Grindelwald Grund railway station

{{Short description|Railway station in canton of Bern, Switzerland}}

{{Infobox station

|name = Grindelwald Grund

|native_name =

|image = Grund.JPG

|image_caption = station building in 2007

|address = Grundstrasse
Grindelwald, Bern

|country = Switzerland

|coordinates = {{coord|46|37|22|N|08|01|24|E|region:CH-BE|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation = {{convert|944|m|abbr=on}}

|line = Berner Oberland Bahn
Wengernalpbahn

|opened = 1893

|electrified = 24 June 1910

|map_type = Switzerland

|map_caption = Location in Switzerland

|map_dot_label =

|services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Jungfraubahn

|line1=Wengernalp Railway|left1=Grindelwald|right1=Brandegg|to-left1=Grindelwald

}}

}}

Grindelwald Grund is a railway station in the village and municipality of Grindelwald in the Swiss canton of Bern. The station is served by the Wengernalpbahn (WAB), whose trains operate from Grindelwald to Kleine Scheidegg. It takes its name from the Grund area of the village, in which it is located.{{cite book | title = Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz | year = 2012 | publisher = Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH | isbn=978-3-89494-130-7 | page = 82}}{{cite map | publisher = Swiss Confederation | title = map.geo.admin.ch | url = http://map.geo.admin.ch/?selectedNode=node_ch.swisstopo.swissboundaries3d-kanton-flaeche.fill1&Y=644883&X=163663.5&zoom=8&bgLayer=ch.swisstopo.pixelkarte-farbe&layers=ch.swisstopo.swissboundaries3d-gemeinde-flaeche.fill&layers_opacity=1&layers_visibility=true&lang=en | accessdate = 2013-01-28}}

WAB trains commence their journey at Grindelwald station, where they connect with trains of the Berner Oberland Bahn from Interlaken, and initially descend steeply to Grindelwald Grund station. At Grindelwald Grund they reverse and commence their ascent to Kleine Scheidegg, entering and leaving the station by its southern end. Depots and workshops are situated at both ends of the station.

File:Bahnhof Grindelwald Grund, OSM map 2022.png

Services

The station is served by the following passenger trains:{{cite web | url = http://www.fahrplanfelder.ch/fileadmin/fap_pdf_fields/2013/312.pdf | title = Interlaken–Grindelwald–Kleine Scheidegg–Jungfraujoch | publisher = Bundesamt für Verkehr | accessdate = 2013-01-28}}

class="wikitable vatop"

! Operator

! Train Type

! Route

! Typical Frequency

! Notes

Wengernalpbahn

|

| Grindelwald - Grindelwald Grund - Brandegg - Alpiglen - Kleine Scheidegg

| 2 per hour

|

The station is surrounded by extensive car parking, and is the principal starting point of a journey to Kleine Scheidegg, and onward to the Jungfraujoch, for passengers arriving in Grindelwald by car. It is also the connection to the Grindelwald–Männlichen gondola cableway.

Gallery

Grindelwald Grund railway station.jpg|station building in 2008

SBB Historic - F 122 00451 002 - Grindelwald Grund WAB Stationsgebaeude Bahnseite.jpg|station building in 1988

Grindelwald, Switzerland - panoramio (6).jpg|depot in 2013

Grund station - panoramio.jpg|winter view in 2009

References

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