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| About this data sheet: |
| Project-ID: |
p00109 |
| Created on: |
07/04/02 |
| Modified on: |
02/16/04 |
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| Location(s): |
 Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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| Part of project | Description | Value |
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total length |
13.3 km | | |
design speed |
60 km/h | | |
number of stations |
20 |
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| 1 March 1901
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| Inauguration. |
| 1903
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| The track extension to Barmen (5.6 km long) is completed and begins service. |
| 1917
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| A train collides with another train that was hanging on the track incapacitated. |
| 21 July 1950
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| Elephant baby "Tuffi", on a train for a circus publicity tour, breaks through a car wall and jumps off a moving train. He falls 10 meters deep into the Wupper river. The elephant was not significantly hurt. |
| 1968
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| A lorry takes out one of the piers. Two piers collapse as a result. Traffic is interrupted for 10 weeks. |
| 1997 - 2004
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| Complete overhaul of the landmarked structure. |
| 25 March 1997
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| At the Oberbarmen station, a regular train collides with the special Emperor's train halting at the station. Reason for the accident is a technical defect. 14 persons are injured in the Emperor's train. |
| 1999
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| A train derails for the first time. No injuries. |
| April 1999
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| During night-time renovation works, a clamp is left on the rail on which the train hangs. The first train of the day collides with the clamp and derails entirely, falling into the river. 3 people die and 47 are injured, many gravely. |
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