Презентация на тему Is a suspension railway in Wuppertal, Germany

Railway) Installation, Eugen Langen System". It is the oldest

electric elevated railway with hanging cars in the world and is a unique system.
Designed by Eugen Langen to sell to the city of Berlin, the installation with elevated stations was built in Barmen, Elberfeld and Vohwinkel between 1897 and 1903; the first track opened in 1901. The Schwebebahn is still in use today as a normal means of local public transport, moving 25 million passengers annually (2008).

13.3 kilometres , at a height of about 12

metres above the river Wupper between Oberbarmen and Sonnborner Straße (10 kilometres ) and about 8 metres above the valley road between Sonnborner Straße and Vohwinkel (3.3 kilometres ).At one point the railway crosses the A46 motorway. The entire trip takes about 30 minutes.The Wuppertal Suspension Railway operates within the VRR transport association and accepts tickets issued by the VRR companies.

passengers per weekday through the city. Since 1997, the

supporting frame has been largely modernised, and many stations have been reconstructed and brought technically up to date. Kluse station, at the theatre in Elberfeld, had been destroyed during the Second World War. This too was reconstructed during the modernisation.