This system deserves so many awards for how seamlessly it flows between urban and natural environments. Not only is it NOT disruptive to the urban environment, it flies over a creek leaving only the TINIEST footprint.
Compared to other supended railways (e.g. Chiba) or beem viaducts of a conventional metro system (e.g Berlin or New York) the supporting structure of the Schwebebahn is really sleek, because its steel framework is much more filigree. It is really a masterpiece of engineering. Most people won't believe it was constructed 1898 and opened in 1901. BTW the city council of Wuppertal decided against an elevated metro because of the negative optical impact to the city. Instead. they gave a completely new and untested transport system a chance. A wise decision. The Schwebebahn was way more expensive to build but it was worth it. Yes, I am a fan of it ;-)
It's not well known, but Eugen Langen (the inventor of the Schwebebahn) proposed this system to the city of Berlin. Here is a photo of a a test-track: www.bz-berlin.de/data/uploads/2017/04/gondel_1493217695-768x432.jpg However, Berlin built a normal elevated railway system which evolved into the current subway.
@@matsv201 No doubt about that. H-Bahn Dortmund or Düsseldorf Sky-Train are very good examples for even sleeker designs. However, if you watch a video of the shonan monorail for example, you will agree that the supporting structures look *really* massive and obstrusive. Considerung the age of the Schwebebahn, it is astounding that its sleek design is unmatched even by most of the systems which are way more modern.
Habe die Wuppertaler Schwebebahn gestern besucht. Tolles Erlebnis und eine wunderbare Fahrt......... Von mir gibt es 10 von 10 Punkte für die Fahrt. Für dieses Video natürlich auch. Gut gemacht........ und herzlichen Dank für das Video. Bernd
Immer wieder interessant zu sehen, daß sich in Vohwinkel noch sehr viel Altbausubstanz erhalten hat. In Barmen- Mitte (Alter Markt) ist davon leider nicht mehr viel übriggeblieben. Habe zwischen 1973 und 1980 in Barmen gelebt, gelernt und gearbeitet und auch noch die alten weinroten Schwebebahnwagen mit Holzinventar kennengelernt. Die waren schon stilvoller als das Nachfolgemodell in blau- orange.
At 9:48 , the train leaves the "Varresbeck" station and crosses the Bayer Chemie factory premises. At the next stop, "Westende", there used to be a coal-fired power plant. From there, thick pipes lead to the district heating supply along the banks of the Wupper.
I also think of a possible replacement for the wheel-on-rails drive system (not the carriages themselves, instead keeping them). This could be replaced by a overhead maglev rail carrier system, to get it to a point where it moves almost noiseless along its track. No wear anymore, no noises. just floats along its guideways. Shortstator. means we would have a metal rail on the guideway, carried (lifting some cm up so it sits on a hovering field around the stator rail) by magnets mounted on the vehicle glider which can be inductively supplied with power (or by another siderail on the carrier rail by pickups, which are mounted movable, attaching safely to the contact rail while it hovers along)
This railway is now available in OMSI 2 in the DLC Wuppertal if you want to drive suspended railway. You will have to read the manual as it’s very hard to get it on the tracks for a beginner.
I swear, I wish I knew conversational German. I'd move there in a heartbeat. I love the US, but our infrastructure is dismal, compared to my German cousins.
It really depends where you are in Germany, Wuppertaler is kind of a extreme and with what is really a number of small towns linked together with very early commuter traffic. There are cities where busses dominate. and also showhorned in tram systems are common, and in a lot of places, much worse than a lot of alternative. There really been some sort of Tram mania in Europe the last decades, building systems that is not really that great
@@matsv201 Trams actually aren't always that bad and they often complement metro/subway systems. It really depends on the city. Some German cities which had fairly large tram systems such as Kiel (tram system closed in 1985), Bremerhaven (tram system closed in 1982), and Aachen are considering a reintroduction since busses can't handle certain amounts of traffic. In all of these cities that I mentioned, the abandoning of trams is considered a mistake nowadays.
@@NorthSea_1981 Trams are horrible bad. The issue is that they are horrendously expensive to run. Most people don´t realize that because they are payed from taxes. Tram lobby have grown very strong the last couple of decades. When you relize that a monorail system is both cheaper to build and operate than a tram system.. why even have a tram system. Monorail system is superior " the abandoning of trams is considered a mistake nowadays." Only because they tram lobby says so.
You probably already know that, but take a tip, if you ever come to Germany, go ride an ICE train from Cologne to Frankfurt am Main that *doesn‘t* stop in Siegburg/Bonn, Montabaur and Limburg. 300km/h of German engineering, frick yeah!
@@matsv201 Like the streets you're driving on, or the police which defends your property. Even the subway in New York City isn't profitable by itself. So the question is: Do you want public transport, or do you want traffic jams (in a densely populated area).
IF you need a train in a city without space for the train line . this is how to do it. without tunneling. the higher level of the hanging monorail lets in more sun light to the street. whisper quiet maglev train technology is the future of the hanging monorails
In this case, however, it's not maglev... it works like a normal railway, steel rails on steel tracks, and was built in 1899. This was filmed just after WW II: ua-cam.com/video/BfsOBw3u5FI/v-deo.html
und niemand redet von " TUFFI " dem Elefanten der aus der schwebebahn gesprungen ist and nobody talks about "TUFFI" the elephant who jumped out of the train
@@edmundkirsch2388 Es gibt noch eine Bahn in Dresden nach dem System Langen, das ist aber eine Standseilbahn. Die Systeme in Dortmund und Düsseldorf haben einen ganz anderen technischen Ansatz. Das System Langen als Stadtschnellbahn ist weltweit einmalig nur in Wuppertal anzutreffen.
Anyone heard the child announcements yet? Goes a bit like this: BBHHHWWWWAAAAAHHHHH Niet Intige Stellar Vohwinkel intige i stellar. Bitte alsteigh. (Sorry for the spelling! I am not German btw
Well, i was born in this city and lived for years in a house direct next to this monorail. From my window i could see on top of the construction. It was a nice view. (We lived in the white house on the left at 4:38 on the top floor right under the roof.) And i can only say: You get used to it! The sound of the trains driving every few minutes and the screeching sound the wheels made those days when the train drove throught the turns, is just something you NEED after some time. I can remember as my family moved away from the track. The first days in our new home i had problems to sleep. Why? Because something was missing! Yes, the monorail was gone and it didnt felt right so i coulndt sleep as easy as when i was living next to it.
Built in 1901. Obviously it has newer wagons now, but the overhead rail line was built back in 1901. Awesome!
Danke ! Gut gemacht ! One of the best video about the Schewebebahn !
This system deserves so many awards for how seamlessly it flows between urban and natural environments. Not only is it NOT disruptive to the urban environment, it flies over a creek leaving only the TINIEST footprint.
Compared to other supended railways (e.g. Chiba) or beem viaducts of a conventional metro system (e.g Berlin or New York) the supporting structure of the Schwebebahn is really sleek, because its steel framework is much more filigree. It is really a masterpiece of engineering. Most people won't believe it was constructed 1898 and opened in 1901. BTW the city council of Wuppertal decided against an elevated metro because of the negative optical impact to the city. Instead. they gave a completely new and untested transport system a chance. A wise decision. The Schwebebahn was way more expensive to build but it was worth it. Yes, I am a fan of it ;-)
It's not well known, but Eugen Langen (the inventor of the Schwebebahn) proposed this system to the city of Berlin. Here is a photo of a a test-track: www.bz-berlin.de/data/uploads/2017/04/gondel_1493217695-768x432.jpg
However, Berlin built a normal elevated railway system which evolved into the current subway.
Ah, by the way... greetings from Wuppertal.
@@Balikon Some stradle beam monorails have even sleaker design. Specially the one that runs on a single beam system
@@matsv201 No doubt about that. H-Bahn Dortmund or Düsseldorf Sky-Train are very good examples for even sleeker designs. However, if you watch a video of the shonan monorail for example, you will agree that the supporting structures look *really* massive and obstrusive.
Considerung the age of the Schwebebahn, it is astounding that its sleek design is unmatched even by most of the systems which are way more modern.
I visited in 2015 , the experience was incredible! I live in London so I really enjoyed a journey without delays, red signals and signal failures
Habe die Wuppertaler Schwebebahn gestern besucht. Tolles Erlebnis und eine wunderbare Fahrt......... Von mir gibt es 10 von 10 Punkte für die Fahrt. Für dieses Video natürlich auch. Gut gemacht........ und herzlichen Dank für das Video. Bernd
Eine geniale Idee dieser Ausguck nach hinten! Dieses Filmchen ist ein Hochgenuß! Vielen Dank an den Autor!
Dieses System kenne ich in Deutschland, Düsseldorf Dortmund und Wuppertal, es gibt andere Städte in Deutschland, ich frage mich, ob jemand weiß?
ONLY WUPPERTAL:
It’s so beautiful
Immer wieder interessant zu sehen, daß sich in Vohwinkel noch sehr viel Altbausubstanz erhalten hat. In Barmen- Mitte (Alter Markt) ist davon leider nicht mehr viel übriggeblieben.
Habe zwischen 1973 und 1980 in Barmen gelebt, gelernt und gearbeitet und auch noch die alten weinroten Schwebebahnwagen mit Holzinventar kennengelernt. Die waren schon stilvoller als das Nachfolgemodell in blau- orange.
Dieses System kenne ich in Deutschland, Düsseldorf Dortmund und Wuppertal, es gibt andere Städte in Deutschland, ich frage mich, ob jemand weiß?
only wupprtal. All others are shi.....
Die gebildete Jugend im Hintergrund. Herrlich.
Die Schwebebahn einfach nur genial!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice video. Best regards from Wuppertal.
What a blissful ride.
What are all those pipes near the river for? water for factory? btw popsicle flavor painting of monorail looks tasty :O
At 9:48 , the train leaves the "Varresbeck" station and crosses the Bayer Chemie factory premises. At the next stop, "Westende", there used to be a coal-fired power plant. From there, thick pipes lead to the district heating supply along the banks of the Wupper.
I also think of a possible replacement for the wheel-on-rails drive system (not the carriages themselves, instead keeping them). This could be replaced by a overhead maglev rail carrier system, to get it to a point where it moves almost noiseless along its track. No wear anymore, no noises. just floats along its guideways. Shortstator. means we would have a metal rail on the guideway, carried (lifting some cm up so it sits on a hovering field around the stator rail) by magnets mounted on the vehicle glider which can be inductively supplied with power (or by another siderail on the carrier rail by pickups, which are mounted movable, attaching safely to the contact rail while it hovers along)
i have to travel that country and get a ride in this all day
A real prideride 😉 Thx for having me 👍
Great video and ride, Thanks!
Thanks for this vid ! Monorail is always a futurist mode of transport !
emmanuel lunda futurist? It's more than 100 years old
@@louisdevenosta6249 And yet, it still looks futuristic.
This railway is now available in OMSI 2 in the DLC Wuppertal if you want to drive suspended railway. You will have to read the manual as it’s very hard to get it on the tracks for a beginner.
Yeah I'm having the same trouble how do U put it on the tracks when I do it it puts me on the railroad tracks can anyone help me
mooie video,ik reed mee in 1963,aardig tijdje terug.was wel gaaf.nog steeds hoor.bedankt.
I swear, I wish I knew conversational German. I'd move there in a heartbeat. I love the US, but our infrastructure is dismal, compared to my German cousins.
It really depends where you are in Germany, Wuppertaler is kind of a extreme and with what is really a number of small towns linked together with very early commuter traffic. There are cities where busses dominate. and also showhorned in tram systems are common, and in a lot of places, much worse than a lot of alternative.
There really been some sort of Tram mania in Europe the last decades, building systems that is not really that great
@@matsv201 Trams actually aren't always that bad and they often complement metro/subway systems. It really depends on the city.
Some German cities which had fairly large tram systems such as Kiel (tram system closed in 1985), Bremerhaven (tram system closed in 1982), and Aachen are considering a reintroduction since busses can't handle certain amounts of traffic. In all of these cities that I mentioned, the abandoning of trams is considered a mistake nowadays.
@@NorthSea_1981 Trams are horrible bad. The issue is that they are horrendously expensive to run. Most people don´t realize that because they are payed from taxes.
Tram lobby have grown very strong the last couple of decades.
When you relize that a monorail system is both cheaper to build and operate than a tram system.. why even have a tram system. Monorail system is superior
" the abandoning of trams is considered a mistake nowadays."
Only because they tram lobby says so.
You probably already know that, but take a tip, if you ever come to Germany, go ride an ICE train from Cologne to Frankfurt am Main that *doesn‘t* stop in Siegburg/Bonn, Montabaur and Limburg. 300km/h of German engineering, frick yeah!
@@matsv201 Like the streets you're driving on, or the police which defends your property. Even the subway in New York City isn't profitable by itself. So the question is: Do you want public transport, or do you want traffic jams (in a densely populated area).
Is this the original line or has it expanded over the years?
This is the original line
my Homeland !
i d love to move to wupperthal. how are the rents there? expensive?
no- believe me. i am from WUPPERTAL
A successful monorail since 1903 and still going strong. Only Japan has them being used as transit systems regularly.
1900
IF you need a train in a city without space for the train line . this is how to do it. without tunneling. the higher level of the hanging monorail lets in more sun light to the street. whisper quiet maglev train technology is the future of the hanging monorails
In this case, however, it's not maglev... it works like a normal railway, steel rails on steel tracks, and was built in 1899. This was filmed just after WW II:
ua-cam.com/video/BfsOBw3u5FI/v-deo.html
Great...nice video !!!
Steampunk, German style....
und niemand redet von " TUFFI " dem Elefanten der aus der schwebebahn gesprungen ist
and nobody talks about "TUFFI" the elephant who jumped out of the train
Dieses System kenne ich in Deutschland, Düsseldorf Dortmund und Wuppertal, es gibt andere Städte in Deutschland, ich frage mich, ob jemand weiß?
@@edmundkirsch2388 Es gibt noch eine Bahn in Dresden nach dem System Langen, das ist aber eine Standseilbahn. Die Systeme in Dortmund und Düsseldorf haben einen ganz anderen technischen Ansatz. Das System Langen als Stadtschnellbahn ist weltweit einmalig nur in Wuppertal anzutreffen.
Ist es bequem zu reiten? Es sieht instabile aus.
rock solid
It is very comfortable. Es ist recht angenehm.
****#quando** eu for maior de idade vou andar nessa maravilha em wuppertaler, trem de suspenção ((hales, hales kut))#**
ur basically flying with the thing!!
Yeah, basically!
Ну нафиг, страшно :D
看到美好的Wuppertal 捷運前緣玻璃
真想把高雄市公車扔到愛河裡面…..
每個機車的迴光返照，
令人瘋狂….==
Love! ;)
Ich komme aus Wuppertal das die wahrzeichen von Wuppertal in Wuppertal Vohwinkel ist eine Schaukel als Schwebebahn 🚟🚠
ما شاء الله
Cool transport
The train wouldn't swing from left to right, wouldn't it?
it does
Built 120 years ago. In today's Germany it would take 120 years to build it.
я хочу там жить!!!
Are you alone ??
Einfach Baba 42
Wuppertal Schwebebahn schalalalala Wuppertal Schwebebahn schalalalala ich bin wuppertal
One thing about this system could be considered dangerous: the end walls of the station through which the train comes.
There are no recorded accidents.
@@funker76 There were several accidents and one fatal one in 1999.
@@Ozymandias1 he means of someone falling off the platform
bvcnx Hügelstraße
Avyaan
Anyone heard the child announcements yet?
Goes a bit like this:
BBHHHWWWWAAAAAHHHHH Niet Intige Stellar Vohwinkel intige i stellar. Bitte alsteigh. (Sorry for the spelling! I am not German btw
I am not german either
I am dutch
But i heard the announcements
Yo AWZ FAIS
Yesses Maria
Einfach nur hässlich die neuen Wagen
Danke für das video.But imagine you own a nice house there and you got that hideous thing before ur windows.
Fransje sometimes its like this, for example in vohwinkel the windows are directly in front of the Schwebebahn
Well, i was born in this city and lived for years in a house direct next to this monorail. From my window i could see on top of the construction. It was a nice view. (We lived in the white house on the left at 4:38 on the top floor right under the roof.)
And i can only say: You get used to it! The sound of the trains driving every few minutes and the screeching sound the wheels made those days when the train drove throught the turns, is just something you NEED after some time.
I can remember as my family moved away from the track. The first days in our new home i had problems to sleep. Why? Because something was missing! Yes, the monorail was gone and it didnt felt right so i coulndt sleep as easy as when i was living next to it.
This monorailway is not any worse than thousands of cars going underneath your windows.
And after all, nobody forces anyone to move near to the Schwebebahn. If you do, well, tough.
More dangerous than a normal train!
SOPM2007 i thought the same
That's not dangerous
Its the safest train you can ride
This train is everything but dangerous! So far there has only been one accident involving deaths and the system is more than 100 years old.
PermaKitten wieso ist dann ein elefant von der Schwebebahn ins Wasser gefallen ?
Diese ding macht kein sinn
Dániel Deák wie meinen?
Dániel Deák Diese Kommentar macht kein Sinn
Ich wollte, wir hätten mehr von diesen "sinnlosen" Dingen in Deutschland!
Das ist wahr.
Keinen Sinn? Das sehen 82'000 Wuppertaler am Tag ganz anders.