other travellers and these also have been sooooo helpful. Thanks feaps

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14 February 2011 at 16:19:17 #832180

Fozzie – to elaborate on Olga´s directions: You can catch the Jungraubahn at Interlaken Ost and catch the train to Grindelwald at the second stop (Zweilütschinen) and change at Grindelwald to get to Kleine Scheiddeg. OR – you can stay on the train at Zweilütschinen and go thru Lauterbrunnen and Wengen all the way to KS: Either ist eine schöne Reise. (Better yet, use this for a round trip out of Interlaken Ost). Genießen!

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14 February 2011 at 20:07:41 #832181

Fozzie – check http://www.jungfrau.ch/en/sommer/tourism/travel-information/arrival/maps/ for a map of die Jungfraubahn. There exists a larger version somewhere on the web, but I couldn´t find it immedialtely.

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14 February 2011 at 20:22:07 #832182

Fozzie – one last once! go to http://www.jungfrau.ch/uploads/media/Sommerpanorama-Jungfrau-Region_01.pdf

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14 February 2011 at 22:48:10 #832183

Many thanks again We are really looking forward to seeing this part of the world!!!