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mike_b12 Jul 20th, 2009 01:50 PM

Swiss train Question
 
I will be in Davos next april. I want to take the train to the Jungfrau area and I saw on the travel channel a stop or area called the top of europe with the ice sculptres . How would I get there from Davos?
Thanks

pja1 Jul 20th, 2009 02:35 PM

The "Top of Europe" usually refers to the Jungfraujoch trip. I don't know exactly how the train lines work or run, but you would need to get to Interlaken, then to Lauterbrunnen, past Wengen and up to Kleine Scheidegg. From there you go up to the Jungfraujoch.

http://www.jungfraubahn.ch/en/Deskto.../183_read-808/

Paul

kappa1 Jul 20th, 2009 09:03 PM

"the top of europe" is Jungfraujoch. You need to get timetable. Do it on the following Swiss Railway site.

http://www.sbb.ch/en/index.htm

Put Davos Platz for dep. and Jungfraujoch as arr.

I hope you don't mean to do it as a day trip because it seems to take 7 to 8 hours oneway.

mike_b12 Jul 24th, 2009 11:20 AM

Thanks,
That is alot longer than I thought!

bob_brown Jul 24th, 2009 11:41 AM

Not only is it a long trip time wise, but you change trains a minimum of 5 times!! Your shortest connect time is 6 hours, 50 minutes. Therefore, I think it is not feasible as a day trip.
It is one of those situations where you can't get there from here; you have to go to some other place first.

bob_brown Jul 24th, 2009 11:54 AM

Hmm. Better cancel staying in the US as well.

mike_b12 Jul 24th, 2009 03:57 PM

bob_brown,
Hmm. Better cancel staying in the US as well. Please explain?
Mike

bob_brown Jul 25th, 2009 06:44 AM

Simple, I messed up. Meant to post it elsewhere. Darned if I know how it got to Switzerland.

I want to go and I guess I jumped the track.

enzian Jul 25th, 2009 06:55 AM

Davos is pretty isolated---it is hard to get there from anywhere.

You can see the train routes and schedules yourself at www.rail.ch

Maybe include a stop there before or after Davos?

mike_b12 Jul 29th, 2009 09:46 AM

Thanks for all the help. I will not have the time to make that sidetrip. It looked like fun.
Mike


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