PlayStation Wuppertal Schwebebahn

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  1. Cottonmouth

    Cottonmouth Active Member

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    Wuppertal has possibly the world's most badass public transport: a 120-year-old swingin' suspension railway. But the question is: why? When everyone else was busy building trams and undergrounds, what made Wuppertal say "NOPE", and build this instead?
     
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    thearkerportian Well-Known Member

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    Just one slight inaccuracy: Wuppertal did have trams in addition to the Schwebebahn up until the 1980's. But other than that, pretty much spot on. No room for all the roads and rails a city of this size would need.

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    matthewbguilford Well-Known Member

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    Is the reason the Schwebebahn exists was the idea of not taking up space? It’s a good idea I’m just assuming it never really caught on?
     
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    The video in the first post nicely answers that question :)
     
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    matthewbguilford Well-Known Member

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    Thanks, I’m not able to watch any videos at the moment!
     
  6. thearkerportian

    thearkerportian Well-Known Member

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    Yes, that's what it boils down to. Wuppertal in the 1800s was a very industrial place, chemicals mostly - the Bayer company for example originated there and then. And with that came traffic, both goods and passengers. Where other cities just built more roads and trams and railways, Wuppertal had run out of space for that, so they utilized the Wupper river to build a mass transit line above it.
     

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