Schynige Platte 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 prep ...
that is the upper terminus of the
Schynige Platte railway
The Schynige Platte Railway (german: Schynige Platte-Bahn, SPB) is a mountain railway in the Bernese Highlands area of Switzerland, which connects the town of Wilderswil, near Interlaken with the Schynige Platte Alpine Garden, famous wildflower g ...
, a
rack railway
A rack railway (also rack-and-pinion railway, cog railway, or cogwheel railway) is a steep grade railway with a toothed rack rail, usually between the running rails. The trains are fitted with one or more cog wheels or pinions that mesh with th ...
that connects
Wilderswil
Wilderswil is a village and a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Wilderswil belongs to the Small Agglomeration ''Interlaken'' with 23,300 inhabitants (2014).
Geography
Th ...
with the
Schynige Platte mountain in the
Bernese Oberland
The Bernese Oberland ( en, Bernese Highlands, german: Berner Oberland; gsw, Bärner Oberland; french: Oberland bernois), the highest and southernmost part of the canton of Bern, is one of the canton's five administrative regions (in which context ...
region of
Switzerland. The
Schynige Platte alpine botanical garden is accessed from the station, whilst a mountain hotel and restaurant is nearby.
Administratively, the station is in the
municipality of Gündlischwand in the
canton of Bern.
The station is served by the following passenger trains:
References
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Railway stations in the canton of Bern
Bernese Oberland Railway stations
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