Many interesting trains with magnetic or rotating blades have been produced so far. But the rotating Stoosbahn train in Switzerland is the strangest train ever built for its purpose.
The Stoosbahn train in the Swiss Alps runs successfully on the steepest railway ever and carries many passengers. The train, which can carry passengers on this steep railway without any problems, has special cylindrical wagons that allow the passengers to stand upright on the slope.
How does a train with a cylindrical carriage move?
The Stoosbahn train is actually a 5,643-meter cable car serving the Stoos ski resort in the Swiss Alps with a capacity of 100 people. It consists of two sets of wagons that balance each other at both ends of a cable and can rotate around an operating station at the top, so we can also call it a funicular.
The railway of the Stoosbahn funicular stretches 110 m above the town of Schwyz to the car-free Alpine village of Stoos. The train, which cost approximately 40 million Euros and was completed in 14 years, carries passengers safely every day. The biggest feature that makes this funicular different from the others is that it can go up a steep slope up to 47.7 degrees. In order for the passengers to stand at such a steep angle, the train has a cylindrical passenger cabin that can stay at the same level as it rises.
The train, which is used both in the entertainment sector and for the transportation of the citizens in the region, moves at 22 miles per hour and can finish the journey in 4-7 minutes. In the region where there is no vehicle transportation under normal conditions, citizens can eliminate the distance between them thanks to this interesting funicular system.
The journey of the train in one trip:
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