2:58 The plastic molded seats are actually on older trams that haven't received the latest refurbishment. One way to tell from the outside is by their destination indicator, the refurbished ones have the dot matrix display, although there were some in the middle of their refurbishment which had the dot matrix while still having the old interior. I would know as I used to commute on these trams weekly.
and, just to add to that, contrary to what is stated in the video, there *is* a standard HK tram livery - a dark/muted green. Seeing more green trams used to be correlated with a downturn in the economy, but I guess the French owners of HK Tramways have been more flexible on advertising rates since they took over in '09. On which note, they have in general been absolutely excellent stewards of the network; those elegant wooden seats that replaced the crappy moulded plastic ones are all their doing, as are the dot-matrix LED displays - but they didn't mess with the basic format of the vehicles, much to their credit. Plus they undertook major infrastructure work on the tracks to successfully reduce flange-squeal, which used to be pretty extreme. Most importantly of all, to me, was their stance during the protests in 2014 that severed the network - where minibus companies were co-opted to file injuctions in court to remove the protestors, HK Tramways stayed out of it, and instead offered reduced or even free fares instead, and quietly worked their services as best they could either side of the protest sites in Admiralty and Central without making a fuss and blaming protestors. I've never forgotten that.
Ahhhhh! The good old "ding Ding" Tram on H.K. Island. I well remember the old "Ding ding" when I lived in H.K. in the 1970's. In fact the H.K. of the 1970's when I lived in Kowloon had so many unique ways to travel around, ricksaw (obviously🤭), taxi, bus (old, like really old, and new), ferries, Peak tram, P.L.B. (Public Light Transport). The really old busses were really cool, in my view (I was only about 11/12 at the time I first saw and used them). I loved the ferries where they had both passenger only and vehicular ferries. I think the best ferry, for me at least, was the good old Star ferry that ran from the Ocean Terminal ion Kowloon to Central on the island. Both Star Ferry and HYF (Hong Kong Yamati, sorry if I spelt that wrong) had First class seating🤔 and 2nd class seating.😟 !st class was on the upper deck whilst 2nd class was on the lower deck. Of course the most "exciting" part of these ferry trips was the arrival at the ferry terminals because as we approached the terminal a significant number of passengers would get up and move to whichever side of the ferry was going to be the disembarkation side which, naturally, gave the ferry a quite noticable in some cases, lean to that side.😄 I think though if you wanted the scariest ride of all then yopu had to ride on the P.L.B. 🤣 Unlike busses that had to stop at actual bus stops P.L.B.'s could, and did, stop literally anywhere and god help you if you were in a vehicle behind them when they suddenly, without any form of indication, dived across the road to the kerb to pick up of disembark a passenger or five.🤣
Can't believe I missed this video. This was a bit different to the usual, but very enjoyable and very much appreciated. I grew up in Hong Kong - albeit Kowloon side, so I never got to ride on the trams very often. Its a bit of a novelty for me, too.
Was there last weekend. First thing I did was to hop on to the tram. Great way to get your bearings right. I find it very similar to Zurich and a great compliment to existing public transport network.
5:00 there is a fix livery which is a full dark green livery called HK tram green (yes that's the name of the colour), but you can hardly see it cus almost all the trams have advertisement on them all the times
Have just been there days ago and taken the same route. These rolling stocks were actually manufactured in 1974 by the Hong Kong depot, but still magnificent.
I liked the ‘don’t lick the tram’ tram. My favourite tram system is Blackpool which is a bit like Hong Kong in a way (well it’s by the sea). Great video 👍
I would say the Seaton tram line (despite running fully rural) is far more like the Hong Kong one in that it uses double decker tramways of thesame generation... though it is much more of a toy-railway nowadays, a few lucky sods do use it to commute between the villages and the town.
Definitely the best way to get around Hong Kong island. And if you don't get stuck in traffic it's probably not much slower than the MTR as that is so deep it takes a while to get to
When I was in Hong Kong, I didn't have time to ride the tram because of my job at the time. Have ridden the tram in Hiroshima quite interesting and it was quite well developed
Hongkongers always prefer Ding Ding than MTR on sjort trip given it is cheaper and mpre convenient. Stations on MTR Island line are very deep underground which may take more than 5 mintues walk from entrance to platform
You can only ride the KCR all the way to Sheung Shui Station in the New Territories. To get to Lo Wu, you must have a special card issued to some Hong Kong citizens or a Chinese visa, because Lo Wu is a border station with China.
You are confusing two different things - the light rail system is up in the New Territories and yeah, it's basically a tram although with a lot of dedicated right of way. If you take the Tuen Ma line then most of the stops past Yuen Long connect up with the light rail. The KCR was a heavy rail system that connected Kowloon in HK to Canton (I.E. Guangzhou) in China - it doesn't really exist as an entity any more, with the section that's in HK having been absorbed into the MTR as the East Rail line (and also extended to Admiralty on the island, so it doesn't even start in Kowloon now), and the China section becoming the Guangshen railway between Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Having said that, some people still call the East Rail line the KCR out of force of habit, despite the fact that there are no longer any through trains to Guangzhou on it.
Probably the Matsuyama Tram would be my favorite, I do really like the Hakodate one as well... also, I would say just for it's unique rolling stock, but also because of the way the hills shape it, I thoroughly enjoyed some of the Trams in San-Francisco (watching them even more-so than riding them though both are really amazing) Grenoble has some really nice trams too, though, I would say it's more about the city being beautiful and nice to watch from a tram window than about the tram itself. PS: I guess thesame should be said about the Tram in Jerusalem... whilst the tram itself is not really special, it just fits so well into the spirit of the Holy City and it's mood... it is just a small (almost insignificant to the point of being overlooked) part of it, but still
In Rome we also have historicals trams from the 1950, they have hard plastic seats with no air conditioning, but my average journey is at least 30 mins, no faster alternative, it's all dirty and thieves steal everything in front of everyone, that's also an unforgettable expirience
@@NonstopEurotrip Wow, can't wait to see it, especially now that the entire tram network has been replaced by bus because of works (yes, a single bus replacing an entire tram)
I've had this question in my head, on and off, for at least a couple of weeks. I wonder if this guy is the same guy that creates the videos for Superalbs Travels? I don't suppose you could answer that for me please?
@@NonstopEurotrip Really? I honestly think you guys sound very similar, nearly no difference in pitch. Voice twins? Because I am subscribed to both channels, sometimes I confuse the two, both have great content. Are you sure you're not 'pulling my leg'? You're both different people?
The Hong Kong underground is the "MTR". The "MRT" is in Singapore. Sorry to be pedantic but I grew up in Hong Kong and my dad was Chief Engineer of the MTR in the early days of construction.
Should long have been replaced by modern proper trams. They're super cute looking and great for tourists. But they're incredibly uncomfortable (bad seats, no air conditioning) and so slow which makes them barely useful for locals
Wow Hong Kong Trams nice 😊😊 In Asia, trams are part of transportation during the colonial period, for example, Manila has trams from 1890s until 1945 serves in Escolta, Binondo, Malabon and others ☺️😊 In Indonesia, trams was built during the Dutch Colony in Batavia(today's Jakarta) and other cities like Medan, Surabaya and others before it disappeared in the 1970s but made a comback in Nusantara when the first trackless tram was commenced but made in China 😊😊
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A reason why they're still so heavily used is not only the cheap fares, but the fact it covers a lot of areas between major MTR stations.
Absolutely 💯
2:58 The plastic molded seats are actually on older trams that haven't received the latest refurbishment. One way to tell from the outside is by their destination indicator, the refurbished ones have the dot matrix display, although there were some in the middle of their refurbishment which had the dot matrix while still having the old interior. I would know as I used to commute on these trams weekly.
and, just to add to that, contrary to what is stated in the video, there *is* a standard HK tram livery - a dark/muted green. Seeing more green trams used to be correlated with a downturn in the economy, but I guess the French owners of HK Tramways have been more flexible on advertising rates since they took over in '09. On which note, they have in general been absolutely excellent stewards of the network; those elegant wooden seats that replaced the crappy moulded plastic ones are all their doing, as are the dot-matrix LED displays - but they didn't mess with the basic format of the vehicles, much to their credit. Plus they undertook major infrastructure work on the tracks to successfully reduce flange-squeal, which used to be pretty extreme. Most importantly of all, to me, was their stance during the protests in 2014 that severed the network - where minibus companies were co-opted to file injuctions in court to remove the protestors, HK Tramways stayed out of it, and instead offered reduced or even free fares instead, and quietly worked their services as best they could either side of the protest sites in Admiralty and Central without making a fuss and blaming protestors. I've never forgotten that.
Ahhhhh!
The good old "ding Ding" Tram on H.K. Island.
I well remember the old "Ding ding" when I lived in H.K. in the 1970's.
In fact the H.K. of the 1970's when I lived in Kowloon had so many unique ways to travel around, ricksaw (obviously🤭), taxi, bus (old, like really old, and new), ferries, Peak tram, P.L.B. (Public Light Transport).
The really old busses were really cool, in my view (I was only about 11/12 at the time I first saw and used them).
I loved the ferries where they had both passenger only and vehicular ferries. I think the best ferry, for me at least, was the good old Star ferry that ran from the Ocean Terminal ion Kowloon to Central on the island. Both Star Ferry and HYF (Hong Kong Yamati, sorry if I spelt that wrong) had First class seating🤔 and 2nd class seating.😟 !st class was on the upper deck whilst 2nd class was on the lower deck. Of course the most "exciting" part of these ferry trips was the arrival at the ferry terminals because as we approached the terminal a significant number of passengers would get up and move to whichever side of the ferry was going to be the disembarkation side which, naturally, gave the ferry a quite noticable in some cases, lean to that side.😄
I think though if you wanted the scariest ride of all then yopu had to ride on the P.L.B. 🤣 Unlike busses that had to stop at actual bus stops P.L.B.'s could, and did, stop literally anywhere and god help you if you were in a vehicle behind them when they suddenly, without any form of indication, dived across the road to the kerb to pick up of disembark a passenger or five.🤣
Can't believe I missed this video. This was a bit different to the usual, but very enjoyable and very much appreciated. I grew up in Hong Kong - albeit Kowloon side, so I never got to ride on the trams very often. Its a bit of a novelty for me, too.
Was for me too 😁
Was there last weekend. First thing I did was to hop on to the tram. Great way to get your bearings right. I find it very similar to Zurich and a great compliment to existing public transport network.
Good stuff!
People need to stop calling the Hong Kong MTR the MRT, that's in Singapore. 🥲
Close 😉
@@NonstopEurotrip But not close enough!
@@granttaylor7392i agree with you
@@小榗 mass transit railway, mass rapid transit, potato, potatoe
Thanks!
@@michaelbruchas6663 Thanks for the tip Michael 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
5:00 there is a fix livery which is a full dark green livery called HK tram green (yes that's the name of the colour), but you can hardly see it cus almost all the trams have advertisement on them all the times
I think a tram showing that HK tram green are actually very rare.
@@Sacto1654 it is, cus most of the time they have a full advertisement on it, the best way to see HK tram green is riding on tram #120
The only one I've seen is the open top tourist one
@@NonstopEurotripNo 120 Tram is the only one leaving with green livery and class layout. You need to be very lucky to see it running
Have just been there days ago and taken the same route. These rolling stocks were actually manufactured in 1974 by the Hong Kong depot, but still magnificent.
Not all
Great video.
Thanks!
I liked the ‘don’t lick the tram’ tram. My favourite tram system is Blackpool which is a bit like Hong Kong in a way (well it’s by the sea). Great video 👍
I would say the Seaton tram line (despite running fully rural) is far more like the Hong Kong one in that it uses double decker tramways of thesame generation... though it is much more of a toy-railway nowadays, a few lucky sods do use it to commute between the villages and the town.
Don't lick it mate, ok?
Great trip. Definitely iconic transport in Hong Kong.
It really is!
Definitely the best way to get around Hong Kong island. And if you don't get stuck in traffic it's probably not much slower than the MTR as that is so deep it takes a while to get to
Thanks! But not if you want to travel most of HK island
Excelent video
I'm a little surprised it doesn't have AC, even though the routes are short but still
When I was in Hong Kong, I didn't have time to ride the tram because of my job at the time.
Have ridden the tram in Hiroshima quite interesting and it was quite well developed
I've done that too, great fun!
can you make a video about the Hong Kong MTR trains ? and Railway Museum please ?
Probably not tbh
5:14 - 5:17 Lady in the tram ahead is waving at you.
👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻
Love a tram.. Lisbon is still my favourite..
Agreed, excellent trams 💕
Welcome to Hong Kong!
Hongkongers always prefer Ding Ding than MTR on sjort trip given it is cheaper and mpre convenient. Stations on MTR Island line are very deep underground which may take more than 5 mintues walk from entrance to platform
Did you get to ride on the Kowloon-Canton railway as well? The KCR is Hong Kong's other Tramway (they call it a "light railway")
You can only ride the KCR all the way to Sheung Shui Station in the New Territories. To get to Lo Wu, you must have a special card issued to some Hong Kong citizens or a Chinese visa, because Lo Wu is a border station with China.
You are confusing two different things - the light rail system is up in the New Territories and yeah, it's basically a tram although with a lot of dedicated right of way. If you take the Tuen Ma line then most of the stops past Yuen Long connect up with the light rail. The KCR was a heavy rail system that connected Kowloon in HK to Canton (I.E. Guangzhou) in China - it doesn't really exist as an entity any more, with the section that's in HK having been absorbed into the MTR as the East Rail line (and also extended to Admiralty on the island, so it doesn't even start in Kowloon now), and the China section becoming the Guangshen railway between Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Having said that, some people still call the East Rail line the KCR out of force of habit, despite the fact that there are no longer any through trains to Guangzhou on it.
I have done before
Probably the Matsuyama Tram would be my favorite, I do really like the Hakodate one as well... also, I would say just for it's unique rolling stock, but also because of the way the hills shape it, I thoroughly enjoyed some of the Trams in San-Francisco (watching them even more-so than riding them though both are really amazing)
Grenoble has some really nice trams too, though, I would say it's more about the city being beautiful and nice to watch from a tram window than about the tram itself.
PS: I guess thesame should be said about the Tram in Jerusalem... whilst the tram itself is not really special, it just fits so well into the spirit of the Holy City and it's mood... it is just a small (almost insignificant to the point of being overlooked) part of it, but still
Good choice!
The food must be delicious in Hong Kong. Any differences from the food on the mainland?
No, but I'm not an expert 😆
Utsonomiya, Japan's Lightline is an interesting tram
Bom dia bomdade de 2 andares gostei
Thanks!!!
Welcome!
Very neat system
What’s the train in your profile picture?
Frecciarossa 500 at Venice
These're commonly nicknamed "ding-dings" due to tram bell sound.
As stated in the video
My hometown just discontinued 150-year-old trams.
Oh no! Where?
Crich tramway museum Derbyshire
The Hong Kong subway is called the MTR, not the MRT
Same difference
Just want to correct. It’s MTR not MRT.
All the letters were there 😆
香港哪裏可以買到最好嘅豬包子？
No idea. I don't eat pork.
In Rome we also have historicals trams from the 1950, they have hard plastic seats with no air conditioning, but my average journey is at least 30 mins, no faster alternative, it's all dirty and thieves steal everything in front of everyone, that's also an unforgettable expirience
I've made a video on these too :)
@@NonstopEurotrip
Wow, can't wait to see it, especially now that the entire tram network has been replaced by bus because of works (yes, a single bus replacing an entire tram)
Hong Kong is an incredible city
I'd like to go there to see all the British elements that are still intact there.
You should:)
Can you do romania please.
I have. Still to edit....
In Resita town, the tram line recently opened :)
I've had this question in my head, on and off, for at least a couple of weeks.
I wonder if this guy is the same guy that creates the videos for Superalbs Travels?
I don't suppose you could answer that for me please?
No. But he's one of my best friends
@@NonstopEurotrip Really? I honestly think you guys sound very similar, nearly no difference in pitch. Voice twins? Because I am subscribed to both channels, sometimes I confuse the two, both have great content.
Are you sure you're not 'pulling my leg'? You're both different people?
@@LukeWarminger 100%
@@NonstopEurotrip Haha. Thought I'd ask. Thank you for your videos, have you thought about coming to Australia to travel on The Ghan?
@@LukeWarminger no, but Albie might be coming soon 👀
if you are only riding MTR for one or two stations the trams are actually faster
I can believe it!
NO WAY!BRO WENT TO HK!
And again today 😁
The Hong Kong underground is the "MTR". The "MRT" is in Singapore. Sorry to be pedantic but I grew up in Hong Kong and my dad was Chief Engineer of the MTR in the early days of construction.
Indeed. All the letter were there, right
As someone from Singapore I was joking whether we might mistake MTR as short for "Mass Transit Rapid"
Did you know: because HK trams travel slower on the streets, it’s more expensive to put advertisement on trams than buses!
I didn't know 😂
I'll give that a miss, licking the tram 😂
😆
Mumbai had trams started in British time, kolkata still has.
Heard Calcutta municipality wants to do away with it? Would be a shame if it does
@@Trishj1001 reason being no longer profitable and causing traffic congestion. Mumbai stop for very same reason back in 70s.
@@SRanade it must be upgraded and preserved. It's an integral part of the city's heritage. Calcutta could learn a thing or two from HK or Zurich
@@Trishj1001 agree
Should long have been replaced by modern proper trams. They're super cute looking and great for tourists. But they're incredibly uncomfortable (bad seats, no air conditioning) and so slow which makes them barely useful for locals
Absolutely not. Take the MTR if you want modernity
Peak tramway is, against the name, funicular.
As stated in the video
Free Hong Kong!
Fuck you no free hk
👀
Wow Hong Kong Trams nice 😊😊
In Asia, trams are part of transportation during the colonial period, for example, Manila has trams from 1890s until 1945 serves in Escolta, Binondo, Malabon and others ☺️😊
In Indonesia, trams was built during the Dutch Colony in Batavia(today's Jakarta) and other cities like Medan, Surabaya and others before it disappeared in the 1970s but made a comback in Nusantara when the first trackless tram was commenced but made in China 😊😊