On a length of 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi), it overcomes a height difference of 744 metres (2,441 ft).

It opened on 15 December 2017 and replaces the older Schwyz-Stoos funicular, operating since 1933 on a different route.

The carriages are barrel-shaped and rotate to maintain a level floor surface for passengers.

Construction took five years and cost 52 million Swiss francs.

[1][2][3] The new line has a maximum gradient of 110% (47.7°) and is the steepest funicular railway in Switzerland and Europe, superseding the Gelmerbahn.