GrindelwaldBus
Grundstrasse 32, 3818 Grindelwald, Switzerland, Grindelwald
+41 33 854 16 16
grindelwaldbus.ch
Monday: 08:00 to 12:30
Tuesday: 08:00 to 12:30
Wednesday: 08:00 to 12:30
Thursday: 08:00 to 12:30
Friday: 08:00 to 12:30
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed
The 212 bus for 8.38 on 02.07.2025 was running late and failed to stop to pick up at Kirche. The bus driver saw us. Also they don't stop at pedestrian crossings in Grindelwald.
Worst transportation service I've ever experienced in Switzerland in almost 10 years as a GA-Travelcard holder. The driver stood at the bus stop in Bussalp with his vehicle for at least 15 minutes, as he arrived that early- and somehow managed to leave 5 minutes later than scheduled and so we arrived in Grindelwald with too much a delay and missed our connecting train to Interlaken Ost. As we had to wait another hour for the next train, we saw that the exact same thing happened to the next travelers that came by Grindelwald-Bus. With the same exact driver, who by the way was very rude to us from the very beginning.
Just payed almost twice as much for a trip to Bussalp than last year. One Adult, up and down without a GA or half fare card is 78 CHF. This is more than a one day ski pass for the entire Jungfrau region. This is borderline usury. If you sledge down half way you save about 20 CHF. But the sledgerun was very poor and I pity everyone who payed 60 CHF for this. I used to go up there several times per year. Today was the last time. No clue what the company thought when they set this price. I can only think that there is a political thing going on. Or some one tries to rip off people that are already there, and then either go home again or pay this extremely high price. In anyway. They will lose regulars by the hundreds.
Most crazy experience in my life. We barely escaped with our life, as we went down the sledding track at Bussalp. We knew the road was shared with the busses coming up to offload more sledders, so we went in a resonable pace downhill on alert, but were still cought completely by surprise when turning a corner: out of the blue and with no signal warning were three busses coming up hell bent and braking for nobody. We had perhabs 20 m to stop on a sloping road which turned out to be impossible. Reaction took over and we had to throw ourselves to the side, rolling past the bus wheels down along the side of the bus. The driver never stopped to check on us. Naturally we were extremely shaken, so we decided ditch the sled and go for a walk instead. On our way up with the bus we agaain saw several near-accidents where people had to throw themselves to the side to prevent a fatality. Un-be-lievable!!! This would NEVER fly in any other civilized country. Why on earth dont they have a car drive in front to stop ongoing traffic before the busses coming crashing into you? The horn is NOT loud enough to be heard, and is not used all the way up or down either. Irresponsible, dangerous and not worth your life. Find another place.
We had a frustrating experience with the bus service as we paid for it but had to wait for an hour and a half before anyone picked us up. Furthermore, when we waited for the bus to take us back, it was delayed by 30 minutes, causing us to walk to catch our train.
27 CHF for a 10km/10min bus ride from Gr. Sheidegg to Grindelwald. What a rip off. Stealing money from the tourist. Total disgrace! 10 CHF should be max!