The sides of the trains have a very interesting, and quite rare, oblique shape. The interiors look fantastically wide, spacious and generous. The seating looks Futuristic with those oval outlines and those hues of blue that gives it a feel you might get into an Extra-Terrestrial U.F.O. If you stare at those seats you may actually spot Stars, Galaxies and Nebulae. The transparent partitions and inner doors give an airy feel. Beautiful, beautiful trains. Shame for those useless graffiti, though.
The reason they're called S-trains (S-tog), is because when they began renovating the stations in the late 1920s as part of the electrification they put up big neon "S" signs at the entrance to the renovated stations. After line F started regular service in 1934 a survey was made about what to call the new trains. Besides a lot of very 1930s names, "S-train" was the most popular suggestion, thanks to the new neon S signs, and so the name stuck. Incidentally, the S-train network was the only electrified service in Denmark until they started experiments with electrification on Kystbanen in the late 1970s. After the 1973 oil crisis it was decided to electrify everything to not be reliant on oil, but they originally only made it from Helsingør to Roskilde, because when the oil prices came down in the 1980s the government went "screw that" and decided it was better to just buy a bunch of diesel powered trains instead of spending money on electrification.
Nice video. Could somebody explain the weird undercarriage of these trains which looks like pairs of single wheels on one end of each car (unlike Talgo not between them)?
Great video. I can't get over the amount of graffiti on these trains, both inside and outside. What are the plans by government to put an end to this vandalism.?!
They try to clean them as fast as possible. But they dont have enough trains to keep up with the vandalism at the moment as they need most of them in service to meet demand
@@Makarov934 There's a little panel with several buttons at each window. One of them is a Start button, which the driver just has to keep pressing to close the doors and start the train. After it starts moving, he can take a seat.
The sound of an S-train accelerating is one of the most iconic sounds i know of. I can recognize that in my sleep.
1:45 Amazing catch of both variants crossing over each other that you can then use for the explanation instead of having two separate clips!
The sides of the trains have a very interesting, and quite rare, oblique shape.
The interiors look fantastically wide, spacious and generous.
The seating looks Futuristic with those oval outlines and those hues of blue that gives it a feel you might get into an Extra-Terrestrial U.F.O.
If you stare at those seats you may actually spot Stars, Galaxies and Nebulae.
The transparent partitions and inner doors give an airy feel.
Beautiful, beautiful trains.
Shame for those useless graffiti, though.
The reason they're called S-trains (S-tog), is because when they began renovating the stations in the late 1920s as part of the electrification they put up big neon "S" signs at the entrance to the renovated stations. After line F started regular service in 1934 a survey was made about what to call the new trains. Besides a lot of very 1930s names, "S-train" was the most popular suggestion, thanks to the new neon S signs, and so the name stuck.
Incidentally, the S-train network was the only electrified service in Denmark until they started experiments with electrification on Kystbanen in the late 1970s. After the 1973 oil crisis it was decided to electrify everything to not be reliant on oil, but they originally only made it from Helsingør to Roskilde, because when the oil prices came down in the 1980s the government went "screw that" and decided it was better to just buy a bunch of diesel powered trains instead of spending money on electrification.
Very useful. Thanks
Nice video. Could somebody explain the weird undercarriage of these trains which looks like pairs of single wheels on one end of each car (unlike Talgo not between them)?
Hi! Check out this video by RM Transit that talks about the wheels and other peculiar features of this train! th-cam.com/video/XskW18b-eAk/w-d-xo.html
I second this. RM Transit video on the topic is great
Very excellent video. Much better than what i can do atm hahaha
greetings from Gladsaxe!
You can do a lot with a handheld phone :-)
@@Simon-Andersen And better editing in general. xD I still do basic editing on my Channel, but i'd love to improve
Great video. I can't get over the amount of graffiti on these trains, both inside and outside. What are the plans by government to put an end to this vandalism.?!
They try to clean them as fast as possible. But they dont have enough trains to keep up with the vandalism at the moment as they need most of them in service to meet demand
Yes, that is very unfortunate.
It is not vandalism...
@@kivol.3454 What is it then?
@@kivol.3454 It's literally the textbook example of vandalism
The S-Tog train motor is the same as the motors on the C321 on the Taipei metro and C651 on the Singapore MRT
Ah I assume they sound similar then 😁
@@Simon-AndersenAll these trains have motors supplied by Siemens. They do have some similarities in sound.
How long did you have to stand at Flintholm Station to get that shot of both lengths of train?
Actually i got lucky, i was only there for 10-15 min
The graffiti is pretty sad, they should really do something about it.
Probably wont happen before new trains arrive, the fleet is very constrained with almost no time for maintence
Shouldn't they have doors in a different colour? I thought it was a requirement
The new livery trains do, so it's coming :)
Why the train Engineer sees out while starting from the station?
Driver only operation, so he ensures safe departure and no one is near the train
@@Simon-Andersen but how did he operate the control button or whatever being completely lean outside
@@Makarov934 There's a little panel with several buttons at each window. One of them is a Start button, which the driver just has to keep pressing to close the doors and start the train. After it starts moving, he can take a seat.
@@papaquonis you seem to know lot about trains!🔥🔥
@@Makarov934 I used to be a train driver on these trains.
Shit og transport!.