Monorail Suspension Railway • Wuppertal, Germany

[Philipp19971000]

bei 3:14 ist Oberbarmen juhu in der nähe wohne ich lol

[pillockbrain]

Great system!! Nice video clip..

Wish my city had suspended trams, they look fun to ride.

[HeilNizar]

It looks like coming from far future, no need for tracks in straight line on the ground, beautiful views, the feeling of being suspended is cool enough, they make sharp turns easily...

And this started in Germany in 1901?! WTF Germans rule

How come this is not the standard all over the world?!

[oOcytewinderOo]

Yeah...my city....and she´s beautiful!

[WizardmasterNZ]

Of course, This old version. I found the Youtube link is Zxp2ktR0ZuU put in the search box called "Skytrain Düsseldorf International" video are much better than old. This can be switch a rail and less cost the built over head rail.  Good think !!

[Rocketboy1950]

Two very similar systems near Tokyo. Like this one they are too noisy and very ugly. I prefer the straddle beam from the noise and aesthetics point of view.

[thonecoat]

monorail travel is the new heroin everybody.

[TheJoshsam]

are there also new sections build or is it still the same traject as 100 years ago?

[Metrolinkvideo]

@TheJoshsam Some sections are new, but mostly the monorail runs on the old route..

[TheJoshsam]

@Metrolinkvideo I never knew there were monorails in the Rhein-Rhur metropolis and i'm living next door in Belgium ....But i like them a lot! :D

[mlade77]

Very cool system. I'm surprised it runs for 100 years, it looks futuristic now. There were no accidents during the whole century?

[KilianVendetta]

there were 13 from 1903 till today...

[eltfell]

@mlade77 13 accidents, one of them fatal with 4 fatalities. From its safety record, the Schwebebahn is the safest means of public transport whatsoever - safer than aviation.

[21Laser]

Really amazing that this system was built over 100 years ago and is still running strong today. Too bad that many other cities do not adopt this system.

Where I live, Cincinnati, Ohio, the proposed solution to solve our transportation issues is to spend money on a street car system. What a waste as this was what we had many years ago. Sigh as a monorail system such as System 21 that could be leased is a much better solution.

Even this system would be much better!

[NyYankees1985]

that thing is fukkin dope......mono rails are the best and most efficiant form of mass transit....they are the cheapest to run build and make most profit use less electricity and their structures can be assembled and dis-assembled the easyest

[diverse01]

wow. kool

[timsimmk]

Great collection!

[Crofaino]

It's the safest way of travelling. I live in Wupertal and tu us it's just public transprt. It's like the underground railway only the wrong way round. Btw it's a bit sad you don't have any pics of the Kaiserwagen. It's an old carriage only used for city tours and weddings. It's called Kaiserwagen because the Kaiser or in englisch the Emperor went on a ride to see how it is. This Cariiage is 100 years old.

[KnutKnuttsen]

Its the fastes way in Wuppertal, to get from one Place of the City to an other... really!

[AnimePlanet7]

Want to see America's SHAME...look at the 'Seattle monorail'...this is "how not to make a monorail"!! A moving 'junkyard' on rails!!...lOL...Seattle doesn't have a CLUE! America like to 'pretend' it is a GREAT Technological LEADER.....but it 'slipped' on this ONE! This german monorail is electric....Our monorail has a'chain-saw-motor' pulling it along (Ghettofied).....putt...putt..­...putttzzzz........bbrrpzzzz.­......"people praying it doesn't crash or stall on the tracks....it's JUNK!!

[diesfie]

Nice Vid, Glad you didn't mix any music over it. The sound of iron on iron belongs to it !