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Editor’s note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. Switzerland aims highA spectacular new cable car has opened in Switzerland’s Bernese Alps. It connects the village of Stechelberg with the car-free village of Mürren, some 1,650 meters (5,413 feet) above sea level. The world’s steepest funicular railway opened in the alpine village of Stoos in 2017, rising 743 meters (2,438 feet) along gradients as steep as 110%. CNN Travel asked flight attendants to share their secrets for getting from A to B through the season.
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Weird and wonderful trains that break the rules
  + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Ben Jones | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +14 min
Here’s a selection of unusual railways that break the rules in order to reach the places other trains can’t roll. The single rails carrying the trains are supported by a series of 486 steel portals weighing almost 20,000 tonnes in total. It is the oldest continuously operating pier railway in the world. Six miles of the route are along a rural railway line, with the rest in bus mode. Katoomba Scenic Railway, AustraliaNot far from the wonderful city of Sydney is a railway experience unlike anything else in the world.
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