TRAINS IN WORLD

3. Slowest train – Glacier express.

• Service type : Tourist train
• First service : 25 June 1930, 07:30
• The world famous glacier express covers 300km across the Swiss alps, A full day of magnificent views between zermatt and st.moritz.
• Attraction type : scenic trip, by train.
• A journey with the glacier express :- A Glacier express is direct train from zermatt to st.moritz. The train also referred to as the Slowest train in the world. The journey takes about 8 hours.
• There is a good reason for this slow pace : The train train squeezes its way through the Alps, through narrow valleys tight curves, 91 tunnels and across 291 bridges.

4. Longest  and heaviest train : Ore train.

The world record was set on June 21, 2001 in western Australia between Newman and port headland, a distance of 275 km (170 miles ) and the train consisted of 68.2 loaded iron ore wagons and 8 GE AC6000 locomotives giving a gross weight of almost 100,000 tonnes and moved 82,262 tonnes of ore, the train 7.353 km ( 4.568 miles)…..

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