This is truly one of the worlds most unique, weird, fascinating railways – The Wuppertal Schwebebahn or ‘Upside Down Railway’ as some like to call it.
Come with me as I explore the line from start to finish, looking at the stations, the surroundings and the trains themselves. I’ll cover the whole route and tell you about the history of the line as well. It really is an amazing experience and one I’ll never forget.
If you’ve ever travelled on it (or indeed use it every day!) please let me know. I’d be really interested in hearing your thoughts. As always guys, thanks for watching and if you’ve enjoyed this content, please consider leaving a like, comment and/or especially a subscribe – that really helps and gives me the motivation to make more and more videos like this one.
Mark
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📖Chapters
00:00 – From Dusseldorf to Wuppertal
01:37 – Buying a Ticket
02:31 – Wuppertal HBF to Vohwinkel
05:00 – Vohwinkel
07:24 – The History and Trains of the Line
11:15 – Wuppertal Oberbarmen BF
14:00 – Summary
Picture Credits:
Wuppertal Location: OpenStreetMap (no changes made)
https://www.openstreetmap.org/
Wuppertal Route Map: OpenStreetMap (no changes made)
https://www.openstreetmap.org/
Wuppertal 1900’s (Black and White image): Niva Magazine No1 (no changes made)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wuppertal1900.jpg
Schwebebahn an der Adlerbrücke (Black and White image): Unknown Author (no changes made)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schwebebahn_an_der_Adlerbr%C3%BCcke.jpg
Schwebebahn (blue train): Tim Rademacher (no changes made)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2010-09-06_Wuppertaler_Schwebebahn_111408.jpg
Circus Elephant (Tuffis Wuppersprung): Wuppertaler Rundschau (no changes made)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tuffis_Wuppersprung,_Postkarte.JPG
20 Comments
Ganz interessant. I was there Feb 1987 I think, on a school exchange!
Nice to see. I will be there in 2 weeks from now as well. With the 9 Euro Ticket it is very cheap to make these trips now.
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As a young boy I had a book illustrating this railway in an earlier form and was amazed at such a construction, thanks for doing this trip for me it was a wonderful experience that I hope to do myself one day, as always cheers and stay safe.
Been waiting for this one! I need to sort myself a short trip over here to ride on this line, been sort of obsessed since I first saw the line in a 70s German film I saw in the Cinema last year!
I went to Wuppertal for the same purpose last September. I did the same as you except I went from the Hbf to Oberbarmen first, then the whole line to Vohwinkel.
When I was there, outside the Hbf was under construction and a mess so it's good to see that it's finished.
0:10 – Wuppertal is also famous as the birthplace of Friedrich Engels.
w=v 😀
I remember us talking about that train when you visted Berlin two years ago. I guess this time no elephant was on the train and fell down into the Wupper river?
Always wanted to visit. Great video as always!
Excellent video mate, It's certainly an experience that everyone who likes railways should do!
Great video but way too many ads
Very enjoyable video – reminds me of my visit a few years ago…great fun to ride…👍
4:40 why does it look like you're going both forwards and backwards, ha ha, that was weird.
Glad you finally made it to Wuppertal! Brings back memories of my trip last August, except you had better weather! I managed to buy my ticket from a machine, but not without some confusion! They weren’t easy to use. Don’t blame you buying yours from a newsagent
Fabulous. A truly unique railway. Thanks for taking us along.
Gerry Anderson has been in touch and wants a chat re copyright over his designs from Thunderbirds etc … 🙂
Did a school exchange trip there in 1967, but stayed beyond the eastern end of the line. It was a short bus journey to get to the tram terminus for the ride to Oberbarmen. As I recall, Wuppertal is a collection of smaller towns strung out along the river valley, with the schwebebahn being an ideal way to link them together. Looking at it now, very much has the feel of the Calder Valley. Wonder if the idea will catch on?
Interesting! Thanks.
This was a brilliant watch and has definitely been added to my to-do list.
Many thanks
David in Devils Bridge.
Such a cool video. I really enjoyed the trip from the rear window, and also how it did the turn at the depot. I’ve seen videos about this train before, but so happy you showed us these features!