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how does Rick handle ststion names?

Interlaken has two train stations, two boat landings, and a host of bus stops.

The two train stations are named geographically, West and Ost, which is German for West and East.

I see many posts both in this Forum and in others which refer to Interlaken OST, with Ost all in caps, like an abbreviation or acronym. Why? Does the guidebook do that and they are copying, perhaps caps for EMPHASIS and just carried on...

anybody? My Switzerland Guidebook is about 20 years old so no sense me looking there...

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SBB sometimes puts it in caps to clarify the difference between Ost & West, but it really doesn't matter, Ost and OST are the same thing.

Posted by
442 posts

People who write it that way probably just don’t know what it means, thinking it stands for something.

Posted by
13578 posts

You mean OST doesn't stand for Other Swiss Train?

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1387 posts

Hi Nigel. The names in the 2023 guidebook are Ost and West, not all caps.