Wengwald railway station

Wengwald is a request stop railway station in the municipality of Lauterbrunnen in the Swiss canton of Bern. The station is on the Wengernalpbahn (WAB), whose trains operate from Lauterbrunnen to Kleine Scheidegg via Wengen.^[1][2]

Wengwald
General information
Location	Wengwald Lauterbrunnen, Bern Switzerland
Coordinates	46°36′36″N 07°54′48″E
Elevation	1,182 m (3,878 ft)[1]
Line(s)	Wengernalpbahn
History
Opened	7 June 1910 (1910-06-07)
Services
Preceding station Jungfraubahn AG Following station Lauterbrunnen Terminus Wengernalp Railway Wengen towards Kleine Scheidegg
Location Wengwald Location in Switzerland

WAB train leaving Wengwald station for the tunnel

The station is located on the new line from Lauterbrunnen to Wengen, which opened in 1910 to replace the more direct but steeper original routing. It is immediately uphill of a 180 degree helical tunnel which the line uses in order to reduce the gradient.^[1]

The station is served by the following passenger trains:^[3]

Operator	Train Type	Route	Typical Frequency	Notes
Wengernalpbahn		Lauterbrunnen - Wengwald - Wengen - Allmend - Wengernalp - Kleine Scheidegg	2 per hour

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. p. 82. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
3. "Interlaken–Lauterbrunnen–Wengen–Kleine Scheidegg–Jungfraujoch" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 2013-01-28.

External links

• Media related to Wengwald railway station at Wikimedia Commons