The Jungfrau railway was built between 1896 and 1912, despite the objections of the local population and the coachmen. Engineers, the Federal Assembly and parliament campaigned for it until the fourth submitted construction project was finally realised. The man behind the project was the Zurich spinning mill owner Adolf Guyer, a man full of spirit and energy, who is considered one of the major pioneers of railway construction in Switzerland. He spent a short holiday in the village of Mürren in the Bernese Oberland in 1893, which inspired him to build the Jungfrau railway. The railway was built in stages, so that the ticket sales for each completed stretch could finance the construction of the next. Today, there are four stations on all four sides of the mountain, offering breathtaking views of the Alpine landscape. The Jungfraujoch station is, at 3457 metres (11,330 ft), Europe’s highest railway station and is hence known worldwide as the “Top of Europe”.
The Jungfrau railway was built between 1896 and 1912, despite the objections of the local population and the coachmen. Engineers, the Federal Assembly and parliament campaign ...
ed for it until the fourth submitted construction project was finally realised. The man behind the project was the Zurich spinning mill owner Adolf Guyer, a man full of spirit and energy, who is considered one of the major pioneers of railway construction in Switzerland. He spent a short holiday in the village of Mürren in the Bernese Oberland in 1893, which inspired him to build the Jungfrau railway. The railway was built in stages, so that the ticket sales for each completed stretch could finance the construction of the next. Today, there are four stations on all four sides of the mountain, offering breathtaking views of the Alpine landscape. The Jungfraujoch station is, at 3457 metres (11,330 ft), Europe’s highest railway station and is hence known worldwide as the “Top of Europe”.
