{"id":59308,"date":"2017-12-15T08:20:29","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T13:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/worlds-steepest-funicular-to-open-on-sunday-in-switzerland-watch\/"},"modified":"2017-12-15T08:20:29","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T13:20:29","slug":"worlds-steepest-funicular-to-open-on-sunday-in-switzerland-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/worlds-steepest-funicular-to-open-on-sunday-in-switzerland-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s Steepest Funicular to Open on Sunday in Switzerland: WATCH"},"content":{"rendered":"

World\u2019s Steepest Funicular to Open on Sunday in Switzerland: WATCH<\/b>
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TheSchwyz-Stoos funicular (Standseilbahn Schwyz-Stoos in German) is being hailed as a feat of modern engineeriing.<\/p>\n

The Guardian<\/em> reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cA level-adjusting function will allow the space-age-looking carriages, accessible to all users, to remain horizontal while speeding up the mountain at up to 10 metres a second. It is due to be opened by the Swiss president, Doris Leuthard, in the Alpine resort of Stoos, 1,300 metres (4,300ft) above sea level in central\u00a0Switzerland\u00a0on Friday. The train, two lines of cylindrical carriages, resembling beer barrels, will allow passengers to remain upright at all times, even as they ascend \u2013 or descend \u2013 the 1,720-metre track, climbing or descending 743 metres a second along gradients as steep as 110% (47.7\u00ba).\u201d<\/p>\n

The previous world\u2019s steepest, in Bern, Switzerland, ascended the mountain at an angle at a 106 degree gradient.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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