Suspension Railway In Wuppertal: Story Of A Landmark

[@darthmop1]

traveled halfway through Germany to Düsseldorf and took a day trip to Wuppertal just for the sake of this train. It has been truly great

[@StadtwerkeWuppertal]

Thank you for visiting us!

[@TransCanadaPhil]

I just visited Wuppertal and I got to ride this yesterday. Visiting from Canada! 😁

[@dougmorris2134]

Visited Wuppertal with my son in 2011 and travelled on the GTW72 trains, a very enjoyable experience and a great model railway shop Modellbahn Apitz at Oberbarmen. Happy memories of Wuppertal. I live in the Uk, and purchased, two new models of the WSW “Heavenly (Sky) Blue” trains from that same model shop. I’ve just watched this video 3 times and I love die Schebebahn and Wuppertal. Best wishes to all. Love Peace and Happiness 🇬🇧❤️🚟🚟❤️🇩🇪

[@ArtForGames]

I'll go to Wuppertal someday, there is amazing railway system!

[@StadtwerkeWuppertal]

You're very much welcome :)

[@bigman2011]

Wie wärs wenn es mal keine Betriebsstörung gäbe?

[@dopplerfox]

I love how it slightly tilts around corners.

[@Intamin]

Sometimes not even just slightly!

[@wuloki]

This tilting is actually the secret of the system. In the late 19th century, they first wanted to built a normal elevated system like in Chicago (a subway was always out of the question due to the soil). However due to the many curves, the speed of normal el trains would have been quite slow, so the decision was made to built this monorail. The trains can go into a curve at full speed, because the centrifugal force is dissipated by swinging to the sides (like with a bike).

[@wuloki]

The city of Berlin had ideas for a Schwebebahn too (they actually built test-tracks), but due the fact the Berlin has long, straight streets, they built a normal elevated system which later evolved into today's "U-Bahn" (underground/subway).

[@angelaapparicio2562]

I spent most of my school holidays in Wuppertal staying with my Oma, I loved riding on the Schwebebahn, hope I spelt it right, such fond memories, 😀

[@ThomasKossatz]

Perfectly spelled!

[@Aboleo80]

I lived in Wuppertal from 93 to 97. I had to take the Schwebebahn daily from Elberfeld to Vohwinkel to go to school.

[@petworthtraction]

What a beautiful documentary. Thank you very much for making this available for all of us to enjoy.

[@DJShadesUK]

I have no idea how I got here, but, strangely, I enjoyed this. lol

[@NorthSea_1981]

Steampunk, German style...what an icon. Germany's first metro, before Berlin. 1901.

[@bikramtiwari7295]

The design of the train track is an amazing example of German engineering. Where the Sky train moves under the track and over the Wupper river. It is a remarkable design. I am also one of the lucky passenger of this Sky train in July 2017. I love Germany and German people. Bikram D Tiwari, Rishikesh, India.

[@NorthSea_1981]

Thank you and greetings to lovely India from Germany and wishing you the best for your country's progress!

[@DrCruel]

Two world wars. The bombing and devastation. And it's still there. What a treasure.

[@ohbobpleez]

Nice transit system. Congrats on the upgrade.

[@FreyaGluecksweg]

Sehr, sehr schöne Aufnahmen. 😊👍 Hat Spaß gemacht zuzugucken, und vor allem die Erzählung über Tuffi war herrlich und hat mich zum Lachen gebracht, obwohl ich die Geschichte natürlich schon kannte.

[@Johnsscepticals]

Amazing. Absolutely amazing!

[@funguyfarage3615]

spent a lot of my time in dusseldorf in the 60s but oma took us here a few times, lovely

[@iliehloba8753]

MINUNAT 😀 FELICITARI CELOR CARE ȘI-AU ADUS CONTRIBUȚIA LA EVOLUȚIA TEHNICI SI A CIVILIZAȚIEI UMANE

[@robintel]

Went to Wuppertal precisely for this! We loved it! It's also very efficient, with departures every 5 minutes. The line is not straight, of course, but the route it travels is shorter than streets. Many cities could use such system.

[@jaronloch2443]

On my birthday on 2016 they began to start all new Trains. I shall visit this magnificent city one day.

[@tomofthailand9047]

I was there yesterday 01.08.2022 it was Amazing

[@petrfedor1851]

"One of the biggest disadvantage of monorails are complex switches." Wuppertal: "What switches?"

[@wbabojo2779]

A thing of beauty, graceful and elegant

[@tommyaoi1183]

Awesome. 😀😀😀😀💙💚

[@jomiga1999]

Tom Scott brought me here.

[@mariepennetier1586]

I could go to Wuppertal only to see tbat ! Amazing !

[@FkJTurds7865]

Going next week...purely to experience this icon piece of Churm engineering. Love the Churms and Churmany

[@BrigitteCoffman]

Love this!

[@Baggiesman]

Didn't know much about the history of these but I always liked visiting my girlfriend in Wuppertal and ride these around the city :) the advert brings back good memories.

[@almeggs3247]

Beautiful research history by a lovely feminine voice thanks

[@DeKevers]

I’m going here next month I’m excited to see what it’s like

[@StadtwerkeWuppertal]

Very happy to hear that :)

[@C2K777]

Off to Cologne with some friends for the weekend in a couple of weeks and when I found out this was only 30 mins away on an ICE it easily made the cut for things to do while we were there.

[@madhavbacchala9920]

Reminded me....the book "Atlas Shrugged" in a way. the steel,the cars... everything an engineering marvel

[@mr.jamster8414]

I (heard) it was a shit book, but I never read it and really loved "Anthem" so 🤷‍♂ if it wasn't 700 pages long I'd check it out.

[@celiosilva4519]

Sensacional , que inveja

[@jehamburg3110]

Was für ein toll gemachter Film! Der macht richtig Lust, einzusteigen und zu schweben. Gerade habe ich ihn über das "Postcrossing" entdeckt, wo eine Postkarten-Schreiberin aus Wuppertal den Film in ihrem Profil verlinkt hat. Jetzt will ich auch unbedingt mal mit der Bahn fahren! Liebe Grüße aus Hamburg und einen schönen Tag an alle, die das hier lesen!

[@jazzygeofferz]

I'd love to get out here and have a ride on there. It looks so interesting.

[@koningbolo4700]

Einmal im Leben, durch Wuppertal schweben... see you in november 2019...

[@jakub9232]

Cool documentary. I crave for visiting Wuppertal one day!

[@RandomTheories]

if you are ever nearby (Dortmund, Koln, Dusseldorf, Bonn...) go and get there! lifetime experience in a beatifull city

[@billmayo1094]

Excellent!

[@hanifmuhammad6084]

great Germany Technology .. gretting from malaysia

[@202rrlowe]

Very interesting and an impressive technology for extensions beyond heavier rail.

[@rogerivy2919]

Nice narration

[@peterorlowski7508]

Wuppertal!!!!!!!!!! YAY MEINE FAV MONORAIL COOOOOOOLL!!!

[@DKS225]

The DVD German Explorer Brought me to finding out about The Wuppertal Suspension Railway

[@joeviking61]

Magnificent German Engineering....

[@WupperVideo]

Very nice production! 👏🏻

[@OSB0910]

Great...nice video !!!

[@JohnHazelwood58]

Back in the days... World: "We need flying trains!" NASA: "This is not possible!" Eugen Langen: "Hold my beer!" XD Years later "Dumbo" was released at cinemas: Kids: "Can elephants fly?" Wuppertal: "Sure! This is Tuffi ..." :) A rumour says that there is so much rain in Wuppertal, so they decided to hang their trains on the line to get them dry again!

[@berkay1566]

I am from Wuppertal and this video was really nice but since last year the suspension train don't drive ,but on the first August the suspension train will drive .

[@cageybee777]

German engineering is one of the best if not the best in the world.

[@bullsboat1]

Pretty darn cool

[@2renshaw]

I first had a ride on the Schwebebahn in 1963, never forgot the thrill

[@symmetry08]

Sure, this set-up of transporting is not intended to compete with major transportations, but this very efficient and pleasant mode of transportation where it is suitable, once lines have been erected along intended path. It will crisscross certain direction and can be boon for the community who are next to this. Many topography and density will dictate if it will suite that particular city or not.

[@Someone-cd7yi]

symmetry08 This is such a clever way of public transportation. It's way cheaper than an underground subway too!

[@Joakimgustafssons]

Here is another one: You can use smaller vehicles, in the size of a mini-trailer, link them together in the longer journeys and then you have the same capacity as a small train. With this type of system, you do not need such large constructions. Watch video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIayY2mijqdreas In Sweden we are developing this type of system: gtsfoundation.org

[@michaeldesilvio9980]

We had one of these here in America but it burned down. Unfortunately these ancient railways are very flammable.

[@sbroggie]

So cool.

[@claramuller3]

Die technisch korrekte Bezeichnung ist: OVERHEAD MONORAIL Eine "Suspension" ist eine auf Spannung hängende Konstruktion wie z. B. eine Hängebrücke. Neutraler und bildlich moderner wäre der SKYTRAIN. 😉

[@Felevr]

I watch after seeing the flooded city in wupertal

[@jack.e_bee]

hello to everyone here from that twitter thread

[@LondonPower]

Nice

[@siegmars.450]

wonderful documentation and voice! but expand the time of the still pictures starting at 1:37, please 😌

[@abrahkadabra9501]

There is a proposal in Canada to build a monorail. They're waiting for approval to build a test track. A suspended high speed monorail would cost a fraction of the cost of a high speed "land based" rail line and would avoid major infrastructure costs. The problem (in my opinion) is that monorail high speed trains are not suited to the heavy loads that freight "land based" trains are....passengers, luggage and express packages only. The advantage of a monorail is the high speed (depending on the design), passenger comfort, extremely low carbon footprint and extremely long durability (like the Wuppertal monorail). Other "electrified" transport projects like this were quietly and mysteriously quashed here in Canada...and nobody is really sure why. I personally suspect the powerful oil lobby was being it but I'm just speculating. I'm not holding out much hope for the monorail project either even with our environmentally conscious Prime Minister.

[@notesleb]

I have been on it

[@Techischannel]

They should go all out with this Odd Steampunky yet Modern Style the Suspension Railway uses, maybe so far to use it in the City Buildings too and expanding the Network. Maybe its just me (usualy it is) but this could turn the City into one Gigantic Citysized Tourist Attraction. Add some Elevated Pedestian Regions too wich go mostly Fluently into the Lower Cityscape and you got yourself one fancy city. Streets in the Lower Cityscape, Public Transport (Suspension Railnetwork, Trains, Metro, etc.) in the Upper-Lower Cityscape & Upper-Pedestian Cityscape. Yes a Layerd City. Would also be pretty space Efficient.

[@NorthSea_1981]

Despite severe WWII damage due to Allied bombing (the city was devastated, along with the Schwebebahn), it actually still has many nice old late 19th century or early 20th century German Art Nouveau apartment blocks/living quarters that either survived the war or were rebuild. Considering that this is/was actually a very young city (by both German and European standarts in general) which only became big in the late 19th Century due to massive industrialization, it's actually still relatively pleasant today, despite having some really ugly shit here and there. *Wuppertal has basically already become quite a German tourist attraction on its own over the past decades* due to the famous steampunky Schwebebahn and the city's industrial heritage; in a way Wuppertal is a great showcase for 100+ year old German technology, the German industrial revolution/modernization, and even post-WWII reconstruction and the economic miracle, when both Germany and Japan rose from the ashes of the devastation of WWII. I don't know if there are expansion plans for the Schwebebahn, it's basically considered to be "finished". The video shows some post-WWII alterations and additions that were made. I love how they both constructed very modern new stations during the renovation phase in the 90s and 2000s, but also the reconstruction/renovations of the old original steampunky 1901 stations. That said: No further alterations to the city are necessary...lol. Wuppertal is what it is: A relatively young German city that only grew to industrialization, located in a hilly, often pleasantly green area. No pretense.

[@alikerimerkan]

What if it catches fire during operation? Should the passengers jump into Wupper?

[@YugiPlays4949]

It doesnt catch on fire. It runs for over 200 years and it never been Catched on fire

[@almeggs3247]

Wouldn’t glass down to the floor be more appropriate in enhancing the view?

[@wuloki]

They actually had this idea for the new cars delivered in 2015. But a translucent floor isn't for everyone. After all this system is heavily used with trains every 3 minutes during rushhours.

[@NorthSea_1981]

@al meggs: Not a bad idea, but considering that some people are afraid of heights they didn't go for it.

[@imasmurfy1]

How come our city's subway system needs to connect to wires yet this system seems to need no wires whatsoever?

[@Thunderbird171]

this one uses an additional rail which runs under the actual rails for power .

[@peterghimme9661]

This is possible only in Germany.

[@dwftube]

There is also a similar system in Japan - Google 'Chiba Monorail'.

[@presismith85]

German quality is the best

[@saddiqbaloch1184]

German is German Number one in the world

[@visorij3374]

There was one in Memphis

[@kermitfrosch6559]

@@dwftube yes. But only a copy of the German origin one 😁 the first one in the whole world.

[@germanwarrior8901]

Jaaa die schwebebahn

[@chubeye1187]

You sold it to me, I'll make a side trip!

[@anthonybarrett7456]

AMAZING RAILWAY ? & 1909 ???????? THIS SHOULD OF BEEN ALL OVER THE WORLD AMAZING TECHNOLOGY ? & ALL WE GOT FROM THE BANKSTERS WAS 2 WORLD WARS ? INSTEAD OF WAR . & WE ALL GOT ON TOGETHER . OUR WORLD COULD & SHOULD OF BEEN AMAZING RIGHT NOW ? MORE OF THIS WORLDWIDE ? PEACE AND GOD ALMIGHTY BLESS .

[@ProfTydrim]

Thanks. I was wondering when the studipest thing I'll read all day would cross my path, now I don't have to worry anymore

[@alegsb3943]

@@ProfTydrim damn straight

[@thomash2806]

Great video. Thanks for that. Just one thing: 80,000 people HOVER daily, not ARE HOVERING. German speakers generally are very good at English but never seem to grasp this distinction...

[@webscreener8797]

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[@spc67h]

0:37: "let's look back to the turn of the 20th century" 20th?

[@kommandantgalileo]

Like to go there

[@zf80db]

3:55 they say "reliably and without problems" while showing a turntable that could not be passed by every train, had often malfunctions, caused a derailment and was leaking oil into the river. Thank god they dismantled that thing.

[@ElloImNoodle]

Should have some floor glass

[@richardliu912]

genius

[@rjmun580]

This would have been an interesting video if the narrator hadn't needed to share the studio with a school orchestra.

[@Silvike21]

Public transportation doesn't need to make space for cars, it's supposed to replace cars

[@inferno]

where can i buy a old suspension train ? i can t get one here they fucking melt them down for some fuckt up reason

[@kd6dash3dot7]

His story .

[@sajithchannadathu7902]

WOW full ten minites and no reason why thsi mode of train was chosen for the city

[@pcaetano7527]

as seen in the 1974 film Alice in the Cities

[@oreilly1237878]

It comes from the previous civilisation destroyed in the mud flood.Probably a reset useing plasma weapons.

[@skeivys]

such a german thing to do...

[@germanwarrior8901]

Könnt ihr dies auf deutsch machen dann und mein Vater arbeitet in der WSW

[@StadtwerkeWuppertal]

Haben wir doch :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKPSeZeQbrp1b7s

[@FRITZI999]

Built in 5 Years.... IMPOSSIBLE today !!! Today it would take about 20 Years for planning.... large Amount of Money for Useless "Experts" and "Consulting Companys".... and in the End won´t work and start delayed.

[@pcaetano7527]

Walt Disney ripped off this idea

[@mihamilic5392]

ok

[@bobduvar]

The British created the "MonoMetro" like Wuppertal transport system but much more beautiful.

[@nikolauslentner5267]

Where is it located?

[@MikMoen]

"Operating for more than 100 years continuously, and without problem." Proceeds to list incidents and crashes, one with deaths.

[@wuloki]

Five deaths in over 120 years. Show me a traffic system which does this.

[@RRansomSmith]

She did say not so fast, making it known that there were incidents. Stop being a douche Mik Moen