Schwebebahn: Why Wuppertal's Trains Are Much Cooler Than Yours

Wuppertal has possibly the world's most badass public transport: a 120-year-old swingin' suspension railway. But the question is: why? When everyone else was busy building trams and undergrounds, what made Wuppertal say "NOPE", and build this instead?

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