The Schmid peoplemover (German: Schmid-Peoplemover) is an elevator capable of crossing an obstacle (a road, a railway, a river, etc.).
It was invented by Emil Schmid[1] and designed by the company Schmid-Maschinenbau from Sonnenbühl, Germany.
The company claims that its construction is significantly cheaper than an overpass or underpass, occupies less space and it may be installed in 2–3 days from parts fabricated according to different specifications as to height, span, and visual design style.
[1] In 2003 the Ursulabergtunnel opened in Pfullingen, the road no longer was used as a long distance route of high traffic and subsequently downgraded.
[6] Two Schmid peoplemovers exist since 2006 in Altbach in the district of Esslingen[7] and since 2007 at the Berlin-Rummelsburg Betriebsbahnhof station[8] in Berlin and are used to cross railways and grant accessibility to the platform.