Interlaken Ost railway station

Interlaken Ost regional rail
Station statistics
Coordinates	46°41′26″N 07°52′11″E
Lines	Berner Oberland Bahn, Zentralbahn, Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon railway, SBB-CFF-FFS, Deutsche Bahn
Platforms	8
Other information

Interlaken Ost (East) is the main station in the town of Interlaken in the region of Bern, Switzerland. The town has one other station, Interlaken West.

Interlaken Ost is currently served by five operators, Berner Oberland Bahn, Zentralbahn, BLS, SBB-CFF-FFS and Deutsche Bahn.

The station is notable in that although lines converge on it from three directions, it is the terminus of every service which enters it. There are no through services due to incompatibilities in gauge and electrical systems. The line to the west (used by the SBB-CFF-FFS, BLS and Deutsche Bahn services) is standard gauge while the BOB and Zentralbahn tracks are metre gauge. Additionally, there are two electrical systems; 1500V DC for the BOB services and 15kV AC for all the rest.

None of the platforms are dual-gauge or dual-system so the eight platforms do not offer the operational flexibility which might have been assumed to be the case.

A BOB train at Interlaken Ost, note the former brown / cream livery

Train Services

The following services currently start/end at Interlaken Ost:

Operator	Train Type	Route	Frequency	Notes
SBB	Intercity	Basel SBB - Olten - Bern - Thun - Spiez - Interlaken West - Interlaken Ost	1x per hour
BLS	InterRegio	Bern - Thun - Spiez - Interlaken West - Interlaken Ost
BLS	Regio Express	Zweisimmen - Boltigen - Erlenbach im Simmental - Oey-Diemtigen - Wimmis - Spiez - Interlaken West - Interlaken Ost		Golden Pass Panorama train
BLS	Regio	Spiez - Faulensee - Leissigen - Därligen - Interlaken West - Interlaken Ost	1x per hour
Deutsche Bahn	ICE	Basel SBB - Liestal - Olten - Bern - Thun - Spiez - Interlaken West - Interlaken Ost
Zentralbahn	Interregio (Brünig Line)	Interlaken Ost - Brienz - Meiringen - Brünig-Hasliberg - Lungern - Giswil - Sarnen - Alpnach Dorf - Hergiswil - Luzern	1x per hour
Zentralbahn	Regio (Brünig Line)	Interlaken Ost - Riggenberg - Niederried - Oberried am Brienzersee - Ebligen - Brienz West - Brienz - Brienzwiler - Meiringen	1x per hour
Berner Oberland Bahn	Regio	Interlaken Ost - Wilderswil - Zweilütschinen - Lauterbrunnen	2x per hour	Trains for Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen leave Interlaken Ost coupled together, splitting at Zweilütschinen
Berner Oberland Bahn	Regio	Interlaken Ost - Wilderswil - Zweilütschinen - Lütschental - Burglaunen - Schwendi - Grindelwald	2x per hour

Preceding station		SBB-CFF-FFS		Following station
Interlaken West toward Basel SBB		SBB-CFF-FFS		Terminus
Interlaken West toward Bern		BLS		Terminus
Interlaken West toward Spiez		BLS		Terminus
Interlaken West toward Zweisimmen		BLS		Terminus
Terminus		BOB		Wilderswil toward Lauterbrunnen
Terminus		BOB		Wilderswil toward Grindelwald
Terminus		Zentralbahn		Brienz toward Luzern
Terminus		Zentralbahn		Riggenberg toward Meiringen
Interlaken West toward Basel SBB		ICE		Terminus