Goodmorning from the foggy Danish countryside 🇩🇰
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@Pepijn Ohhh, I didn't know they had one train that doesn't have the light blue livery, but one that's obviously a hommage to the livery of the previous trains!
@geeeero Yup. Literally one out of the 35 or so they have (as I was told by the shopkeeper of the model train shop who was trying to 'upsell' me to the one he thinks is prettier).
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Ok. This thing is amazing. It ain't no gimmick. More cities could use this.
Despite the base of the system being a 100yrs old the acceleration of the modern vehicles is FAST. Comfort of entry and exit is excellent despite it being very busy.
Wuppertal is kinda surprising in how interesting it is. Admittedly I knew only one thing about it before coming here and not even checked Wikipedia while in the train.
Besides the excellent rollercoaster, ICE connection and fancy bus-station the town is a typical car-first German town. Non-car-first places here are "dedicated specials" (see photos).
Also as a Dutch person living in Denmark I had -again- forgotten that cities can have vertical distance as well..
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Ok. This thing is amazing. It ain't no gimmick. More cities could use this.
Despite the base of the system being a 100yrs old the acceleration of the modern vehicles is FAST. Comfort of entry and exit is excellent despite it being very busy.
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Wuppertal is kinda surprising in how interesting it is. Admittedly I knew only one thing about it before coming here and not even checked Wikipedia while in the train.
Besides the excellent rollercoaster, ICE connection and fancy bus-station the town is a typical car-first German town. Non-car-first places here are "dedicated specials" (see photos).
Also as a Dutch person living in Denmark I had -again- forgotten that cities can have vertical distance as well..
Somehow the worlds smallest ICE is parked in there.
Edit: Turns out https://nordbahntrasse.de/ is a big thing.
Edit 2: yes I'm a shit tourist. I usually just walk around in ever larger circles until I hit a museum, old train or some interesting person.
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Wuppertal is kinda surprising in how interesting it is. Admittedly I knew only one thing about it before coming here and not even checked Wikipedia while in the train.
Besides the excellent rollercoaster, ICE connection and fancy bus-station the town is a typical car-first German town. Non-car-first places here are "dedicated specials" (see photos).
Also as a Dutch person living in Denmark I had -again- forgotten that cities can have vertical distance as well..
@Pepijn You want flat? Go and visit Florida. Vejle and Billund are positively mountainous.
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Somehow the worlds smallest ICE is parked in there.
Edit: Turns out https://nordbahntrasse.de/ is a big thing.
Edit 2: yes I'm a shit tourist. I usually just walk around in ever larger circles until I hit a museum, old train or some interesting person.
Oh no! I stumbled upon a model railroad shop.
(and now own a fully non-operational 1:87 scale Schwebebahn EMU).
And some more photos. As requested
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Oh no! I stumbled upon a model railroad shop.
(and now own a fully non-operational 1:87 scale Schwebebahn EMU).
And some more photos. As requested
The Jehova Witnesses never saw it coming...
One more video. There's a lot of advertising space at the bottom of this train.
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The Jehova Witnesses never saw it coming...
One more video. There's a lot of advertising space at the bottom of this train.
One thing that clearly makes a positive difference in how successful the #Schwebebahn integrates in the city is how accessible and friendly the stations are.
None of them are exactly the same but they all have in common that there's a low-stress pedestrian feel to both the platforms and the immediate surroundings.
It reminds me a bit of many of the platforms within the #Chicago "L" elevated train system. That one has more of an aggressive police & rat presence though.
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One thing that clearly makes a positive difference in how successful the #Schwebebahn integrates in the city is how accessible and friendly the stations are.
None of them are exactly the same but they all have in common that there's a low-stress pedestrian feel to both the platforms and the immediate surroundings.
It reminds me a bit of many of the platforms within the #Chicago "L" elevated train system. That one has more of an aggressive police & rat presence though.
@Pepijn I love that they maintain the infrastructure and update the train cars - next time I am in Germany I will have to stop in ...
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Somehow the worlds smallest ICE is parked in there.
Edit: Turns out https://nordbahntrasse.de/ is a big thing.
Edit 2: yes I'm a shit tourist. I usually just walk around in ever larger circles until I hit a museum, old train or some interesting person.
@Pepijn
This is my hometown! And yes, it is quite interesting and has more to offer than most people realize. 🥰 -
@Pepijn I love that they maintain the infrastructure and update the train cars - next time I am in Germany I will have to stop in ...
@rhempel Yup. And not only for the visible stuff. Apparently in 2019 the entire system was upgraded to ECTS level 3, the highest level of modern train control. Most normal train systems in Europe still don't have that.
It's worth a detour to visit.
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@Pepijn I love that they maintain the infrastructure and update the train cars - next time I am in Germany I will have to stop in ...
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@Kadsenchaos Justice out of curiosity: do the fast majority of the locals pay, or do they just hop on and hope for the best? I didn't see any of the ticket checks that usually are common in Germany.
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@Kadsenchaos Justice out of curiosity: do the fast majority of the locals pay, or do they just hop on and hope for the best? I didn't see any of the ticket checks that usually are common in Germany.
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Oh no! I stumbled upon a model railroad shop.
(and now own a fully non-operational 1:87 scale Schwebebahn EMU).
And some more photos. As requested
@Pepijn "stumbled upon", sure
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@Pepijn "stumbled upon", sure
@cazmockett I mean, I took the fancy rollercoaster to a specific station, then walked uphill for a kilometre (seriously, hills have no place in a modern society) and then it was on the left side of the street while I expected it to be in the right.
So yeah-ish.
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@cazmockett I mean, I took the fancy rollercoaster to a specific station, then walked uphill for a kilometre (seriously, hills have no place in a modern society) and then it was on the left side of the street while I expected it to be in the right.
So yeah-ish.
@Pepijn accidents happen, I guess
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One thing that clearly makes a positive difference in how successful the #Schwebebahn integrates in the city is how accessible and friendly the stations are.
None of them are exactly the same but they all have in common that there's a low-stress pedestrian feel to both the platforms and the immediate surroundings.
It reminds me a bit of many of the platforms within the #Chicago "L" elevated train system. That one has more of an aggressive police & rat presence though.
Near the end of the line in Vohwinkel. Here the trains fly over a city street. With the evening lights it gives an awesome effect as if you're hovering over #MiniaturWunderland
Once there you get a nice view into the maintenance yard as well.
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Near the end of the line in Vohwinkel. Here the trains fly over a city street. With the evening lights it gives an awesome effect as if you're hovering over #MiniaturWunderland
Once there you get a nice view into the maintenance yard as well.
@Pepijn Oh, how I loved seeing MiniaturWelt - last time I was there they were still building out the Monaco section
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Near the end of the line in Vohwinkel. Here the trains fly over a city street. With the evening lights it gives an awesome effect as if you're hovering over #MiniaturWunderland
Once there you get a nice view into the maintenance yard as well.
@Pepijn Very nice!
Those massive stilts look a bit awkward but at least they leave the street below almost entirely free.
