An incredible new lift system which dramatically improves travel around the Jungfrau ski area in Switzerland is now fully open.
The second part of the V-cableway project from Grindelwald, the Eiger Express, opened at the weekend, the first section opened last year. Altogether construction too took 908 days and the project cost is £396 million (CHF 470,000,000).
A small opening ceremony saw a film in which Victor the eagle provided a bird’s-eye view of the V-Cableway route, before Sherkan the eagle flew through the terminal with scissors for cutting the ribbon.
Billed, perhaps rather uninspiringly, as “the world’s heaviest 3S-cableway” the Eiger Express transports guests from Grindelwald Grund to the Eigergletscher station in only 15 minutes.
This new gondola means visitors can enjoy a quicker and more comfortable journey to the winter sports area around Eigergletscher and Kleine Scheidegg, shared with neighbouring Wengen, as well as to the famous Jungfraujoch – Top of Europe.
The Eiger Express means guests will save 47 minutes on their journey to the continent’s highest railway station., thanks to the direct public transport link with the Berner Oberland-Bahn (BOB) stop at the terminal in Grindelwald Grund.
”The coronavirus crisis will be followed by an era of new growth in international tourism”. And the V-Cableway will ensure the success of tourism in the Jungfrau region as a whole in the medium and long-term, making it a year-round destination for Swiss tourism,” said Thomas Bieger, Chairman of the Board at Jungfraubahn Holding AG.
