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President Doris Leuthard has inaugurated the Stoos funicular railway line, the steepest in the world. Leuthard, who was part of the group that took the maiden Stoosbahn voyage, described the ride as a ...

Way up there in the Alps a stunning railway line has opened, taking the title for 'world's steepest funicular railway' in the process. The incredible feat of engineering is located in the Alpine ...

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The tiny village of Stoos, Switzerland just opened the world’s steepest funicular on Sunday. The new transit line will cover 1,720 meters from a station in the Schwyz-Schlattli valley up to Stoos, ...

Funicular railways are cable-based train lines that shuttle carriages up steep inclines, and they don't come any steeper than the Stoosbahn that has just opened in Switzerland. Connecting the mountain ...

The steepest funicular railway in the world has opened in Switzerland, with gradients of up to 110 per cent. Running from the valley floor in the town of Schwyz up to the village of Stoos, which is ...

It looks like a string of giant hamster wheels, but the world’s steepest funicular railway is being hailed for its revolutionary design. The cabins on the 52 million-Swiss franc ($52.6 million) ...