[Removed user]

29 October 2022 at 14:56:22 #828569

Rhaetian Railway today (29 Oct 2022) broke the record for the longest passenger train ever – 100 vehicles ran between Preda and Alvaneu on the Albula railway:

http://www.blick.ch/schweiz/graubuenden/laengster-personenzug-der-welt-weltrekordversuch-der-rhaetischen-bahn-exklusiv-auf-blick-tv-id17989529.html

http://www.swiss-image.ch/gorhbevent

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[Anna]

29 October 2022 at 15:22:13 #948030

Thanks for sharing 1960man.

Regards,

Anna

[Arno]

30 October 2022 at 5:24:11 #948031

Yes, it was a truly spectacular sight :-)! I was about to share the video you linked to – thanks for doing so.

[Danielsan]

31 October 2022 at 8:44:49 #948032

Hi Arno/1960man,

Ok, silly question, but any chance one can see/listen to this in English? If so, how? Thank you so much.

.Regards,

Danielsan

[Anna]

31 October 2022 at 12:15:14 #948033

Hi Danielsan,

I find similar videos in English on Youtube.

Video from Planet First

Video from AFP

Regards,

Anna

[Removed user]

31 October 2022 at 19:26:38 #948034

It was covered by BBC and CNN

[Danielsan]

31 October 2022 at 19:39:52 #948035

Hi Anna,

I was looking to try to translate all the article that was written along with the video. It looks loke only French and German were offered. Thank you so much for your efforts. Much appreciated.

Regards,

Danielsan

[Danielsan]

31 October 2022 at 19:48:24 #948036

Thank you 1960man.

That’s a pretty amazing train. It looks like one very, very, long snake slithering about the countryside. How, and from where, did they find so many carriages? And where did they find the room to assemble it, let alone the boarding process? That’s some feat. Thanks for posting.

Regards,

Danielsan

[Annika]

1 November 2022 at 10:34:30 #948037

Hi Danielsan,

The train consisted of 25 compositions with 4 wagons each. It was composed in the Albula tunnel, in the night and morning before it took off. After the ride it had to be decomposed, which I think happened in Alvaneu. This major operation obviously had a huge impact on Saturday’s regular timetable. This article provides some interesting insight (once you’ve translated it ;-)): http://www.bahndampf.de/schweiz/rhb-weltrekord.

[Danielsan]

2 November 2022 at 2:06:26 #948038

Hi Annika,

Thank you very much. I was able (somehow) to translate the print in the above link you posted. For anyone who may want to read it in English, its below. Thanks again Annika.

Regards,

Danielsan

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Longest passenger train in the world: world record of the Rhaetian Railway in Switzerland

UPDATED ON: OCTOBER 29, 2022

Longest passenger train in the world: world record of the Rhaetian Railway in Switzerland

It’s done: the Rhaetian Railway (RhB) holds the world record for the longest passenger train in the world with 1906 meters and 100 cars. The trip took place on the UNESCO World Heritage route from the Albula Tunnel in Preda to the world-famous landwasser viaduct shortly after Filisur. The world record was set as part of the 175th anniversary celebrations of the Swiss railways. Information & videos about the world record of the Rhaetian Railway and everything about the railway country Switzerland as well as the UNESCO World Heritage Route can be found below.

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With 25 four-car Capricorn multiple units from the leading Swiss manufacturer Stadler, the RhB crossed the Albula line on Saturday afternoon, October 29, 2022. The 1,906-metre-long record train was strung like a string of pearls in the Albula Tunnel on Saturday night and Saturday morning. Then he left at 14.20 Clock in Preda. Shortly at 15.30 the record train had reached its destination: the spectacular Überq

[Removed user]

2 November 2022 at 8:52:15 #948039

Thank you very much, Danielsan! 🙂

Ildiko

[Danielsan]

3 November 2022 at 3:12:00 #948040

You’re very welcome Ildiko,

Danielsan