Jungfrau Railways limit the number of skiers

The Jungfrau Railways in the future want to limit in a part of the Jungfrau ski region, the number of skiers and snowboarders. On the slopes above Wengen and Grindelwald in the future, a maximum of 17'800 people per day to drive around.

the Director of The Jungfrau Railways, Urs Kessler, announced the limit in an Interview with the "Sunday look". This intention grounds not only on Considerations of environmental protection, but also on such a marketing, he said. The scarcer a Good, the more valuable it is.

since 2009, the young woman limit tracks the number of guests on the Jungfraujoch. A maximum of 5500 people today can visit per day of this world famous destination. So to prevent that on nice weather days on the trains up on the yoke and on the Jungfraujoch itself, the crowd large. The Jungfrau ski area includes the slopes of the ski areas of Grindelwald-Wengen, Grindelwald-First and Mürren-Schilthorn. The limitation will come in the ski areas of Grindelwald-Wengen and Grindelwald-First for the application. The Kathrin Naegeli, media spokesperson of the Jungfrau Railways, said on Sunday on request.

The restriction to 17'800 people is to be introduced in a year, so at the beginning of the season 2020/21. It is planned that in the days guests. Subscription owners will be affected. With the limit, the key is to offer people quality, says Naegeli. The guests should be able to enjoy the experience.

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What do you think of a limitation of the number of skiers?

An idea with role model character. There are too many people on the slopes.
A Marketingag. A limitation will be hardly ever.
This exclusivity is inappropriate. Everyone should be able to skiing, where he wants the character
Vote

An idea with a model. There are too many people on the slopes.

57.2%

A Marketingag. A limitation will be hardly ever.

23.0%

This exclusivity is inappropriate. Everyone should be able to skiing, where he wants the character

19.8%

1596 votes

An idea with a model. There are too many people on the slopes.

57.2%

A Marketingag. A limitation will be hardly ever.

23.0%

This exclusivity is inappropriate. Everyone should be able to skiing, where he wants

19.8%

1596 votes

turned Indirect criticism of SBB

The Interview with Kessler to the question of whether investment in snow sports worth still. Kessler replied in the affirmative resolutely this question. He said, the Jungfrau Railways invested a lot of money, so that the ski resorts would be better accessible by public transport.

On the question of whether he was happy with the quality of the SBB as a Zubringerin satisfied, says Kessler: "So. . . if I'm going for the boss with mediocre satisfied, then my Team with the means of mass satisfied. However, we need to be getting better and better." Potential for improvement in the access to the ski resorts of the upper country, see Kessler at the railway station Interlaken Ost: The way the Trains were too long. Next Friday, the young woman dedicate tracks together with the male rail and the Bernese-Oberland-railway (BOB) in Grindelwald Grund, a new rail terminal.

the new Station BOB-Station "Grindelwald Terminal" will be able to require rail passengers from that day directly to the männlichen cableway, which leads to the ski resort Grindelwald-Wengen. The construction of the terminal belongs to the V-rail-project of the Jungfrau Railways, which will invest, together with the male rail 470 million Swiss francs.

Created: 08.12.2019, 12:15 PM