The Lickey Incline, south of Birmingham, is the steepest sustained main-line railway incline in Great Britain. The climb is a gradient of 1-in-37.7 (2.65%) for a continuous distance of two miles (3.2 km).
Some trains still require the assistance of banking locomotives to ensure that the train reaches the top.
Read more about Lickey Incline: History and Geography, Operation in Steam Days
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