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Interlaken's home mountain will be celebrating Swiss tradition this year. From 1 May to 28 October 2018, visitors can look forward to live folklore entertainment on Harder Kulm every evening.

The Jungfrau Railway Group can look back on a strong financial year of 2017. It generated an operating income of 193.8 million Swiss francs. This represents an increase of 14.6 per cent on the previous year. At the same time, it is the highest turnover ever generated.

9,500 tickets are gone. This means that this year's SnowpenAir concert is completely sold out. On Saturday, 7 April 2018, Amy Macdonald, Mark Trauffer, Marc Sway and rapper Julian will provide musical fireworks in front of Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau.

Adelboden-Lenk, Gstaad, the Jungfrau Ski Region and Meiringen-Hasliberg have launched the Top4 Sportpass this winter. After a successful launch with 36,200 sold in advance, the offer will continue unchanged for the upcoming winter sports season 2018/2019.

From Good Friday to Easter Sunday, Grindelwald turns into a party village for young and old to mark the end of the winter sports season. Live bands, egg tapping, events on and off the slopes as well as the largest treasure hunt in Switzerland with prizes worth 20,000 Swiss francs: this is the second edition of “The Winter Final” – the end of season finale in the glacier village and the Grindelwald-First ski area.

Amy Macdonald, Trauffer, Marc Sway and rapper Julian are the major attraction of the 21st SnowpenAir concert programme. Just four weeks before the concert, the highest OpenAir in the snow is nearly sold out. The last 400 tickets for Saturday, 7 April 2018 are available now.

The Schynige Platte Railway (SPB) and the Wengernalp Railway (WAB) are 125 years old and celebrating 250 years of mountain railway history together. To mark the anniversary, the post office is introducing two stamps for sale. These were issued on Thursday, 1 March 2018 on Kleine Scheidegg.

The Jungfrau Railway Group can look back on a strong financial year of 2017. It achieved a net transport income of 144 million francs. This means an increase of 14.1 per cent from the previous year and corresponds to the highest transport income generated to date. The positive result was attained from an increase in all segments.

The clean-up work on the Wengernalp Railway (WAB) line between Lauterbrunnen and Wengen has been completed and train services can resume this afterno on, 22 January 2018. At 13:37, the first train departed Lauterbrunnen towards Wengen. As of 14:03, WAB has been operational from Wengen to Lauterbrunnen. Trains are currently running between Lauterbrunnen and Wengen every hour (Lauterbrunnen from xx: 37, Wengen from xx:03).

Following persistent snow and rain, a landslide occurred on the Wengernalpbahn (WAB) line between Lauterbrunnen and Wengen this morning, 22 January 2018. No trains were affected. WAB train services are currently suspended on the affected section.