Meiringen–Innertkirchen railway line

Meiringen–Innertkirchen
MIB Be 4/4 8 near the Aareschlucht
Overview
OwnerMeiringen-Innertkirchen-Bahn
LocaleBernese Highlands, canton of Bern, Switzerland
Termini
Stations7
Service
Services1
History
Opened1 August 1926
Electrified19 November 1977
Technical
Line length4.99 km (3.10 mi)
Charactercommuter and tourist railway
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) metre gauge
ElectrificationOverhead line, 1,200 V DC
Highest elevation635 m (2,083 ft)
Maximum incline20 
Route diagram

km
0.00
Meiringen
0.16
former Meiringen MIB platform
0.65
Meiringen Alpbach
1.37
Aareschlucht West
Kirchetunnel
1502 m
3.38
Aareschlucht Ost MIB
4.15
Innertkirchen Unterwasser
Chiesten
63 m
4.44
Innertkirchen Grimseltor
4.99
Innertkirchen MIB
workshops
Source: Swiss railway atlas

The Meiringen–Innertkirchen railway line is a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) metre gauge railway line in the Swiss canton of Bern. It covers a distance of 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) between Innertkirchen and Meiringen, where it connects with the Brünig railway line of the Zentralbahn company, which links Interlaken and Lucerne.

The Kraftwerke Oberhasli (KWO) electricity supply company built the line in 1926 to support the development of the local hydroelectricity industry. It began carrying passengers in 1946 and the KWO spun off a new company, the Meiringen-Innertkirchen-Bahn (MIB), to operate it. KWO sold the company to the Zentralbahn at the end of 2020. The line serves a local transport role, as well as transporting tourists to the scenic Aare Gorge.