I've ridden Shonan monorail in Japan about one thousand times. Three- car-train unit run 8 times an hour. It's suspended monorail,and similar system to Wuppertaler schwebebahn. It's also unique transport system in the world.
The only fatality the system had was when they put an elephant in one on the cars to demonstrate the safety of the system. The elephant took fright whilst the car was in motion and jumped out!
I grew up in Adelaide and caught the O-Bahn daily for about 3 years in the late 80s. The really interesting thing about it is that the buses also drive on normal roads, so there is a lot of flexibility in planning routes.
@@felity1773 No, the tyres don't touch the guard rails. There are little wheels that stick out near the main wheels that do the actual guiding. You can see them around 3.59 in this video the South Australian government put out in the 80s th-cam.com/video/9A5BCbovR9s/w-d-xo.htmlm59s
@@romk.m.1081 There are three stations along the track - one at Klemzig, which is just a small stop, plus big interchanges at Paradise and Tea Tree Plaza, where other routes connect with the O-bahn and the O-bahn buses can leave the track and run on normal roads.
Once you are in the region, you may as visit the guided-rail bus system in Essen, pretty similiar to the one in Adelaide. And, well, the shown H-Bahn in Dortmund and it's younger brother, the Sky-Train at the Düsseldorf Airport, less than an one hour train-ride apart from each other. (In fact, if you do it right, you never have to sit on a regular train for longer than 20 Minutes before boardig the next strange sort-of-trainy thing). Since you are in Essen, don't forget to take a look at the rare three-railed subway, where two gauges share the same track underground. And, if you are up to that, you may also use the trolly busses in Solingen.
@@jank.6296 also interesting are the undeerground stations of the Duisburg transit system, where two platform heights get combined into one platform by using one long platform with the low height section on one end and the high height section on the other end.
I was wondering how the Schwebebahn survived WW2, so I Googled this: "The Schwebebahn survived World War Two, mainly because the majority of the route is suspended above the River Wupper, thus escaping serious bomb damage and was easy to get back into operation after the cessation of hostilities."
@@destraxx1900 I was born and raised in New York City until I was 12 yrs. old. I rode the subway everywhere, including to school every day. I never gave that subway system a second thought until my family moved away, and I realized that nowhere else in the US had such a system. After some time, I wanted to know everything about it. It's true that when you're from a place, you take everything around you for granted. I'm glad I could shed some light on something you never had to think about. My Dad used to say you should always take some time out to play tourist in your home town. You'd be surprised at what you could learn and maybe even appreciate it more. Gott segne.
@Mad Exploiter it's crap because the crappy government never really gave it the appropriate attention to it, seeing it only as a support system to the MTR given the limited resources (cheapest fare in the city with no government subsidies, the operation and assets are all privately owned ) and fierce competition (MTR + 2 bus operators) I would say RATP Dev and TransDev are doing a decent job
@Mad Exploiter In terms of the effectiveness and efficiency of moving people, you may say the trams are crappy. Yet when it comes to cultural heritage, I would say they are one of the most significant icons of Hong Kong. Since no one in Hong Kong treats them as a massive public transport, the beauty of Hong Kong Trams is incomparable. *Please do not belittling the cultural gem of Hong Kong.*
You included a Venice transit system, the street car/tram that runs on rubber, but left out what is for me the most fascinating transit system of all, and definitely my #1 ... the "water buses" that take one along the many canals of Venice, and all the way to Murano and Burano! I found it to be a really handy way to get around, and also easy to understand.
It's curious as being an inhabitant of Venice mainland I use both quite frequently and never found them to be that unusual; i didn't even know the avantages of our tram, which i thought to be just an overengineered tram, but now I see how it can be quite strange indeed; the "water buses" whose real name is vaporetto/i (little steamer/s althought nowadays they use diesel they started as steamboats) are more particular also for they particular shape which is endemic to Venice
I had heard about that tram that run on rubber tyres and a centre rail previously but didn't realise why - Given it can take much tighter turns than a conventional tram that makes sense really and I really like that bit of ingenuity. Very nice video :)
7:07 You used the same lower-1/3 title in #4 Germany from #6 Belgium 4:29 The elevated Dortmund University monorail system is also used at Düsseldorf Airport. It's the same SAFEGE system developed in France used in Chiba, Japan. The longest tram tunnel (not a subway as it also runs on the street) in the world is in San Francisco, California (The Twin-Peaks Tunnel).
I did enjoy the Hong Kong trams, and even more enjoyed their Peak Tram, which is funicular but follows the terrain both up and down on the way up (or down). Also, in Tai O village, Hong Kong, there was at one time a hand-drawn rope ferry which I took.
I think a very interesting public transport system is the "OV-fiets" (public transport bike) in the Netherlands. It is a cheap and easy hire-bike scheme, tied to the chip-card that you already use for public transport itself (a nation-wide system, valid for trains, trams, and busses). It adds flexibility to the public transport for the 'last kilometer' issue, making trains especially an option for many more journeys.
I've already been on Wuppertaler Schwebebahn and H-Bahn, and H-Bahn's modern twin at Düsseldorf Airport. Similar to the O-Bahn-system we have a guided bus (Spurbus) in Essen and neighbouring Oberhausen has built a bus/tram road with quite impressive speeds on former rail tracks.
I would add Budapest, Hungary, too. It has almost everything together a public transportation enthusiast could desire. It has: - bus - tram - trolleybus - metro (the oldest line has been opened in 1896 and the stations are exactly like 125 years ago, the newest line is driverless) - s-bahn (two different kind) - boat (Budapest is a twin-city, river Danube goes right through the middle of downtown. Once we even had a boat line as metro replacement) - cogwheel-rail (up to the hills) - funicular (from the Danube to the castle) - cable car (more precisely cable-chair) - and a scenic narrow gauge railway in the hills operated by children (between year 10-14, they do everything except the driving)
I spent a few days in Budapest in 2015--could go back for two weeks and still not cover it all. The hotel where we stayed was close to the 1896 subway and some interesting tram lines.
@@DNRY122 The line M1 was opened on 2. May, 1896. Yesterday was the 125th birthday. :) Its full name is Milleniumi Földalatti Vasút or MillFAV, it was made for the 1000th birthday of Hungary. MillFAV is the first metro on the European mainland, and the world's second oldest after the London Underground and the first with electric drive. With trams we also have some records. Here are the world's longest (CAF Urbos 3, 56m) and second longest (Siemens Combino, 54m) single unit tram sets. Come back anytime soon! :)
The Schwebebahn is a fantastic way of avoiding congestion, I don't know why it was not adopted by other cities, although initial costs would be high the benefit of being able to travel above the busy streets without delay must surely be worth it. The guided bus, in the previous most interesting, as we call them in UK are classed as a railway and come under the authority of the Railways Accident Investigation Branch.
As someone who speaks Portuguese natively, just a fun curiosity, remodelados means remodelled, so remodelados trams means basically remodelled trams, bc they are trams that were remodelled to fit Lisbon streets and the modern days, IM NOT SURE, but I think it’s smth like that c:
@carddamom 1) depends what you class as "night", they certainly run late into the evening. 2) no you would not, although it's a busy touristy place so care is always needed it's really a very safe city (I live here) 3/4 not everyone wants to go to the clubs, you have to get there if you do, and there are many far more unique things to do at night in Lisbon than go to a commercial club! You should really come and visit, we even have interesting public elevator systems, various ferries across the river, and a cable car (really for sightseeing only), and a narrow-gauge railway in Costa da Caparica.
Just wonderful....unique trams and transit systems intetnationally. Several of them were unknown to me. Thanks so much for educating and sharing...all terrific. 😊
My list would definitely include the San Francisco cable cars. It would also include the Walt Disney World monorail system (I'm really annoyed they're not planning on expanding this). The Vancouver Skytrain is certainly unique in that it uses linear induction motors and is usually unpiloted (though I can see it not being in a top 10 list as that's the only difference). One could also argue the Shanghai Airport express maglev is a unique transportation system (though I haven't been on this one).
San Francisco cable cars! Also the metro trains, downtown they are subways and you walk flat onto them. Once out of the downtown core they turn into street trams and stairs magically appear so you can climb up from the street level instead of the level subway platform!
@@eyestoenvy San Francisco being known for its liberal bent (and being fast off the line to slow down Covid-19) means that right wingers always have to take a dump. It goes with the territory.
Good content. I would add (1) Boston's Silver Line (a bus running partially in subway tunnels), (2) Hong Kong Mid-Level outdoor escalator system (definitely a mass transit system!), and the most unique IMHO, the Pudong Airport Maglev train in Shanghai, CN.
My favourite Transit system is the Nerobergbahn in Wiesbaden, Germany. It's a water-powered funicular railway. It has two cars connected via a cable. When the upper car goes downhill, it will pull the other car uphill. To make this possible, the upper car has to be heavier than the lower car. This is achieved by filling the ballast tank of the upper car with water from a small creek at the top station. They will fill only as much water as necessary to make the cars going. Once the heavier car reaches the bottom station, its tank is emptied while the other car's tank at the top of the hill is filled. The system can work without electricity and has done so for the most part of its 130+ years existence.
The best systems last the longest. I've been on the Schwebebahn and HK trams, both are very old but were we'll designed systems that are still useful over 100 years later with minor change.
Correction at 7:06 - Its "Dortmund, Germany" Check out the full video of the tram(bus thing?) in Venice, Italy here: th-cam.com/video/rUoyP8FugD4/w-d-xo.html
In April 1993 a bus-driver on the O-Bahn told me it was a waste of money. "We are professional drivers", he said, "We don't need guided rails". "They could have built a regular road, solely for buses, and had three or more times the length. We don't need guide rails to stop us colliding with each other!". I am inclined to agree with him; a separate roadway is really all that is needed. That said, is certainly is a fast way to get from Adelaide's CBD to, say, Modbury. Cheers Chris
I'm from Prague, so the "Wuppertaler Schwebebahn is closest to me. Of course, I used the Schwebebahn and I really liked the ride. In 2014, I traveled around China and also visited Hong Kong. Riding their tram is an absolutely unforgettable experience! But I will probably remain a patriot, cuz the most beautiful is the view from the tram, which goes over one of the Prague bridges! 😉
I enjoyed the Fløibanen funicular in Bergen, Norway, which gives tourists an interesting and ten (from the top) a great view of Bergen and its surrounding area.
I had the pleasure to ride the Schwebebahn in Wuppertal and the Kusttram in Belgium, both full lenght. Also the Hovercraft Dover-Calais which sadly does not exist anymore. And the Pilatusbahn, the steepest cog railway (48%) in Alpnachstad, Switzerland. And the Rigibahn from Vitznau Switzerland to Top of the Rigi mountain is also special as it has a steam locomotive with a standing boiler. And some Paris Métro lines run also on rubber tires. Then there is also the Marzilibahn in Bern, Switzerland. This is a funicular railway with no motor. It is driven by water. Two cars are connected by a cable and they have a big water tank underneath. The tank on the top car is filled until the top car is heavier than the bottom car and so it pulls the bottom car up when riding down. When it arrives at the bottom the tank is emptied and the car ready to be pulled up again. And finally the Hammetschwandlift, an elevator to the top of the Bürgenstock mountain in Switzerland, with a fantastic view on lake Lucerne and the surrounding mountains.
The "H-Bahn" technology is more widely used in Japan. The Chiba Urban Monorail and the Shonan Monorail both use this technology. The Chiba urban Monorail is particularly extensive and features switches as well.
@@vfx_peter The name comes from German O-Bus (Trolleybus) and Bahn (Railway), because the Essen system at first was based on trolleybusses running on concrete rails.
The guideway bus seems cool, its a smart way to use bus rapid transit even on the most rural places. If this was used in countries where there is a massive population but rural areas have a moderate population and can become congested, this is the best technique.
A smaller network of the Adelaide-Bus-System (called "Spurbus") can be found in Essen, Germany, which is near Wuppertal and Dortmund. The special buslanes are in the middle of the motorway A40 where normal buslanes would be to wide to fit. In the past the automaticly steered busses even traveled through Underground-tunnels along with trains on another line.
Indeed they are pretty close. The distance Wuppertal to Dortmund is about 40km. Also at the Düsseldorf airport, there is another H-Bahn similar to the one in Dortmund. Düsseldorf is about 25km from Wuppertal. As mentioned before, there is an Adelaide-like bus way in Essen, which is also about 25km from Wuppertal. You can easily visit all of them within one day and you actually only need one single ticket for all, because they are all situated within North Rhine-Westphalia
If you're trip is not yet over, add Stuttgart: - A cable car, a bit like the first one in the video, to Waldfriedhof - The "Zacke", a rack railway to Degerloch. - Killesberg Railway, but that's a park railway and not a transit system. - If it was before 2015, you'd have a narrow gauge tram up to the Fernsehturm. It's now modernized but according to Wikipedia, the old trams are in use sometimes. And if you get to Asia, visit Chongqing Monorail. It's the one that runs through a house.
For my top 10 i would certainly have to consider the MBTA Silver Line in Boston, which for parts of its routes operates essentially as a bus based metro system. On top of that the Shanghai Maglev from the airport into Pudong and the Morgantown PRT would also be up there. For some lesser known ones the Sakhalin Railway would definitely be up there. It used to be super unique as a Russian railway with Japanese gauge, and some very interesting redesigns of normal soviet trains. It has unfortunately recently been regauged but it's still a super interesting railway with a lot of history, and potentially one of the longest train ferries in the world at a distance of 260 kilometres between tracks.
I was waiting for Venice, then i saw it at number 3 and thinking "yeah! is going to talk about the boat, taxi the vaporetto... and all strange water stuff" and you show the Mestre tram... come on man :D It was a waste of money, and a lot of people hate that thing. Nice video though, i've been to Hong Kong ding ding.
For the tram on rubber wheels you have in France the cities of Nancy and Clermont Ferrand ; For an old funicular you have one to the Holly Heart (Sacré Coeur ) in Paris. At Venice (Italy) you have a cable car between Sta Lucia central station and Tronchetto parkings, and so on...
The Carmelit in Haifa, Israel. It is an underground funicular railway. Stations were built along the incline of Mount Carmel, so the platforms are on steps, rather than flat. It is also one of the smallest subway systems in the world.
Thanks for the video. I have been riding the German H-Bahn dozens of times and also rode the Schwebebahn. I was very fascinated by the O-Bahn, and remembered then that I also rode a rail guided system in Germany in the past. It looks like one in from Germany was actually the prototype for the O-Bahn - at least Wikipedia says so. While many of those in Germany have been dismantled, at least one is still in place in Essen-Kray. It would be an interesting challenge to ride all those transit systems. Not easy, but I will try to cover the De Panne Tram as it is relatively close to me. 😀
Missed the Volkes Railway in Brighton. Electric railway opened in 1883 Still running using stock that is over 100 years old. Docklands light Railway in London fully automated (no drivers) 45 stations 24 miles (38Km) long with 6 branches.
How about London’s Docklands Light Railway, one of the first and most extensive automatic (driverless) urban railways and the city to airport Maglev monorail in Shanghai, fastest in world?
The Los Angeles light rail is trying to be an interurban, similar to the Belgian coast tram. But there is quite a difference because the Los Angeles light rail has alot of grade separation compared to the simple Belgian coast tram.
It's fun to ride, but not very practical, as Longyang Road isn't the most convenient of metro stations (at least not for the Hongqiao area, where I was living in Shanghai). I found it more convenient just to drive to Pudong Airport from Hongqiao.
The first of the venice's tram was build in Padua, this is really incredible, not only for the tires, in Padua make a part of the travel without connecting to the electric lines, because it have indipendent batteries, and if is necessary it can leave for short time the rail line. Padua and Venice have the same type of tram for a future connecting.
About the tram along the Belgian Coast. It is De Panne, in the flemisch part of the country and not La Panne, which is in French. We, the Flemisch, are pretty strict in it :)
1- İstanbul Tunnel (Turkey) (Inaugurated 17.10.1875, this is the oldest surviving underground urban rail line in continental Europe.) 2- Orient Express (Europe) 3- Trans-Siberian Train (Russia) 4- The Devil's Nose Train (Ecuador) 5- Mauritania Railway (Mauritania ) At nearly 2500 m in length, the iron train. 6- Shanghai Maglev train (China) (max. speed 431 km/h)
Is translohr tram system.. the first town who taked this tram was My town Padua calling it metrobus.. the second one was Latina and the third Venice.. the mono Rail is used only to guide the tram .. check on internet Transhlor Tram Padua or Padova
And he doesn’t mention the “ferries bus” system with boats called “Vaporetti”!! That’s the only public transport service allowed in the old city of Venice and it’s really particular cause it works like a bus service but on water!!
Fun facts. The Hongkong double-decker tram is dead cheap to start with and you don’t need to leave as long as the tram is in traffic you can stay on and go back and fort. I enjoyed it tremendously not to mention the Lisbon trams, very nice trips.
I don't think, that the Medellin urban cable cars are one of the first of it's kind, because the first urban cable car was opened in Cologne, Germany 1957 and that was over 60 years ago. And there were many more built in that 60 years, 1974 in Kiel, Germany 1976 in NY, USA. Algeria has a few, too but with Medllin, Columbia started a boom of urban cable cars. Maybe that is that you think it is one of the first... Cable cars have the advantage that it is cheaper than a tram and need less room. That is why Medellin has 3 cable car lines and they are planing more. And other cities worldwide are planning, too. The disadvantage is the capacity per car. The bus system used in Adelaide is used in Dortmund,Germany too on some of the main streets. It helps with the punctuality because the track is in the middle between the lanes and traffic jam doesn't bother the busses. Some stations are on the track area too and have underground pathways or bridges to the stations for the passengers.
I ve rode The Wuppertal "schwebebahn" it´s defintely something unique, and it was definitely worth the trip there.
Also, the reason why it was installed, German ingenuity!
I've ridden Shonan monorail in Japan about one thousand times.
Three- car-train unit run 8 times an hour.
It's suspended monorail,and similar system to Wuppertaler schwebebahn.
It's also unique transport system in the world.
Oh yes that's right ❗
The only fatality the system had was when they put an elephant in one on the cars to demonstrate the safety of the system. The elephant took fright whilst the car was in motion and jumped out!
1 accident in 120 years !!!
I grew up in Adelaide and caught the O-Bahn daily for about 3 years in the late 80s.
The really interesting thing about it is that the buses also drive on normal roads, so there is a lot of flexibility in planning routes.
I'm wondering: Isn't it bad for the tyres? Are they constantly rubbing against the guard rails?
@@felity1773 No, the tyres don't touch the guard rails. There are little wheels that stick out near the main wheels that do the actual guiding. You can see them around 3.59 in this video the South Australian government put out in the 80s
th-cam.com/video/9A5BCbovR9s/w-d-xo.htmlm59s
Hey, I just ask in the comments is there any bus/train stop along the track? I am pretty sure you will be able to answer it. Thank in advance mate.
@@romk.m.1081 There are three stations along the track - one at Klemzig, which is just a small stop, plus big interchanges at Paradise and Tea Tree Plaza, where other routes connect with the O-bahn and the O-bahn buses can leave the track and run on normal roads.
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Wuppertal system is certainly the most interesting one I've been on. Definitely worth the visit.
Once you are in the region, you may as visit the guided-rail bus system in Essen, pretty similiar to the one in Adelaide. And, well, the shown H-Bahn in Dortmund and it's younger brother, the Sky-Train at the Düsseldorf Airport, less than an one hour train-ride apart from each other. (In fact, if you do it right, you never have to sit on a regular train for longer than 20 Minutes before boardig the next strange sort-of-trainy thing). Since you are in Essen, don't forget to take a look at the rare three-railed subway, where two gauges share the same track underground. And, if you are up to that, you may also use the trolly busses in Solingen.
@@jank.6296 also interesting are the undeerground stations of the Duisburg transit system, where two platform heights get combined into one platform by using one long platform with the low height section on one end and the high height section on the other end.
I was wondering how the Schwebebahn survived WW2, so I Googled this:
"The Schwebebahn survived World War Two, mainly because the majority of the route is suspended above the River Wupper, thus escaping serious bomb damage and was easy to get back into operation after the cessation of hostilities."
Thanks for your research. I‘ve never questioned that even tho I‘m from Wuppertal 😅😂🙏🏻
@@destraxx1900
I was born and raised in New York City until I was 12 yrs. old. I rode the subway everywhere, including to school every day. I never gave that subway system a second thought until my family moved away, and I realized that nowhere else in the US had such a system. After some time, I wanted to know everything about it. It's true that when you're from a place, you take everything around you for granted. I'm glad I could shed some light on something you never had to think about. My Dad used to say you should always take some time out to play tourist in your home town. You'd be surprised at what you could learn and maybe even appreciate it more. Gott segne.
@@mutantplants1 thats true.
Schwebebahn is amazing on its own without considering it’s age. I can’t wait to visit and experience it.
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I rode the Honk Kong trams in 1980, What a cool ride!
Never take Hong Kong's Ding ding railway at Summer, there is not AC inside!!😂
@Mad Exploiter it's crap because the crappy government never really gave it the appropriate attention to it, seeing it only as a support system to the MTR
given the limited resources (cheapest fare in the city with no government subsidies, the operation and assets are all privately owned ) and fierce competition (MTR + 2 bus operators) I would say RATP Dev and TransDev are doing a decent job
@Mad Exploiter Alr, we all know that *no one asked*
@Mad Exploiter
In terms of the effectiveness and efficiency of moving people, you may say the trams are crappy. Yet when it comes to cultural heritage, I would say they are one of the most significant icons of Hong Kong.
Since no one in Hong Kong treats them as a massive public transport, the beauty of Hong Kong Trams is incomparable. *Please do not belittling the cultural gem of Hong Kong.*
I love Hong Kong, China!
All interesting and unique!! My number ones are Lisbon trams and Wuppertal hanging railway
You included a Venice transit system, the street car/tram that runs on rubber, but left out what is for me the most fascinating transit system of all, and definitely my #1 ... the "water buses" that take one along the many canals of Venice, and all the way to Murano and Burano! I found it to be a really handy way to get around, and also easy to understand.
"I found it to be a really handy way to get around, and also easy to understand." -it's a fact.
It's curious as being an inhabitant of Venice mainland I use both quite frequently and never found them to be that unusual; i didn't even know the avantages of our tram, which i thought to be just an overengineered tram, but now I see how it can be quite strange indeed; the "water buses" whose real name is vaporetto/i (little steamer/s althought nowadays they use diesel they started as steamboats) are more particular also for they particular shape which is endemic to Venice
Its a boat
I had heard about that tram that run on rubber tyres and a centre rail previously but didn't realise why - Given it can take much tighter turns than a conventional tram that makes sense really and I really like that bit of ingenuity. Very nice video :)
7:07 You used the same lower-1/3 title in #4 Germany from #6 Belgium 4:29
The elevated Dortmund University monorail system is also used at Düsseldorf Airport. It's the same SAFEGE system developed in France used in Chiba, Japan.
The longest tram tunnel (not a subway as it also runs on the street) in the world is in San Francisco, California (The Twin-Peaks Tunnel).
Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.
In Nagoya, Japan, there is also a bus guideway system called the "Yutorito Line" similar to the O-Bahn Busway in Adelaide.
There are several in the UK also.
There is a bigger O-bahn system in Essen (part running down the central reservation of an Autobahn).
@@bfapple In St.Ives
@@joaomedina1 Yep, I grew up in Cambridgeshire.
Wonderful moments in these pleasant places !
I did enjoy the Hong Kong trams, and even more enjoyed their Peak Tram, which is funicular but follows the terrain both up and down on the way up (or down). Also, in Tai O village, Hong Kong, there was at one time a hand-drawn rope ferry which I took.
made me so happy to see the Metrocable🇨🇴Medellin prides itself in its public transit system🇨🇴.
Love their diverse transit when I was there in early 2020! th-cam.com/video/qEF6Jx1cJZE/w-d-xo.html
I think a very interesting public transport system is the "OV-fiets" (public transport bike) in the Netherlands. It is a cheap and easy hire-bike scheme, tied to the chip-card that you already use for public transport itself (a nation-wide system, valid for trains, trams, and busses). It adds flexibility to the public transport for the 'last kilometer' issue, making trains especially an option for many more journeys.
I've already been on Wuppertaler Schwebebahn and H-Bahn, and H-Bahn's modern twin at Düsseldorf Airport.
Similar to the O-Bahn-system we have a guided bus (Spurbus) in Essen and neighbouring Oberhausen has built a bus/tram road with quite impressive speeds on former rail tracks.
I would add Budapest, Hungary, too. It has almost everything together a public transportation enthusiast could desire.
It has:
- bus
- tram
- trolleybus
- metro (the oldest line has been opened in 1896 and the stations are exactly like 125 years ago, the newest line is driverless)
- s-bahn (two different kind)
- boat (Budapest is a twin-city, river Danube goes right through the middle of downtown. Once we even had a boat line as metro replacement)
- cogwheel-rail (up to the hills)
- funicular (from the Danube to the castle)
- cable car (more precisely cable-chair)
- and a scenic narrow gauge railway in the hills operated by children (between year 10-14, they do everything except the driving)
I spent a few days in Budapest in 2015--could go back for two weeks and still not cover it all. The hotel where we stayed was close to the 1896 subway and some interesting tram lines.
@@DNRY122 The line M1 was opened on 2. May, 1896. Yesterday was the 125th birthday. :) Its full name is Milleniumi Földalatti Vasút or MillFAV, it was made for the 1000th birthday of Hungary. MillFAV is the first metro on the European mainland, and the world's second oldest after the London Underground and the first with electric drive. With trams we also have some records. Here are the world's longest (CAF Urbos 3, 56m) and second longest (Siemens Combino, 54m) single unit tram sets. Come back anytime soon! :)
@@obarnabas Glasgow and Istanbul also claim to have the second oldest subway systems in the world.
Budapest has or had the longest single trams in the world. The newer ones.
Beautiful city
The Schwebebahn is a fantastic way of avoiding congestion, I don't know why it was not adopted by other cities, although initial costs would be high the benefit of being able to travel above the busy streets without delay must surely be worth it. The guided bus, in the previous most interesting, as we call them in UK are classed as a railway and come under the authority of the Railways Accident Investigation Branch.
Thank you for sharing one of our own treasures in Belgium, the famous coastal tram.
Great photography. But perhaps more importantly, the poster gave viewers a real feel for the featured transit. Exceptionally well done. Thanks.
I would go to Lisbon just to ride those trams around the old town at night. Just fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe one day...? I went in November 2016. Best November holiday ever. Sun, pleasant temperature. 😊
Lisbon also has 4 funiculars and an interesting transport museum. Lisbon is a real gem for public transport lovers.
Come to India (Kolkata)
As someone who speaks Portuguese natively, just a fun curiosity, remodelados means remodelled, so remodelados trams means basically remodelled trams, bc they are trams that were remodelled to fit Lisbon streets and the modern days, IM NOT SURE, but I think it’s smth like that c:
@carddamom 1) depends what you class as "night", they certainly run late into the evening. 2) no you would not, although it's a busy touristy place so care is always needed it's really a very safe city (I live here) 3/4 not everyone wants to go to the clubs, you have to get there if you do, and there are many far more unique things to do at night in Lisbon than go to a commercial club! You should really come and visit, we even have interesting public elevator systems, various ferries across the river, and a cable car (really for sightseeing only), and a narrow-gauge railway in Costa da Caparica.
Just wonderful....unique trams and transit systems intetnationally. Several of them were unknown to me. Thanks so much for educating and sharing...all terrific. 😊
Fingers crossed, the Wuppertal ride is on my list later this year.
If you're planning to go there before August, keep in mind that it is only operating at weekends because of the faulty new rolling stock
My list would definitely include the San Francisco cable cars. It would also include the Walt Disney World monorail system (I'm really annoyed they're not planning on expanding this). The Vancouver Skytrain is certainly unique in that it uses linear induction motors and is usually unpiloted (though I can see it not being in a top 10 list as that's the only difference). One could also argue the Shanghai Airport express maglev is a unique transportation system (though I haven't been on this one).
I did not know that Johnstown had an incline railroad. I found that fascinating....and glad it is still in operation.
Zagreb also has an incline railroad, but it's more iconic than the one in Johnstown.
Fascinating...🗝🗝
One of the Most Super & Beautiful Video
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At 01:52 A Park Train is Very Beautiful because I saw Such Train Mostly in Parks.
Danke!
Thank you so much Christian for the support!!!
For the Wuppertal Schwebebahn I would recommend to exit at the end of the line. Watching the train making a U-Turn is something you should see.
For me "Ascensore Castello d'Albertis-Montegalletto" in Genova Italy is the most interesting mode of transport
San Francisco cable cars! Also the metro trains, downtown they are subways and you walk flat onto them. Once out of the downtown core they turn into street trams and stairs magically appear so you can climb up from the street level instead of the level subway platform!
Yea but step off the tram and onto a pile of human poop (sh-t) though ......
@@eyestoenvy San Francisco being known for its liberal bent (and being fast off the line to slow down Covid-19) means that right wingers always have to take a dump. It goes with the territory.
Called stadtbahn in german btw, not uncommon but often upgraded for more stair free access nowadays
I was about to mention Wuppertal, but there it is on no. 1. Will visit it soon, we sadly postponed the trip because of covid. Great video btw.
Good content. I would add (1) Boston's Silver Line (a bus running partially in subway tunnels), (2) Hong Kong Mid-Level outdoor escalator system (definitely a mass transit system!), and the most unique IMHO, the Pudong Airport Maglev train in Shanghai, CN.
My favourite Transit system is the Nerobergbahn in Wiesbaden, Germany. It's a water-powered funicular railway. It has two cars connected via a cable. When the upper car goes downhill, it will pull the other car uphill. To make this possible, the upper car has to be heavier than the lower car. This is achieved by filling the ballast tank of the upper car with water from a small creek at the top station. They will fill only as much water as necessary to make the cars going. Once the heavier car reaches the bottom station, its tank is emptied while the other car's tank at the top of the hill is filled.
The system can work without electricity and has done so for the most part of its 130+ years existence.
The best systems last the longest. I've been on the Schwebebahn and HK trams, both are very old but were we'll designed systems that are still useful over 100 years later with minor change.
Excellent.
Thank you for not ruining this video with 'music.'
Correction at 7:06 - Its "Dortmund, Germany"
Check out the full video of the tram(bus thing?) in Venice, Italy here: th-cam.com/video/rUoyP8FugD4/w-d-xo.html
But the DUS airport hanging train was build before this and it’s the same system and it’s better
@@EnglishSimRacing And More modern
@@Denni1802 yeah
@@EnglishSimRacing The one in Wuppertal is still older
@@Odinus yeah xD
In April 1993 a bus-driver on the O-Bahn told me it was a waste of money. "We are professional drivers", he said, "We don't need guided rails".
"They could have built a regular road, solely for buses, and had three or more times the length. We don't need guide rails to stop us colliding with each other!".
I am inclined to agree with him; a separate roadway is really all that is needed.
That said, is certainly is a fast way to get from Adelaide's CBD to, say, Modbury.
Cheers
Chris
Number 10 can also be found in the UK in Hastings, but it does not transport cars.
And also in the United States.
I've been on that
I'm from Prague, so the "Wuppertaler Schwebebahn is closest to me. Of course, I used the Schwebebahn and I really liked the ride. In 2014, I traveled around China and also visited Hong Kong. Riding their tram is an absolutely unforgettable experience! But I will probably remain a patriot, cuz the most beautiful is the view from the tram, which goes over one of the Prague bridges! 😉
I enjoyed the Fløibanen funicular in Bergen, Norway, which gives tourists an interesting and ten (from the top) a great view of Bergen and its surrounding area.
I had the pleasure to ride the Schwebebahn in Wuppertal and the Kusttram in Belgium, both full lenght. Also the Hovercraft Dover-Calais which sadly does not exist anymore. And the Pilatusbahn, the steepest cog railway (48%) in Alpnachstad, Switzerland. And the Rigibahn from Vitznau Switzerland to Top of the Rigi mountain is also special as it has a steam locomotive with a standing boiler. And some Paris Métro lines run also on rubber tires. Then there is also the Marzilibahn in Bern, Switzerland. This is a funicular railway with no motor. It is driven by water. Two cars are connected by a cable and they have a big water tank underneath. The tank on the top car is filled until the top car is heavier than the bottom car and so it pulls the bottom car up when riding down. When it arrives at the bottom the tank is emptied and the car ready to be pulled up again. And finally the Hammetschwandlift, an elevator to the top of the Bürgenstock mountain in Switzerland, with a fantastic view on lake Lucerne and the surrounding mountains.
The "H-Bahn" technology is more widely used in Japan. The Chiba Urban Monorail and the Shonan Monorail both use this technology. The Chiba urban Monorail is particularly extensive and features switches as well.
I like the Shonan Monorail. Almost like a roller coaster with all the ups and downs.
Always wonderful videos. Thanks for shooting and sharing.
The O-Bahn was actually built due to opposition to a highway in the North-Eastern suburbs of Adelaide.
And the name is German, because it is based on a similar system in Essen, Germany.
@@SiqueScarface yes, it's called the O-Bahn for a reason. Quite sad the Essen system is being torn up section by section now.
@@vfx_peter The name comes from German O-Bus (Trolleybus) and Bahn (Railway), because the Essen system at first was based on trolleybusses running on concrete rails.
@@SiqueScarface isn't O supposed to mean Omnibus? I'm not sure, but that's what I got when I searched online.
@@vfx_peter O- stands for Oberleitung (Overhead wire).
So wonderful! I think that the tenth place was given out unfairly. Cool thing!
7:07 wrong description of location. This scene is Dortmund
No, that's the train at Düsseldorf Airport
@@Lesleh_ No it doesnt shows Düsseldorf but it´s the same train.
looks like a bus being carried from the top with out wheels
The guideway bus seems cool, its a smart way to use bus rapid transit even on the most rural places. If this was used in countries where there is a massive population but rural areas have a moderate population and can become congested, this is the best technique.
2:17 when I was a kid I used to draw railway engines exactly like this 🤗🤗🙂❤️
I guess you have seen a lot of steeplecabs (as they are called) when you were little!
Ha ya may be 🙂❤️
This makes me want to do a trip of Europe ticking off the transit systems that you showed here, some seem pretty close to each other
A smaller network of the Adelaide-Bus-System (called "Spurbus") can be found in Essen, Germany, which is near Wuppertal and Dortmund. The special buslanes are in the middle of the motorway A40 where normal buslanes would be to wide to fit. In the past the automaticly steered busses even traveled through Underground-tunnels along with trains on another line.
Indeed they are pretty close. The distance Wuppertal to Dortmund is about 40km. Also at the Düsseldorf airport, there is another H-Bahn similar to the one in Dortmund. Düsseldorf is about 25km from Wuppertal. As mentioned before, there is an Adelaide-like bus way in Essen, which is also about 25km from Wuppertal. You can easily visit all of them within one day and you actually only need one single ticket for all, because they are all situated within North Rhine-Westphalia
If you're trip is not yet over, add Stuttgart:
- A cable car, a bit like the first one in the video, to Waldfriedhof
- The "Zacke", a rack railway to Degerloch.
- Killesberg Railway, but that's a park railway and not a transit system.
- If it was before 2015, you'd have a narrow gauge tram up to the Fernsehturm. It's now modernized but according to Wikipedia, the old trams are in use sometimes.
And if you get to Asia, visit Chongqing Monorail. It's the one that runs through a house.
@@Qetalle007 Aka the Ruhrpott.
For my top 10 i would certainly have to consider the MBTA Silver Line in Boston, which for parts of its routes operates essentially as a bus based metro system. On top of that the Shanghai Maglev from the airport into Pudong and the Morgantown PRT would also be up there. For some lesser known ones the Sakhalin Railway would definitely be up there. It used to be super unique as a Russian railway with Japanese gauge, and some very interesting redesigns of normal soviet trains. It has unfortunately recently been regauged but it's still a super interesting railway with a lot of history, and potentially one of the longest train ferries in the world at a distance of 260 kilometres between tracks.
Fascinating assortment of transport systems. Not sure I'll ever get to some of them, so it's good that we had this quick travelogue.
10:00 We also have this in Germany: Essen, Bochum and Gelsenkirchen are connected that way besides trains etc. of course.
There is something similar in Portland, Oregon, too.
Also, there is one up north in England to that also takes double deckers, I have been on it
Wonderful transit system 👌
I think you need to go to Japan, they are basically known for getting around by train.
And Switzerland!
Or Europe in general
If anybody knows how to move people quickly & efficiently on time. It's the Japanese.
the title is UNIQUE TRANSIT. we know all about trains in Japan and France.
The Shonan or Chiba Monorails are pretty cool.
I was waiting for Venice, then i saw it at number 3 and thinking "yeah! is going to talk about the boat, taxi the vaporetto... and all strange water stuff"
and you show the Mestre tram... come on man :D It was a waste of money, and a lot of people hate that thing.
Nice video though, i've been to Hong Kong ding ding.
The Schwebebahn in Wuppertal is a must. I love that ride. And it is a beautiful one during spring. Highly recommend it!
Amazingly summarised video, loved every bit of it. Have been to Hong Kong but never knew about the Double Decker trams. From India.
I am disappointed Amsterdam and Rotterdam didn't make the list. Hopefully there will be a part 2 so more cities could be included!
I find the Norristown High Speed Line to be interesting too
Which transit is interesting in Rotterdam?
@@timosha21 Cycling
@@timosha21 The watertaxi's
@@timosha21 A bus that goes in the water th-cam.com/video/38kXkvFL7JQ/w-d-xo.html
For the tram on rubber wheels you have in France the cities of Nancy and Clermont Ferrand ; For an old funicular you have one to the Holly Heart (Sacré Coeur ) in Paris. At Venice (Italy) you have a cable car between Sta Lucia central station and Tronchetto parkings, and so on...
The Carmelit in Haifa, Israel. It is an underground funicular railway. Stations were built along the incline of Mount Carmel, so the platforms are on steps, rather than flat. It is also one of the smallest subway systems in the world.
Soon there will be also a light rail from Haifa to Nazareth
Thanks for the video. I have been riding the German H-Bahn dozens of times and also rode the Schwebebahn. I was very fascinated by the O-Bahn, and remembered then that I also rode a rail guided system in Germany in the past. It looks like one in from Germany was actually the prototype for the O-Bahn - at least Wikipedia says so. While many of those in Germany have been dismantled, at least one is still in place in Essen-Kray. It would be an interesting challenge to ride all those transit systems. Not easy, but I will try to cover the De Panne Tram as it is relatively close to me. 😀
5:50 Barcelona's Montjuich Teleferic (Cableway, ropeway) was built on 1970 and renovated on 2007
My favorite is the Star Ferry in Hong Kong. The views are spectacular. I considered just riding back and forth for a whole day.
Missed the Volkes Railway in Brighton. Electric railway opened in 1883 Still running using stock that is over 100 years old.
Docklands light Railway in London fully automated (no drivers) 45 stations 24 miles (38Km) long with 6 branches.
My top 10 (excluding the O-Bahn and Wuppertal systems):
- Norristown HSL (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
- Morgantown PRT (Morgantown, West Virginia, USA)
- Mi Teleferico (La Paz-El Alto, Bolivia)
- Shonan Monorail (Shonan, Japan)
- Metro Valparaíso (Valparaíso, Chile)
- Cabletren Boliviariano (Caracas, Venezuela)
- Tyne & Wear Metro (Newcastle, England, UK)
- Glasgow Subway (Glasgow, Scotland, UK)
- Sevilla Metro (Sevilla, Spain)
- PNU APM (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
How about London’s Docklands Light Railway, one of the first and most extensive automatic (driverless) urban railways and the city to airport Maglev monorail in Shanghai, fastest in world?
I've been on the Lisbon trams and the Adelaide Obahn.
The Singaporean LRT is quite interesting too.
Wuppertal Schwebebahn, Hong Kong double decker tram (ding ding), and Lisboa's Remodelados are my favorites!
Wow! Amazing trams and trains!
I have been in all of them, except the Georgian Train one. Best for me Wuppertal 👍🏻, nice and efficient transport system. BTW, very nice video
Ding ding seems like the most appropriate name for the trams
4:25 - This tram line will be surpassed in length by the Los Angeles metro line A (blue line) in 2022 when the regional connector tunnel opens.
(If you consider the A line a tram)
The Los Angeles light rail is trying to be an interurban, similar to the Belgian coast tram. But there is quite a difference because the Los Angeles light rail has alot of grade separation compared to the simple Belgian coast tram.
was just enjoying watching this video when all of a sudden Adelaide australia pops up!!! hey , I LIVE THERE!!! the obahn is very interesting indeed
I have one: Mt. Washington’s cog railway in New Hampshire.😅
When it was steam
Poland name „kanał Elbląski (Warminski)”The ships go to the platforms and then ride the rails like a train going uphill greetings!!
Oh yeah, Medellin in the list, :D
surprised to see my city Hong Kong in this list and the fact that this guy knew the local name for it. Good video.
The Shanghai maglev is well known, but definitively also a thing worth to put in here. Had a ride there with 420 kmh to the city...
It's fun to ride, but not very practical, as Longyang Road isn't the most convenient of metro stations (at least not for the Hongqiao area, where I was living in Shanghai). I found it more convenient just to drive to Pudong Airport from Hongqiao.
The first of the venice's tram was build in Padua, this is really incredible, not only for the tires, in Padua make a part of the travel without connecting to the electric lines, because it have indipendent batteries, and if is necessary it can leave for short time the rail line. Padua and Venice have the same type of tram for a future connecting.
About the tram along the Belgian Coast. It is De Panne, in the flemisch part of the country and not La Panne, which is in French. We, the Flemisch, are pretty strict in it :)
Thanks, great video. I've been on your #1 and your #10 but not the others. That's totally awesome about the Belgian tram!
1- İstanbul Tunnel (Turkey) (Inaugurated 17.10.1875, this is the oldest surviving underground urban rail line in continental Europe.)
2- Orient Express (Europe)
3- Trans-Siberian Train (Russia)
4- The Devil's Nose Train (Ecuador)
5- Mauritania Railway (Mauritania ) At nearly 2500 m in length, the iron train.
6- Shanghai Maglev train (China) (max. speed 431 km/h)
Excellent video , i like it
have a nice day 👍
greetings from Indonesia !!
The Stuttgart rack railroad "Zacke" is not in this video :D
Great job.
Thank you.
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Actually, there is a system in Japan called Shonan Monorail that is similar to the H-bahn which runs scheduled service in Kamakura City.
Indeed very unique and awesome transit systems!
That last one is like a hybrid of a modern monorail and a rickety old
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Both Tom Scott and The Tim Traveller made videos about its history. Worth checking out.
That Was Pretty Cool, Thank U.
Monorail tram thanks Venice for having something really unusual
Is translohr tram system.. the first town who taked this tram was My town Padua calling it metrobus.. the second one was Latina and the third Venice.. the mono Rail is used only to guide the tram .. check on internet Transhlor Tram Padua or Padova
And he doesn’t mention the “ferries bus” system with boats called “Vaporetti”!!
That’s the only public transport service allowed in the old city of Venice and it’s really particular cause it works like a bus service but on water!!
There is the same system (translohr) in Clermont Ferrand in France
Fantastic video ☺️
Hello from Ukraine. Video top👍👍👍
Ага на Украине как и в РФ с транспортом проблемы
@@andrewandrew2632 на рф дела с транспортом получше чем в Украине покрайней мере в Москве
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Watch out for putin's little green men!
The Hong Kong double decker trams are simply unique. Such a wonderful continuation of the original tram systems of the UK, now lost to history.
I think there is should be Volgograd’s tram system, which is partially a subway
Fun facts. The Hongkong double-decker tram is dead cheap to start with and you don’t need to leave as long as the tram is in traffic you can stay on and go back and fort. I enjoyed it tremendously not to mention the Lisbon trams, very nice trips.
San Francisco cable cars are interesting and 150 years old!
I don't think, that the Medellin urban cable cars are one of the first of it's kind, because the first urban cable car was opened in Cologne, Germany 1957 and that was over 60 years ago. And there were many more built in that 60 years, 1974 in Kiel, Germany 1976 in NY, USA. Algeria has a few, too but with Medllin, Columbia started a boom of urban cable cars. Maybe that is that you think it is one of the first... Cable cars have the advantage that it is cheaper than a tram and need less room. That is why Medellin has 3 cable car lines and they are planing more. And other cities worldwide are planning, too. The disadvantage is the capacity per car.
The bus system used in Adelaide is used in Dortmund,Germany too on some of the main streets. It helps with the punctuality because the track is in the middle between the lanes and traffic jam doesn't bother the busses. Some stations are on the track area too and have underground pathways or bridges to the stations for the passengers.
nice one
Lisbon's trams are top of the list for me.