Wuppertal 1985

InTramCities with Gordon Stewart

Wuppertal, Germany : 9th-10th March, 1985

Wuppertal is famous for its Schwebebahn, the overhead railway, with trains hanging below track erected mainly above the River Wupper, from which the town got its name after the merger of Barmen, Elberfeld and several other local communities. The narrow corridor of the river led to the overlapping of local and regional public transport services and the eventual demise of the tramway which was once the focus of a large regional network in this industrial area to the south of the Ruhr.
In June 1985, the tramway system was cut back to two routes and was finally closed after 113 years of operation on 31st May, 1987.


Date	Film No	No	Location	View	Dir	Tram	Notes
09/03/1985	850071	1	Westende			3805
09/03/1985	850071	2	Robert Daum Platz			3804	Tram in orange livery
09/03/1985	850071	3	Robert Daum Platz			3816
09/03/1985	850071	4	Robert Daum Platz			3821
09/03/1985	850071	5	Ohligsmuhle			3801	Tram in orange livery
09/03/1985	850071	6	Ohligsmuhle				Tram passing under Schwebebahn track
09/03/1985	850071	7	Elberfeld Bahnhof				Tram in orange livery
09/03/1985	850071	8	Elberfeld Bahnhof			3826	Ex-Dortmund tram in cream livery
10/03/1985	850081	1	Alter Markt				Tram on Marx-Engels-Allee viewed from Alter Markt Schwebebahn station
10/03/1985	850081	2	Schauspielhaus			3801	Tram in orange livery
10/03/1985	850081	3	Werlestrasse			3802	Tram in orange livery
10/03/1985	850081	4	Lennepestrasse				Single-track terminus loop closed in June 1985
10/03/1985	850081	5	Oldenburgstrasse			3825	Ex-Dortmund tram in cream livery
10/03/1985	850081	6	Langerfeld Markt			3825	On track closed on 17/6/85
10/03/1985	850081	7	Langerfeld Markt			3825
10/03/1985	850081	8	Wupperfeld			3825	Approaching on track from Barmen which was closed in June 1985
10/03/1985	850081	9	Wupperfeld			3825	Tram leaving en route to Oberbarmen Bahnhof
10/03/1985	850081	10	Alter Markt			3823	Ex-Dortmund tram in orange livery en route from Dieselstrasse to Klinikum
10/03/1985	850081	11	Alter Markt				Side of tram at tram stop with Schwebebahn car overhead
10/03/1985	850081	12	Alter Markt				Empty tramstop with Schwebebahn car overhead
10/03/1985	850081	13	Alter Markt			3805	Rear view of tram with Schwebebahn car overhead
10/03/1985	850081	14	Marx-Engels-Allee			3803	View towards Alter Markt of tram on central reservation
10/03/1985	850081	15	Loher Strasse			3826	Ex-Dortmund tram in cream livery
10/03/1985	850081	16	Loher Strasse			3828	Ex-Dortmund tram in Dortmund brown livery
10/03/1985	850081	17	Klinikum Barmen			3824	Profile of ex-Dortmund tram in cream livery at Klinikum terminus
10/03/1985	850081	18	Sanderstrasse	In	Out	3830	Ex-Dortmund tram in cream livery on Klinikum Barmen branch route
10/03/1985	850081	19	Sanderstrasse	Out	In	3830
10/03/1985	850091	1	Sadowastrasse			3826	Tram on narrow street on Gabelpunkt route.


Film No	No	Location	View	Dir	Tram
850071	1	Westende			3805
850071	2	Robert Daum Platz			3804
850071	3	Robert Daum Platz			3816
850071	4	Robert Daum Platz			3821
850071	5	Ohligsmuhle			3801
850071	6	Ohligsmuhle
850071	7	Elberfeld Bahnhof
850071	8	Elberfeld Bahnhof			3826
850081	1	Alter Markt
850081	2	Schauspielhaus			3801
850081	3	Werlestrasse			3802
850081	4	Lennepestrasse
850081	5	Oldenburgstrasse			3825
850081	6	Langerfeld Markt			3825
850081	7	Langerfeld Markt			3825
850081	8	Wupperfeld			3825
850081	9	Wupperfeld			3825
850081	10	Alter Markt			3823
850081	11	Alter Markt
850081	12	Alter Markt
850081	13	Alter Markt			3805
850081	14	Marx-Engels-Allee			3803
850081	15	Loher Strasse			3826
850081	16	Loher Strasse			3828
850081	17	Klinikum Barmen			3824
850081	18	Sanderstrasse	In	Out	3830
850081	19	Sanderstrasse	Out	In	3830
850091	1	Sadowastrasse			3826

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