Interlaken Ost (Interlaken)

If you’re making a connection between a SBB train and a ZB train at Interlaken Ost, then you may simply have to walk across the platform/gleis from one train to another (if you already have a ticket/pass that is valid on the ZB train).
Or depending on which platform/track/gleis your train arrives at, you may have to use the subway beneath the platforms to make the connection.

You will definitely need to use the subway to make connections between SBB or ZB trains and the BOB trains.
The BOB trains depart from a separate part of the station directly beside the main entrance hall.
There are steps, slopes and lifts that connect the subway to the platforms/gleis and to the entrance hall.

If you need to buy a ticket for the ZB or BOB train, allow for the fact that queues can build up at the ticket desk at busy times.
The 'Rail Ticket Office' at Interlaken Ost sells tickets for the SBB, ZB trains and all the routes and onward connections from the BOB train; including tickets to Kleine Scheidegg, Jungfraujoch and Wengen.
You need to take a ticket from the machine in the ticket hall and then wait for your number to appear.

When planning a trip, finding convenient accommodation can be trickier than working out which train to take.
Hence ShowMeTheJourney has partnered with the innovative accommodation portal, Stay 22, to offer three options for discovering your optimum accommodation:

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When planning a trip, finding convenient accommodation can be trickier than working out which train to take.
Hence ShowMeTheJourney has partnered with the innovative accommodation portal, Stay 22, to offer three options for discovering your optimum accommodation:

1: Use the map above to see which hotel rooms and Vrbo rentals, with easy access to Interlaken West station are available.

2: Or see what's available with Stay 22's accommodation partners; which include, Expedia, Hotels.com and Trivago - by clicking the large button below.
Stay 22 will 'shuffle' the booking services so that you can be automatically directed to its partner that currently has the optimum availability at this location.

The primary purpose of Interlaken Ost train station is to be an interchange station between mainline trains and two independent railways.

(1) The Zentralbahn Railway (ZB)
(2) the Bernese Oberland Railway/the Berner Oberland Bahn (BOB)

Something to be aware of is that the left luggage facility at Interlaken Ost closes at 18:30.

The only long distance express trains operated by SBB that provide a direct service to Interlaken Ost are those on the Basel – Olten – Bern – Thun – Spiez – Interlaken route*.

If you’re heading to Interlaken from Geneve or Lausanne you need to connect into these trains at Bern.

If your journey to Interlaken Ost commences in Visp or Brig you need to change trains in Spiez.

If you will be travelling to Interlaken Ost from Zurich you have two options;
(1) travel by SBB trains throughout and make a connection in Bern, or
(2) take a SBB train from Zurich to Luzern and connect there into a Luzern-Interlaken Express (ZB train).

*Some of the trains on this route are German ICE trains which travel to Interlaken from Berlin, via Frankfurt (Main) and Karlsruhe.

If you’re heading to Interlaken town centre, leave the train when it arrives at Interlaken West station, it's the station before Interlaken Ost.

The base station of the Harderbahn funicular is a 5 minute walk north from Interlaken Ost station.
There are fantastic views of Lake Thun and Lake Brienz from its summit station, Harder-Kulm.

The primary ZB (Zentralbahn) service from Interlaken Ost is the Luzern - Interlaken Express trains (what can cause confusion is that the direct trains from Interlaken TO Luzern are also branded ‘Luzern – Interlaken Express).

The ZB line between Interlaken and Luzern is the easternmost section of The Golden Pass route between Montreux and Luzern.
If you want to make the spectacular journey along these routes, then Interlaken Ost is where you make the straightforward connections between the Luzern - Interlaken Express trains and trains to/from Speiz or Zweisimmen.

Both Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen are connected to Interlaken Ost by direct trains.

Trains operated by the Bernese Oberland Railway/Berner Oberland Bahn) (BOB) operate on two routes from/to Interlaken Ost station.
1: Interlaken Ost – Wilderswill – Grindelwald
2: Interlaken Ost – Wilderswill – Lauterbrunnen

Between Interlaken Ost and Wilderswill the BOB trains heading to Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen are usually joined together.
They’re actually separated at a station beyond Wilderswill.

1: Take the BOB train from Interlaken Ost to Wilderswill

2: At Wilderswill station connections are available to the spectacular Schyinge Platte Bahn railway, from which there are views of the Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau mountains

1: Take the BOB train from Interlaken Ost to Lauterbrunnen (not Grindelwald, so take care you're in the part of the train heading to Lauterbrunnen when you board at Interlaken Ost)

2: Connect at Lauterbrunnen into the BLM cable car to Grütschalp

3: Take the BML train from Grütschalp to Mürren

1: Take the BOB train from Interlaken Ost to Lauterbrunnen (not Grindelwald, so take care you're in the part of the train heading to Lauterbrunnen when you board at Interlaken Ost).

2: Connect at Lauterbrunnen into the WAB trains to Wengen

1: Take the BOB train from Interlaken Ost to Grindelwald OR Lauterbrunnen*

2: Connect at to Grindelwald OR Lauterbrunnen into the WAB trains to Kleine Scheidegg

3: From Kleine Scheidegg take the JB trains to Jungfaujoch

*= A good option is to travel to Kleine Scheidegg via Grindelwald and return via Lauterbrunnen (or vice versa)

Tickets and details of journeys between Interlaken Ost and Grindelwald, Lauterbrunnen, Kleine Scheidegg, Jungfraujoch, Mürren, Schyinge Platte and Wengen are available on the ‘Jungfrau Top Of Europe’ website.