page_title: Wuppertal Schwebebahn
hierarchical_section_title: Wuppertal Schwebebahn
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Höhne, Wuppertal (Haltestellenschild ausgeschnitten und perspektivisch korrigiert)
context_page_description: The Wuppertaler Schwebebahn is a suspension railway in Wuppertal, Germany.
  Its original name is Einschienige Hängebahn System Eugen Langen. It is the oldest electric elevated railway with hanging cars in the world and is a unique system in Germany.
  Designed by Eugen Langen and offered first to the cities of Berlin, Breslau and Munich who all turned it down, the installation with elevated stations was built in Barmen, Elberfeld and Vohwinkel between 1897 and 1903; the first track opened in 1901. The railway line is credited with growth of the original cities and their eventual merger into Wuppertal. The Schwebebahn is still in use as a normal means of local public transport, moving 25 million passengers annually, per the 2008 annual report. New rail cars were ordered in 2015, called Generation 15, and the first new car went into service in December 2016.
  The Schwebebahn runs along a route of 13.3 kilometres, at a height of about 12 metres above the River Wupper between Oberbarmen and Sonnborner Straße and about 8 metres above the valley road between Sonnborner Straße and Vohwinkel. At one point the railway crosses the A46 motorway. The entire trip takes about 30 minutes.
context_section_description: The Wuppertaler Schwebebahn (Wuppertal Suspension Railway) is a suspension railway in Wuppertal, Germany.
  Its original name is Einschienige Hängebahn System Eugen Langen. It is the oldest electric elevated railway with hanging cars in the world and is a unique system in Germany.
  Designed by Eugen Langen and offered first to the cities of Berlin, Breslau and Munich who all turned it down, the installation with elevated stations was built in Barmen, Elberfeld and Vohwinkel between 1897 and 1903; the first track opened in 1901. The railway line is credited with growth of the original cities and their eventual merger into Wuppertal. The Schwebebahn is still in use as a normal means of local public transport, moving 25 million passengers annually, per the 2008 annual report. New rail cars were ordered in 2015, called Generation 15, and the first new car went into service in December 2016.
  The Schwebebahn runs along a route of 13.3 kilometres (8.3 mi), at a height of about 12 metres (39 ft) above the River Wupper between Oberbarmen and Sonnborner Straße (10 kilometres or 6.2 miles) and about 8 metres (26 ft) above the valley road between Sonnborner Straße and Vohwinkel (3.3 kilometres or 2.1 miles). At one point the railway crosses the A46 motorway. The entire trip takes about 30 minutes. The Schwebebahn operates within the VRR transport association and accepts tickets issued by the VRR companies.
caption: Railway logo
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