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GERMANY'S UPSIDE DOWN RAILWAY / WUPPERTAL SCHWEBEBAHN REVIEW
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GERMANY'S UPSIDE DOWN RAILWAY / WUPPERTAL SCHWEBEBAHN REVIEW



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Today we will be checking out the upsidedown railway in Wuppertal, Germany. This is another trip I have wanted to make for a long time, and to experience this unique system really was a great day out! Enjoy the video!

Date of Filming: 24/9/21
Camera: GoPro Hero 7 Black
Operator: WSW Wuppertaler Stadtwerke
Departure: Oberbarmen, Wuppertal, Germany
Arrival: Vohwinkel, Wuppertal, Germany
Cost: Adult single ticket – €2.90, 24h ticket – €7.20

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44 Comments

  1. Daniel L

    Cool video! There are two more Schwebebahns in NRW. Düsseldorf airport and Dortmund university. Most Germans do not know that the Schwebebahn is something very unique. I will watch your other videos, too. Thank you.

  2. roger bixley

    I live about 1 km from the station in Oberbarmen. I often go to Barmen as from the Barmen station it is just a short walk into the Barmen town centre.

  7. Gun Sum Wong

    Yep Wuppertal does have a hanged metro system. It isn't very long but rather unique. It does swing a little bit but not enough to discourage the users. You do get a good view looking down though.

    I used to drive to ski in the Alps from UK and would do 650 mile in the forward journey in one day as the ferry docked Amsterdam early in the morning. For the return journey I had to do it in two days so picking a German city for overnight stay along the River Rhine route close to Holland was a feature of my skiing trips. In one year it was Wuppertal and it was really a pleasant surprise to see this upside down railway in action.

    I believe China is also offering this arrangement in its metro trains line up. Japan is another country that has it too.

  8. zomfgroflmao1337

    A few things to mention:
    The Schwebebahn is uniquely perfect in Wuppertal as Wuppertal is a very long and narrow city due to the hefty mountains on each side of the valley. (That is also why you see a lot of busses, as the hills were too steep for most other modes of transport, so if you want to go up you have to take a bus.)
    Also, while the Schwebebahn is unique for visitors for people living in Wuppertal it is just a normal mode of transportation, a very fast and smooth one, because the traffic in the narrow valley by car is bad and flying over it you don't have to care about stops, crosses and traffic. So even if you have a car, if you want to get anywhere alongside the Schwebebahn it is usually faster than going by car.

  9. Edgar Karbach

    Thank you very much for this nice video about our Schwebebahn. It is the first touristic video I've seen with the new implemented train generation. We are very proud of this suspension railway indeed and it is very appreciated that visitors like it too. Greetings from Wuppertal.

  10. wichtel1992

    Actually the new trains have technical difficulties as it‘s far from a mass product with such a unique system of 31 trains. They‘re still allowed to go by 40 km/h as a train had hit the track in a curve due to the higher propulsion the new traction provides. Also the ETCS had lots of trouble when it went online. Now recently the wheels had too much wear seemingly due to an inbalance that is caused by the construction relying on passenger traffic to be balanced, so with lower passenger numbers early 2020 might have caused this. They had to stop the service for a year only allowing weekend service in that period… Hope they‘ll find solutions for these issues soon. Otherwise these new trains are really nice and fresh looking compared to the old ones which had the look from the 70s.

  12. coopi1481

    Thank you very much for that detailed amd valid information about the Schwebebahn. Many people made videos or essays about the Schwebebahn and just didn't get to provide the correct information about it and it's history. As a born "Wuppertaler" it always hurts me, when people tell stuff bout the old lady which just doesn't fit the truth. Nice pictures and good work, perfect research though, too! Hope you enjoyed your stay in our beautiful City!

  14. maceolo

    actually Wuppertal even had two tram networks. One in meter gauge and one in standard gauge. The standard gauge network lasted until the 80s.

  15. lu schmiedt

    Wouldn't the Schwebebahn concept lend itself perfectly for autonomous trains? More grade separation is hardly possible. Does anyone know if this was ever considered?

  16. StamMoos

    You should check out this colourized Video from the first Generation of the Schwebebahn back then. Just mindblowing, even as someone who grew up and lives there, like me. Greetings from Wuppertal at this point 🙂

    https://youtu.be/EQs5VxNPhzk

    It is not from me or someone I know, but I hope you like it anyway.
    There is also the original recording without colors or the 60 fps. Could watch it all day.

  19. Martin Grüning

    Min. 1:24 – I'm sorry, but Wuppertal used to have a tram system until the eighties. But as everywhere, the car traffic rose and the tram had to disappear.

  22. Martin Stock

    In Dresden there is also a short suspension railway. Did open in the same year (1901). And next to it there is a funicular from 1895. Both are also part of the public transport system there, albeit more touristy. With single-trip tickets and day tickets, you have to pay a surcharge to use them. Only from weekly and longer valid tickets onwards, they are fully covered (i.e. for the residents living next to them they are normal public transport).
    https://youtu.be/h4-h9uqqm8o?t=34

    And in Stuttgart, there is a cogwheel tram line (#10) which is fully covered by all local public transport tickets. And also a funicular up to the beautiful Waldfriedhof cemetery. Also fully covered.

  23. William Lund

    This may have been mentioned already, but Walt and Lillian Disney in a tour of Europe rode the Schwebebahn. It started to give Walt the idea to include it in this yet to be built Disneyland Park. Lillian didn't like the swinging motion of the Schwebebahn, hence its name, which let Walt to investigate further and ultimately contract with Alweg, also a German firm, to build the first monorail operating in the western hemisphere. Note that the Alweg monorail rode on top of the rail instead of hanging underneath it.

  24. Linda Vainomae

    Thanks for sharing this iconic experience from end to end. I hope to do it one day. I believe they used to have a special set of cars that did an afternoon tea run but maybe those days have gone? It reminds me a little of the Shonan monorail in Japan – it is also a supended railway that traverses both urban streets and forested hills.

  25. Mark Ellis

    A fabulous trip. Seen a few videos on this. Tim Traveller's is very good. You can sense your excitement on getting to ride on the Schwebebahn. Cracking shots from the rear window too.

  32. Mervyn Osborne

    Thanks for another enjoyable video. We've been lucky enough to have travelled twice on this unique system. We thought our friends would enjoy the trip but his wife felt seasick because of the swaying motion.

  36. SONG

    It's funny that Youtube is suggesting this video to me now as I and my roommates are driving to Wuppertal this weekend for the sole reason of experiencing Schwebebahn for the first time. We're so excited for that. Love your videos and keep up the good work 🙂

  37. Phillip Mulligan

    If this train was was practical as it's claimed to be, it would have been adapted all over the worlds transit systems. It's as practical as a monorail at Disneyworld. Too much proprietary technology

  38. Lenovo C2

    Thank you very much for your wonderful experience to show such gorgeous panoramic view of the city of Wuppertal. I've just heard about such kind means of transportation. You have really made a great surprise for me. Studying German at the University I have never been to Germany. Your video is really great and cool. I give a lot of thanks for such kind of possibility you offered me to show with my own eyes what's going around. Germany is a wonderful country. German engineering products are famous around the globe: German engineering companies, transportation systems, their eco-friendly technical solution to solve environment pollution problems — all these deserves best attention. German cars, trains, furniture, housekeeping facilities — everything what makes our life more comfortable, — it's great genius of outstanding German engineers. The Wuppertal Schwebebahn — is a unique ongoing transportation system which gives us wonderful possibility to solve many environmental problems, made architectural design of the city more precious (precise und knapp) due to complicated geological peculiarities of the city and certainly makes life of the citizens more comfortable and convenient. The Schwebebahn in Wuppertal could solve many transportation problems in the megacities, metropolitan areas and suburban regions of the cities in the rush hour during the migration of people from bed to work when many people should stay in cars for a long period of time. Adore this video, adore your titanic work. Great video, good job, nice trains, beautiful city. Give you my big "like". Thank you, bye.

  44. katrin e

    I lived In Wuppertal for two years and no one ever checked my ticket on the Schwebebahn 🤫

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