Suspension Railway in Wuppertal, Germany (Schwebebahn)

Have you ever seen anything like this? An upside down monorail - a suspended monorail in Wuppertal, Germany - The suspension railway runs along a route of 13.3 kilometres (8.3 mi), at a height of about 12 metres (39 ft) above the river Wupper between Oberbarmen and Sonnborner Straße (10 kilometres or 6.2 miles) and about 8 metres (26 ft) above the valley road between Sonnborner Straße and Vohwinkel (3.3 kilometres or 2.1 miles). 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. - The Wuppertal Suspension Railway nowadays carries up to 82,000 passengers a day through the city.
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