Pilatusban is considered the steepest railway in the world. The entire route from the city of Alpnachstadt to the top of Mount Pilatus takes half an hour by train, making a couple of stops along the way. The most dangerous section of the Pilatusban railway is at the end, when the train enters the tunnels, and tourists convulsively squeeze into their chairs.
This is where the real Swiss extreme begins. Pilatus is a mountain range in the Swiss Alps, one of the must-see places. There are three ways to get to the top of the mountain: by cogwheel railway (from Alpnachstad), by cable car (from Kriens) or on foot. Any of the methods of climbing will leave an unforgettable experience, the main thing is to guess with the weather. It is changeable here — rain can change sunny weather without warning, and vice versa. This sometimes several times a day. Pilatusban is an old railway, it was opened in 1889, and in 1937 it was electrified. The construction of the railway was carried out according to the project of an engineer with a speaking surname Eduard Locher. An interesting fact is that when he proposed a design for a structure with two horizontally moving gears, he was called an eccentric. Today, the Locher system is one of the most common gearing designs on railways… (read more)
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