Europe’s highest-altitude railway station marks centenary

The Jungfrau Railway, near Interlanken, Switzerland, was one hundred years old on August 1. To celebrate the centenary, 48 flares were lit on the north walls of the Eiger and Monch showing the route of the historic railway through the two mountains.
A hundred years ago, Italian construction workers set off a huge charge of dynamite and succeeded in breaking through to the Jungfraujoch. Europe's highest-altitude railway station was officially opened on 1 August 1912. Exactly 100 years later, the Jungfrau Railway celebrated its centenary with a grand firework display.
During their one-hundred-year history, the Jungfrau Railway and the Jungfraujoch have developed into a tourist magnet. Today, some 750,000 people visit Europe's highest-altitude railway station every year of whom more than 60% come from Asia.
In March this year, a 250-metre-long experience round tour was opened, illustrating in artistic fashion the history of the Jungfrau Railway and the development of tourism in Switzerland. The railway will also present its centenary at the Olympic Games in London and the World Exhibition in Yeosu.
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