Switzerland built the longest passenger train in the world, 100 cars, with a total length of almost 2 km. It ran 25 km and did not exceed 35 km/h, being a specially created train to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the start of train service in the small Alpine state.
The Rhaetian Railway Company formed an ultra-long train that connected 25 trains of four cars each. The result was a 1.9 km train that broke the world record set in Belgium 31 years ago.
The 2,900-ton train took an hour to cover the 25 km between Preda and Alvaneu on the Albula railway, one of the most beautiful in Europe, also a UNESCO heritage site.
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The tricky part was getting the 25 Capricorn trains to decelerate and accelerate together at the same time. They were carried by seven mechanics, there were 21 more technicians and only 150 passengers on board the huge train.
It has been 175 years since the first train in Switzerland ran on the 23-kilometer line between Zurich and Baden in 1847.
The 62 km long Albula line was built in five years and has 39 tunnels and 55 bridges. Until 1904, when trains began to run, 62 km were covered in 14 hours by carriage or sleigh.
Sources: swissinfo.ch, CNN, AFP
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