The pass, located between the Lauberhorn and the Eiger's ridge, houses a complex of hotels and railway buildings.

[3][4] The station is the culminating point of the Wengernalp Railway (WAB), whose trains operate to Kleine Scheidegg from Lauterbrunnen via Wengen, and separately from Grindelwald.

It is also the lower terminus of the Jungfrau Railway (JB), whose trains climb within the Eiger to the Jungfraujoch.

This is principally because of the need, for safety reasons, to have each train's motorcar or locomotive at its downhill end.

[1][4] The WAB and JB use different rail gauges, different electrification systems and different rack railway technology, and are not physically connected.