Adlerbrücke suspension railway station

Eagle Bridge

Opening:	June 27, 1903
New building:	1999
District:	Barmen
Location:	Waterway
Station number:	16
Distance kilometers:	10.5
Support:	374-375
Former name:	Eagle Bridge / Opera House

The Adlerbrücke suspension railway station is a station on the Wuppertal suspension railway in the Barmen district of the city of Wuppertal . It is located on the waterway between the suspension railway stations Loher Brücke (towards Vohwinkel ) and Alter Markt (towards Oberbarmen ).

As part of the modernization of the suspension railway, the station was completely rebuilt in 1999.

Location and history

The Adlerbrücke stop is located in Barmen near the Opera House , the Engels House and the Barmen comprehensive school , at the Adlerbrücke bridge that gives it its name . It mainly opens up the city quarters of Loh , Rott and Kothen . The station was built in Art Nouveau style and commissioned in 1903.

Station with Eagle Bridge, after 1900
South side
East Side
North side

Station with the name-giving Eagle Bridge, 2008.

During the Second World War in 1943, the air raid on Wuppertal-Barmen caused minor damage to the suspension railway station.

On July 21, 1950 the elephant Tuffy jumped into the Wupper from a suspension railway approaching from the east as part of an advertising attraction of the Althoff circus not far from the stop.

The station was the first newly built stop that could be completed on June 12, 1999 during the modernization of the suspension railway according to a design by the Schuster architectural office (Düsseldorf). 110 m³ of reinforced concrete and 232 tons of steel were required for its construction; its glass surface measures over 840 m². The platforms are covered with a photovoltaic system that produces around 3800 kilowatt hours of electricity per year for the Wuppertal municipal utility network .

Suspension railway

line	course	Tact
60	Wuppertal suspension railway: Vohwinkel - Bruch - Hammerstein - Sonnborner Straße - Zoo / Stadium - Varresbecker Straße - Westende - Pestalozzistraße - Robert-Daum-Platz - Ohligsmühle - Central Station - Kluse - Regional Court - Völklinger Straße - Loher Bridge - Adler Bridge - Alter Markt - Werther Bridge - Wupperfeld - Oberbarmen Bf	3-4 min

Transfer possibility

line	course	Tact
611	W-Katernberg, Birkenhöhe loop - W-Elberfeld, Westende - W-Elberfeld, Hauptbahnhof - W-Barmen, Adlerbrücke - W-Barmen Bahnhof - W-Heckinghausen, Lenneper Straße	20 min (NVZ, Sat + Sun 30 min)
640	W-Barmen, Clausenhof - W-Barmen, Adlerbrücke - W-Barmen Bahnhof - W-Barmen, Heidter Berg - W-Ronsdorf, Parkstraße - W-Ronsdorf, Am Stadtbahnhof - W-Ronsdorf, Echoer Straße	20 min (NVZ, Sat + Sun 30 min)