Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen-Mürren AG operates an aerial cableway from Lauterbrunnen to Grütschalp and an adhesion railway from Grütschalp to Mürren. The cableway and railway are part of the public transport network ordered and financed by the canton of Bern. They connect the car-free residential and holiday village of Mürren, the Winteregg – Top of Family excursion destination and the Mürren-Schilthorn area. A restaurant of the same name is located on Winteregg. The company also runs its own bistro on Grütschalp, with an amazing view of the famous mountains Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau.
The single-lane aerial cableway can carry 100 persons in its cabin. It climbs 686 metres in altitude and the journey takes 4 minutes.
The aerial cableway can transport up to six tonnes of freight. The mountain station contains a modern transfer station, where freight is moved to the narrow-gauge railway. An average of 5,000 tonnes of materials is transported every year. Depending on the construction activity in Mürren, this quantity can be much higher.
service life after 20 years, which is why the installation must be modernised. The centrepiece of the modernisation is the control system, which is due to be replaced in spring 2026. At the same time, the aim is to increase the capacity of the cableway so that the capacity of the aerial cableway can be aligned with that of the renovated Grütschalp-Mürren adhesion railway. In concrete terms, a larger cabin will be procured.
The single-track adhesion railway is four kilometres long with a maximum gradient of 5 per cent and the trip takes 11 minutes. There is a crossing point at Winteregg station. The narrow-gauge railway was extensively renovated between 2020 and 2024. This included renewing the track and renovating and extending the Grütschalp and Winteregg stations and Mürren railway station. The heart of the project are the new, ground-level railcars, which have increased travelling comfort and shortened journey times. The new multiple-units and all facilities now fulfil the requirements of the Federal Disability Discrimination Act.
