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 ; 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 , 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 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 ; 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 , 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 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 . <EOS>