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) ...

For those who don't know, a funicular railway is a type of railway that takes passengers up and down steep inclines using carriages pulled by cables. Last week, the steepest in the world, the Stoos ...

The barrel-shaped carriages of a new funicular line are seen front of mount Grosser Mythen (1,898 m/6,227 ft above sea level) during sunny winter weather in the Alpine resort of Stoos, Switzerland ...

The Swiss president, who has a fear of heights, took the trip surprisingly well, and on reaching her destination, said, “What we do in politics is trivial in comparison to this work,” adding the ride ...

Just in time for the winter ski season, the world's steepest funicular railway opened in the Swiss alpine resort of Stoos this weekend. Beginning near Schwyz, a town in central Switzerland about 40 ...

ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss technology is due to hit new heights on Friday when the world's steepest funicular line opens at one of its Alpine resorts. Swiss President Doris Leuthard will officially open ...

ZURICH – Swiss technology is due to hit new heights on Friday when the world’s steepest funicular line opens at one of its Alpine resorts. Swiss President Doris Leuthard will officially open the $52.6 ...

It may look like a white-knuckle fairground ride but this futuristic tram is the world's steepest funicular. Swiss President Doris Leuthard officially opened the line which whisks passengers 1,300 ...

The floors adjust to the slope as the funicular climbs The world's steepest funicular railway has opened to the public in Switzerland. Specially constructed cylindrical carriages have been used, ...

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