The station opened on 19 September 1898, with the opening of the first open air stretch of the Jungfraubahn. After further construction, the line was extended to a temporary terminus within the tunnel at
Rotstock station on 2 August 1899. Jungfraubahn AG announced that a new
V-cableway would be constructed to bring visitors direct to Eigergletscher from Grindelwald, shortening journey times to the Jungfraujoch by 47 minutes. Construction started in the summer of 2018 and the new service called the
Eiger Express began in December 2020. It allows a connection from a new station,
Grindelwald Terminal, to the new Eigergletscher gondola station, with a transfer hall where passengers can transfer from the gondola to the Jungfraubahn train to the Jungfraujoch summit.{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/new-cableway-reshaping-swiss-mountain-eiger-experience|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210325175818/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/new-cableway-reshaping-swiss-mountain-eiger-experience|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 25, 2021|title=The Swiss mountain that’s changing forever ==Services==