Wuppertal Schwebebahn
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suspension railway in Wuppertal, Germany
Key facts
- Locale
- Wuppertal , Germany
- Transit type
- Suspension railway
- Daily ridership
- 82,000
- Began operation
- 1 March 1901 ; 125 years ago ( 1901-03-01 )
- Operator s
- Wuppertaler Stadtwerke (WSW)
- Character
- Elevated
- System length
- 13.3 km (8.3 mi)
- Average speed
- 25.6 km/h (15.9 mph)
- Top speed
- 60 km/h (37 mph)
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Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr
- Official name
- Einschienige Hängebahn System Eugen Langen
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Wuppertal
- Industry
- rail transport
- Official website
- schwebebahn.de/en
- Image
- WikiCon 2019 by Einsamer Schütze 06.jpg
- Length
- 13.3
- Speed
- 27
- Significant event
- accident
- Has parts of class
- railway station
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- type of electrification
- third rail
- topic's main category
- Category:Wuppertal Schwebebahn
- Commons category
- Wuppertaler Schwebebahn
- Commons gallery
- Wuppertaler Schwebebahn
- maximum gradient
- 40
- speed limit
- 60
- service entry
- 1901-03-01
- daily patronage
- 65479
- route diagram template
- Template:Wuppertaler Schwebebahn
- date of official opening
- 1901-03-01
- railway traffic side
- right
- native label
- Wuppertaler Schwebebahn
- inception
- 1901-03-01
- sRGB color hex triplet
- 2B5796
- significant person
- Tuffi
- route number
- 60
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Encyclopedic overview
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The Wuppertaler Schwebebahn (English: Wuppertal's Suspension Railway) is a suspension railway in Wuppertal, Germany. The line was originally called in German: Einschienige Hängebahn System Eugen Langen (English: Single-Rail Hanging Railway, System of Eugen Langen) named after its inventor, Eugen Langen. It is the oldest electric elevated railway with hanging cars in the world. Being grade-separated, it is considered rapid transit.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wuppertal Schwebebahn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.