Gurtenbahn is being renovated - no bike transport from January to May 2024
The funicular railroad on the Gurten has reached the end of its service life. To obtain a new concession and operating license, the operators are renewing the entire railroad technology and procuring new rolling stock. In addition, the valley station is being converted so that it is handicapped accessible and ready for "automatic operation". It will also have a separate entrance for people with mountain bikes. From January 3, the train will no longer ride up Bern's local mountain. Pedestrians will be chauffeured up in buses. But mountain bikes will not be allowed. And no sledges either. The reopening is planned for May 2024.
Even more urgently, those who have a multi-ride ticket should take their last train ride on the Gurten. These will become invalid with the timetable change on December 10, 2023. The service will become cashless and the multi-ride tickets will no longer work. Instead, half-day and day tickets will be available to buy from ticket machines, the Gurtenbahn has announced.
If you can reach the trail entrance on the Gurten under your own steam, you can also ride the trail during the railroad revision. Trailnet maintains the trail over the winter. A Gurten Trail 2.0 is being planned, confirms Severin Schindler from Trailnet. However, the approval process has not yet progressed far enough for those involved to be able to say what the new trail will look like and when it will be built. It is clear that the construction work will not be able to take place during the overhaul of the Gurtenbahn as originally planned. Severin Schindler cannot be quoted further and promises that Trailnet will provide information in due course.
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