<!-- wp:html --><p>A 1.2-mile-long Swiss train has set a new world record for the longest passenger train.</p>
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<p>A Swiss train has set a new world record for the longest passenger train.<br />
The train was made up of 25 new railcars and stretched more than 1.2 miles.<br />
The train traveled through a UNESCO World Heritage site in eastern Switzerland.</p>
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<div class="slide">To celebrate the 175th anniversary of Switzerland's first railway, Rhaetian Railway, a Swiss transport company, has set a world record for the longest passenger train.
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<div class="slide">The record-breaking train was formed of 25 new "Capricorn" electric trains and 100 cars stretching more than 1.2 miles.
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<div class="slide">The train traveled through a UNESCO World Heritage route from Preda to Alvaneu in south-eastern Switzerland. The scenic route included passing through the Albula Tunnel in Preda and the Landwasser Viaduct near Filisur.
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<div class="slide">The route included 22 tunnels, 48 bridges, and numerous steep inclines and turns.
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<p>"We all know the Albula Line very well, every change of gradient, every incline," the train's lead driver, Andreas Kramer, told <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/world-record-train-switzerland/index.html">CNN</a>. "We need to be 100% synchronized, every second. Everyone has to keep their speed and other systems under control at all times."</p>
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<div class="slide">The train was operated by seven drivers, with 21 technicians also working to ensure the journey was safe. Thousands of people lined the route or waited at stations to watch the record-setting journey.
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swiss-image.ch/Philipp Schmidli
A Swiss train has set a new world record for the longest passenger train.
The train was made up of 25 new railcars and stretched more than 1.2 miles.
The train traveled through a UNESCO World Heritage site in eastern Switzerland.
swiss-image.ch/Philipp Schmidli
PHILIPP SCHMIDLI/ Swiss Image
swiss-image.ch/Philipp Schmidli
swiss-image.ch/Philipp Schmidli
“We all know the Albula Line very well, every change of gradient, every incline,” the train’s lead driver, Andreas Kramer, told CNN. “We need to be 100% synchronized, every second. Everyone has to keep their speed and other systems under control at all times.”
swiss-image.ch/Philipp Schmidli