Jungfraujoch
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The Jungfraujoch is a saddle connecting two major 4000ers of the Bernese Alps: the Jungfrau and the Mönch. It lies at an elevation of 3,463 metres above sea level and is directly overlooked by the roc
The Jungfrau from the Mönch, with the Sphinx and the Jungfraujoch in the middle
View from the summit of the saddle. From left to right: Mönch, Sphinx Observatory, Top of Europe complex, Aletsch Glacier and Jungfrau
View from the Jungfraujoch towards Wengernalp and Interlaken. The Guggi Glacier is visible on the bottom right.
A crevasse near the Mönchsjoch Hut trail
Jungfrau Railway
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The Jungfrau Railway is a mountain rack railway in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland, connecting Kleine Scheidegg in the Bernese Oberland to the Jungfraujoch, across the Valais border. It is the highest r
Jungfraujoch
…between the cantons of Bern and Valais, halfway between Interlaken and Fiesch. Since 1912, the Jungfraujoch has been accessible to tourists by the Jungfrau line, a railway from Interlaken and Kleine Scheidegg, running partly underground through a tunnel through the Eiger and Mönch. The Jungfraujoch railway…
Train on the open-air section of the line, overlooked by the Eiger and Mönch
Construction of the Jungfrau Railway
Bond of the Jungfrau Railway Company, issued 15 April 1900
Jungfraujoch railway station on the Bern/Valais border