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เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 27 เม.ย. 2014
Welcome to edificity, where you can find videos all about cities, transport, design, architecture, travel and much more. We put a particular focus on our native North East England, especially the Tyne and Wear Metro.
The New Glasgow Subway Trains Are INCREDIBLE
The Glasgow Subway is famous as the third oldest underground metro system in the world, and the only one to have never been expanded in the century since. Having last received new trains back in 1980, it's now time for Stadler's fully modern third generation rolling stock to take over operations around the 16-station inner and outer Subway circle.
In April, I visited Glasgow to ride the old units for the last time, but more importantly to try out these new trains for myself.
In April, I visited Glasgow to ride the old units for the last time, but more importantly to try out these new trains for myself.
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Train-themed Football Teams 🚂⚽
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Join me as I ramble through the extremely niche overlap of two seemingly disparate special interests- trains and football (soccer) logos. With so many sporting events happening over this summer, I ask: How many football teams proudly feature trains on their crests? It might be more than you think!
The Tyne & Wear Metro Class 555s Are Finally Testing!
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The day's finally arrived for the first new Tyne and Wear Metro class 555 train to venture out onto the system for daylight testing and kilometre accumulation, ahead of its entry into public service. So I headed out to see it go past.
What's the Deal With the New Sunderland Station?
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After the best part of a decade languishing in the railway version of development hell, at the end of 2023 the first phase of the redevelopment of Sunderland's much-maligned rail station opened to the public, in the form of a spacious new south entrance to the station. But as pretty much everyone has been quick to point out, the new building serving both mainline trains and the Tyne & Wear Metr...
Tyne and Wear Metro Class 555s delayed AGAIN
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Amid mounting train failures and plummeting levels of reliability, the new Class 555 trains for the Tyne and Wear Metro are certainly needed now more than ever. But just last week, as they were due to begin their biggest phase of network testing yet, the transport operator announced their first entry into passenger service would be delayed yet again. Join me to talk about what's going on with t...
The Tragic Cross House Disaster
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On the 23rd December 1919, Christmas shoppers milling around central Newcastle upon Tyne started to smell smoke, and soon discovered that Cross House, a fashionable office building, had caught fire. But when the Fire Brigade turned up to rescue those trapped inside, it turned out they weren't equipped to deal with a building so tall, forcing bystanders to come together to come up with solutions...
The Solitary Foot Crossing on the Tyne and Wear Metro
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Well out on the western end of the Tyne and Wear Metro lines is a curious and unique crossing over the tracks. Come with me through the snow to Woolsington, to discover the loneliest foot crossing on the whole Metro network. EDIT: thanks to everyone in the comments who rightly informed me that there are other foot crossings elsewhere on the Metro. I'll definitely be looking at those in another ...
The Thing Now Approaching (Halloween Special)
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All I remember about the Tyne and Wear Metro from my early childhood was that I was terrified of it. Somehow, that later turned into undying obsession. So, to celebrate this year's spooky season, I present a video-poem fantasticising exactly that transformation. Enjoy! Did you know I write poetry? Want to hear more? let me know!
Trying Out Liverpool's New Trains (sneak peek for Tyne & Wear!)
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I went to check out Merseyrail's brand new Class 777 metro trains - since they were built by Stadler, just like the upcoming Tyne and Wear Metro Class 555 trains, I wanted to get a preview of what might be in store for the people of Tyneside and Wearside... and if these trains are anything to go by, we're definitely in for a real treat.
They SWAPPED the Yellow and Green Lines
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Let's take a look at that weird time where, for the span of a few years, the lines of the Tyne and Wear Metro were swapped over from how they can be found today, a time when you could take the yellow line straight to... Sunderland?
What Was the Best Metro Colour Scheme?
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With the classic Tyne and Wear Metrocars sadly on the way out, I decided to take a look back at all of their previous liveries and find out which design colour scheme was considered the best... would it be the elegant original two-tone design, the 90s multicolour rave-trains, or the latest dark and moody affair? Have your say in the comments below! Chapters: Intro: 00:00 1980s: 03:28 1990s: 07:...
I Made My Own Metro Cube
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Take one cheap plastic mood light, add four custom vinyl stickers, and you can make your very own mini Tyne and Wear Metro cube! Fingers crossed something like this could be made and sold officially at some point in the future, but until then I'll enjoy my own DIY Metro totem.
Why Are the Metro Tunnels Different Shapes?
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It's not exactly a detail you would notice at a glance, but once you know, you can't unsee it: the Tyne and Wear Metro tunnels are a decidedly different shape in Gateshead to how they look in Newcastle. Let's find out why.
Designing a Pride Train For the Tyne and Wear Metro
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Designing a Pride Train For the Tyne and Wear Metro
The NEW Edinburgh Trams Extension to Newhaven
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The NEW Edinburgh Trams Extension to Newhaven
Longbenton: The Metro's Most Poetic Station?
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Longbenton: The Metro's Most Poetic Station?
Why Doesn't the Metro Go to the Metrocentre?
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Why Doesn't the Metro Go to the Metrocentre?
The FIRST Metro Class 555 Arrives in Newcastle!
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The FIRST Metro Class 555 Arrives in Newcastle!
Calvert: Typeface for the Tyne and Wear Metro
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Calvert: Typeface for the Tyne and Wear Metro
Metro Flow: Double Track to South Shields
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Metro Flow: Double Track to South Shields
The Most USELESS Airport Station in Britain?
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The Most USELESS Airport Station in Britain?
I Made a Tube Map of Every Greggs in Newcastle
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I Made a Tube Map of Every Greggs in Newcastle
Artworks Revealed for the New Metro Trains
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Artworks Revealed for the New Metro Trains
What Happened to the Red and Blue Metro Lines?
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What Happened to the Red and Blue Metro Lines?
It was an awful building and in my view the awards were a con trick. I walked through it every day in the 70s and it was a dead, litter strewn place. The new city hall makes a far better statement and the new housing on the old site looks great.
this guy talks like jeremy clarkson
The new train cars are much better except that they feel much more shaky, and being able to see through all the cars only adds to that
I much prefer the old ones.. very different to the london tube, like an alternative reality. At least thats how I felt on them. The modern ones have no character
These thing are bloody awful, they bounce around constantly. Two days ago, one bounced around a corner and I hit my head on the roof, then the door I was standing at opened 2 inches and broke and I had to run up the carriage to the next one. I know two people personally who have had these cars break down mid tunnel and they've had to walk through wet tunnels to get out. These things are a joke.
What a nicely made production! Cute and compact, much like the two-thirds scale subway itself. I'm sure that digging out and shoring up those tunnels was a lot more labour intensive when they did it than it would be in this era, so that's understandable and makes your subway nicely distinctive.
I didn't even know Glasgow had a subway. This looks great wtf
They are cute, I never seen that before, but if they stop in a tunnel , I'm not sure that anyone will be able to get out. They seem so close from the wall. Unless you can get out from the front or back. And they are so small, it look very intimate, like a transportation you could think about for a big base somewhere on the moon. They remember me those in Cosmos 1999.
Were the old trains also this bouncy? Apart from that the design is truly terrific
I kinda like the looks, but why are they so suffocatingly small? I'm 185cm and doubt I'd fit comfortably there. You are not supposed to stand there and just crawl inside and fall on the bench? Really weird decision to have such a low ceiling, what about an evacuation, how do you move fast inside this tight space?
Shame they didn't tunnel a north-south line from say clarkston to Bearsden or similar.
trypophobia seats
So much better than what we got here in Taiwan. I'm so jealous.
Thx for sharing!!
Pretty claustrophobic to me. But that’s all you can get in such tunnells I guess 😬
Not aero. Should be aero
Tubular design make it looks like used for transporting uranium miners instead citizens, is it preventing derailment from strong crosswind?
huge fan of bench seating on public transport - its much more accessible for large and fat people
great video man, love the design of these trains old and new
A miner's tube somewhere in Mars.
Tiny stuff
Love your 44 yr old trolleys looking absolutely space-aged compared to Boston's considerably younger fleet. And the new ones, phew. Impressive.
Never ridden a subway, but I am extremely curious about why the ride seemed so rough... it is on rails right? just seemed awful bumpy
How tall are these??
Russians brag to people about the Moscow Metro, but I look clean in this one too.
The subway car looks so cute.
Oh dear , I seem to remember the outgoing rolling stock being new back in the day, They were supposed to have ended " the shoogle ". I also remember being taken by a family friend to see the really old trains back in the mid 1960s.
But what about increase the lines 😮
The new ones are shite. The seats are way more uncomfortable than the old carriages and it feels like yer sitting in a Dr’s office.
Absolutely beautiful! On UK type metro the exterior front/back look so ugly with prominent door, bang in centre. This nicely disguises that. As you said, that mirror partition to driver is nice touch. Why driverless, oh well, there's the unemployment benefit and looking forward to being called/thought of as a bum. Next thing to look forward to is homelessness and meaninglessness. Be great when we get our AI implant. Scotland, big shout out for not being barbarians such as South of the Border with the riots. Always thought the British Empire was an English Empire, and that was for the privileged. Rod Stewart got it right when he said he didn't want Brexit.
I hope the re-opening of the other bay platform goes ahead still, it would be a massive benefit, especially when the new Metro fleet eventually comes into service as it could give scope for a more intensive service.
I give this beautiful benches about a month before they're covered in Weegie detritus.
@eunoiavision7567 - Crack me up that thought. Damn, I don't think I'll be able to look at public transport seats the same ever again.
Spiderman could have stopped this one easily
One bad thing is there’s no holding rail above you at the door area like there used to be
I have been on them, they are OK-- quieter then previous ones, but the bounce is a lot worse then before
olevam1 - If you can't get young ones to sleep, you know where to go now.
I'm so glad I was there during the transition period! It was fun to try both trains at the same time :)
China made better trains and stations 15 years ago.
Here you have compared the civilization of China and the third world country Britain.
They're so tiny!
they fucking wobble
telepie jak beduinem na wielbłądzie...
so small but looks cool
Do newcastle new metros!
Mate I have big news for you
@@edificity - Like ya style.
I thought toy trains at first
I wish they would stop using fabricated seats for tube trains. They would get so filthy and hard to clean. It would end up looking like the ones in London.
@pakjai5532 - What, dark and shiny? See comment from '@eunoiavision7567 23 hours ago.'
Foreign trains on the Glasgow subway? Incredible!
Very nice! Well done, Glasgow. This regular rider of a slightly older (and much dirtier) subway system, is impressed. EDIT: Your system is THAT SMALL? No wonder the trains and stations are so spotless!
shouldn’t the sign have said ‘mind yer hid’ 😂
@roundy58ir - Certainly gives all the joints a workout.
2024: A Subway Odyssey
Really good video Well done! Lots of memories of travelling to Glasgow University in the mid to late 80s
Awesome, now all the city needs now is new Glaswegians and I'll be sure to visit!