Topic summary
Pilatus Railway
0.0
440 M
1.3
890 M
Wolforttunnel
40 m
Spycher tunnel I
47 m
Spycher tunnel II
97 m
2.3
1,355 M
3.3
1,600 M
Eselwand tunnel I
44 m
Eselwand tunnel II
50 m
Eselwand tunnel III
46 m
Eselwand tunnel IV
9 m
4.8
2,073 M
Aerial cable car Kriens-Krienseregg-
The Pilatus Railway (German: Pilatusbahn, PB) is a mountain railway in Switzerland and the steepest rack railway in the world, with a maximum gradient of 48% and an average gradient of 35%. The line runs from Alpnachstad, on , to a terminus near the Esel summit of Pilatus at an elevation of 2,073 m (6,801 ft), which makes it the highest railway in the canton of Obwalden and the second highest in Central Switzerland after the Furka line. At Alpnachstad, the Pilatus Railway connects with steamers on Lake Lucerne and with trains on the Brünigbahn line of Zentralbahn.