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? *** Tom Scott Video: Kaiserwagen photo: By Own work - JuergenG, CC BY-SA 3.0, *** With 12 months to go before Brexit, I am spending the year travelling around the EU and visiting interesting places. Kind of an EU Farewell Tour. If you enjoyed this video, please hit like and subscribe to the channel, and I will make more.