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Wuppertal Schwebebahn

suspension railway in Wuppertal, Germany
Thing Suspension Railway Q256964

Facts

34 properties

Designation

Instance of
suspension railway, architectural landmark, cross-city route, monorail, rail network, urban rail transit, rapid transit train service[4][5][6][7][8][9]
Heritage designation
architectural heritage monument in North Rhine-Westphalia[30]

Location

Country
Germany[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 51.267°, 7.181°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Wuppertal[2]

Period and style

Inception
March 1, 1901[19]
Significant event
accident, 1999 Wuppertal Schwebebahn accident, accident[22][23]
More facts +27
Official website
schwebebahn.de, schwebebahn.de[24][25]
Part of
Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr[13]
Commissioned by
Schuckert & Co.[10]
Daily patronage
+65479[29]
Date of official opening
March 1, 1901[32]
Has part(s)
Wikidata item[16]
Has part(s) of the class
transport service itinerary, railway station
Industry
rail transport[14]
Length
+13.3
Maximum gradient
+40
Native label
Wuppertaler Schwebebahn[34]
Official name
Einschienige Hängebahn System Eugen Langen[31]
Operator
WSW mobil GmbH, Schuckert & Co.[11][12]
Parent organization or unit
WSW Wuppertaler Stadtwerke[21]
Railway signalling system
ETCS Level 3
Railway traffic side
right
Route diagram template
Template:Wuppertaler Schwebebahn
Route number
60[33]
SRGB color hex triplet
2B5796[15]
Service entry
March 1, 1901[20]
Significant person
Tuffi
Speed
+27
Speed limit
+60
State of use
in use
Terminus
Vohwinkel Schwebebahn, Oberbarmen[17][18]
Type of electrification
600 V DC railway electrification, 750 V DC railway electrification, third rail[26][27][28]
Vehicle normally used
GTW 72, GTW Generation 15, Class 1900, Class 1912
🏷️ Also known as
en Wuppertal Schwebebahn en Wuppertal Suspension Railway ar قطار فوبرتال المعلق cs Wuppertaler Schwebebahn cs Schwebebahn cs Visutá dráha ve Wuppertalu de Schwebebahn Wuppertal de Einschienige Hängebahn System Eugen Langen de Schwebebahn Barmen-Elberfeld-Vohwinkel en-gb Wupperal Suspension Railway es Schwebebahn de Wuppertal fi Wuppertalin kaupunkirata fi Wuppertalin riippurata he הרכבת המוגבהת של וופרטל he הרכבת הצפה של וופרטל he הרכבת התלויה של וופרטל hu wuppertali függővasút ja ヴッパータール空中鉄道 ko 부퍼탈 슈베베반 ru Вуппертальская подвесная дорога
🔖 Identifiers · 12
GND ID
1070293628
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
WikiCon 2019 by Einsamer Schütze 06.jpg ↗
ArchINFORM project ID
6273
Atlas Obscura place ID
schwebebahn-wuppertal
BabelNet ID
17347843n
Freebase ID
/m/04nr0r
Klexikon article ID
Wuppertaler_Schwebebahn
Museum-digital tag ID
23475
OpenStreetMap relation ID
2973511
PM20 folder ID
co/044542
Structurae structure ID
10000109
Topic's main category
Category:Wuppertal Schwebebahn

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 4
monorail, urban rail transit, suspension railway, architectural landmark
Significant event 3
accident, accident, 1999 Wuppertal Schwebebahn accident
Has part(s) of the class 2
railway station, transport service itinerary
Country 1
Germany
Industry 1
rail transport
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Wuppertal
Part of 1
Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr
Railway traffic side 1
right
Route diagram template 1
Template:Wuppertaler Schwebebahn
Significant person 1
Tuffi
Topic's main category 1
Category:Wuppertal Schwebebahn
Type of electrification 1
third rail
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Wuppertal Schwebebahn
← Class of object(s) of occurrence 1
1999 Wuppertal Schwebebahn accident
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Summary

Wuppertal Schwebebahn is a suspension railway[1].

Related Entities

Germany

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  1. [3] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  9. [2] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  13. [14] ↑ . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  20. [21] ↑ . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  32. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · M2k~dewiki · 2026-10-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Length → 13.3 kilometre
    Country → Germany
    Railway signalling system → ETCS Level 3
    Type of electrification → 600 V DC railway electrification, 750 V DC railway electrification, third rail
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