- Wuppertal Suspension Monorail is an 8 mile (13km) elevated railway with hanging cars opened in 1901.
- The railway runs 39 feet (12m) above the route of the river Wupper. 25 million passengers use the route every year.
History
- Opened in 1901, the Monorail was designed and built by the engineer Eugen Langen, after he had been turned down by the cities of Berlin, Munich and Breslau.
- The supporting strut system was designed and patented by Anton Rieppel.
Route
- The line connects the former towns of Barmen, Elberfeld, and Vohwinkel merging in to the new town of Wuppertal.
- The railway takes 30 minutes to run from end to end.
- At each end the trains run through a servicing depot and around a loop to turn them round.
Fleet
- The current fleet consists of 31 articulated cars. One carriage can seat 48 with 130 standing passengers.
- The top speed is 37 mph (60 km per hour) and the average speed is 17 mph (27 km per hour).
- In 2018 a new fleet replaced the 1901 trains.
Wuppertal Schwebebahnstation