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7 May 2015 at 19:28:29 #807192

hi…gud evening…can you please help us how we can get to Interlaken from Bern…we will arrive on Bern at 2400H on May 10, 2015. What is the earliest train trip going to Interlaken and where we can purchase ticket?

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[Annika]

8 May 2015 at 6:03:53 #842920

Hi verleen,

The last train departs 0:08 AM and the first one 6:04 AM. You can see so in the timetable. Hotels in Bern can be found here.

You can purchase your tickets online or at the station. But I assume you’ll be doing some trips during your stay in Interlaken too, so you’d better first check whether a rail pass suits your plans, before buying a regular ticket.

[Slowpoke]

8 May 2015 at 12:18:54 #842921

[quote]verleen said: hi…gud evening…can you please help us how we can get to Interlaken from Bern…we will arrive on Bern at 2400H on May 10, 2015. What is the earliest train trip going to Interlaken and where we can purchase ticket?[/quote]

Hi Verleen –

Here is a bit more information.

The train which Annika mentions departs from Track #4. That information is in the timetable which Annika mentions:

http://www.sbb.ch/en/home.html

That time table tells you the track number for your train. You should be able to use it to learn which track your incoming train arrives on. Some TGV trains and trans-Europe trains continue to Interlaken Ost from Bern.

Most station services are not open at 24:00. The ticket office open at 0615.

http://www.sbb.ch/en/station-services/am-bahnhof/railway-stations/bahnhof-finden.posid.7000.html

You will arrive at Interlaken Ost at 00:59, if you catch the 00:08 train. Will your hotel reception be open then?

You have a good chance to make the connection if your train is not late. If it is a long distance train from other countries, that is not always true.

To make a difficult connection in Bern, it would be good to have light baggage and get off the incoming train near the middle of the train. The tracks at Bern to not end in the station, as they do in many stations. So, the long trains usually stop with the middle cars nearest the underground connecting passage. Really short (local )trains with only 2 to 4 cars may not do that, but the long trains generally do. So, moving to the first car does not usually help at Bern.

Note that there is also an overhead connection passage. See map:

http://czech-transport.com/images/Bern-train-station-plan.pdf

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8 May 2015 at 23:10:45 #842922

thank you for the info. we will be staying one day in Bern and one day in INterlaken. probably we will visit jungfrau. by the way, we are also planning to go on Vienna. Any suggestion which is the best route?

[Arno]

9 May 2015 at 7:54:38 #842923

Hi verleen,

Do you mean the most scenic or the quickest route? For the quickest route, please use the timetable Annika referred to.