GERMANY'S UPSIDE DOWN RAILWAY / WUPPERTAL SCHWEBEBAHN REVIEW
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Hello and welcome to a very unique review on the channel!
Today we will be checking out the upsidedown railway in Wuppertal, Germany. This is another trip I have wanted to make for a long time, and to experience this unique system really was a great day out! Enjoy the video!
Date of Filming: 24/9/21
Camera: GoPro Hero 7 Black
Operator: WSW Wuppertaler Stadtwerke
Departure: Oberbarmen, Wuppertal, Germany
Arrival: Vohwinkel, Wuppertal, Germany
Cost: Adult single ticket - €2.90, 24h ticket - €7.20
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With the warmest greetings from my hometown Wuppertal. Our city has very ugly corners, but also again very beautiful ones and the beautiful corners are really worth seeing, just like the surrounding area of Wuppertal.
I wish you all a good transition into 2022 and stay healthy.
Thank you, happy new year to you too 🙂
Great review of an unique and incredible means of transit! As a disabled individual, I really appreciate your attention to accessible features! Fortunately the world is waking up to those of us in wheel chairs and needing walkers.😊
You're welcome Peter and I'm glad you enjoyed it ☺️
Last time I did the Schwebebahn I managed to do a round trip and took in the trolleybus system in Solingen as well. They run in hybrid mode from the nearby Vohwinkel mainline station, and the trolley wires start not long after passing underneath the railway bridge. In the centre of Solingen we transferred to the S7 train and went over the Müngstener Brücke and ended up at Oberbarmen! Glad you had a fun time, and thanks for a great video! 👍
What a great little trip 😊👍🏻
Ooh, we must try that next time we're in the area!
I can add a +1 for the hugely tall Müngsten bridge. It's worth stopping off at Solingen-Schaberg and walking down to see the bridge from below (2 nice cafes beside the river too!)
Before the tram system was decommissioned in Wuppertal in 1987, my parents took me one a round trip through Wuppertal using all five public transport systems: bus, trolley bus, tram, schwebebahn, and local train. The schwebebahn is quite clearly the coolest of them all.
Yes. Please, I want more. 👍
A few things to mention:
The Schwebebahn is uniquely perfect in Wuppertal as Wuppertal is a very long and narrow city due to the hefty mountains on each side of the valley. (That is also why you see a lot of busses, as the hills were too steep for most other modes of transport, so if you want to go up you have to take a bus.)
Also, while the Schwebebahn is unique for visitors for people living in Wuppertal it is just a normal mode of transportation, a very fast and smooth one, because the traffic in the narrow valley by car is bad and flying over it you don't have to care about stops, crosses and traffic. So even if you have a car, if you want to get anywhere alongside the Schwebebahn it is usually faster than going by car.
I did read a lot of the history when researching the video, and I think it's a perfect solution. Excellent! 🚟🇩🇪
This was great - I never knew you could do this !! Amazing engineering - thank you for sharing !! 😊
Glad you enjoyed it Shirley ☺️
I'd love to see more unusual types of train experiences! And I very much appreciate when you contribute historical/cultural bits as well. Excellent!!!
That's very kind Didi, I have a few more up my sleeve 😃
It's funny that CZcams is suggesting this video to me now as I and my roommates are driving to Wuppertal this weekend for the sole reason of experiencing Schwebebahn for the first time. We're so excited for that. Love your videos and keep up the good work :)
Haha, have a great trip!! 😁
Choo choo! I'm a train and I approve this video !
Thank you 🚂
We did the Schwebebahn 2 days ago and agree entirely, it is a bucket list journey that train fans need to do! So much fun and a great way to get to know the city. Thank you for the inspiration 😁
You're very welcome 🤗
actually Wuppertal even had two tram networks. One in meter gauge and one in standard gauge. The standard gauge network lasted until the 80s.
Ah interesting!!
@@NonstopEurotripFirst there was the tram, 17 years before the suspension railway. For around 100 years. Then the tram was dismantled because the number of cars became too large and space was needed for 4-lane roads.
I’m surprised by how fast it is tbh. Very enjoyable video I couldn’t resist watching, even though I’m supposed to be going there next April for my 2nd attempt at it!
You'll get there next time Mark, and yes they are quite rapid 😁
I am so happy to find someone who outlines their white text with black so that I can actually read it! Thank you!
Haha you're welcome! 😁🙏🏻
Thanks for sharing this wonderful experience!
You're welcome 😀
I love any kind of trains thank you for shareing👍🏻
Glad you liked it Jill 😊
Very fancy ! Es ist eine kleine geschichte : “ Einmal in leben ,in Wupperthal schweben ! “ :-))
Thank you 😊
Great video! I love the Schwebebahn. When I’m near Wuppertal I always try to pass by to enjoy a ride.
Definitely worth it 🙂
Very German - and by that I mean ingenious, clever, clean and efficient. Quite a brilliant solution which could aid many other cities if the councils used their alleged brains.
Absolutely Jon, that sums it up very well 👍🏻😄
I rode the Schwebebahn in 2018 when they had a mixed fleet of the last generation and current generation trains running together. I was lucky to ride both types! It was the most unique train I've ever been on. I'm glad you got to experience it, too!
Ah excellent! I never got the chance to ride the old ones! 🇩🇪🚟
@@NonstopEurotrip They weren't very comfortable, and they swayed quite dreadfully in a sick-making sort of way! All the same, I'm glad I got to go on them. But the new trains, while too uniform (and none of them have ads on the bottom the way the older ones did), are much more comfortable.
Great video. I've very much enjoyed the double episodes all month. Thanks for taking the time to edit and publish. I know it's a lot of work to do!
Ah you're very welcome. It wouldn't be so bad if I didn't have loads of other work too 😃
Very nice video of a great and special rail-ride.
Absolutely 🤗
Thank you very much for this nice video about our Schwebebahn. It is the first touristic video I've seen with the new implemented train generation. We are very proud of this suspension railway indeed and it is very appreciated that visitors like it too. Greetings from Wuppertal.
You're very welcome Edgar, I'm glad you liked the video! Wuppertal is such a great place 😎👍🏻
Very enjoyable video ……and a real eye opener! I was staying in Düsseldorf only a matter of weeks ago, and would have made time in my schedule to visit & ride the Wuppertal Schwebal had I known about it. Now placed firmly on my list for when I next visit! Thanks again for the video!!
Ah no, sorry I should have released the video sooner 😂
@@NonstopEurotrip If one buys the NRW day ticket this is included with the trip from Cologne to Wuppertal (on regional trains, not intercity trains).
You are Welcome ;) I can show you my little town...
Superb one 👍👍👍👍
This is on my bucket list as well, ever since I saw a film made on the Schwebebahn in 1902.
Wow very old film! 😁
This seems to be a very interesting place, I hope I can visit sometime in the future. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much! And please keep up the great job! Subscribed!!
Thank you 😊
素晴らしい鉄道動画！
Greeting from Japan.
🐾😁😁👍🙌💓💓💕
💕🐾😊😊😍😍👏😀
Very much high on the bucket list,especially that rear view!
Amazing isn't it 😁
One of the few railways that I can truthfully say I’ve never been on, or even heard of, before!! Nice to find something interesting that I haven’t even heard of before!!
Haha wow, I love giving this information to people 😃🇩🇪
Yea,me ,too here ! Or did I 🤔 But ,never seen it for sure !!! 👍😆🎄🚈🎉🍾🥂💜🥁🐉🎤🎶💞
@@NonstopEurotrip Thank you so much for this ! 💜🥁🐉🎤🎶🎄🚈🎉🍾🥂💕💞
Nice to see my hometown ! Great video :)
Lovely Wuppertal 😁
You can use a polariser to reduce reflections from the windows. Amazing videos, you got me hooked :D
Haha thank you 🙏🏻
Great video as always and today's Video was fantastic, in my opinion. And indeed they made perfect decision building it above the river not only, there was proper utilization of land but also it looks amazing. And I knew about this transit system for quite a while and that time, I was surprised to see that this magnificent structure was able to survive both the World Wars and aerial bombing too. Moreover, I had watched the video of this suspension train on CZcams I think 6 months ago and it was amazing to watch since it was filmed when they started this new line. And as far as I remember there is one such transit system in Japan too, so you could try that too mate. 😊
I do plan on Japan soon mate 😄 Glad you enjoyed this video, I had great fun making and editing it and you're right, it's very ingenious 😄👍🏻
During the first World War Germany didn't really experience any damage, but during the second World War Wuppertal was heavily bombed, and the Schwebebahn heavily damaged, being completely destroyed in some areas. However it was so essential that it was rebuilt and back in service by 1946.
@@mikeblatzheim2797 oh, I see thank you very much for the information, I wasn't awared that lines were heavily damaged, I knew that the city was raided.
What an amazing piece of history. I did have a chuckle about the elephant. Fantastic story ❤️❤️❤️
Glad you enjoyed it Donald 😂🐘
I literally busted out laughing when I saw the passenger ahead of you in a Naruto Akatsuki jacket...
I took a ride on the Schwebebahn in 1972, quite an experience!
How different was it back then!?
@@NonstopEurotrip just older vehicles!
Hello and thank you very much for this nice video and your promoting of the "Schwebebahn ". We people from Wuppertal really appreciate your content. Best wishes and a happy new year.
Best wishes and a happy new year to you too Franz 😃🇩🇪
Never been there while it is only 135km from my birthtown. It is on my bucket list.
Haha you definitely should 🙂
You’ve got some wonderful video of how this railway works. I hope that your European railfan operation is going well and that I see more of this very interesting line in the future.
Thank you 🙏🏻
Que increible el transporte publico de Alemania es moderno como ferrocarril al reves se encuentra en Wuppertal 😍😍😍😍😍
Amazing isn't it ☺️
Yes more please :)
I have some more planned 😁
This is certainly unique railway ... love the views from the last seat in the rear car. Thanks a lot.
Absolutely 🤗🇩🇪🚟
That's awesome, I'd love to ride on that
You should one day 😃
Iam learning German. Your videos are helpful to me because i get to learn German places. Its because of your video that i got to know that Vienna is called Wien in German. Keep travelling to Germany Austria so i can see more German places. Travel also on S Bahn and U bahn in Germany👍👍👍
I have but it won't make a good video lol 😂
Life is too short to learn proper german ;)
@@Sanginius23 That's not fair.... there are much difficult languages
One day, with luck, I'll travel on this marvel. Makes me pine even more for the sadly lamented Liverpool Overhead Railway. Thank you for posting this. John
It's definitely worth the trip John 😊
Awesome video! I remember the railway from an old VHS I used to watch, but didn't really get into it more until one of my chill music channels made a video featuring this railway! So amazing and cool!
Ah thank you Chris 😃
Cool
😎😎
It’s a kind of reminder of what we could have had a very long time ago, in Scotland.
There was a demonstration line built above the railway line near Mulgavie on the outskirts of glasgow, called the Bennie Railplane, which was a lozenge shaped propeller driven unit like these trains.
It didn’t succeed, as you might well have guessed, but if it hadn’t been designed with dangerous propellers at each end of the vehicles body (open and exposed too anyone standing nearby on the platforms, it might have been an alternative to the trams…
Wow I've never even heard of that! 😃
This may have been mentioned already, but Walt and Lillian Disney in a tour of Europe rode the Schwebebahn. It started to give Walt the idea to include it in this yet to be built Disneyland Park. Lillian didn't like the swinging motion of the Schwebebahn, hence its name, which let Walt to investigate further and ultimately contract with Alweg, also a German firm, to build the first monorail operating in the western hemisphere. Note that the Alweg monorail rode on top of the rail instead of hanging underneath it.
I didn't know that, very interesting William, thanks 😊👍🏻
Awesone!! Thank you Max for sharing your 'bucket list' with us!!😀😀♥️♥️
Haha you're welcome Scott 😃👍🏻 this was cool, right?
@@NonstopEurotrip Cool yes!! If I the opportunity to ride the hanging railway I would be riding all the time!!
Excellent presentation. I am fascinated by this line. Never rode it but saw it running parallel to our Intercity train from Hamm to Koln. Thanks for posting such a nice video.
You're very welcome Richard ☺️🙏🏻
cannot wait to do this trip,hopefully in 2022
Definitely worth it Ian ☺️
You are welcome. I can show you my little town.
Thank you very much for your wonderful experience to show such gorgeous panoramic view of the city of Wuppertal. I've just heard about such kind means of transportation. You have really made a great surprise for me. Studying German at the University I have never been to Germany. Your video is really great and cool. I give a lot of thanks for such kind of possibility you offered me to show with my own eyes what's going around. Germany is a wonderful country. German engineering products are famous around the globe: German engineering companies, transportation systems, their eco-friendly technical solution to solve environment pollution problems - all these deserves best attention. German cars, trains, furniture, housekeeping facilities - everything what makes our life more comfortable, - it's great genius of outstanding German engineers. The Wuppertal Schwebebahn - is a unique ongoing transportation system which gives us wonderful possibility to solve many environmental problems, made architectural design of the city more precious (precise und knapp) due to complicated geological peculiarities of the city and certainly makes life of the citizens more comfortable and convenient. The Schwebebahn in Wuppertal could solve many transportation problems in the megacities, metropolitan areas and suburban regions of the cities in the rush hour during the migration of people from bed to work when many people should stay in cars for a long period of time. Adore this video, adore your titanic work. Great video, good job, nice trains, beautiful city. Give you my big "like". Thank you, bye.
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!
I've always know this as the DangleBahn. Happy New Year everyone.
Hahaha, isn't that the emirates air line? LOL
I WENT ON THAT TRAIN IN 1990, WHEN THE WALL CAME DOWN!!!!!!
Not this one...
Great video! I'm a big fan of Wuppertal Schwebebahn. I really like this type of transport and I hope I'll try this Bahn soon :-)
Can't believe you've not been there already Pete 😂🙏🏻
Greetings from Wuppertal- if I look out of my window, I can see a small part of the "Schwebebahn"...
Hello my neighbor ;)
Must be cool 😎
Yep Wuppertal does have a hanged metro system. It isn't very long but rather unique. It does swing a little bit but not enough to discourage the users. You do get a good view looking down though.
I used to drive to ski in the Alps from UK and would do 650 mile in the forward journey in one day as the ferry docked Amsterdam early in the morning. For the return journey I had to do it in two days so picking a German city for overnight stay along the River Rhine route close to Holland was a feature of my skiing trips. In one year it was Wuppertal and it was really a pleasant surprise to see this upside down railway in action.
I believe China is also offering this arrangement in its metro trains line up. Japan is another country that has it too.
Thank you for the nice comment 😊
Great video, its very cool to see that you are on a train literally fliying above other people and the city.
I know right, how cool is that! 🚟😃
This is definitely a bucket list ride for me, thanks for a great video!
You're welcome 😁🇩🇪🚟
Fascinating! Didn’t know this existed! Looks like fun 🤩
Very fun Sonja! 🙏🏻🇩🇪
Thanks for the video, but for future visitors, a little suggestion would be that.. the best time to travel with Schwuppie is Autumn because you can see all the beautiful colorful shades of the Mother Nature..
That will be beautiful, no doubt 😃
That's my Hometown 😀
Greetings from Wuppertal
Greetings! 😁🇩🇪🚟
It's really nice travel on its board. You must try it.
Absolutely 🙏🏻
I'd definitely love to take a ride on the Schwebebahn. Nice video.
You should 😎🇩🇪🚟
Thanks for another enjoyable video. We've been lucky enough to have travelled twice on this unique system. We thought our friends would enjoy the trip but his wife felt seasick because of the swaying motion.
Oh no! They probably should go on a Pendolino then 😂
Great video
Thanks Luis! ☺️
I really enjoyed this video. Thank you for sharing! 👍
You're welcome 😁
amazing!
I know right 😁
I live about 1 km from the station in Oberbarmen. I often go to Barmen as from the Barmen station it is just a short walk into the Barmen town centre.
Great fun 😁
Thank you very much for that detailed amd valid information about the Schwebebahn. Many people made videos or essays about the Schwebebahn and just didn't get to provide the correct information about it and it's history. As a born "Wuppertaler" it always hurts me, when people tell stuff bout the old lady which just doesn't fit the truth. Nice pictures and good work, perfect research though, too! Hope you enjoyed your stay in our beautiful City!
You're very welcome! And yes I loved Wuppertal 🇩🇪😃
I would love to go on this train.
It's exciting Cheryl 😀
Great video !!
Thanks 🚟
Wonderful and unique!
Absolutely 🤗
Lucky you being able to ride this train. When two years ago just a few days after me booking a trip and hotel there, there was an accident there, and the entire line was out of order for months on end. So the only thing I could do was walk alongside the suspended railway and look at a few of the train-stations, but no train-ride.
Ah that's bad luck!! 😭
OK 👍 I saw how people getting on !! Lol. Like we normally do ! Very interesting ! And sad about the tragic accident in the past ! A clean ,fun ride ,I can imagine !! I'd love to ride on this !! 😍 💕
Definitely worth it 🚟🇩🇪
@@NonstopEurotrip I love that !! I'd really love to someday !! Thanks !!👍
Video's score: 10.5 out of 10
Oh wow thank you Pedro 😁
Cool video! There are two more Schwebebahns in NRW. Düsseldorf airport and Dortmund university. Most Germans do not know that the Schwebebahn is something very unique. I will watch your other videos, too. Thank you.
The Düsseldorf one utilizes a different system though so you can‘t really say it is the same one as the Wuppertal Schwebebahn.
The Schwebebahn is quite unique!
Thanks for sharing this iconic experience from end to end. I hope to do it one day. I believe they used to have a special set of cars that did an afternoon tea run but maybe those days have gone? It reminds me a little of the Shonan monorail in Japan - it is also a supended railway that traverses both urban streets and forested hills.
Ah I'd love to do Japan Linda, hopefully this year! And yes this is iconic and great fun 😁😁😁
Would love to see more public transit videos really enjoying them
Ah excellent, I've got a few more up my sleeve 😃
Thanks a lot, what an amazing system, love to ride on it one day.
Very amazing John! 🤗
You are welcome. I can show you Wuppertal.
This is certainly a most unique and unusual means of transportation.
It sure is!! 😊
Min. 1:24 - I'm sorry, but Wuppertal used to have a tram system until the eighties. But as everywhere, the car traffic rose and the tram had to disappear.
Thanks for the information 😊
W-upper valley! It’s the name we call it. I’m from Wuppertal
Excellent 👍🏻
My Hometown.
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Happy New Year ! Happy new trips !
To you too 🙏🏻
I do love the Schwebebahn! We have been twice now. Our second trip was in 2019, shortly after it had reopened following a rather nasty incident where some of the rails fell off, or something - it was closed for nearly a year for reparations. Anyway, by then all the trains looked exactly the same, whereas on our first visit, in May 2018, there were all sorts of different trains on the line, some much older than others.
Such a special experience 😃🚟🇩🇪
the newly constructed wheels damaged the track; and some other difficulties happened; it was well developed over the last 120 years. But new generations of engineers thought they knew everything about our Schwebebahn. And the managers who were responsible for wrong decisions are now in other jobs and one of the head management is now a politician...
Greetings from Wuppertal 😜
Greetings 😁
Prices will unfortunately be 3,00€ one way and 7,30€ for 24h from Saturday (01.01.2022) on.
😭😭😭
Will you try to make the journey from Paris to Milan with the Frecciarossa?
Yes, but not right now unfortunately!
@@NonstopEurotrip ah ok 😊
Always want to see a quirky video!
Absolutely Paul 🚟🤗
Thank God that baby elephant was o.k.,though !! They shouldn't had done that ! No animals should be used in circuses !! Thank you for the info .!! 😅
Absolutely 🐘😂
More please
I have a few more up my sleeve 😃
Great video 👍👍👍
Thank you 😊
Parts of the monorail follows the mainline which is Wuppertal Hagen Witten Dortmund Railway the Rhein-Ruhr Osten route one point you actually go under the Wuppertal Düsseldorf railway
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@@NonstopEurotrip maybe try it the announcement is different from this one because it's using Ingo Ruff DB BR422 DB BR1440 S-Bahn Rhein-Ruhr S8. If I had to guess who does the announcement it's Helga Bayertz like S-Bahn München DB BR423
Great transport but also scary
Nooo not scary 😂
It is suspended in the air, it can fall to the ground and make a fatal accident
A good ride!
Absolutely 🚟🇩🇪
In Dresden there is also a short suspension railway. Did open in the same year (1901). And next to it there is a funicular from 1895. Both are also part of the public transport system there, albeit more touristy. With single-trip tickets and day tickets, you have to pay a surcharge to use them. Only from weekly and longer valid tickets onwards, they are fully covered (i.e. for the residents living next to them they are normal public transport).
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And in Stuttgart, there is a cogwheel tram line (#10) which is fully covered by all local public transport tickets. And also a funicular up to the beautiful Waldfriedhof cemetery. Also fully covered.
I'll have to try them out ☺️
Video's Score: 8.5/10 I love the quirkiness of this trip
Absolutely mate!! 🇩🇪🚟
This is what I want to go on and see. Is it still there. That is just incredible. Maybe other countries including the UK could do with this sort of transport especially in places that is hard to get good transport and cities that need better transportation.
Hopefully you can go soon Andrew! ☺️👍🏻
@@NonstopEurotrip 😄
@@NonstopEurotrip I definitely wanna ride on this one !! Although that past accident ( almost always due to human errors/ maintenance ) worries me ! 💜🥁🐉🎤🚈🎄💞
Totally agree
@@spark_6710 I mean, it is still the safest public transport system you could take 5 deaths Vs millions of millions of people who traveled with that, that makes up for a quite remarkable statistical analysis. They even implemented safety features so those things can't happen anymore!