Switzerland Tour-Enroute to Jungfrau

Our
Train departed Luzern at 0855 hours and the first leg was to reach
Interlaken Ost station at 1055.The route was very scenic,with lush
green fields,wooden houses,clear blue sky tempting us to step out.We
passed 9 stations enroute,with brief stopovers of a minute at each
station.Our train was classified as InterRegio
and it reached on dot 1055 at platform 4.We were a little anxious
because the next train was after a gap of 10 minutes from platform
2A.Our group got down,looked for directions to go to platform
2A,which entailed walking down to a subway and walking up to the new
platform.Since the time was short,we practically ran and reached our
train coach within 7 minutes. This was a Regio train,smaller than the
previous train coach,compact yet comfortable.

As
usual,train departed on time at 1105 from Interlaken Ost and wound
its way past 2 more stations to reach Lauterbrunnen station at 1125
hours.

Our
third leg of journey started in a unique modern cogwheel train from
the same station Lauterbrunnen at 1139 hours and travelling past 4
stations , it chugged into Kleine Scheidegg station,loacted at 2061
mts altitude, at 1224 hours.The terrain has slowly changed from
plains to mountains and the tracks were laid uphill,making the speed
slow.

The
swiss operational efficiency was at display,our tickets were checked
by different ticket checkers in each train.The stations enroute were
spic and span and maintained effciently.

The
last leg commenced from the hill station of Kleine Scheidegg station
by the Jungfrau Raliways at 1230 hours and crossed midway
Eigergletscher station at 1240 and then moving up through the Eiger
tunnel to stop for 5 minutes each at Eigerwand and Eismeer stations
to afford us a view of the snow capped mountains all around us.The
large observation windows got us a great view.The steep climb was
slowly covered by the train through tracks laid by cutting through
the mountains.

The
wait now felt cruel.These coaches were equipped with large LCD
TV,which were playing nicely made video clips of history,features etc
related to Jungfraujoch and surrounding peaks,what precautions to
take,what facilities are available at the peak etc.

Finally,we
stepped onto the famed Mt Jungfraujoch at 1322 hours,after travelling
for 4.27 hours and with 3 train changes.