Transit Maps: Interlaken

Official Map: Jungfraubahnen, Switzerland

June 21, 2013

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4 stars, Europe, Interlaken, Jungfrau, Jungfraubahn, painting, passenger rail, rail map, Switzerland

Another stunning panoramic painted rail map from the Alps of Switzerland – its very similar to this one of the Zentralbahn (Nov 2012, 4 stars), which can actually be seen on this map entering from the lower left and terminating at Interlaken. The map shows the railways around the Jungfrau mountain, operated by different companies, but marketed together as “Jungfrau – the Top of Europe”. The Jungfraujoch station sits almost three vertical kilometres higher than Interlaken, […]

Official Map: Zentralbahn, Switzerland

November 8, 2012

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4 stars, cartography, Engelberg, Europe, Interlaken, Lucerne, passenger rail, Switzerland, Zentralbahn

Here’s another unusual transit map — this one for the narrow-gauge, rack-assisted Zentralbahn railway in central Switzerland, serving the cities of Lucerne, Interlaken, Engelberg and points inbetween. Before a tunnel was built in 2010, the grade between Grafenort and Engelberg reached a staggering 25 percent – hard work even for a rack-assisted engine! Totally appropriately for a system that serves an alpine area, the map looks as if it would be completely at home in […]