Wuppertal monorail

The World's Oldest Monorail In Germany

The Wuppertal Suspension Railway or Wuppertaler Schwebebahn, is a suspension  railway in Wuppertal, Germany, It is also known as "Electric Elevated Railway".  The suspension railway became a symbol and landmark of the German city Wuppertal.  Hanging rail included with public transport feet of the city and is a double-track  monorail suspension system on the platforms on which the "suspended" cabins for  passengers. Wuppertal suspension is one of the oldest monorail still in working today,  and this is the worlds first and the only suspended monorail in the world.  This hanging rail was originally proposed in 1824, the cars was pulled by  horse teams on the ground, while a prototype was built, but in 1898 the idea  of a suspended monorail was dusted off, this time to powered by electricity.  The construction of this project was began in 1901 and it was completed in  1903, at the cost of 16 million Gold-marks. Emperor Wilhelm II took the inaugural ride.     It was the only opportunity for the development of urban transport.  And now days, it is the easiest and fastest way to get around the city  with 82,0000 passenger a day. The route has 20 stations and a length is  13.3 kilometres, 10 kilometers of railway pass over the Wupper river at a  height of about 12 meters, the remaining 3.3 kilometers above the streets of  the city at a height of  about 8 meters. Maximum train speed is 60 km/h.   Even after over a 100 years, it is still the easiest and fastest way to  get around the city. First Image by Flickr user Dede90