The Rhaetian railway will enter the Guinness Book of Records as the path through which the “longest passenger train in the world” passed.
Switzerland holds the record for the longest passenger train in the world. On Sunday, October 30, writes Swissinfo.
The train traveled on Saturday along one of the most beautiful sections of the Rhaetian Railway: the Albula/Bernina route from Preda to Bergen. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2008, the route passes through 22 tunnels and 48 bridges. The whole trip takes more than an hour.
The train consists of four locomotives and 100 wagons. The total length is 1910 meters. The previous record was set in 1991, and then the train was 1732 meters.
“The longest train was controlled by the well-coordinated work of seven drivers. They had to precisely coordinate their actions: speed up the train or, on the contrary, slow it down at the same time. At the same time, the weight of the train is about three thousand tons,” the message said.
At the same time, drivers say that it is most difficult to slow down the train.
The director of the Rhaetian Railway, Renato Fasciati, said that the idea of setting the record came from a desire to highlight some of the achievements of Swiss engineering and celebrate the 175th anniversary of Swiss railways.
Recall that Swiss glaciers are melting at a record rate, losing six percent of their remaining volume this year, nearly double the previous record in 2003.
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