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Soumya Gayatri

Soumya Gayatri is a journalist from India, currently based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. She writes about travel, architecture, food and culture. Her work has appeared in BBC Travel, BBC Future, New Lines Magazine, AD Middle East, Conde Nast Traveller India, Travel + Leisure Asia, AD India, the New Indian Express and Deccan Herald.

One of the most unusual public transportation systems in the world, the train hangs from an elevated steel track.

When Germany Built a Flying Train 125 Years Ago, a City Coalesced Beneath It. It Has Moved Royalty, Commuters and Tourists—and One Elephant—Ever Since

When there was no room on the ground, towns in the Wupper Valley looked to the skies and built a suspension railway that became a source of pride and connection