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speckadust t1_ix1o21v wrote
It's about 185 miles via car, couldn't find (didn't look very hard) mileage via train. A little over 200 miles best guess
ElfMage83 t1_ix1oclq wrote
>A little over 200 miles best guess.
Wikipedia says ~181 miles.
speckadust t1_ix1upcn wrote
Well alrighty then
sksksk1989 t1_ix27kx2 wrote
It was a pretty good guess and you did much more research then my lazy ass did.
biermonkey t1_ix1k37x wrote
The Glacier "not so" Express.
Allthepancakemix t1_ix2nfo3 wrote
Well, actual glaciers move even slower, and there's the phrase "at glacial speed", so there's that.
LipTrev t1_ix1rawq wrote
This is slow for the same reason things like Angel's Flight in LA, and whatever that thing is called in Pittsburgh are slow: it is cogged railway, at least in parts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rack_railway#Abt
The Glacier Express also has lots of sections on regular (narrow gauge) rails, so it is not a simple cogged railway.
The general class is called Steep Grade Railway:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steep_grade_railway
San Francisco uses a cable system to climb it's grades, but it is of the same general class.
fvillion t1_ix29oa7 wrote
We took it in 1986. It's well worth the trip. And Zermatt is a great destination: we stayed there a week before heading to Basal for the Rhine cruise to Nijmegen in the Netherlands.
travel_ali t1_ix2pnnp wrote
The company markets the train as 'the slowest Express train in the world'.
The writer for timeout has just read their promotional material, turned it into 5 paragraphs of article, and misunderstood the tagline.
I don't know what is the slowest train in the world, but the answer isn't going to come from a timeout advertorial.
olagorie t1_ix3kyl6 wrote
Well, enjoying the scenery is the whole point of taking this train, so the longer it takes, the better
TheCloudFestival t1_ix2wjfp wrote
Yeah, but it does travel across the top of a goddam mountain range several times, so there's that.
speckadust t1_ix1nku3 wrote
Google maps: 7 hours 22 mins via train
Heterochromio t1_ix2anco wrote
Glacially slow
nbadman93 t1_ix38y0p wrote
Laughs in Amtrak
sandra_p t1_ix3jmu9 wrote
Took it a couple of years ago. Not worth it. Get a swiss pass instead and take the regular train between all your destinations. Scenery was better.
richg0404 t1_ix3l6t9 wrote
now put a webcam on it so they can stream the views
OldMork t1_ix276t3 wrote
My morning commute is just slightly faster sometimes.
ElfMage83 t1_ix1n7xt wrote
Why not add the distance in the title for the billions unfamiliar with Switzerland's towns?