Eigergletscher railway station
Eigergletscher is a railway station in the municipality of Lauterbrunnen in the canton of Bern. The station is served by trains of the Jungfrau railway, which run to the Jungfraujoch from Kleine Scheidegg, where they connect with services from Interlaken, Lauterbrunnen, Wengen and Grindelwald via the Bernese Oberland railway and the Wengernalp railway.
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| Location | Eigergletscher Lauterbrunnen, Bern Switzerland | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°34′29″N 07°58′13″E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 2,320 m (7,610 ft) | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Jungfraubahn | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1898 | ||||||||||
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The station takes its name from the adjacent Eiger Glacier, and is the Jungfraubahn's last station in the open air, before the line enters its tunnel to the summit. It is also the location of the railway's workshop.
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