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ARTICLE VIEW:
Shania Twain now has a high-tech Swiss train named after her. Meet
‘Shania Train’
By Caolán Magee, CNN
Updated:
2:19 PM EDT, Mon March 20, 2023
Source: CNN
What does a musician with five Grammy Awards and two World Music Awards
need to round off her list of achievements? A high-tech Swiss train
named after her, of course.
The new , which runs from Montreux on Lake Geneva to Interlaken in
central Switzerland, has been named “Shania Train” as a tribute to
Canadian country music star .
Twain has lived by Lake Geneva for 10 years, and a spokesperson for the
Montreux Oberland Bernois Railway said in a press statement: “The
Canadian singer is the godmother of the Shania Train.”
Twain spoke of her “honor” on Twitter after she attended the
inauguration ceremony in December, : “All aboard the Shania Train to
Twain Town.”
The new train – the first nonstop service on the route – has had to
overcome some hefty obstacles.
First, the platforms at each station are at different heights, making
getting on and off potentially hazardous. But now, thanks to trucks
beneath each carriage, the new train’s body can adjust to the
platform height by moving up or down 200 millimeters (nearly 8 inches).
The engineers’ other big challenge was finding a way to allow the
train to run along the two different track gauges on the route. The
solution? Wheels that can be adjusted to different widths while the
train is on the move.
So where once passengers on the route had to change trains twice, they
can now enjoy their three-hour journey across the Swiss Alps
undisturbed.
The new train follows the “Golden Pass” trade route, which has
existed since the Middle Ages, starting by tracking the shores of Lake
Geneva before entering the Hongrin valley – famous for its dairy
cows, cheese and chocolate. It terminates in the resort town of
Interlaken.
At present, the service runs once a day in either direction, but from
June 11, it will increase to four daily return trips.

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