H-Bahn suspended monorail

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The H-Bahn suspended monorail is an elevated automated people mover system in Dortmund, Germany, primarily serving the TU Dortmund University campus and nearby areas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf automated people mover system
elevated railway
public transport system
suspended monorail
automationLevel fully automated
category Monorails in Germany
Transport in Dortmund
constructionStartYear 1981
country Germany NERFINISHED
driverless yes
electrification electric power supply via conductor rail in guideway
environmentalBenefit reduction of car traffic on campus
expandedTo Dortmund University S-Bahn station NERFINISHED
Technology Park Dortmund NERFINISHED
expansionYear 1993
2003
fareSystem VRR NERFINISHED
integrated into Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr
guidewayType elevated concrete guideway
hasAbbreviation H-Bahn NERFINISHED
inaugurationYear 1984
languageOfName German
locatedIn Dortmund NERFINISHED
North Rhine-Westphalia
maximumSpeed about 50 km/h
nameMeaning Hängebahn (suspended railway)
notableFeature one of the earliest fully automated suspended monorails in Germany
runs above streets and university grounds
numberOfLines 2
numberOfStations 6
openingDate 1984-05-02
operator DSW21 NERFINISHED
Dortmunder Stadtwerke AG NERFINISHED
ownership City of Dortmund NERFINISHED
primaryFunction campus shuttle
local feeder to regional rail
safetySystem automatic train control
serves Dortmund University S-Bahn station NERFINISHED
Eichlinghofen district NERFINISHED
TU Dortmund University NERFINISHED
Technology Park Dortmund NERFINISHED
servesCommunity students
university staff
visitors
suspensionType overhead steel box girder
systemLength approximately 3.0 km
trackGauge monorail
traction electric motor
vehicleType rubber-tyred suspended vehicles

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TU Dortmund University connectedBy H-Bahn suspended monorail