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Suspended Railway Over the Wupper River in Wuppertal Germany | April 1, 1952 (ani.social)

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[–] JASN_DE@feddit.org 20 points 4 days ago (2 children)

It has been modernised every so often, but the line is still operating today.

[–] Schmuppes@lemmy.today 10 points 3 days ago

Because the topography of the place makes anything other than busses pretty much impossible. The name "Wuppertal" translates literally to "Wupper Valley", which is pretty narrow. I find it awesome that the city was once very wealthy, so they decided to just go for it and build something cutting-edge for the time. Nowadays, the initial investment would no a big no-no.

[–] Fluke@feddit.uk 5 points 3 days ago

I've been on it. It was cool as fuck.

(Was visiting at some point around Gamescom nearly a decade ago.)