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I am currently the envy of transit nerds around the world Riding the monorail of Wuppertal
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Ooh! Nice, I definitely am jealous. Pretty sure @scornflakegrrrl.bsky.social can tell you about interesting spots to hir t up aroaround there.
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I was told there is a massive flower Festival here in 7 years so that's in the planning now
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I could talk a lot about what a cool place the Ruhrpott is if you’re into industrial heritage at all
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Ha just drove by. Still an amazing story with Tuffi.
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Question though, is riding it as cool as looking at it?
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That’s good then. Often I find watching is more fun than experiencing
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That post makes me sound like a fucking voyeur 🤦🏻‍♂️
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Fun fact: that building is a furniture store now (source: I went there)
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And it got it's own emoji (the colors are from the trains from the 70s that operated until 2019) 🚟
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Holy shit they built this thing 120 years ago and still moves 82000 people a day. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuppert...
Wuppertal Schwebebahn - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
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love it, got friends living there and we go on the monorail often. a more accurate but awkward description of it would be "suspension railway" but whoever says that haha
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the wheel system looks a bit like Roberto the robot from Futurama
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That’s awesome. My kid did a year abroad when she was in high school and lived there. It’s called the Schwebebahn: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuppert...
Wuppertal Schwebebahn - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
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Great. But it needs a new marketing department. "The Monorail of Wuppertal" sounds like a minor German prince, perhaps one who bet on France in 1870.
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By gum it put them on the map!
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Visited there last summer and had a wonderful time! The view from inside the Schwebebahn has its moments. There's also a great sculpture garden in Wuppertal!
Do transit nerds like it for anything else than being rare? When I had to take it it was not very pleasant and pretty narrow compared to a normal german tram or subway
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Functionally, not particularly, but due to the rarity and just the coolness factor, suspended over the water
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Also because it's the OG monorail system.
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Is it the OG one? How awesome i did not know
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As far as I know. It's the oldest still in operation, at least.
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Love it so much!! @dzyrl.bsky.social and I went a few years ago. Far TOO long ago, in fact...
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Nice colored carriages of the monorail.
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I am planning a trip to see her!
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I rode the short Alweg-constructed monorail in Seattle a few years ago, and it was a delight. 🙂
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I don't have access to that device right now, and I had more scenic images, but here's what I put on Instagram. I learned about the Wuppertal Monorail doing research on this one. This one goes through the trees and is a lovely 1-mile ride. It only stops at the ends.
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The front of that one is so incredibly cool