It's strange to see a Stadler FLIRT as a "light rail" because in Hungary these trains (the electric versions) are used as short or mid range trains. And these can achieve 120km/h speed on the tracks.
Well, this discussion shows why the GTW and Flirt are so popular. The short GTW version, a 30m train, weights 37 t. This is about what a modern streetcar weights at the same length. This means you get the comport, speed and space of a commuter train at the low weight of a streetcar, resulting in cheaper track construction, less wear and low energy consumption.
What is so interesting is that there are so many success stories from cities around the country that have Light Rail and yet Virginia Beach VA a city with a half million people do not want Light Rail. They prefer autos. With the traffic problems the city is currently facing one would think city leaders would look at Light Rail as an option. Kansas City, Honolulu, Minneapolis, Seattle, Dallas, Houston, Charlotte, and others are moving forward and benefiting from Light Rail. What is going on in southeastern VA?
J Farrow Before Salt Lake got its light rail many people were opposed. They saw it as an unnecessary waste of money. Now it's one of the busiest light rails in the country.
All of these local light rail systems are really better for local commuters. I actually had the impression that the DART light rail system in Dallas was more successful than the government thought it would be. Today I saw a video claiming it was barely used. The one in Kansas City, Missouri should also connect to Kansas City, Kansas, IMO.
I live in the Raleigh/Durham area....with a Population of almost 1/2 a million people, ( Raleigh, est. 450,000 ) just a guess. They rather have their Cars than use Mass Transit or even have light rail.. WTF !!! City Leaders think that it's a waste of money and not a sound investment. While other cities Move forward, Raleigh/Durham rather live in the stone age where it's safe.
Raleigh,NC is so far behind in Transit it's embarrassing. Unlike Charlotte, folks in Raleigh prefer their Cars over any kind of Transit. WTF... sooner or later traffic will be a huge mess.
While OIL is big in Texas, it should be mentioned that in New Jersey, there is a line in around Camden that uses diesels sets similar to Austin, but because some of the route is on heavy rail powered by a high fo ltage 50,000 system. Also future plans may inclute tracks powered by a third rail existing line, so diesel was chosen.
Some states and provinces require any rail vehicles operating on a public roadway to sound horn or bell. There are also plenty of morons who still turn into and in front of light rail vehicles YEARS after their introduction. The USA being litigious,this helps cover the ass of the operator. This is also protection of sorts for the visually impaired.
SMac Nashville transportation sucks went there last year and you got to Uber or take a lyft everywhere we were stay at the gaylord opryland hotel it would been nice if they had a transportation system
Nashville is a lot like Austin only more conservative. Austin *finally* passed a massive transit expansion plan in the 2020 election that’s going to build another commuter rail line like the one shown in this video, as well as 2 (and eventually 3) light rail lines, several BRT lines, and more. It’ll take a while for Nashville to become liberal enough to pass something like that. Austin’s first rail bond was in 2000, but it failed by
Oregon Transit Fan as someone who takes train, subway, light rail and Streetcars/trams the only buses that I Kind of liked was the London busses, not just because they have 2 levels (many other cities also have double deckers, even some in North America, just usually not as the main fleet) but they are nice and Lobdon even added a lot more very modern busses. North America I usually hate the busses. ugly things, dirty looking, look like gas guglers not plesent to ride.
Cap Metrorail in Austin is not light rail, it's heavy rail. It only street runs for a very short distance at the downtown station. It's regular track the rest of the line and it hits 60 mph in a few spots.
Everyday I take the subway to the train station. Commuter rail to the suburbs and then light rail one stop to my job in downtown Newark nj. The light rail accelerates the fastest of the three. Those trains haul ass. They brake quickly too. If you think lr isn't real rail take it from me. It's great. The line I take in Newark has been around for decades. It never closed when busses came into the picture. That's because of the mile long section that's underground and because of the loop at the train stain. No bus could travel in such a narrow tunnel without tracks. Sadly, public service used to run many light rail lines all over nj. Many had rows that were separate from the street traffic. You can still see the old lr line from Newark to jersey city. It runs mostly along the present day path train. It would be great if they could reuse some of this track because the path line is bursting at its seems. They want to connect it to Newark airport which would only make the situation worse. With US cities growing now the decades ahead will require real money spent to increase capacity. There just aren't enough parking spaces or people who want to waste hours a day sitting in traffic. Myself included.
ready nice Light rail trains. Not a whole lot of foot traffic through some of these videos tho, I guess hopefully the train can help bring some more foot traffic to the city.
The voters said "no" to light rail so CapMetro decided to run DMUs on a freight line they already owned. It was the affordability of commuter rail implementation that drove their decision, NOT anything to do with "big oil."
Normally I would say "Houston we got a problem" But in this case it's the opposite. That's the only lightrail/Streetcar network I've seen in the US so far that has been implemented right!
I don't believe that Light Rail vehicles should be on the motorists' right of way. In order for public transportation to be advantageous to those who live by their cars, it should have it's own right of way, just like the LYNX Blue Line (which will soon be finished from 9th Street to UNC-Charlotte in March 2018).
Not really too much. The main thing is about the route itself. What usually defines a "Lightrail" from the traditional streetcar is that it has secluded lanes more often than not (It doesn't mean that Streetcars can't have that but Lightrails are usually only that. Like the Expo line in LA). Honestly What cityplanners are doing wrong when designing "Streetcar" routes nowadays is that they put the track right in the middle of the jammed car lanes therefore making the entire point of a streetcar/lightrail useless. There has already been enough stories like that about the new line in Washington DC
A street car generally operates like a bus, more frequent stops, a stop request cord/button, and sometimes drives in the regular road. A light rail generally has its own ROW, and stops at every stop, but the stops are much further apart.
Currently there are 3 horns types, a bell and a siren. All three models use the siren ( Secondary horn primarily used when the train is approaching an RR crossing right after an overpass 2:10) 2:17 Siemens H1 Horn 2:30 Siemens H2 Horn 2:47 CAF USA H3 Horn
The line they run on in Austin is technically considered a commuter rail line, as it is 32 miles long and has pretty sparsely-placed stations. You only see the small street running portion of the line in this video, and the rest of the line is completely separated from roads.
It's better than what we had before, i would prefer having this than over nothing, yeah it's inefficient but it will build public interest in public transit again
Yep... The first 'light rail' in the video is one of the most used train types in the Netherlands, but they're built to only stop every 3-5 miles or sth like that
Most of these are so big do thy really need to be this big? smaller Trams will move a lot faster. I know america likes to do things its own way, but just look at most major European city's with an LRT. Smaller trams moving faster with a higher frequency in-between trams will move more people faster
Bigger is better. Austin's METROrail (silver & red) train is-bit of a crossbreed between commuter & light rail (tram). Dallas's light trains are the longest in the country.
America loves things big. Even the trams. I thought the ones we have here in Phoenix were huge. Then I saw ones in Texas. It’s true everything is bigger in Texas lol! Even the regular cars.
I think those cities have the bigger ones because they expect more people to ride them. From what I've read, Dallas' light rail system proved to be more successful than even the officials at DART expected, and they've continued to expand their lines. The Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad Electroliners were considered pretty big compared to your average sized Brill, ACF, Jewett, or St. Louis streetcar at the time.
hahaha, useless lines in Texas, they have no real transit system backing up their LRT so its money wasted until they can get a proper bus system with proper operating hours built.
@@everythangtexas I came off wrong. I like Texas but their cities especially Dallas need to expand the bus system. While Houston is better with buses its still lagging behind big league compared to Canada and the North-East, I won't even get into Europe. I just want better transpo for Texas, hours more akin to Austin with late night service.
It's strange to see a Stadler FLIRT as a "light rail" because in Hungary these trains (the electric versions) are used as short or mid range trains. And these can achieve 120km/h speed on the tracks.
+Veres Ákos I live in Austin; it is not light rail, it is commuter rail, but some people confuse it with light rail.
It's actually not a "Flirt" but a "GTW" instead.
+Veres Ákos here in austria the run as an Intercity train with ~200km/h.
Well, this discussion shows why the GTW and Flirt are so popular. The short GTW version, a 30m train, weights 37 t. This is about what a modern streetcar weights at the same length. This means you get the comport, speed and space of a commuter train at the low weight of a streetcar, resulting in cheaper track construction, less wear and low energy consumption.
In the Netherlands this type of train is used on railroads that connect sparsely populated regions.
nicely filmed!!! love those trains!
Glad to see the Houston METRO light rail being shown.
That's all they showed...except a few secs.of Charlotte NC.
When you talk about train's I think I have been on an Amtrak train twice one to New York and the other to Washington DC.
What is so interesting is that there are so many success stories from cities around the country that have Light Rail and yet Virginia Beach VA a city with a half million people do not want Light Rail. They prefer autos. With the traffic problems the city is currently facing one would think city leaders would look at Light Rail as an option. Kansas City, Honolulu, Minneapolis, Seattle, Dallas, Houston, Charlotte, and others are moving forward and benefiting from Light Rail. What is going on in southeastern VA?
J Farrow Before Salt Lake got its light rail many people were opposed. They saw it as an unnecessary waste of money. Now it's one of the busiest light rails in the country.
All of these local light rail systems are really better for local commuters. I actually had the impression that the DART light rail system in Dallas was more successful than the government thought it would be. Today I saw a video claiming it was barely used.
The one in Kansas City, Missouri should also connect to Kansas City, Kansas, IMO.
J Farrow ddiid
I live in the Raleigh/Durham area....with a Population of almost 1/2 a million people, ( Raleigh, est. 450,000 ) just a guess. They rather have their Cars than use Mass Transit or even have light rail.. WTF !!! City Leaders think that it's a waste of money and not a sound investment. While other cities Move forward, Raleigh/Durham rather live in the stone age where it's safe.
Raleigh,NC is so far behind in Transit it's embarrassing. Unlike Charlotte, folks in Raleigh prefer their Cars over any kind of Transit. WTF... sooner or later traffic will be a huge mess.
Amazing marvellous system and technology
While OIL is big in Texas, it should be mentioned that in New Jersey, there is a line in around Camden that uses diesels sets similar to Austin, but because some of the route is on heavy rail powered by a high fo
ltage 50,000 system. Also future plans may inclute tracks powered by a third rail existing line, so diesel was chosen.
That park in the video is actually called *Hermann Park*, not *Memorial Park*
Beat me to it (by 6 months), definitely Hermann Park.
cameraman655 glad to help 😊
Some states and provinces require any rail vehicles operating on a public roadway to sound horn or bell. There are also plenty of morons who still turn into and in front of light rail vehicles YEARS after their introduction. The USA being litigious,this helps cover the ass of the operator. This is also protection of sorts for the visually impaired.
glen atkinson Thanks for the interesting information.
I can't wait for Nashville to get light rail service. It will be 10-12 years from now.
SMac Nashville transportation sucks went there last year and you got to Uber or take a lyft everywhere we were stay at the gaylord opryland hotel it would been nice if they had a transportation system
Charasmarie Plans
Nashville is a lot like Austin only more conservative. Austin *finally* passed a massive transit expansion plan in the 2020 election that’s going to build another commuter rail line like the one shown in this video, as well as 2 (and eventually 3) light rail lines, several BRT lines, and more. It’ll take a while for Nashville to become liberal enough to pass something like that. Austin’s first rail bond was in 2000, but it failed by
A little bit of Switzerland in TX 🙌🏻👌
These light rail are better looking than the one in Los Angeles. A customize light rail while Los Angeles bought the ugly bulk buying.
2:29 That horn is also used on the LA Metro.
This video is badly named.This should be passenger rail in Texas not the South.
But Charles D. Gosset...your forgetting that Charlotte isn't in Texas. It's in North Carolina. So, technically, the name is appropriate.
Texas is in the south...lol
Someone clearly doesn't get their geography
@@catelinakennis8690 Well technically, North Carolina is in the East Coast, but yes, you're not completely wrong about that
It has the same propulsion electro sound like in Muni SF
I love light rail!
Is that necessary to ring the bell at all time? I just can't stand it if I live near by the rail...
Yes
Why is it necessary? No other city does that
Light rail in Texas is some of the most accident-prone in the country. It's an awareness and law-obedience problem.
Thats exactly why I don't like rail. I prefer buses
Oregon Transit Fan as someone who takes train, subway, light rail and Streetcars/trams the only buses that I Kind of liked was the London busses, not just because they have 2 levels (many other cities also have double deckers, even some in North America, just usually not as the main fleet) but they are nice and Lobdon even added a lot more very modern busses. North America I usually hate the busses. ugly things, dirty looking, look like gas guglers not plesent to ride.
Those lower-pitched horns are cute. I like the sound :)
Cap Metrorail in Austin is not light rail, it's heavy rail. It only street runs for a very short distance at the downtown station. It's regular track the rest of the line and it hits 60 mph in a few spots.
Everyday I take the subway to the train station. Commuter rail to the suburbs and then light rail one stop to my job in downtown Newark nj. The light rail accelerates the fastest of the three. Those trains haul ass. They brake quickly too. If you think lr isn't real rail take it from me. It's great. The line I take in Newark has been around for decades. It never closed when busses came into the picture. That's because of the mile long section that's underground and because of the loop at the train stain. No bus could travel in such a narrow tunnel without tracks. Sadly, public service used to run many light rail lines all over nj. Many had rows that were separate from the street traffic. You can still see the old lr line from Newark to jersey city. It runs mostly along the present day path train. It would be great if they could reuse some of this track because the path line is bursting at its seems. They want to connect it to Newark airport which would only make the situation worse. With US cities growing now the decades ahead will require real money spent to increase capacity. There just aren't enough parking spaces or people who want to waste hours a day sitting in traffic. Myself included.
ready nice Light rail trains. Not a whole lot of foot traffic through some of these videos tho, I guess hopefully the train can help bring some more foot traffic to the city.
With Austin, I've never thought of diesel, or gas powered, trains as a tram or light rail line. At least electrify them.
Yeah I mean the train used on that little bit is like a common shortline train in Europe.
It’s Texas, oil is big there. Even on public transit.
@@CityLifeinAmerica
Houston's Bus Fleet is CNG!
It's actually technically half electric
The voters said "no" to light rail so CapMetro decided to run DMUs on a freight line they already owned. It was the affordability of commuter rail implementation that drove their decision, NOT anything to do with "big oil."
Noisy. But i love it.💖💖💖💗💗💗🎈🎈🎈💚💚💚💙💙💙.
Great to see them packed full of revenue passengers and driving new luxury development! And green electric energy!
in kuala lumpur there's a lot of river in between building.. thats can be new route.. river route..
Normally I would say "Houston we got a problem" But in this case it's the opposite. That's the only lightrail/Streetcar network I've seen in the US so far that has been implemented right!
There's one in Portland and another in Denver
Nice bell for a light rail... we see those on heavy rail trains in California!
I am pretty sure that Stadler is heavy rail.
I don't believe that Light Rail vehicles should be on the motorists' right of way. In order for public transportation to be advantageous to those who live by their cars, it should have it's own right of way, just like the LYNX Blue Line (which will soon be finished from 9th Street to UNC-Charlotte in March 2018).
we need this kind of train in kuala lumpur..
What's the main differences between a streetcar and light rail???
Not really too much. The main thing is about the route itself. What usually defines a "Lightrail" from the traditional streetcar is that it has secluded lanes more often than not (It doesn't mean that Streetcars can't have that but Lightrails are usually only that. Like the Expo line in LA). Honestly What cityplanners are doing wrong when designing "Streetcar" routes nowadays is that they put the track right in the middle of the jammed car lanes therefore making the entire point of a streetcar/lightrail useless. There has already been enough stories like that about the new line in Washington DC
A street car generally operates like a bus, more frequent stops, a stop request cord/button, and sometimes drives in the regular road.
A light rail generally has its own ROW, and stops at every stop, but the stops are much further apart.
Dude you need to reword this as Light Rai in Texas...
And you need to do more exploring to other southern cities.
(the first one)
Was Brent the rail operator?
How many different "horns" do they have in Houston?
Currently there are 3 horns types, a bell and a siren.
All three models use the siren ( Secondary horn primarily used when the train is approaching an RR crossing right after an overpass 2:10)
2:17 Siemens H1 Horn
2:30 Siemens H2 Horn
2:47 CAF USA H3 Horn
The GTW's should not be considered LRT.
The line they run on in Austin is technically considered a commuter rail line, as it is 32 miles long and has pretty sparsely-placed stations. You only see the small street running portion of the line in this video, and the rest of the line is completely separated from roads.
This is so big and heavy...LRT, American style
neverforgottenful true it isnt even meant for this its meant for travelling between cities these can hit 160 kilometers per hour
It's better than what we had before, i would prefer having this than over nothing, yeah it's inefficient but it will build public interest in public transit again
Yep... The first 'light rail' in the video is one of the most used train types in the Netherlands, but they're built to only stop every 3-5 miles or sth like that
Lol Americans love everything bigger, even a light rail.
RedLight GreenArrow Yep, explains pretty much everything. Houses, cars, roads, food
build this in kuala lumpur.. why not...
Most of these are so big do thy really need to be this big? smaller Trams will move a lot faster. I know america likes to do things its own way, but just look at most major European city's with an LRT. Smaller trams moving faster with a higher frequency in-between trams will move more people faster
Cities.
Believe it or not, many of these light rail vehicles were made in Japan.
Bigger is better. Austin's METROrail (silver & red) train is-bit of a crossbreed between commuter & light rail (tram). Dallas's light trains are the longest in the country.
America loves things big. Even the trams. I thought the ones we have here in Phoenix were huge. Then I saw ones in Texas. It’s true everything is bigger in Texas lol! Even the regular cars.
I think those cities have the bigger ones because they expect more people to ride them. From what I've read, Dallas' light rail system proved to be more successful than even the officials at DART expected, and they've continued to expand their lines. The Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad Electroliners were considered pretty big compared to your average sized Brill, ACF, Jewett, or St. Louis streetcar at the time.
Stadler .
wtf why the make some wiered noise? Is there someting broken?
its a converted european desiro
No, it's a Stadler FLIRT DMU from Switzerland
no, it's a GTW (Gelenktriebwagen)
www.stadlerrail.com/en/products/gtw/
Oh. Yes. I messed up the two types of MUs. The FLIRT ist only an EMU think...
Stadler si train swiis made..
@@Paul91193 they do have diesel-electric FLIRTs. The trains on the TEXRail line in Dallas/Fort Worth are FLIRT DMUs. In Austin they have GTW DMUs.
hahaha, useless lines in Texas, they have no real transit system backing up their LRT so its money wasted until they can get a proper bus system with proper operating hours built.
@@everythangtexas I came off wrong. I like Texas but their cities especially Dallas need to expand the bus system. While Houston is better with buses its still lagging behind big league compared to Canada and the North-East, I won't even get into Europe. I just want better transpo for Texas, hours more akin to Austin with late night service.