The train trip up to Jungfrajoch starts at Interlaken (we caught the train from the little village of Wildersville) to Grindelwald where we changed trains for the ride up to Klein Scheidegg at the base of the Eiger. Changed trains again for the last leg on a cog wheel train that plunges almost immediately into the Jungfrau Tunnel which is built into the Eiger and Monk mountains. After 9 kms you reach the station at Jungfraujoch at 3,454m where you catch a lift to The Sphinx at the top of the mountains, 117 metres above Jungfraujoch.
On the way up, the train stops twice and you can get out and view the surrounding mountains through a glass window cut into the side of the tunnel/mountain.
The thing I find most amazing about this whole piece of engineering is that it was constructed in the very early 1900s and Jungfraujoch opened in 1912. Incredible.
@mona65@shepherdmanswife See what you two have started now??? More time wasted. You’ve got a lot to answer for.
Mona, I wouldn’t mind betting that this is looking down the same glacier you were standing at the base of in your shots from the other day. Also please correct me if I make any mistakes in my narrative. I put all this together many years ago never expecting anyone from Switzerland would see it.
On the way up, the train stops twice and you can get out and view the surrounding mountains through a glass window cut into the side of the tunnel/mountain.
The thing I find most amazing about this whole piece of engineering is that it was constructed in the very early 1900s and Jungfraujoch opened in 1912. Incredible.
Mona, I wouldn’t mind betting that this is looking down the same glacier you were standing at the base of in your shots from the other day. Also please correct me if I make any mistakes in my narrative. I put all this together many years ago never expecting anyone from Switzerland would see it.