Vohwinkel Schwebebahn

Vohwinkel Schwebebahn is the western terminal of the Wuppertal Schwebebahn (Wuppertal Suspension Railway). It contains the station, a loop for the train to turn around, the depot with a second loop, and the three-storied main works for maintenance and repair.[2]

Vohwinkel Schwebebahn
A train in the turning loop
Location19 Vohwinkeler Str., Vohwinkel
Wuppertal
Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany
ElevationSuspended
Operated byWuppertaler Stadtwerke (WSW)
Line(s)Wuppertal Schwebebahn
Distance0.9m/1.5km
Platforms2 (side)
Tracks2 Suspended Monorail
Bus routes600, 609, 621, 631, 641, 745, 784, E818, E826, E839, E870, E874, E879, E902
Bus stands9
Bus operators
  • Rheinbahn
  • Rheinlandbus
  • Stadtwerke Solingen
  • Wuppertaler Stadtwerke
ConnectionsVohwinkel Deutsche Bahn
Construction
Structure typeElevated above pedestrian zone
ParkingYes
ArchitectEugen Langen
Other information
Fare zoneVRR: 656[1]
History
Opened24 May 1901
Route map
Depot and turning loop
0.0
Oberbarmen
0.7
Wupperfeld
L419 Brändströmstraße
1.3
Werther Brücke
2.0
Alter Markt
B7 Friedrich-Engels-Allee
2.8
Adlerbrücke
3.3
Loher Brücke
L433 Loher Straße
4.1
Völklinger Straße
5.1
Landgericht
B7 Bundesallee
5.8
Kluse/Schauspielhaus
B7 Bundesallee
L70 Morianstraße
Alte Freiheit
6.3
Hauptbahnhof
6.8
Ohligsmühle
B7 Bundesallee
L427 Tannenbergstraße
7.4
Robert-Daum-Platz
8.2
Pestalozzistraße
8.8
Westende
9.7
Varresbecker Straße
10.3
Düsseldorf–Elberfeld railway
10.4
Zoo/Stadion
10.5
Former turning loop
10.6
Start of the Overland section.
B228 Sonnborner Straße
11.0
Sonnborner Straße
11.3
A46 Sonnborner Kreuz
11.7
Hammerstein
12.5
Bruch
B224 Gräfrather Straße
13.3
Vohwinkel Schwebebahn
Main workshops, depot and turning loop

Vohwinkel Schwebebahn is km zero of the 13.3 km long track to the eastern terminal, Oberbarmen.

During the renovations that took place between 1999 and 2014, the old passenger station was torn down in 2007 and replaced.

Transportation hub

The railway station, Wuppertal-Vohwinkel, that had been initially adjacent was moved about 300 m east and is accessible by foot. Public transportation by bus provides connections to Solingen, Mettman, Haan, Hilden, and Düsseldorf, among others. The Solingen connection is by trolleybus.

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