Mountain route
Schynige Platte Railway
Wilderswil → Schynige Platte · Switzerland
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Vintage 1914 cars grind up an Abt rack to a 2,000 m ridge, with the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau lined up across the valley and an alpine garden at the top.
Stations
- 0 kmWilderswil +1
- 4 kmBreitlauenen
- 6 kmSchynige Platte
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 3089818 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 5 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of Zahnrad
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Schynige Platte Railway?
The Schynige Platte Railway runs 7 km from Wilderswil to Schynige Platte.
How long does the Schynige Platte Railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 52 min for the 7 km. That is an average of 8 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 12 km/h.
Who runs the Schynige Platte Railway?
Jungfrau Railways, with 1914 electric rack railcars.
How old is the Schynige Platte Railway?
The line has been in service since 1893. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
How high does the Schynige Platte Railway climb?
1,967 m above sea level at its highest point.
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