DGAP-Adhoc: Jungfraubahnen Holding AG: More than 800,000 visitors again on the Jungfraujoch
07.01.2014 – 07:04
Jungfraubahnen Holding AG / Key word(s): Miscellaneous 07.01.2014 07:00 Release of an ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 KR --------------------------------------------------------------------------- More than 800,000 visitors again on the Jungfraujoch The Jungfrau Railway Group can look back on a successful year. For the second consecutive time, well over 800,000 guests travelled to Europe's highest-altitude railway station. Excursion traffic to the Jungfraujoch - Top of Europe continued to reap benefits from the activities of the 2012 centenary year. Despite fewer offers and promotions, the number of visitors recorded was 823,000 - a mere 1.2 per cent drop compared to the centenary year, and the second-best result in the railway's over 100-year history. The overseas markets in particular were pivotal to the continuing high visitor numbers. The fact that the company has intensively cultivated the Asian markets and strengthened the Jungfraujoch - Top of Europe brand has paid off. The other railways in the group also achieved higher passenger frequencies than last year's. The Harder Railway reported another significant passenger record, gaining a plus of 17.8 per cent. The First Aerial Cableway transported 0.5 per cent more guests than in 2012. The Lauterbrunnen-Mürren Mountain Rail & Cableway achieved an increase in passenger volume of 6.4 per cent. Thanks to high-capacity snow-making equipment, the Jungfrau Railway Group was able to launch the 2013/14 season early, offering excellent piste conditions throughout the group-run area of the Jungfrau Ski Region. The first facilities opened at the Kleine Scheidegg on 23 November 2013 - one week earlier than the previous year. Snowfall after Christmas provided exceptionally good piste conditions and launched the winter season with days of high visitor frequency over the festive period. The Jungfrau Ski Region is a cooperative joint product, in which the Jungfrau Railway Group holds an over 60 per cent share of sales. From the beginning of the season up to 2 January 2014, the Jungfrau Ski Region recorded 210,000 skier visits, thus achieving a plus of 12.9 per cent compared to the same period last year. Passenger Passenger Change in per frequency frequency cent 2013 2012 Jungfrau Railway 823,000 833,000 -1.2 (Jungfraujoch arr.) Grindelwald-First 431,000 429,000 0.5 (From valley station) Mürren rail & cableway 551,000 518,000 6.4 (Total frequency) Harder Railway 232,000 197,000 17.8 (Total frequency) Skier Visits Skier Visits Change in per 1.1.2013 - 31.12.2013 1.1.2012 - cent 31.12.2012 Jungfrau Ski 1,108,000 1,062,000 4.3 Region Skier Visits Skier Visits Change in per Season start - Season start - cent 2.1.2014 2.1.2013 Jungfrau Ski 210,000 186,000 12.9 Region For questions: Urs Kessler, Chairman of the Management Board +41 (0)79 407 90 52 07.01.2014 News transmitted by EQS Schweiz AG. The issuer is responsible for the contents of the release. EquityStory publishes regulatory releases, media releases on the capital market and press releases. The EquityStory Group distributes authentic and real-time financial news for over 1'300 listed companies. The Swiss news archive can be found at www.equitystory.ch/news --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: Jungfraubahnen Holding AG Harderstrasse 14 3800 Interlaken Switzerland Phone: +41 33 828 71 11 Fax: +41 33 828 72 64 E-mail: info@jungfrau.ch Internet: www.jungfrau.ch ISIN: CH0017875789 Valor: A0CACJ Listed: Freiverkehr in Stuttgart; SIX End of Announcement EQS Group News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------