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 ...

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) ...

In the Swiss Alps, the Stoosbahn funicular opened in late 2017 to replace a 1933 rail line. Its main job was moving residents and workers between the valley and the car-free mountain village of Stoos.

Passenger railways are an efficient mode of transport worldwide, from Japan's iconic bullet train to London's stuffy commuter journeys, to scenic routes across the Swiss Alps on the Bernina Express.

The world's steepest funicular railway, or cliff railway, is now up and running in the Swiss Alps. Just over a mile long (1,720 meters), the railway begins in a valley near Schwyz, Switzerland. It ...

It looks like a string of giant hamster wheels, but the world's steepest funicular railway is being hailed for its revolutionary design. It looks like a string of giant hamster wheels, but the world's ...

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 ...