On 13 December 2019, the Grindelwald-Männlichen Gondola Cableway (GGM) as well as the new “Grindelwald Terminal” stop on the Bernese Oberland Railway (BOB) were officially opened. Saturday, 14 December 2019 will be the first time that guests can also use part of the new terminal of the V-Cableway major long-term project.

With an eye on the strategic major long-term project – the V-Cableway – and the development towards an integrated leisure and service company, the Jungfrau Railways are reorganising themselves. Following the opening of the V-Cableway, which is scheduled for 12 December 2020, the heads of the main departments will be represented on the Executive Board as of 1 January 2021.

On Wednesday, 27 November 2019, the 300,000th guest arrived on the Harder Kulm. This means that in 2019, passenger numbers on the Harder Railway will exceed 600,000 for the first time. Werner Amacher, Head of Operations at Harder Railway, handed Isabelle Angehrn from Matten a voucher for a lifetime subscription. Dieter Aegerter, who runs the Restaurant Harder Kulm, offered the guest a chocolate cake as well as a Harder-Cape.

20,000 tickets have gone. In just three months, the 23rd and final edition of SnowpenAir has sold out. On the weekend of 4/5 April 2020, top national and international acts will provide musical fireworks on the Kleine Scheidegg.

Urs Kessler, director of Jungfrau Railways, has been honoured in Zurich as an “active and skilled” communicator. The Swiss Association for Internal and Integrated Communications (SVIK) and the Erwin Blaser Foundation awarded Urs Kessler the “Communicator of the Year 2019” prize for his “commitment to improving cooperation among employees” and for strengthening the “cultural understanding of the workforce towards their guests”.

On the weekend of 23/24 November 2019, the winter sports season begins in the Jungfrau Ski Region. With Grindelwald-Wengen and Mürren, two sub-areas and several facilities will be open.

After the heavy storms on Thursday evening, all 200 people who had spent the night on the Kleine Scheidegg were safely evacuated. Clean-up work is still in progress. The Wengen-Kleine Scheidegg route, including the Jungfrau Railway, will reopen on Saturday. The Lauterbrunnen-Wengen route has reopened. Winter sports will not be in operation at the weekend.

On Thursday evening, the Wengen-Kleine Scheidegg-Grindelwald area experienced an extraordinary storm. Because of the storm and a technical fault at the level of the Eiger Glacier, around 200 people were evacuated to the mountain restaurant on the Kleine Scheidegg. The Jungfrau Railways also suffered various damage to the overhead lines on the Wengernalp Railway (WAB) and the Lauterbrunnen-Mürren mountain railway (BLM) lines due to uprooted trees. The routes from Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwald to Kleine Scheidegg and the Lauterbrunnen-Mürren route are suspended until at least noon.

Am Wochenende vom 16./17. November 2019 beginnt in den Skigebieten von Grindelwald und Wengen die Wintersportsaison. Dank technischer Beschneiung und guten Bedingungen zur Pistenpräparation in den letzten Tagen können die ersten Anlagen und Pisten fürs Wochenende geöffnet werden.

The Jungfrau Ski Region is gaining prominence in China. It has won the Golden Snowflake Public Award for “World's top ski resort most popular with Chinese skiers”. The region also received the Sino-Swiss Business Award for “Most China-Ready Swiss Winter Destination”.

Jungfrau Railways’ Top of Europe Flagship Store offers a unique shopping experience in the heart of Interlaken. Over two floors and an area of over 1,000 square metres, you will find top brands such as Swatch, Lindt & Sprüngli and Victorinox. At the heart of the Flagship Store is the Top of Europe Shop with souvenirs and clothing.

The last SnowpenAir is taking place on the weekend of 4/5 April 2020. The headline acts of the promising line-up are Sunrise Avenue and Helene Fischer. Since the start of advance sales on 29 August, 16,000 tickets have already been sold over the counter. The organisers expect that the last 2,000 entry tickets will be sold out in the next few days.

The last SnowpenAir is taking place on the weekend of 4/5 April 2020. On Saturday, 4 April, Sunrise Avenue and Patent Ochsner are appearing at the highest open-air concert in the snow. The popular singer from Valais, Stefanie Heinzmann, will also be appearing. Sunday, 5 April, will focus on the hits. After the opening concert with Francine Jordi, none other than Helene Fischer will perform to provide a triumphant finale to the series of concerts. Advance booking begins on Thursday, 29 August 2019.

The Jungfrau Railway Group can look back on a pleasing first half of 2019. The continuing high demand for the Jungfraujoch, the successful cross-marketing and the attractive winter sports range had a positive impact on the operating result. With operating income of CHF 106.7 million, growth of 6.5% was achieved year on year. In the first half of the year, 470,900 visitors travelled to the Jungfraujoch. That is 1.0% more than during the same period in the previous year.

On Friday, 26 July 2019, BSV Bern took on the South Korean national handball team on the Jungfraujoch. The Bernese received support from the exceptional Swiss talent Andy Schmid, who acted as their coach. For the game, an original handball field was built on the Aletsch Glacier.

The “New west entrance for Interlaken Ost railway station” project, completed at the end of May 2019, was implemented in accordance with the Disability Equality Act (BehiG). In order to ensure compliance with BehiG, platforms 1 and 10 of the Bernese Oberland Railway (BOB) will be fully raised. Work will start on Monday, 8 July 2019

Over the nights of 23/24 and 29/30 July 2019, the traction cables for the new Eiger Express tricable gondola will be delivered by road. The heavy transport to Grindelwald will take place between 21.00 h and 01.00 h.

Schynige Platte stands for Swiss tradition and railway nostalgia. To strengthen their position on the fiercely competitive market and to improve the experience on the mountain, Jungfrau Railways has created new summit attractions. Today, Wednesday 3 July 2019, these attractions were opened together with Marc Trauffer and Francine Jordi.

From 8 to 17 August 2019, it's time to call “action” for Movie Nights on Winteregg at Mürren. The nationally famous open-air cinema is taking place for the eighth time. Hollywood blockbusters and a Swiss hit await film fans. Advance tickets for the film screenings are now available.

In mid-May 2019, it was decided at the Jungfrau Ski Region tariff conference to continue the Top4 skipass without the Mürren-Schilthorn ski area. After talks with the Schilthorn Railway, the partners have reversed their decision and will continue to accept the Top4 subscription in all sub-areas in the winter sports season 2019/2020.

On Monday, 3 June 2019, the new west entrance to the Interlaken Ost railway station was inaugurated by representatives of the Bernese Oberland Railway, BLS and the Central Railway. From now on, guests coming from the centre will have direct access to the platforms. The new entrance significantly improves quality for customers.

In 2018, the First Railway transported 587,500 guests. This is an 18.2 per cent increase on the record previous year. At CHF 17 million, the aerial gondola belonging to the Jungfrau Railway Group achieved the highest transport revenue in its history. The 2018 financial year was discussed in today's AGM in Grindelwald.

The Schynige Platte Railway will start the summer season on Saturday, 8 June 2019. Due to the current snow conditions, the opening will be postponed for a week. Visitors will benefit from great special offers until the beginning of July.

In the 2018/2019 winter sports season the Jungfrau Ski Region recorded 1.05 million ski visits and increased the number of visitors by 5.9 per cent compared to the 2017/2018 season.

Berner Oberland-Bahnen AG earned a transport revenue of CHF 19.1 million (+10.5%) and an annual profit of CHF 2.1 million in 2018. In the reporting year, construction of the new Grindelwald Terminal was started as part of the V-Cableway project.