Zoo / Stadium suspension railway station

Zoo / stadium
Opening:	March 1, 1901
New building:	2003
District:	Sonnborn
Location:	Waterway
Station number:	5
Distance kilometers:	2.9
Support:	106-107
Former name:	Zoological Garden

The suspension railway station Zoo / Stadion is a station of the Wuppertal suspension railway in the Sonnborn district of the city of Wuppertal . The Wuppertal Zoo and the stadium at the zoo are located nearby . It is located between the suspension railway stations Sonnborner Straße (towards Vohwinkel) and Varresbecker Straße (towards Oberbarmen).

location

The Wuppertal Zoo was opened in 1881. A residential area, the Wuppertal Zoo District , was built east of the station from 1892 , and the stadium at the zoo in 1924. The Sonnborn railway bridge north of the stadium is the only structure that crosses the supporting structure of the suspension railway . In the wider area is the Wuppertal Zoologischer Garten station , but it does not offer a connection to the suspension railway.

Between the suspension railway station Sonnborner Straße and the zoo / stadium , the suspension railway line changes from the land to the river route.

History and architecture

The station used to be called “Zoologischer Garten”, but it was renamed “Zoo / Stadion” because of the stadium that was built later. The steel-and-glass construction was provided with extra-wide platforms due to the expected crowd at sporting events.

There used to be a turning loop south of the station. However, this was dismantled in 1951 as a spare parts dispenser, especially since turning around was only possible with individual wagons. In order to be able to offer a high frequency for events in the stadium, a new turning system in the form of a turntable with a subsequent siding was installed parallel to the main line at the location of the former turning loop. However, this construction was also prone to failure, so on July 28, 1992, a suspension railway jumped out of the tracks, and oil from the turntable ran into the Wupper. As a result, the turning loop was shut down and finally removed when the scaffolding was replaced in 2002.

In 2003 the new building of the station was opened.

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
600	Vohwinkel suspension railway - zoo / stadium - wall / museum (main station)	two to four times a night
605	Zoological Garden - Zoo / Stadium - Wanderparkplatz / Arboretum - Solingen- Müngsten	30 minutes on certain weekends
629	Lüntenbeck - Sonnborn Bf - Zoo / Stadium - Nützenberg	60 min
639	Boltenberg - Zoo / Stadium - Hindenburgstrasse / Junkersweg	60 min

You can change to the S8 and S9 lines of the Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn at Wuppertal Zoologischer Garten station :

line	course	Cycle (Mon-Fri)
S 8	Hagen Hbf  1 - HA-Wehringhausen - HA-Heubing - HA-Westerbauer - Gevelsberg -Knapp - Gevelsberg Hbf - Gevelsberg-Kipp - Gevelsberg West - Schwelm  - Schwelm West - W-Langerfeld - W-Oberbarmen 2 - W-Barmen - W- Unterbarmen - Wuppertal Hbf - W-Steinbeck - W-Zoological Garden - W-Sonnborn - W-Vohwinkel - Haan-Gruiten - Hochdahl-Millrath - Hochdahl - Erkrath - D-Gerresheim -   D-Flingern - Düsseldorf Hbf - D-Friedrichstadt - D -Bilk -   D-Völklinger Straße - D-Hamm - NE Rheinparkcenter - NE Am Kaiser - Neuss Hbf - Büttgen - Kleinenbroich - Korschenbroich - MG -Lürrip - Mönchengladbach Hbf  3 Status: May 2020	60 min (1–2) 20 min (2–3)
S 9	Haltern am See 1 - Marl-Hamm - Marl Mitte - GE-Hassel - GE-Buer Nord - Gladbeck West - Bottrop-Boy - Bottrop Hbf 2 - E-Dellwig Ost - E-Gerschede - E-Borbeck - E-Borbeck Süd - Essen West - Essen main station - E-Steele - E-Überruhr - E-Holthausen - E-Kupferdreh - Velbert-Leberhof - Velbert-Langenberg - Velbert-Neviges - Velbert-Rosenhügel - Wülfrath-Aprath - W-Vohwinkel - W-Sonnborn - W-Zoological Garden - W-Steinbeck - Wuppertal Hbf  3 - W-Unterbarmen - W-Barmen - W-Oberbarmen - W-Langerfeld - Schwelm West - Schwelm  - Gevelsberg West - Gevelsberg-Kipp - Gevelsberg Hbf - Gevelsberg -Knapp - HA- Westerbauer - HA-Heubing - HA-Wehringhausen - Hagen Hbf  4 Status: May 2020	60 min (1–2) 30 min (2–3) 60 min (3–4)

Web links

Commons : Schwebebahnstation Zoo / Stadion  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Entry in the Wuppertal monument list

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Timetable for bus line 600. (PDF) (No longer available online.) WSW mobil, archived from the original on October 10, 2015 ; accessed on March 24, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Timetable for bus line 605. (PDF) (No longer available online.) WSW mobil, archived from the original on May 19, 2016 ; accessed on March 24, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Timetable for bus line 629. (PDF) (No longer available online.) WSW mobil, archived from the original on May 19, 2016 ; accessed on March 24, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Timetable for bus route 639. (PDF) (No longer available online.) WSW mobil, archived from the original on May 19, 2016 ; accessed on March 24, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Coordinates: 51 ° 14 '27.4 "  N , 7 ° 6' 11.7"  E