8The Pilatus Railway, Switzerland
You will need both courage and strong, steady innards to ride the Pilatus railway route that connects the village of Alpanch and Mount Pilatus. It is reported to be the world’s steepest rack railway with an average gradient of 35 percent and a maximum gradient of 48 percent. The train route has an altitude of roughly 2000 meters running through the route’s most dangerous slopes, and a length of nearly 4.7 kilometers. During the trip, the train climbs nearly 1600 meters which is why people consider it dangerous. Only 32 passengers can ride the train at one time.
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