Wuppertaler Stadtwerke (WSW)

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City: Wuppertal (Germany).
Total route length: 175.0 km (108.7 miles).

Track gauge: 1000 mm (metre gauge).
Opened: April 1894.
Closed: April 14, 1945 because of World War II.
Reopened: May 1945.
Closed: July 31, 1970.

Track gauge: 1435 mm (standard gauge).
Opened: April 16, 1894.
Closed: April 14, 1945 because of World War II.
Reopened: May 1945.
Closed: May 30, 1987.

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Discontinued tram lines

Wuppertal tram line 21: Wieden - Morianstraße
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Wuppertal tram line 23: Ronsdorf - Uellendahl
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Wuppertal tram line 601: Wieden - Betriebshof
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Wuppertal tram line 602: Klinikum Barmen - Weiherstraße
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Wuppertal tram line 606: Hatzfeld - Lenneper Straße
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Wuppertal tram line 608: Alter Markt - Rauentaler Berg
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Wuppertal tram line 611: Walterstraße - Gabelpunkt
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Wuppertal Barmer Bergbahn: Am Clef - Toelleturm
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Wuppertal regional line 5: Neumarkt - Solingen
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Wuppertal regional line 15: Remscheid - Elberfeld
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Wuppertal regional line 25: Dönberg - Sudberg
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Wuppertal tram line 3
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Wuppertal tram line 4
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Wuppertal tram line 10
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Wuppertal tram line 14
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Wuppertal tram line 18
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Wuppertal tram line 33
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Wuppertaler Stadtwerke (WSW) stops

Alter Markt, Am Clef, Betriebshof, Dönberg, Elberfeld, Gabelpunkt, Greuel, Hatzfeld, Klinikum Barmen, Lenneper Straße, Morianstraße, Neumarkt, Petrickshammer, Rauentaler Berg, Remscheid, Ronsdorf, Solingen, Sudberg, Toelleturm Bergbahnhof, Uellendahl, Walterstraße, Weiherstraße, Wieden, and Wuppertal-Oberbarmen.

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Former trams in operation

Articulated tram: 556, 566, 3401, 3814, 3819, 3825, 4001, 8008.

Cable car: Barmer Bergbahn 1, Barmer Bergbahn 5.

Grinder car: 3241.

Motor freight car: 601.

Railcar: Barmer Bergbahn 5, 94, 105, 141, 159, 235, 241, 3239.

Sidecar: 906.

Tower wagon: 628.

Bergischen Museumsbahnen (BMB)
Open regularly

Motor freight car: 601.

Railcar: 94, 105, 141, 159, 239.

Tower wagon: 628.

Dortmunder Stadtwerke (DSW21)
Operational

Articulated tram: 75.

Holding Graz Linien
Operational

Articulated tram: ?, 556, 566.

Rheinbahn
Operational

Museum tram: 239.

Tram Museum Skjoldenæsholm
Open regularly

Grinder car: 3241.

Tramway Museum Graz (TMG)
Open regularly

Articulated tram: 566.

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Photos from Wuppertaler Stadtwerke (WSW)

Postcard: Wuppertal tram line 601 near Sonnborn (1960)Suspension railway train, class 1900 towards Vohwinkel, meets tram 1, towards Barmen, in Sonnborn.By Henrik Boye, Sammlung RNF, Verkehrshistorische Arbeitsgemeinschaft der WSW - 1960.

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Wuppertal tram 1-4 (1970-2016)In 1970, Wuppertal's last meter-gauge tram was retired, and Johannes Rau, the then-Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia, seized the opportunity to criticize this outdated, disruptive mode of transportation, staying true to the SPD motto of the time: "Free travel for free citizens." But the standard-gauge tram didn't fit the concept either, because 20 years earlier, trams had also been abolished in the major model countries, the USA. Here you can see footage from the good old tram days when environmental protection played no role. After all, the auto industry wanted everyone over 18 to drive a car... The Bergische Museum Railways (Bergische Museum Railways) managed to preserve at least part of the former Kohlfurt line and now occasionally offers museum operations there. However, the theft of the overhead line in 2015 and 2016 caused a major setback... Here you can see excerpts from the purchase DVD. Andreas Herr and Strassenbahnvideos.de wish you lots of fun. In 1969, just before the last Wuppertal meter lanes were built, the Bergische Museumsbahn association was established. The goal was to preserve the ausle, specifically on a section between Kronberg Möschenborn and the Kohlfurt Bridge, to support regular museum traffic. In 1992, the first passenger service between the Kohlfurt Bridge and the Friedrichshammer stop was launched. The 20 J, now known as museum car 105 of the Bergisches Museumsbahn, was still under construction in Lienverkehr and is now also owned by the Bergisches Museumsbahn—specifically, it features sliding platforms for trams. The tram needs to be removed. The bus must come in. Today's pizza and kebab were disappointing. If anyone wants a glass of authentic tram, we’ll check again afterward. The meter-long tram lines, along with the standard tram, kept their stops until 1987. With the Schlebeb for the BU, this is car 3831, formerly from Dortmund, taken over from Karls. The south wing track was early. The fully lane-driven tram went straight down the meter lane in Obertal, but it's unclear if all lines will still be set up today. Car 105, which was seen earlier, leaves the new hall of the Bergisches Museumsbahn and has moved to the site of the BMW from the same collection—266 Vierachser from Ahen. The railcar from Remscheid, built in 1932, was scrapped by 1981 in favor of car 342 on the fixed tram. The four-axle two-way vehicle, built in 1982 at DUB in Düsseldorf, looks great from the outside. It is GT6, replacing the old Schleiflocks Loog 615 and the 610 from BMW. The structure was built together with Stuttgart in Esslingen. The Exhagner Wagen 318 Max was also decommissioned in 1994, and the car was moved to Schwerte along with other vehicles. It first stood at the freight station in Schwerte. On its axis, it was dragged from the railway wagon. Innsbruck was sold and performed well in Austria until the turn of the millennium. There, they expanded from Austria with a middle section of Achtachs to Romania and also sent some to Belgrade in former Yugoslavia. I heard your protest at this point — a few shots from Hagen Central Station, you didn’t want to give it up if it wasn’t expensive, even if it was costly. Back then, because scrap prices were low, the 1275 received an HU instead of being scrapped and was passed on to the BMB in a slightly deteriorated condition. Now, several tram enthusiasts take an interest in the GT6 annually, and with car 105, we’re heading back to the Kürter Brücke with videos. I’ve always had the German Federal Railway deliver wagons since 1980. The Wuppertaler Bahn, contrary to 1985, took over the entire system in Wuppertal in 1987. Many tram enthusiasts, numbering several hundred, wanted to experience the tram’s carnival traffic firsthand at least once. Without Sch Rupertal, only a single Duwack — the closely decorated Wuppertal Zxer — made the farewell rides. Car 3825 was the only Wuppertal car still in operation, carrying a few passengers that day. Still, they'd like to sell all of them, even for scrap. However, they were 10 cm too wide for traffic lights and other obstacles. They could have made the tram much more attractive on the outer routes. Driving the Wuppertal GT8 P should evoke the same feeling as being in a big movie, from lines 1 to 611, and also include a vehicle chronicle on a large DVD. You can also see the removal from the road to Graz. Is there a nearby streetcar stop where I can ride with you? If you like forest railway tracks, our DVD about the tram from Gotha and the Thuringian Forest Railway is perfect. It shows the development of the tram from 1990 to 2015, including city routes and forest railways in detail, seamlessly, and in order. There's a streetcar stop nearby so that I can ride with you. The streetcar comes to a halt so I can join you. Can you come closer to the streetcar stop so I can ride with you? The tram stops so I can join you. It connects the road with nature, halts, and then all the stones come out of the streetcar stop so that I can get off again. Streetcar, come stop at beautiful Mon Dorerstraßenbah.By TRAM AKTUELL - 1970 - 2016.

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Tram in Wuppertal (1985-1987)Super-8 film recordings from the last trips 1985-1987By Johannes Halbach - 1985 - May 30, 1987.

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Last updated: November 15, 2025.