Wuppertal is one of the cities in North Rhine-Westphalia ,NRW- its the state where I lived in Germany. One of the weekends myself and Sobhi decided to visit this place. I would like to mention here something about this city......
It is a major industrial centre including such industries as: textiles, metallurgy, chemicals, medicine (Bayer), electric, rubber, vehicles and printing equipment. One of the most famous pain-killers, Aspirin, was invented in Wuppertal by Bayer.
Schwebebahn
One of the city’s greatest attractions is the suspended monorail (“Wuppertaler Schwebebahn”), which was established in 1901. The tracks are 8 m above the streets and 12 m above the Wupper river.
The Wuppertal Schwebebahn is a “Eugen Langen Monorail Suspension Railway” (Einschienige Hängebahn System Eugen Langen). Designed by Eugen Langen, who originally planned to build it in Berlin, it was built in 1900, opened in 1901 and is still in use today as a local transport system in the city.
It is the oldest monorail system in the world.
The suspension railway travels along a route 13.3 kilometres long, about 12 metres above the surface of the river Wupper between Oberbarmen and Sonnborner Straße (10 km) and approximately 8 m above the city streets, between Sonnborner Straße and Vohwinkel (3.3 km).At one point the railway crosses the A46 motorway.
We both decided to explore this rail trip.. The entire trip takes about 30 minutes.
We felt very good travelling above the river surface....
My frined Sobhi- she is from Kerela.
I had a good fun with Sobhi in Wuppertal..
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