World's oldest electric suspension train reopens in Germany

Wuppertal's Schwebebahn was closed for almost nine months for repairs

The world's oldest electric suspension railway has reopened in the western German city of Wuppertal after the longest closure in its history for extensive repairs.

Commuters and train buffs greeted the hanging train, or the Schwebebahn, which had been shut down for almost nine months, with cheers and applause as it left its depot in Oberbarmen just after dawn.