MLHF: 6. The Barmer Bergbahn - Historic Tram in Wuppertal
YouTube name: Stefan Lohkamp.
Language: German.
Date: 1894 - 1959.
City: Wuppertal (Germany).
The video shows
Wuppertaler Stadtwerke (WSW)
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Wuppertal Barmer Bergbahn: Am Clef - Toelleturm
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Description
As early as 1887, Barmen entrepreneurs met to make plans for a railway to the southern heights of their town. The men showed great courage and foresight when they commissioned the first plans to build a railway from Barmen Mitte to the Toelleturm and a connecting line to Ronsdorf in the same year. It was quickly recognized that an electric rack railway was preferable to all other ideas. In May 1892, work began on the 1,630-meter-long route with a 170-meter difference in altitude, which was closed on July 4, 1959 despite protests from the population.
Material that is over 50 years old takes you back to the time of narrow film and is an impressive reminder of this unique route in Barmen.
