8 Amazing and Hazardous Railway Tracks in the world

Have people ever think about to build a unique as well as mind-blowing things makes in the world. Well, some of them are very important to build or connect the world through different transportation. In 19th century, there was incredible transportation mode made for easy transport where lot of people can travel in a big compartment. After, this awesome invention, the world became small and people can easily go one to another place in just help from the few cents. The first or after so many years, railways were running on tracks, after some year in this helpful thing becoming vast. However, people were added so many things in this mode such as coal to diesel to electricity to magnet.  Even though, like changes in methods, there were also changing in terms of facilities and comfort. Today, there are numbers of railways which known as luxurious journey and people spend thousands in this. People can get amazing services and facilities in wheels like “luxury in wheels” or “Train on the Cloud” or “The Death Railway”. 

Here, 8 different railway tracks which are known for its routes as well as architecture. 

Maeklong Market Railway (Thailand)

Listed in first place for amazing railway tracks for its amazing route and timing. It is famous for a unique railway line which passes through the food market in Maeklong also known as “umbrella pulldown market” in Thailand. In day, many times shopkeepers swiftly pack up their food stalls and pull back their things to let trains pass. Once the train passed to the track, the shopkeepers get down to business again as everyone back to normal as if nothing unexpected has ever happened. The train’s fog horn announces its arrival just before it round the bend as the nice thing about this market is that it adjusts itself and perfectly captures the train as it rolls through. Even though, visitors and vendors stand daringly close, at least closer than to any moving train or metro or subways. People who want to go there, they have to go early or enough time to walk down the tracks before the next train comes.

Napier Gisborne Railway (New Zealand)

The second wonder in railway tracks is Napier Gisborne Railway which passes through on runway of the Gisborne Airport. However, when plane approaches the airport, the train have to stop and seek clearance from the air traffic control tower to cross the runway. 

Georgetown Loop Railroad (USA)

Georgetown Loop Historical Railroad that brings Colorado history to life in a fun adventure that will thrill the entire family. This railroad is situated near I-70 with silver Plume a distance of 2 miles, however this route is 4.5 miles long and rises an elevation of 640 feet through the mountainous land along the supports, cuts, fills and a grand loop. As well as it included horseshoe curves, massive Devil’s Gate High Bridge also up to 4% grade and four bridges across Clear creek. An old-time steam locomotive chugs its way up the canyon to silver plume. This train runs many times during April 30th to December 30th. 

Tren a las Nubes (Argentina)

Another word for this train route is “Train to the Clouds”, as tourist attraction in the Salta Province, Argentina. However, this train connects the Argentina Northwest with the Chilean border in the Andes mountain range. This train listed in third highest railway tracks in the world that 4,220 meters above the sea level and this built for economic and social reasons. Today, this primarily a tourist attraction as a heritage railway. The Tren a las Nubes train passes on 2 zigazags, 2 spirals, 13 viaducts, 21 tunnels and 29 bridges but this train design does not use a rack and pinion system for traction, well this route had to be designed to avoid steep grades. 

Tunnel of Love (Ukraine)

One of the beautiful greenery and leafy tunnels like a scene from a film which is located at Ukraine that famous as Tunnel of Love. This tunnel is 3 km long private railway tracks which is located in the forest of Ukraine near the town of Klevan. Well, this railway track provides passage for a private train that delivering woods to a local factory. However, this train runs through the green channel which is attracting many couples and also photographers for its amazing beauty. 

The Landwasser Viaduct (Switzerland)

In 19th and 20th centuries were extremely, courage and imaginative to build a complex and well-organized mountain railway system in swiss by their engineers. Before this, it was difficult to travel across country as well as had difficult to communicate. This amazing construction involved terrific planning to construct bridges as well as tunnels to cross the swiss mountains. In this whole engineering marvel, the main attraction is the Landwasser Viaduct. Moreover, this world-famous railway track is listed in travel destination in Switzerland holiday brochures because of it passes through endless tunnels and over the marvelous bridges while surrounded by the natural beauty of the Alpine mountain range. However, swiss are still inventing in their railway network and making one of the most stunning and advanced in the world. 

The Death Railway (Thailand)

Another Thailand most amazing and popular train ride that is the Death Railway which takes 2 hours from Thailand-Burma between Kanchanaburi to Nam Tok. These entire views are awesome and scenic as well as its history was amazing, too. The trip is memorable while visiting the Thailand-Burma Railway center and provide the information for the enormous loss of Human life and unreal engineering behind the construction. This train was built by the Japanese during the WWII to connect Burma with Bangkok. However, this track also known as Death Railway as ten thousand of POWs and cheap local labor went while the construction. This train hugs the sides of sheet cliffs and passes over a number of unsteady wooden bridges which was built at River Kwai.

 Gyeonghwa Station (South Korea)

The most beautiful and scenic railway track in the world as there are 340,000 cherry trees in Jinhae, South Korea. These cherry trees are blossom in the spring and create a spectacular view of falling light pink flowers. Visitors come here every spring to see the epic scenery of cherry blossom.  Even though, Gyeonghwa station is also called Cherry Blossom Theme station where hundreds of cherry trees are lined 800 m before the entrance as well as tourists are busy on this romantic route as taking shots of romantic moments. However, when train passes by to capture the most elegant scenery rosy flowers petals fly into the air and showers down ever so amazingly as well as photographers wait beside the railway track to capture a perfect shot. Also, numbers of movies and marriage photo shot were filmed here as this romantic scenery.