Press Releases

After the BAV issued planning permission for the V-Cableway on 31 May 2018, Pro Natura and the Swiss Foundation for Countryside Conservation signed a complaint waiver today, 8 June 2018. This means that nothing now stands in the way of the realisation of the V-Cableway project.

After more than five years of planning, the V-Cableway is about to be built. The Swiss Federal Office of Transport (BAV) issued planning permission for the entire project yesterday, Thursday, 31 May 2018. This will ensure the timely launch of the Grindelwald-Männlichen gondola cableway in December 2019. The tricable gondola Eigerexpress will be opened at the end of 2020.

Just in time for the Whitsun weekend, Jungfrau Railways, in cooperation with Mürren Tourismus, will open the new Detective Trail from Grütschalp to Mürren on Saturday, 19 May 2018. For young and old detectives alike, a treasure chest with instant prizes awaits at the destination in Mürren.

Berner Oberland-Bahnen AG earned a transport revenue of CHF 17.3 million (+8.1%) and an annual profit of CHF 2.7 million in 2017. In the reporting year, the depot in Zweilütschinen and the new rolling stock were successfully put into operation.

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.