Lauterbrunnen–Mürren Mountain Railway

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The Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen-Mürren (BLM) railway in Bernese Oberland in Switzerland connects the communes of Lauterbrunnen and Mürren. The railway was opened in the year 1891, and since 1910 winter operation has also possible.

The enterprise is made up of two differently laid out sections, which are connected in the Grütschalp station. From Lauterbrunnen to the mountain station Grütschalp an endless rope haulage system with maximum upward gradient of 60% leads upward. (The valley station of Lauterbrunnen is directly opposite the station for Berner Oberland-Bahn (BOB) after Interlaken and to the Wengernalpbahn (WAB) on Kleine Scheidegg and up to Grindelwald.)

From the Grütschalp station to Mürren runs a 4-kilometer long narrow-gauge railway with a track width of 1000mm (10m) and a maximum upward gradient of 5%. In the center of the single-railed distance is the Winteregg (pronounced WEEN-ter-ehg) station, with an alternate track, at which nearly all tracks cross.

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