Secrets Of The Trams

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  • @tulud
    @tulud 8 ปีที่แล้ว +319

    lmao i love how this guy is so enthusiastic about tram stations

    • @insertnamehere5660
      @insertnamehere5660 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      The Joker Yeah but would you prefer a grumpy old man doing the videos? I know I wouldn’t, I like the videos how they are; presented by an enthusiastic animated character. It makes the videos better for me

    • @gabri_maybe
      @gabri_maybe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He’s Also Love Train (and canals Too)

  • @JakeWolf00
    @JakeWolf00 7 ปีที่แล้ว +273

    I just noticed that if you take the first letter of each pop-up, it spells "Tramlink". Very clever, Geoff!

    • @terrotorotbart8319
      @terrotorotbart8319 6 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Nice spot there. As it seems, he did a similar thing with the DLR video as the pop-ups spell "Docklands".

    • @cryptiic2063
      @cryptiic2063 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Very nicely spotted, both of you are too smart for our generation.

    • @mariachrzski18
      @mariachrzski18 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What do you mean by pop up?

    • @georgeadams2555
      @georgeadams2555 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@mariachrzski18 the boxes with titbits of info in them

    • @unionmapping4197
      @unionmapping4197 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wow! You are right!!!

  • @rickrennyoneill
    @rickrennyoneill 8 ปีที่แล้ว +762

    This guys really geeky about London transport but it's great

    • @Dosedmonkey
      @Dosedmonkey 7 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Rick Oneill
      He's turning me in to a transport geek and I love it.

    • @BrajeshKumar-qp2ez
      @BrajeshKumar-qp2ez 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      5

    • @sidharthnambiath3161
      @sidharthnambiath3161 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Newcastle Central to London Kins Cross or Edinburgh Waverley journey is awesome.

    • @sidharthnambiath3161
      @sidharthnambiath3161 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      King's Cross*

    • @michaelgill7484
      @michaelgill7484 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      ^ no ones said anything about it being bad ?

  • @mrerkleson9682
    @mrerkleson9682 8 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    The disused railway from Merton Park to Tooting was also used to connect with the Tri ang toy factory, which was the largest toy factory in the world. It was also used to produce stem guns in the Second World War. Really nice video Geoff and Dan.

    • @bigmanted9864
      @bigmanted9864 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      they went bankrupt on the 70s which is why the railway closed

  • @briansivley2001
    @briansivley2001 7 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    This guy is exactly like me. I take our public transit to one end of the line just for fun to explore.

    • @dx_ream9277
      @dx_ream9277 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      briansivley2001 Me too but I do it with buses

    • @huubhuijbens8816
      @huubhuijbens8816 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That's beautiful!

    • @huda613
      @huda613 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I do that when I feel like a lifeless loser but it’s educational

    • @berkhofduvedec
      @berkhofduvedec 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Did it in London last week. Including all Tram lines.

    • @OnkelJajusBahn
      @OnkelJajusBahn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I do the same in Austria.

  • @lakhan911
    @lakhan911 6 ปีที่แล้ว +791

    I have a final in 3 hours and I live in Canada... why did I just watch all of this 😂😂

  • @Matticitt
    @Matticitt 8 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    As someone living in a city with 19 tram lines I found this video extremely interesting. I knew there were trams in London but I did not know how they operated. Thanks!

    • @Jocko14ROBLOX
      @Jocko14ROBLOX 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mateusz Wojtkiewicz warszawa?

    • @Matticitt
      @Matticitt 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Unknown Merk Łódź

    • @liambasye8958
      @liambasye8958 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Let me guess, Amsterdam

    • @mildlydispleased3221
      @mildlydispleased3221 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There used to be loads of tram lines in London but they were all destroyed in the 1960's and replaced with roads.

    • @metalswifty23
      @metalswifty23 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@liambasye8958 One look at his name and you'd know that Amsterdam was highly unlikely, but he had already said which city long before you even commented (and an age before I commented).

  • @nickinsydney
    @nickinsydney 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Great video. Thank you Geoff.
    I lived in Croydon in the 90s / early 2000s (it was actually alright back then) and one of the places I lived in was in shot in your video - funny to see it! I remember them building the tram stop right outside my bedroom window, including at the weekends. They laid the rails wrong, and had to take them up and re-lay them. They still didn't lie properly, and the removal/re-laying created problems with the electrical earth made between the rail and the tram car, so they had to be taken up yet again and re-bonded into position. We kept getting apologies from the Council and the engineering company for the weekend works.
    I ended up moving.

  • @JazzforhireCoUk-bands-london
    @JazzforhireCoUk-bands-london 8 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Great video ! Always wondered when growing up in Wimbledon in the 90's why they ripped up a perfectly good railway line albeit with totally shoddy services running on it, then a couple of years later, put new track down and put funky tram-style trains on it and called it a tram ! It was very weird and exciting going into Croydon one day and this train suddenly started going down the road along with the cars !!! (But I think that the vast majority of the "tram" network is just old train lines rebranded as trams.)

    • @egg_mittens
      @egg_mittens 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's always cool seeing hybrid public transport

  • @alibiplay1396
    @alibiplay1396 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Fun fact: The newer Vario trams, built by Stadler Rail in Germany, are exactlly the same ones that run on the Bybanen in Bergen, Norway. They are technically the same.

  • @jackhoenig6982
    @jackhoenig6982 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Why have I been watching all of these. I live in America. Yet for some reason I keep watching.

  • @martinjcooney4537
    @martinjcooney4537 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I live in Norwood and love the Tram, Hoping TFL decide to devise a plan that extends the Tram to more Suburban parts of Lewisham and Bromley. Connecting with future DLR and Bakerloo Extension proposals. ' Great Video', there's a trove of old disused railways in London; it's amazing history.

  • @veganryan
    @veganryan 8 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    Fun fact time.. I once got mugged at Sandilands.

  • @robertjones9691
    @robertjones9691 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great Vid. I'm a Pom working at Yarra Trams in Melbourne. The system also has old heavy rail assets now run by the tram network.

  • @dukenukem5768
    @dukenukem5768 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    No mention that Mitcham is the oldest operating station in the World, having opened in 1802-3 for freight. It was originally on the horse-drawn Surrey Iron Railway, and later was on the Croydon-Wimbledon national rail line, There was double track in national rail days from Mitcham junction to 1/2 mile west of Mitcham, but cut back to Mitcham after a retaining wall subsidence. Tramlink's double track is now interlaced at that point.

  • @ismoleppanen
    @ismoleppanen 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Managed finally to visit Tramlink and DLR in the of September. Found them both very interesting. I am from Helsinki, Finland, where trams still are the backbone of public transport in the central parts.

    • @limesaviation2602
      @limesaviation2602 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ismo Leppänen soumi perkele

    • @unniFI
      @unniFI 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      perkel, meinasin just kommentoida saman

    • @ReyanAsad
      @ReyanAsad 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      No moi

  • @yezdnil
    @yezdnil 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    25 years ago, I used to live right opposite Birkbeck, and got a train from there every morning to Victoria, and returned every evening!! So, yes, I've been to Birkbeck!

    • @rayinnes3562
      @rayinnes3562 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes so did I to visit my girlfriend,

  • @paulcleary1965
    @paulcleary1965 8 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    Sorry Geoff but the top speed is 80 kph. I should know as I am a tram driver.

    • @Londonistvids
      @Londonistvids  8 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      +Paul Cleary thanks Paul! we've let Geoff know, and made him wear the 'Dunces' hat for the day!
      now for us to ask you if the ''Gauntlet' track is still there or not just west of Mitcham tram stop ... ?

    • @paulcleary1965
      @paulcleary1965 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      +Londonist Ltd Yes the interlace gauntlet is there as is the interlace in Church street.

    • @yegventures
      @yegventures 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      +Paul Cleary But there's a difference between top speed and top operating speed.

    • @tdaranyi
      @tdaranyi 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      nakladne vlaky
      zvolenske

    • @slipperysquid1267
      @slipperysquid1267 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Paul Cleary is a nerd this

  • @OnkelJajusBahn
    @OnkelJajusBahn 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This rich history of (unfortunately) abanndoned railways is amazing. I really love all your videos.

  • @oscarhogan8181
    @oscarhogan8181 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Birbeck used to be my local station, the feeling of just missing a train was gutting especially with only 2 tph

    • @danteshydratshirt2360
      @danteshydratshirt2360 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think thats the core issue. Its fine and dandy celebrating public transport in London but the further away you get the worse it is. Its like the govt only cares about London and if you live outside London its random if you get even a half decent service. Ironically many Londoners would call Croydon out of town. Its a little weird that Geoff says at the the end of the video hes wondering how he will get back home... theres probably services running multiple times an hour even at night taking people into London centre

    • @fin720s
      @fin720s ปีที่แล้ว

      @@danteshydratshirt2360 the reason why is says he is wondering how he will get home is because he says hes gonna ride the tram one more time but the tram network only covers 4 boroughs at the bottom of London and there are 32 boroughs and with only 1 other connection on the tram network to other tfl servives with the overground and a couple to other national rail lines at a couple other stations it makes sence he doesnt know who hes gonna get home. And you say there are multipel services an hour taking you into the centre of london, the tram networks closest point to the city of london is over 8 miles, the tram network doesnt go anywhere near the centre of london so you just havent really thought about it.

  • @colloidaliquid
    @colloidaliquid 8 ปีที่แล้ว +218

    "Buses on rails" sounds more like the definition of Pacers.

    • @KasabianFan44
      @KasabianFan44 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      OMG I hate Pacers so much :D

    • @EdJonesVideos
      @EdJonesVideos 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Visit Wales if you want endless pacer trains, or equally horrific doppelgängers of pacer trains.

    • @trainmaniacstudios8216
      @trainmaniacstudios8216 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      For commuting they are a pain, but when you are travelling for pleasure, they are great fun

    • @trainmaniacstudios8216
      @trainmaniacstudios8216 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oh yes. I can totally agree with that ;D

    • @poznanskiszybkowiec_official
      @poznanskiszybkowiec_official 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      luca! its not called buses on rails! thats called Bus only road. simular to tracks!

  • @annie482000
    @annie482000 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Never been on a tram myself but when I was little, I do remember going on trolleybuses with my mum and dad. Loved them!

  • @user-jp2pj5tz2j
    @user-jp2pj5tz2j 8 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    RIP to those lives taken.

    • @SRBAnimate
      @SRBAnimate 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Alexa, play despacito 2

  • @kenkemzura903
    @kenkemzura903 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Greetings from across the pond on the far coast! Good show and thank you for sharing. Enjoyed my brief visit to England in 2016. Rode the North Moors and Yorkshire. Hope to visit again in the foreseeable future!

  • @DreamClean
    @DreamClean 8 ปีที่แล้ว +200

    I had no idea we even had a Tram network in London... O.o

    • @wclifton968gameplaystutorials
      @wclifton968gameplaystutorials 8 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      its not on the tube map thats why

    • @-siberian-
      @-siberian- 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      +QuixoticQuaver I used to visit london quite a lot, I share your feelings, I didn't even know there were trams in London

    • @wclifton968gameplaystutorials
      @wclifton968gameplaystutorials 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +bjoerkBE I think it was originally run by first group which probably explains the reason for not being on the map

    • @mcgrindah8967
      @mcgrindah8967 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +wclifton968 - gameplays & tutorials well it's ok there now! :)

    • @wclifton968gameplaystutorials
      @wclifton968gameplaystutorials 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      MC Grindah i know but im sure some people don't have the latest map & probably don't know about the Croydon umm i mean London Trams network; who cares anyway?

  • @mrkipling2201
    @mrkipling2201 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Watched every one of this series. Absolutely brilliant!!

  • @keithrussell9662
    @keithrussell9662 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I loved the tram trip from centrale to west Croydon station yesterday and I knew about the trams in Croydon but I didn't went on the system until yesterday

  • @what-di8yo
    @what-di8yo 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I wonder how Lebanon Road got its name, I was so surprised when I first saw this video: ''What? A tram station named after my home country?????!''

    • @Ealsante
      @Ealsante 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh, it's actually just named after a small street near the station called Lebanon Road. I used to live around that area. No idea how the street got its name though...

  • @zubairkarmalkar26
    @zubairkarmalkar26 8 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I just heard about the crash in Croydon that killed five people! I'm in total shock! How could this happen in London?! It feels so surreal to have been on the network that Londoners had already passed this world while commuting.

    • @richardhutchinson5546
      @richardhutchinson5546 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Sad news, now being reported that seven people have died www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-37919658

    • @antoniorossi9553
      @antoniorossi9553 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Sad news indeed, but it was 7 people not 5

    • @jamesdavison1786
      @jamesdavison1786 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Zubair Kazi no disrespect to the victims, but more people die in cars in London everyday if you include the m25

  • @CoolAsFreya
    @CoolAsFreya 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Melbourne, Australia already has a rich history of streetcar trams with tracks laid in the street, but in fairly modern history two disused broad gauge (1600mm) railway lines to St Kilda and Port Melbourne were regauged to standard gauge (1435mm) and made into lightrail connected with the rest of Melbourne's trams

  • @joewalker643
    @joewalker643 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Our thoughts go out to the families of the 7 who died at the sandlilands derailment.

  • @trainlover123trainsrock
    @trainlover123trainsrock ปีที่แล้ว +1

    3:13 now things like this is exactly why I love your channel and content Geoff

  • @MissShellah
    @MissShellah 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Yesss, have been waiting for this! ♥

  • @luxford60
    @luxford60 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent, and glad you mentioned that part of the route covers part of the Surrey Iron Railway.

    • @smeghead7698
      @smeghead7698 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also,parts of that old railway were a canal originally.

  • @mattdandex
    @mattdandex 8 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    You could do secrets of the buses

    • @EM81YT
      @EM81YT 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      mattdandex the video would be an hour long XD

    • @dx_ream9277
      @dx_ream9277 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Well, maybe even 2 hours.

    • @ismatara314
      @ismatara314 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      That would take an hour long like exploring secrets of bus movie? XD

  • @MrFantasnick
    @MrFantasnick 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Aaaah, I needed my fix of knowledge and Geoff's contagious enthusiasm! Oh London, I'll visit you one day, I promise!

    • @LouisOnAir
      @LouisOnAir 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do you by any chance live in Montreal?

    • @MrFantasnick
      @MrFantasnick 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Louis Hypothetical I do indeed. You've recognized my profile pic I see! :P

  • @bushyconn
    @bushyconn 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Well, well, well!
    Every thing old is new - again!
    I am old enough to remember tramming down the old Kingsway tunnel to Aldwych o the way to work

  • @smallbigdragon
    @smallbigdragon 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I used to live right near birkbeck and got the tram all the time! Probably the tram station I have been at the most.

  • @benarthur3517
    @benarthur3517 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    So good I watched it twice!

  • @RailwayDan
    @RailwayDan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brilliant, as are all your "secrets of" videos. Especially enjoy where you pick out bits of previously used stations and closed lines. I enjoy railway archaeology in my spare time and really must pop up to London and have a good snoop around.

  • @literallyjase
    @literallyjase 8 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    London has trams?

    • @Londonistvids
      @Londonistvids  8 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      +Jason Cardoz Very much! Come to Croydon!

    • @louisjamescarroll2173
      @louisjamescarroll2173 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Londonist Ltd can you do the secrets of national rail

    • @trainmaster1253
      @trainmaster1253 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Londonist Ltd I have been on a tram from Beckham junction to west Croydon and back to Beckham junction

    • @robsonwilianwinchester9726
      @robsonwilianwinchester9726 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jason Cardoz yeswu!!!!! ( is like yeah )

    • @oparasatauwaya
      @oparasatauwaya 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No.

  • @EricaGamet
    @EricaGamet 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was wondering why I didn't know about the trams or the overground routes...I last visited the UK in '97 and now I know they're all newer than that. Your videos are making me think it's time to come back for another visit!

  • @johnlawrence2757
    @johnlawrence2757 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I remember when Croydon had red, double-decker trams running from Purley to Brixton

  • @wavelen9454
    @wavelen9454 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yes! Finally secrets of the trams! I live in Finland and i'm going to London, Beckenham in the summer so i'm sure gonna check out every secret and ride a lot of trams.

  • @mercluca
    @mercluca 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I used to use Birckbeck national rail alot (I still do 😂)

  • @TheBVE
    @TheBVE 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Have been waiting for this for so long. Thanks a million!

  • @crazysharkgaming8947
    @crazysharkgaming8947 8 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    3:16 Adele Reference.

  • @robertparry4929
    @robertparry4929 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    As a Melburnian, seeing London have a tram service brought memories of home when I was there in 2019

  • @Petra44YT
    @Petra44YT 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Cool, so London has trams, just like Düsseldorf :-)
    Now I just need to think of a reason to use them whenever I travel to London. Which in fact I should ...

  • @mihan2d
    @mihan2d 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well older tram systems have lots of shared tracks in the middle of the street. I'm from Moscow and our network have many kilometers of shared track, mostly closer to the city center. This does make the tram routes using them somewhat slower and less reliable but still more reliable than bus or trolleybus.
    We actually have all kinds of (very picturesque by the way) tram oddities like busy tracks going through courtyards between living houses, or on the edge of the small field or a big waste ground, and of course tram streets (they are actually streets but only tram can drive on them, physically) in the middle of the forest parks, lots of them and they're gorgeous!

  • @TheAlbinoskunk
    @TheAlbinoskunk 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I've been saying for like two years that I need to get down there and go on the trams but I've still never ventured further south than Peckham...... in 19 years of living in London..

    • @mcgrindah8967
      @mcgrindah8967 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Go down to Croydon and get a tram. where do you live in London

    • @Schnorbs
      @Schnorbs 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Come and see Much Ado About Nothing in Wandle Park at the end of July - an excellent excuse to use the tram!

  • @davidhcobbald3632
    @davidhcobbald3632 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very exciting!! I need to ride on the trams during my future visits to London!! 😁

  • @CloudmasterGaming
    @CloudmasterGaming 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    0:05 He wears green when the purple tram is behind him.
    Me: Unlucky geoff... unlucky...

  • @infoprovider4844
    @infoprovider4844 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love how a video about trams in London gets 1.2 million views! The internet is beautiful!

  • @DoktorOste
    @DoktorOste 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    3:15 That transition though

  • @ccityplanner1217
    @ccityplanner1217 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The red & white livery was actually that of the pre-1952 trams. I think it is better than the current one. A couple of Boris buses on the 11 have been painted in the old tram livery.

  • @michaelcvlogs5581
    @michaelcvlogs5581 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Line 4 now goes all the way to wimbledon

  • @Michelle_Schu-blacka
    @Michelle_Schu-blacka 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I had absolutely no idea London had a tram service and I've spent a lot of time in some of those areas.
    I always thought trams would be better logistically since they can be kept sperate from traffic, can carry more passengers and are better for the environment.

  • @davidyoung5114
    @davidyoung5114 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Now I'm wondering....do you consider the costs of all the traveling that you do as a business expense that can be deducted from your income tax?

  • @surreytrainfilms5688
    @surreytrainfilms5688 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you so much for uploading this! Great Video!

  • @OIG119
    @OIG119 8 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Remember what Geoff said at the end of the Waterloo and City Line video? It works here.

    • @luk3c1ary
      @luk3c1ary 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It also works on the dlr video

    • @DOCKFNUI
      @DOCKFNUI 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      OLIVER Greene ik

    • @YT_Epic
      @YT_Epic 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      OLIVER Greene What?The anagram thingy?

    • @kingofficial4465
      @kingofficial4465 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      no the trams are not tube they are trams

    • @gamercoolcraft4208
      @gamercoolcraft4208 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Geoff said it as a joke but idc

  • @HenrysAdventures
    @HenrysAdventures 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    In some ways I love how London has a nice little tram system, in other I wish it served more of London!

  • @brandonmartin-moore5302
    @brandonmartin-moore5302 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    There are no subtitles for a big chunk of the video.

  • @cantbants
    @cantbants 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    I live in North London and have never been on the trams and still I'm excited this video is out.

  • @eyeballseesaws
    @eyeballseesaws 8 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Do they still have Docklands trains in London?

    • @XFXRyan99QPR
      @XFXRyan99QPR 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Yes

    • @galactic_nerd-sk4747
      @galactic_nerd-sk4747 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @MusicalElitist1
      Nothing stupid about asking a question.
      Unless it's a dumb question but that isn't

    • @jamesdavison1786
      @jamesdavison1786 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      everything_is_depressing_123 it really is stupid

  • @megapangolin1093
    @megapangolin1093 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video, packed with history and facts. Enjoyed your enthusiastic, clear narration without too much "look at me which is getting common now". Well done. Now subscribed.

  • @punkypink83
    @punkypink83 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    oh gosh. sandilands at 3.59... where that tram derailed a couple of days ago...

  • @viperhalberd
    @viperhalberd 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video, thanks for doing it! I've been looking forward to this for a while now.
    Pity there wasn't more about the Wimbledon side of the line, as that's where I live, but what there is is great :) Thanks Geoff!

  • @KasabianFan44
    @KasabianFan44 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    4:41 "Letter codes are used to identify all tram stops"
    But isn't that true for all the railway stations in the UK? ;)

    • @KasabianFan44
      @KasabianFan44 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      ***** Oh, I didn't know that :-)

  • @365222
    @365222 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I used Birkbeck station for 7 years when I was at school in Streatham during the 60's

  • @constancelee5675
    @constancelee5675 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Been on them there good get all the way to Croydon practical

  • @SMG4andDanTDMfan6906
    @SMG4andDanTDMfan6906 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Geoff: Oh, it's me.
    Geoff again: Hi Geoff, where are you

  • @timosha21
    @timosha21 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I am a train 🚆and I approve this video

  • @laurencelowne8454
    @laurencelowne8454 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    glad you enjoyed your travel around my area.
    there are plans to extend the tram up to Sutton as well.

  • @SimonS44
    @SimonS44 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    0:45 captions: I think you confused London with Croydon. The system with the numbers up to 2529 was obviously a London-wide network, not just Croydon

  • @BlackGateofMordor
    @BlackGateofMordor 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Coming from Melbourne, where the enormous tram network is integrated into the roads, these trams just look like regular train lines to me, aside from the obviously smaller carriages.

  • @ednuttah
    @ednuttah 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Nicholas Owens I think who was actually ITV for most of his professional career rather than BBC,

    • @SB-gw7cc
      @SB-gw7cc 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      ednuttah He went on the 2006 series of Strictly Come Dancing, so he's both BBC and ITV!

  • @DoubleDeckerAnton
    @DoubleDeckerAnton 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice bit of history on the Trams! 😀👍

  • @sodabehaslinia740
    @sodabehaslinia740 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I used to live in Croydon but I moved to Leicester:(

  • @rail_roadgaming677
    @rail_roadgaming677 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks Geoff! I will remember that.

  • @RoulinBrooks
    @RoulinBrooks 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I wonder if the duplicate version of himself is the same duplicate that we see in the Circle Line video.

  • @ccityplanner1217
    @ccityplanner1217 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The off-white & red livery was the same as the pre-1952 livery.
    The effect works much better with Class 455s than the class 377s. Class 455s have a spooky slow door chime & make these constant hisses & ticks.

  • @tobiasvis9379
    @tobiasvis9379 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This tram network is so different then the one of Amsterdam

  • @CBTstreams
    @CBTstreams 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    I used to always ride from Wimbledon Station to New Addington, East Croydon is by far my favourite stop.

  • @Dazzalinco1
    @Dazzalinco1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Fact: Melbourne, Australia has the biggest tram network in the world

    • @xmsre
      @xmsre 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Fact: London's transport systems are the most consistent and efficient systems in the world!

    • @deanl4575
      @deanl4575 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fact: Always delayed and slow.

  • @jelofts
    @jelofts 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very interesting and informative Geoff - as are all in the series.

  • @thegrowl2210
    @thegrowl2210 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Mmm, delicious knowledge...

  • @rckoubasalah8093
    @rckoubasalah8093 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow times pass quick . I remember like it was today 1997 😕 guess I'm very old .
    brilliant vid by the way keep them coming .great chap too

  • @sjokomelk
    @sjokomelk 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Did you know that the new trams was actually built for Bybanen light rail in Bergen, Norway? But TfL was able to get Bybanens trams, and Bybanen took the ones for TfL that wasn't built yet.

    • @sjokomelk
      @sjokomelk 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Three of them were ment for Bergen - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variobahn#Variobahn_trams_for_Croydon_Tramlink

    • @antlucl2599
      @antlucl2599 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      sjokomelk Actually, they are also going to be used in Denmark, in a town called Aarhus. (Starting services in May 2017)

    • @sjokomelk
      @sjokomelk 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Transport World Yes. The VarioTram/VarioBahn has been in production for over 20 years. But some of the trams were actually built for Bybanen in their orange and black livery, then repainted in green and blue and shipped to London.

  • @marksadventures3889
    @marksadventures3889 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    there's trams up here in Manchester and Blackpool, which were to joined and expanded at some point; needless to say it got halted, some politician not get a big enough (cough) sweetener? Trams from Manchester go out to Oldham and Bury, I think there's a line to Ashton - under -Lyme and one going off toward the Airport. The Blackpool line only does the seafront route. Really it could be extended as well, possible using the mainline to Preston or down to Liverpool and Warrington.
    Do you plan on making a series about these? services are slow - it can take as long as 2 hours or more to get to Blackpool from Preston on what is basically a bus on tracks and not a new shiny bus with wi-fi, an old diesel bus that's cold, open and slow and stops at every single station on the line. If you're travelling from Burnley or Blackburn it takes even longer.

  • @Fred-xz5hh
    @Fred-xz5hh 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Manchester Metrolink is a lot larger

    • @jamesdavison1786
      @jamesdavison1786 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fred 900 London has a much larger underground

  • @PGATProductions
    @PGATProductions 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m surprised that no one has talked about how they didn’t put the abandoned Selsdon & Addiscombe railway in the eyecard

  • @Busman500PTEnthusiast
    @Busman500PTEnthusiast 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Melbourne my city has the most trams in the world

  • @andrewholloway231
    @andrewholloway231 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A very enjoyable video. Superb.

  • @bobjones6582
    @bobjones6582 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You should do a vid about the many oddities of kings cross

    • @leannyly
      @leannyly 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      What, all the northerners? ;P

    • @bobjones6582
      @bobjones6582 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ha Hs

  • @MyDiesel101
    @MyDiesel101 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing video, Thank You! Here is the states (Specifically in New Jersey) old rail lines are converted to tram service (Trolleys)

    • @buizelproductions-movedtob7799
      @buizelproductions-movedtob7799 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Funny, because on the west coast of Canada (Vancouver) we pride ourselves on being so dense we HAVE TO block every tram or light rail line the advocates want to build because we'd have rebuild them in 5 years to meet demand.

  • @railrunners
    @railrunners 6 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    4:26 I can see my ex's workplace. Burn it.

    • @sparrow3394
      @sparrow3394 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      :o

    • @CityWhisperer
      @CityWhisperer 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bruh

    • @oly.mp4
      @oly.mp4 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      the fact the she used to fucking love you.

  • @Jaxymann
    @Jaxymann 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    These are really well-made videos, absolutely loving them"

  • @Rhyspatten
    @Rhyspatten 8 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    Like if you've been to Birkbeck.

    • @mikehoward5944
      @mikehoward5944 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rhys patten nobody has been lol #bad comment

    • @DNTravels
      @DNTravels 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Mike Howard Actually, that's my nearest tram stop lmao

    • @viengsamphet
      @viengsamphet 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Rhys patten why am I answering when I know I've never been to London or Birkbeck

    • @stanleyt.7930
      @stanleyt.7930 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Often, I live nearby

    • @gerokeeffe506
      @gerokeeffe506 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have been to birkbeck

  • @darkgreenambulance
    @darkgreenambulance 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    How I enjoy this presentation! Wonderful to see trams on the march again after all these years. Very different from the double deckers - but trams all the same - and very nice ones too! Looking forward to riding on them as well as the new all electric buses which, I believe, have a range of 180 miles on one battery charge!