Saanenmöser railway station (Bahnhof Saanenmöser) is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

Saanenmöser Pass Saanenmöser (el. 1279 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Bernese Oberland in the Alps in Switzerland. It connects Zweisimmen and Saanen. The Montreux-Oberland Bernois Railway (MOB) also crosses the pass. It is the highest point on the line. S ...

on the

Montreux–Lenk im Simmental line The Montreux Oberland Bernois Railway (french: link=no, Chemin de fer Montreux Oberland Bernois, german: link=no, Montreux Berner Oberland Bahn, abbreviated MOB), is an electrified railway line that operates in southwest Switzerland. It is one o ...

from to . At , it is the highest station on the line. It is located in the municipality of

Saanen Saanen (french: Gessenay; Highest Alemannic German, Highest Alemannic: ''Saanä'') is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Bern (canton), Bern in Switzerland. It is the capital of the Obersimment ...

canton of Bern The canton of Bern or Berne (german: Kanton Bern; rm, Chantun Berna; french: canton de Berne; it, Canton Berna) is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. Its capital city, Bern, is also the ''de facto'' capital of Switzerland. ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. An aerial cablecar at the station leads to Saanenwald-Saanerslochgrat.

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Gallery

SBB Historic - F 122 00898 002 - Saanenmoeser MOB Stationsgebaeude mit Reisezug.jpg, station in winter (ca. 1980) SBB Historic - F 122 00898 001 - Saanenmoeser MOB Stationsgebaeude Bahnseite.jpg, station building (1988)

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* * Railway stations in the canton of Bern Railway stations in Switzerland opened in 1873 {{Switzerland-railstation-stub