BLM

BLM – Panoramic views from the train

The Lauterbrunnen-Mürren Rail & Cableway links Lauterbrunnen with the holiday resort of Mürren. An aerial cableway travels from Lauterbrunnen to the Grütschalp top station, where passengers change to the narrow-gauge railway to reach the Winteregg Restaurant and Mürren. The aerial cableway can transport 100 persons and up to six tonnes of freight. Fully loaded, the cabin weighs 26 tonnes. The narrow-gauge railway is four kilometres long with a maximum gradient of 5 per cent. It is a single-track railway with a crossing point at Winteregg station.

Railway/cableway section

Lauterbrunnen
Grütschalp
Winteregg
Mürren

Data

Aerial cableway built in 2006
100 persons / 6t cargo capacity

Narrow-gauge railway built in 1891
Length of section 4.27 km
Gauge 1000mm
Maximum gradient 50‰
560 V three-phase current

 

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