22/01/2022
Is it possible for a train to climb a mountain? Engineering says YES: This is the world's steepest funicular railway; At its steepest point, the slope is 110%, about 47 degrees.
Opened in December 2017, the Stoos funicular railway connects the village of that name to the Muota valley, famous for the Hölloch caves, which are among the longest in the world. The new funicular has taken the place of an older line built in 1933, the concession for which had expired.
Source: National Geographic
The Stoos Bahn is the steepest funicular railway in the world and is paraded as a masterpiece of Swiss engineering. Despite its futuristic sci-fi look, this ...