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Jungfraujoch magnet for many Swiss visitors in 2009

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05.01.2010
In 2009, 651,000 people took the trip to the Jungfraujoch - Top of 
Europe: the second-best result in Jungfrau Railways´ history. Only in
2007 did more people travel to Europe´s highest-altitude railway 
station. Visitor frequencies rose by 3.7 per cent compared to 2008.
The result is all the more remarkable considering the fact that in 
2009, Jungfrau Railways welcomed around 100,000 fewer Asian guests on
the Jungfraujoch in comparison to the previous year. This reduction 
in numbers is due to concerns about swine flu, the economic crisis 
and an exchange rate that made travelling in Switzerland expensive. 
Jungfrau Railways was able to offset the decline thanks to a vigorous
marketing strategy and special offers. Large numbers of Swiss were 
motivated to visit the Jungfraujoch with excellent-value offers. 
Events on the Aletsch Glacier, such as a game of cricket between 
India and Great Britain, the largest ever gathering of flag bearers 
and the visit by heavyweight boxer Vitali Klitschko, contributed to 
the Jungfraujoch-Top of Europe brand enjoying global publicity. The 
SnowpenAir concert and first Starnacht from Jungfrau Region also 
presented the region in an extremely positive light.
Other excursion destinations were also well-frequented last year. The
drop in visitor numbers on the Harder Railway can be explained by the
fact that the railway celebrated its centenary in 2008 and frequency 
was doubled thanks to special offers. In 2009, the Harder Railway 
actually achieved the second-best result in its history.
Start of winter season
The 2009/2010 winter season has had only an average start. Some 
164,000 guests took to the pistes of Grindelwald-First, Kleine 
Scheidegg-Männlichen and Mürren-Schilthorn over the Christmas/New 
Year period (21 December to 3 January). The transport companies in 
the Jungfrau Winter region were thus unable to repeat the previous 
year´s excellent results. This was largely due to poor weather and 
the resultant lack of day guests during the festive season.
The six-seater Eigernordwand chairlift, which opened on 11 December 
2009 has proved a success. Many winter-sport fans used the link 
between Arvengarten and Eigergletscher in order to enjoy the 
powder-snow pistes at the foot of the Eiger North Wall.
Passenger frequency Passenger frequency  Change
                                 2009                2008                 in %
•       Jungfrau Railway:        651,000            628,000               +3,7%
(Joch arrivals)
•       Wengernalp Railway:      2,444,000          2,421,000             +1%
(total frequency)
•       Grindelwald-First:       484,000            472,000               +2.5%
(from bottom station)
•       Mürren rail & cableway:  541,000            567,000               -4.6%
(total frequency)
•       Harder Railway:          146,000            179,000               -18.4%
end of announcement                               euro adhoc

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Urs Kessler, CEO
0041 794 07 90 52

Branche: Railway
ISIN: CH0017875789
WKN: 001787578
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