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Welcome to the Bizarro World of Transit!

Come with me to Wuppertal, , where you can ride a city bus to the Schwebebahn (suspension railway), which has been carrying passengers since 1901...🧵

Then we'll go to the Republic (Czechia) for a ride on the tram-train (which is not the same as a train-tram)! A system that lets lightweight trains travel quickly between cities, but also operate on city streets like trams.

Then off to , for the Ascensore Castello d'Albertis—a combination of funicular and public elevator. It's an elevator that goes sideways. Molto Willy Wonka!

𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇

And I can't forget the Schweeb, in (New Zealand). A human-powered pod-monorail!

You can read about these and more in my latest Straphanger dispatch. Like nothing else on Htrae!

straphanger.substack.com/p/wel