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  UrbanRail.Net > Europe > Germany > Wuppertal Schwebebahn (suspension railway)
The city of Wuppertal (375,000 inhabitants, 20 km east of Düsseldorf) was founded in 1929 when the towns of Elberfeld and Barmen, together with some other municipalities, were joined to form the new city in the Wupper valley.
The Wuppertal Schwebebahn is the continent's only suspension urban rail line, which for most of its length runs 12 m above the river Wupper (10 km).
Wuppertal is part of the VRR tariff system (Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr) which also includes cities like Düsseldorf, Essen or Dortmund.
www.urbanrail.net /eu/vrr/wuppertal.htm   (499 words)

  
 Schwebebahn Monorail in Wuppertal, Germany
The Schwebebahn monorail was build over 100 years ago.
While tourists love to ride the Schwebebahn, this monorail is a serious means of public transportation; moving well over 20 Million passengers per year.
The Schwebebahn is located in the German city of Wuppertal (The German San Francisco) in the hill country of West Germany near Cologne and the Rhein river.
schwebebahn.com /de   (199 words)

  
  Wuppertal Schwebebahn
In the Köln/Düsseldorf/Essen district of North Rhine Westphalia (NRW), don't miss a ride on the Wuppertal Schwebebahn, or suspended railway.
Near the western end, past Barmen, in Elberfeld, the Schwebebahn veers away from the river, traveling over city streets.
Wuppertal has a connection with flying elephants, due to a 1950 incident involving a circus pachyderm named Tuffi, who was made to ride the Schwebebahn, but found the experience disagreeable.
www.wunderland.com /WTS/Rash/misc/schwebe.htm   (390 words)

  
  Schwebebahn Wuppertal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Schwebebahn Wuppertal is a suspension railway in Wuppertal, Germany.
The Wuppertal Schwebebahn had one model: in 1824, Henry Palmer of England first presented the world with a railway system which differed from all previous construction forms.
The Wuppertal Schwebebahn was considered one of the safest means of transport in the world, carrying up to 75,000 passengers a day through the town.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Schwebebahn_Wuppertal   (741 words)

  
 Wuppertal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wuppertal is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
After the liberation from the Nazi Regime Wuppertal became a part of the British Occupancy Zone, and subsequently a part of North Rhine-Westphalia state of West Germany.
One of the city's greatest attractions is the suspended monorail ("Wuppertaler Schwebebahn"), which was established in 1901.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wuppertal   (464 words)

  
 Wuppertal von Harald Henneböhle
Wuppertal was severely damaged in World War II but was subsequently rebuilt in parallel terraces on the river valley's slopes, with numerous parks and public gardens and a well-known zoo.
Wuppertal is the centre of textile manufacturing in the region.
Wuppertal beschränkt sich nicht nur auf das Tal der Wupper in Deutschland, es finden sich auch in vielen Teilen der Welt Spuren von "Wuppertalern" - von Norwegen (Barmen) über Indiana (Elberfeld) und Lousiana (Barmen) bis nach Namibia (Gross Barmen) und Südafrika (Wupperthal).
www.henneboehle.de /texte/wuppertal.html   (321 words)

  
 Schwebebahn Wuppertal Information
The Schwebebahn Wuppertal is a suspension railway in Wuppertal, Germany.
The Wuppertal Schwebebahn had one model: in 1824, Henry Palmer of England first presented the world with a railway system which differed from all previous construction forms.
The Wuppertal Schwebebahn was considered one of the safest means of transport in the world, carrying up to 75,000 passengers a day through the town.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Schwebebahn_Wuppertal   (718 words)

  
 Wuppertal travel guide - Wikitravel
Wuppertal is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia in the north western part of Germany.
Wuppertal was founded in 1929 out of the merger between the independent cities Barmen and Elberfeld.
The Schwebebahn, or inverted monorail, is visible in a number of scenes in the movie Der Krieger und die Kaiserin (The Princess and the Warrior), which is set in and around Wuppertal.
wikitravel.org /en/Wuppertal   (272 words)

  
 Legnica: Wuppertal
Wuppertal is a city in the west of Germany, situated at the bank of Wupper River.
Inhabited by 368.472 citizens (31.03.2001), Wuppertal is situated in the distance of 800 km from Legnica.
Wuppertal is an important educational centre with numerous upper-education schools.
www.legnica.um.gov.pl /en/site/miasto/miasta_partnerskie/wuppertal   (201 words)

  
 Schwebebahn Wuppertal at AllExperts
The Schwebebahn Wuppertal is a suspension railway in Wuppertal, Germany.
The Wuppertal Schwebebahn had one model: in 1824, Henry Palmer of England first presented the world with a railway system which differed from all previous construction forms.
The Wuppertal Schwebebahn was considered one of the safest means of transport in the world, carrying up to 75,000 passengers a day through the town.
en.allexperts.com /e/s/sc/schwebebahn_wuppertal.htm   (824 words)

  
 Schwebebahn Dresden   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Schwebebahn Dresden is the oldest suspension railway - a kind of hanging monorail - in the world (1891/1900), in Dresden, Germany.
The Dresden Schwebebahn is a special kind of suspension railway, because the vehicles hang on a hard rail, the same as at the Schwebebahn in Wuppertal, but are pulled along by rope as on a cable car.
The Schwebebahn in Dresden was not damaged in World War II, but it was out of service from 1984 to 1992 because of reconstruction.
en.askmore.net /Schwebebahn_Dresden.htm   (141 words)

  
 Stadt Wuppertal - Once in your live hover through Wuppertal   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Wuppertal has 11 autobahn junctions, an Intercity and Intercity Express train services, a wide selection of hotels, one of the world’ s largest exhibition centers of prefabricated houses while the airports of Düsseldorf and Cologne-Bonn are immediate vicinity.
Wuppertal doesn’t belong to either the Ruhr coal and steel area or the Rhineland.
It is a city in the country, the economic and cultural centre of the Graf von Berg region, a verdant district, full of self- assurance, in the heart of the Federal Republic.
www.wuppertal.de /tourismus_stadtinfo/englisch_hover.cfm   (1206 words)

  
 Historische Schwebebahn in Wuppertal
Wuppertal und feierte seine alte Dame mit verschiedenen Veranstaltungen.
Wagen 1 der Baureihe 72 ist in Wuppertal eingetroffen und wird auf einen Strassenroller verladen.
Hier werden probeweise neue Gerüstteile der Schwebebahn montiert.
home.telebel.de /pebosba/schwebebahn-alt.html   (2361 words)

  
 Schwebebahn Wuppertal information - Search.com
The Schwebebahn Wuppertal is a suspension railway in Wuppertal, Germany.
The Wuppertal Schwebebahn had one model: in 1824, Henry Palmer of England first presented the world with a railway system which differed from all previous construction forms.
The Wuppertal Schwebebahn was considered one of the safest means of transport in the world, carrying up to 75,000 passengers a day through the town.
www.search.com /reference/Schwebebahn_Wuppertal   (750 words)

  
 Schwebebahn in Wuppertal, Germany -Server 2-
Wuppertal is one of the most underrated metropolitan areas in Germany.
The central location of Wuppertal between the Ruhr area and the metropolitan areas of Duesseldorf and Cologne can be well suited for a number of enterprises.
Furthermore, the cost of living in Wuppertal is substantially lower than in the aforementioned cities.
www.schwebebahn.com /home.asp?lang=en   (902 words)

  
 Wuppertal - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Wuppertal, city in west central Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia, on the Wupper River.
Bausch, Pina (1940- ), German dancer, choreographer, and actress, director of the Tanztheater Wuppertal.
At an early age he was influenced by the works of the radical...
uk.encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/searchdetail.aspx?q=Wuppertal&pg=1&grp=map   (72 words)

  
 Wuppertal, Germany
Wuppertal is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
One fine masterpiece of turn-of-the-century architecture is Wuppertal's concert-hall (Stadthalle), inaugurated in 1900 by the German emperor William II.
One of the city's greatest attractions is the suspended monorail ("Wuppertaler Schwebebahn"), which was established in 1901.
www.creekin.net /c470-n71-wuppertal-germany.html   (359 words)

  
 Wuppertaler Schwebebahn – Desktop-Hintergrundbilder
Für Ihren PC-Desktop finden Sie hier eine Auswahl aus 70 Photomotiven der Wuppertaler Schwebebahn (Einschienige Hängebahn, System Eugen Langen) für einen schöneren Desktop-Hintergrund.
Sie finden darin also einige der Bilder von der Wuppertaler Schwebebahn, aber auch Busse der Wuppertaler Stadtwerke AG und Züge der Deutschen Bahn AG in Wuppertal.
Für den Bildschirmschoner mit dem Namen "Stadtwerke" wurde eine Auswahl von 40 Photos zusammengestellt.
www.daniel-rehbein.de /schwebebahn.html   (654 words)

  
 YouTube - die Ölbergkinder Wuppertal Schwebebahn
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