Mürren, Schilthorn – cable car maintenance in April 2025
Joni is planning a trip to Europe in April and wants to know about the maintenance schedule for the Murren BLM and Schilthorn cable car and train. They plan to stay in Lauterbrunnen for two days and hike popular trails but need alternate transport options in case of maintenance.
- Check the maintenance schedule for cable cars and trains, which will be published by mid-October 2024.
- While trains may have maintenance, the cable car from Stechelberg to Mürren usually remains operational.
- If the train is closed, you can still hike between Mürren and Grütschalp, but it's best to keep an eye on trail conditions, as they may be snowy or muddy.
- The Lauterbrunnen-Stechelberg and Mürren-Gimmelwald walks are available year-round.
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Hello,
We are planning to visit Europe in April next year, and learning about rail maintenance is a game changer. My questions are:
- Do you know when the maintenance schedule will be for Murren BLM and Schilthorn (Stechelberg – Gimmelwald – Mürren – Birg – Schilthorn) next year? When do the exact dates come out?
- With the completion of the upgrade on the BLM Murren and the Schilthorn (Stechelberg – Gimmelwald – Mürren) this year, will there still be maintenance schedule next year and will they be around the same time?
We plan to stay in Lauterbrunnen and our planned hikes for our two-day stay in the region are:
- Lauterbrunnen-Stechelberg
- Murren-Gimmelwald
- Grutschalp-Murren
What are the alternate ways of getting around when the rail maintenance is in place?
Thanks for your help.
Joni
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Hi Joni, and welcome to MySwissAlps!
I’m not sure about the maintenance period for the cable car and train Lauterbrunnen-Grütschalp-Mürren for next year. I have not been there since 2019, but I understand that the railway has been rebuilt in the meantime. Even if the railway no longer needs to close for maintenance, I imagine the cable car will still need maintenance periods.
The exact dates will be known at the latest by mid-October 2024, when the timetables for the 2025 year are released.
When the train is not running from Grütschalp, you can get to Mürren via the cable car from Stechelberg. There’s a bus that runs from Lauterbrunnen to Stechelberg.
If you wanted to do the walk between Mürren and Grütschalp while the train was not running, you would have to walk in both directions. If you wanted a shorter walk, you could walk as far as Winteregg (which is about half way) and then return the way you came. The restaurant at Winteregg might not be open though, if the train is not running. Note that trail conditions might not be ideal for walking at that time either (some snow and/or muddy sections).
From 15 March 2025, the cable car Stechelberg-Mürren-Schilthorn will operate 365 days a year.
The Lauterbrunnen-Stechelberg walk is available all year, as is the Mürren-Gimmelwald walk.
Hope this helps with your planning!
Alpenrose
The whole of the Stechelberg to Schilthorn via Murren and Birg is being replaced but will largely be open for business while the work is going on. The main exception is the top link between Birg and Schilthorn which will be closed next winter 24/25.
See https://schilthornbahn20xx.ch/en/Info/Planning_Schedule for details.
Andrew
Hello MySwissAlps, I saw this post today and it has me worried…I will be in Lauterbrunnen area 2nd week of April 2024. I am planning to take cable car from Lauterbrunnen up to Grutschalp and then the train to Murren and cable car up to Brig and Schilthorn returning down to Brig and Murren but then cable car to Gimmelwald and down to valley floor at Stechelburg. Is all of this open during April 14th 2024?
Hi Steve,
Nothing to worry about!
All the transport you intend to use on 14 April 2024 will be operating.
The spring maintenance closure for the Lauterbrunnen-Grütschalp-Mürren route will be from 6 May until 31 May 2024, so that won’t affect you.
For the Stechelberg-Gimmelwald-Mürren-Birg-Schilthorn route, the spring maintenance period will be from 22 April until 26 April 2024, so that won’t affect you either.
The funicular from Mürren to Allmendhubel won’t be operating between 8 April and 17 May 2024, but as that is not part of your plan, that won’t matter to you.
Hope you have great weather for your trip to Mürren and the Schilthorn with your friends!
Alpenrose
Hi Joni & Steve,
In addition to all the helpful information above, you’ll find for many of the mountain excursions, dedicated sections, aptly named “Operation dates, schedules and timetable” with all the necessary information. For example, Schilthorn: https://www.myswissalps.com/activity/schilthorn/#dates
The Swiss timetable will also serve as a useful tool for planning purposes too. Here’s the link: https://www.myswissalps.com/travel/public-transport/timetable/
Kind regards,
Yolanda
Thank you Yolanda!!!
Thank you Alpenrose!!!
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