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Old Dec 4, 2000, 1:39 pm
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Rudi
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Join Date: May 1998
Location: CH-3823 Wengen Switzerland
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opus17: the swiss FlyerTalk concierge will take good care of them. Catman and wanderlust already received (e-mail) very detailed railway schedules (and the railway pass is no good for the 'top of the Jungfrau-trip from Wengen).

Here is (just a small piece for the departing day) from their train-schedule:

If you don't travel with hand-luggage only, we will check-in your luggage already the evening before (Saturday evening) at the Wengen station all the way through to Newark.

Train connection Wengwald - Zurich airport: Sunday, dec-17-2000
Wengwald -> Zurich Airport via Bern

This station is 7 easy walking minutes away from our Wengen Chalet (downhill walking)
Wengwald departure 05:45AM (Stop on request / Second class only)
Lauterbrunnen arrival 06:00AM
(change of train, just side-by-side)
Lauterbrunnen departure 06:05AM
(stops in Zweiluetschinen 06:15AM, Wilderswil 06:21AM)
Interlaken East arrival 06:25AM, track 2
(change of train, arrival track 2, departure track 5)
Interlaken Ost departure 06:33AM track 55 (train#IC 911) Restaurant in the middle of the train serving breakfast
(stops in Interlaken West 06:36AM, Därligen 06:42AM, Leissigen 06:47AM, Faulensee 06:52AM, Spiez 06:58AM, Thun 07:10AM, Münsingen 07:20AM, Bern (capital of Switzerland) 07:34AM (train will change direction - going 'backwards from here', don't worry)
Zürich main-station arrival 08:57AM, departure 09:07AM (train will change direction again - going 'backwards from here', don't worry)
Zürich Flughafen = Airport arrival 09:16
'climb' 3 levels up (stair-elevators) to the bridge to terminal 'B' one more stair-elevator upwards to the departure level: check-in at the big Star-Alliance = Lufthansa counters: the last one, at the end, is the Senator first countergood for 'StarGold check-in and anaccompanying guest. At the end of the check-in procedure ask for the current PIN-code to the Senator lounge (after passport controle, downstairs, in your back are the wto lounges of British Airways and LH Senator: type in the PIN code and in you are (self-service)

Journey Time: 3 hours 31 minutes
Change procedures: 2
Date: 17.dec.00
Days of operation: runs always
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