Brienz BRB railway station

Brienz BRB railway station (German: Bahnhof Brienz BRB) is a railway station in the municipality of Brienz, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is the lower terminus of the Brienz–Rothorn rack railway (BRB) that climbs to the summit of the Brienzer Rothorn mountain.[1][2]

Brienz BRB
The station in 2018
Location	Brienz Switzerland
Coordinates	46°45′17.77972″N 8°2′19.95965″E
Owned by	Brienz Rothorn Bahn
Line(s)	Brienz–Rothorn line
Train operators	Brienz Rothorn Bahn
History
Opened	1892 (1892)
Services
Preceding station Brienz Rothorn Bahn Following station Planalp towards Brienzer Rothorn Brienz–Rothorn line Terminus
Location
Brienz BRB Location within Switzerland Show map of Switzerland Brienz BRB Brienz BRB (Canton of Bern) Show map of Canton of Bern

The station is located across the street from Brienz railway station on the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in) gauge Brünig line of Zentralbahn with service to Lucerne and Interlaken Ost. Connections are also available to local bus network provided by PostBus Switzerland, and shipping services operated by the BLS AG on Lake Brienz at an adjacent quay. Amongst other destinations, buses link to the Ballenberg open-air museum, whilst boats link to the lower station of the Giessbach Funicular, which gives access to the Giessbach Falls.[3][4]

The station opened in 1892, four years after the Jura–Bern–Lucerne Railway opened Brienz railway station.[5]