Meiringen railway station
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| Location | Meiringen Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°43′38.3″N 8°11′3.1″E / 46.727306°N 8.184194°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 595 m (1,952 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Zentralbahn (since 2005); Jura–Bern–Lucerne Railway (1888-1889), Jura–Simplon Railways (1890-1903); Swiss Federal Railways (1903-2004) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Connections | PostBus Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1888 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Meiringen railway station (German: Bahnhof Meiringen) is a railway station, in the town of Meiringen in the Swiss canton of Bern, and at the junction of two railway lines. The Brünig line of the Zentralbahn is an inter-regional metre gauge railway that links Interlaken and Lucerne, whilst the Meiringen–Innertkirchen line of the Meiringen-Innertkirchen-Bahn (MIB) is a local railway that links to Innertkirchen and the Aare Gorge.
The station is served by passenger trains of both operators, and also provides an interchange with the local bus network provided by PostBus Switzerland. One such route connects to the Reichenbach Funicular, which links the town to the Reichenbach Falls. Another route provides a service to Grindelwald over the Grosse Scheidegg Pass, using a road closed to most other traffic.