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GTW Generation 15
🇪🇸 Spain ·built by Stadler Rail Valencia· from 2016· Suspended monorail train type
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. ©-WSW-th-160114-GTW01-03: Stefan Tesche-Hasenbach· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. GER Wuppertal Adlerbrücke 008: -wuppertaler· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Schwebebahn2015-Elberfelder-Kreuzung-20180318: Cyrotux· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Wuppertal Alte Dorfstraße 2018 015: Atamari· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Wuppertal Am Brögel 2018 007: Atamari· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. GER Wuppertal Höhne 03: -wuppertaler· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. GER Wuppertal Simonsstraße 04: -wuppertaler· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Schwebebahn schwebend: Medea7· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Wuppertal - April 2026: Jorge Franganillo· CC BY 4.0
- 10. 20240909 Wuppertal Schwebebahn near town center: Tim Adams· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The GTW Generation 15 (GTW = "Gelenktriebwagen" or articulated railcar) is a suspended monorail train type operated by Wuppertaler Stadtwerke on the Wuppertal Schwebebahn since 2016.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 10 years ago, in 2016.
- 300 kW is about 4 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 24.1 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 2016
- in service from
- 2016
- status
- in service
- number built
- 31
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- builders
- Stadler Rail Valencia, Kiepe Electric
- designer
- büro+staubach
- operators
- Wuppertaler Stadtwerke
- top speed
- 60 km/h
- power
- 300 kW
- wheel arrangement
- B′B′+0′+B′B′
- formation
- 3 sections per vehicle
- length
- 24.1 m
- weight
- 23.4 t
- capacity
- 86 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q18632551, Wikipedia: GTW Generation 15 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.