A Schwebebahn car passes overhead as a tram waits at the tramstop at Alter Markt. The tramway ran closely alongside the alignment of the elevated hanging railway and it was decided that this duplication was to expensive to maintain.
Much of the standard-gauge network was still in good condition, with reserved alignments through the town centre, such as at Wupperfeld, but investment was poured into the modernisation of the Schwebebahn instead of the tramway
Wuppertal bought no new trams after 1960, but in the 1980s, with closure in sight, a number of redundant 8-axle Duewag trams were bought from Dortmund, such as 3828 (ex 44) built in 1959 and seen in Dortmund livery at Loher Strasse (above)
