Modern technology in harmony with an intact environment | Energy efficiency in construction and transport

With the V-Cableway, Jungfrau Railways has realised the most modern project in the Alpine region, combining technical innovation and respect for the environment. The centrepiece is the Eiger Express tricable gondola: It combines the transport of people and goods in a unique way. Thanks to the tricable technology, it only needs seven supports, which is why no forest path had to be cut.

Further links:

• V-Cableway: Eight years of planning and construction
• Habitat enhancement | On the road with Martin Lutz
• Contribution to the cooling system Ice Palace

Own hydropower plant | Operation 100% renewable energy powered | Energy-efficient uphill journeys through recovery of braking power

The historic Jungfrau Railway has already been using energy from its own hydroelectric power station. And the development continues: the entire Jungfrau Railways operation (railroads, ski lifts and buildings) is now supplied entirely with renewable power (mainly Swiss hydropower). Several railroads and cable cars feed braking power back into the grid, Grindelwald Terminal is connected to the local district heating network and energy efficiency also prevails in snow production.

Further links:

• Braking power recuperation
• Lütschental power station information
• Video about the power station

Active reduction of CO2 emissions | Rail instead of road

Jungfrau Railways have written CO2 reduction and energy efficiency into the specifications for their cogwheel railways and have been officially certified for this. Other projects promote the shift from road to rail with appropriate special offers or pursue the goal of a CO2-neutral tourism region of Oberland Ost together with the University of Bern. The Jungfrau Railways is also committed to the fight against food waste.

Further links:

• Too Good To Go
• The Jungfrau Railway - A Pioneering Work
• WAB - The world's longest cog railway

Equal opportunities, perspectives and safe work for all | Modern workplaces and tradition

Regardless of gender, skin colour and lifestyle, everyone should be able to develop in a safe environment at Jungfrau Railways. A major concern is increasing the proportion of women, especially on the Executive Board and the Board of Directors. Another focus point: training apprentices and reintegration of people with disabilities.

Further links:

• Working at Jungfrau Railways
• Jungfrau Railways apprenticeships

Collection and use of spring water | Clean drinking water for all

Jungfrau Railways pays particular attention to water protection zones when constructing new railways or renovating existing buildings. And the renovation of the Grütschalp-Mürren railway is actively preventing polluted water from getting into the spring and drinking water. Plus: every guest also has access to drinking water everywhere thanks to new wells.

Further links:

• Lauterbrunnen-Mürren mountain railway: half-time for renewal of the adhesion railway

Project co-founder and member of the Jungfrau-Aletsch UNESCO World Heritage Site | Care and protection of fauna and flora

Jungfrau Railways supports the Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch Foundation with an annual contribution of CHF 50,000. There is further cooperation within the framework of the V-Cableway sustainability fund, which Jungfrau Railways co-finances with CHF 200,000 per year. In addition, there are various landscape conservation assignments in the Grindelwald region.

Further links:

• The Great Aletsch Glacier
• Video local forest maintenance

Member of the High Alpine Research Station on the Jungfraujoch

Since its foundation in the wake of the construction of the Jungfrau Railway, the research station has been working together with Jungfrau Railways. Today, the focus is on sustainability issues in various fields. These include projects within the framework of CO2 measurements and observations, but also series of measurements of temperature, wind direction and wind speed.

Further links:

• Jungfraujoch Research Station