Air sprung wheel axle suspension comprising on either side of the vehicle: a carrying bracket attached to a vehicle chassis, said carrying bracket comprising two opposing lateral plates (1A, 1B); a trailing arm that has a front end that is pivotally attached to the carrying bracket by a pivot bolt that extends through aligned holes in the lateral plates (1A, 1B), said pivot bolt having a bolt axis; an air spring attached to the vehicle chassis and supporting the trailing arm at a location rearward and remote from the carrying bracket; said wheel axle suspension being equipped with at least one axle lift including: - a lever pivotally suspended from the carrying bracket about a pivot axis, the lever having a first lever portion and a second lever portion, - an actuator support attached to the chassis or the carrying bracket, and - an actuator attached to said actuator support, wherein the actuator operatively engages the first lever portion at a first engagement point defining a first lever arm relative to the pivot axis, and the trailing arm operatively engages the second lever portion at a second engagement point defining a second lever arm relative to the pivot axis, characterized in that the lever is provided with a hanger element having an eyelet with which the lever is pivotally suspended from only one lateral plate of the carrying bracket, such that said pivot axis and said bolt axis coincide, wherein the actuator is located offset inwards or outwards from the trailing arm and has a centre axis that intersects the longitudinal centre axis of the first lever portion, wherein the first and second lever portion (11A, 11B) are aligned such that the first engagement point and the second engagement point, seen from above, are located on a straight line that diagonally crosses the pivot axis. a carrying bracket attached to a vehicle chassis, said carrying bracket comprising two opposing lateral plates (1A, 1B); a trailing arm that has a front end that is pivotally attached to the carrying bracket by a pivot bolt that extends through aligned holes in the lateral plates (1A, 1B), said pivot bolt having a bolt axis; an air spring attached to the vehicle chassis and supporting the trailing arm at a location rearward and remote from the carrying bracket; said wheel axle suspension being equipped with at least one axle lift including: - a lever pivotally suspended from the carrying bracket about a pivot axis, the lever having a first lever portion and a second lever portion, - an actuator support attached to the chassis or the carrying bracket, and - an actuator attached to said actuator support, - a lever pivotally suspended from the carrying bracket about a pivot axis, the lever having a first lever portion and a second lever portion, - an actuator support attached to the chassis or the carrying bracket, and - an actuator attached to said actuator support, wherein the actuator operatively engages the first lever portion at a first engagement point defining a first lever arm relative to the pivot axis, and the trailing arm operatively engages the second lever portion at a second engagement point defining a second lever arm relative to the pivot axis, characterized in that the lever is provided with a hanger element having an eyelet with which the lever is pivotally suspended from only one lateral plate of the carrying bracket, such that said pivot axis and said bolt axis coincide, wherein the actuator is located offset inwards or outwards from the trailing arm and has a centre axis that intersects the longitudinal centre axis of the first lever portion, wherein the first and second lever portion (11A, 11B) are aligned such that the first engagement point and the second engagement point, seen from above, are located on a straight line that diagonally crosses the pivot axis.