Which Swiss railway station is located at Europe’s highest railway terminus, on the Jungfraujoch?

Jungfraujoch railway station is the station at Europe’s highest railway terminus, on the Jungfraujoch in Switzerland. It lies at an elevation of 3,454 metres above sea level.

The station is served by the Jungfrau Railway, whose line runs from Kleine Scheidegg through a 7.3-kilometre tunnel inside the Eiger and Mönch mountains. Construction began in 1896, and the railway reached the Jungfraujoch in 1912 after more than a decade of difficult alpine engineering.

Jungfraujoch is a high-altitude tourist destination rather than a through railway junction. Visitors typically arrive to see the Sphinx observation building, the Aletsch Glacier and the Alpine Sensation exhibition. The station itself is underground, which helps protect railway infrastructure from severe mountain weather.

A common mix-up is Gornergrat, which has Europe’s highest open-air railway station. Jungfraujoch holds the record for the highest railway station in Europe overall, while Gornergrat’s station is exposed outdoors rather than inside a tunnel or mountain complex.