Kleine Scheidegg railway station
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| Location | Kleine Scheidegg, Lauterbrunnen, Bern Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°35′04″N 07°57′34″E / 46.58444°N 7.95944°E | ||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 2,061 m (6,762 ft) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 10 August 1892 | ||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 3 June 1909 | ||||||||||||||||
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Kleine Scheidegg is a railway station and hub that is situated on the summit of Kleine Scheidegg, a mountain pass in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland. The pass, located between the Lauberhorn and the Eiger's ridge, houses a complex of hotels (e.g. Hotel Bellevue des Alpes) and railway buildings. Administratively, the station is in the municipality of Lauterbrunnen in the canton of Bern, a few metres from the border with the municipality of Grindelwald.