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A Schwebebahn Anniversary

On: 5th December 2018

On this very day, 5th December, a hundred and twenty years ago the very first test trains ran on the world’s one and only true monorail system. This was the Schwebebahn suspension railway through the twin cities of Elberfeld and Barmen in the Ruhr area of Germany. The two citiesRead More →

Wuppertal’s Schwebebahn is running again in test mode (Vohwinkel to Hammerstein) to prepare for a new operating system used by its Generation 15 monorail trains. The section from Hammerstein to Oberbarmen remains shut whilst investigations continue on the integrity of its infrastructure.
20/20 Railway: London’s premier new line gets £2.15 billion more with a hopeful opening date sometime in 2020 as the ‘Elizabeth Line.’ FinancialTimes.
Schwebebahn incident: 1) Video of damaged car, the fallen rail, interview with WSW staff etc: You Tube. 2) Video showing fallen power rail & attempts to remove it: You Tube.