It's always surreal when a creator you actively watch is in the comment section of another completely unrelated video. Hello, Leo, I hope you are doing well.
I‘m a tram driver in Germany and we see the same stuff here as well. So humans really act the same, wherever they are in the world. As I‘m saying driving the tram is the easiest part, saving countless lives a day is the hard part.
4 years in Stockholm, Sweden and then 18 years in Dublin, Ireland - It's exactly the same. A good strong Air Horn was what I missed the most in Dublin, people have a tendency to get used to and not hear the Bell and the "Fart-In-Space" Air Horn. / B.
As a rail worker I have a deep respect for tram drivers. HK is one of my on-the-list destinations specially for the trams. I've been only on its airport linking to Manila. Regards from Barcelona!
@@Oriol123456 The Court of Final Appeal in Central is a good idea, but my favourite place is Chun Yeung Street market in North Point. I think it's a interesting scene seeing trams passing through the crowd. Reference: th-cam.com/video/pLVIJ7dclCA/w-d-xo.html from 26:00
@@12chachachannelhow? Trams literally are the most predictable method of transit. They are rather slow, and move on the exact same path every time. Even a child could tell you where you can be hit by a tram and where you can't.
5:49 - the good old "have you tried turn it off and on again" just works in most situations. Also it's crazy how suicidal diverted the people are sometimes. An old tram isn't a silent machine so you should hear it approaching with ease, but still people are just walking straight in front of it. Being part of the public transport system in HongKong must be a stressful job. Thanks for the video, i really enjoyed watching it.
Way too many people are off in la-la land and not paying attention to their surroundings. They've got sounds playing in their ears and they're thinking of everything else but what they should be focusing on. It's no wonder so many people get killed by trains and cars.
@@sw6188 I often walk in my lunch break and I have noise-cancelling earbuds in to listen to Mandarin lessons (just a coincidence that I ended up on this video, though) but I know that I'm sacrificing my only 360-degree sensory input so I'm 150% hyper-aware of my surroundings with my eyes. I get that the tram is sometimes coming from the "wrong direction" with respect to the flow of cars (HK being a right-hand-drive country), but even so it's crazy how many of these people didn't even glance in the direction of the tram before stepping out. I think it's worth glancing in both directions even when you know which direction cars are supposed to be coming from. It only takes half a second and it could very well save your life.
@@clonkex Well said David. I don't begrudge people wanting to listen to audio while they're on the move, but as you know you need to be hyper-vigilant with your eyes instead - and way too many people aren't. They switch off, they go into their own little world and forget about the fact they're in a transitional space where there are big heavy vehicles and machines moving around them. Six years ago a teenager was killed here at a level crossing because they were wearing headphones and didn't hear the train coming. They also were oblivious to the flashing lights and obviously failed to look left and look right before crossing the tracks. We have "Rail awareness week" once a year and the need to take extra care around trains is advertised across the country. I've made the comment to them that despite their best efforts, people will continue to get killed and injured on the tracks.
That's why i quit the bus depot within a week: i've seen a vision of myself, standing in the middle of a street,welding a blood-stained crowbar, at the end of a month... There's no real way to underline the efforts, these folk are facing, working daily.
Excellent video. Certainly as a Tram Driver, you have to be aware of what’s going on around you at all times. Oh how I miss Hong Kong. I have been there twice. Such a fantastic place to go to. So many things to see and do. Even a boat trip out to one of its outlying islands. You’ll be surprised as to what you will find on these islands.
So its still very easy. You just have to try not to hit thins, just like when you're in a car. But in a car you still have to control the direction of travel
@@BlackSlimShady the tram is several tonnes more heavy than the car and harder to brake in time, you need to anticipate the accident before it even begins to happen
@@BlackSlimShady A) steel on steel doesnt have the same braking power as tyre on tarmac B) trams really are much heavier than almost all motor vehicles, and semi trucks (the heaviest thing mentioned) are rarely going at speed in an urban enviroment the way that trams in their own right of way are
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I was a tram driver in Vienna (Austria) for a few years and I thought our pedestrians were bad, this is a nightmare in comparison xD But the flair overall feels very familiar :D
One of my all-time favourites was a VW T4 pickup with huge panes of glass in the back doing a U-turn on Prager Straße right in front of a vintage tram, I think it was F 711. One of the most horrible spots is the intersection Schwarzenbergplatz and Lothringer Straße though, you constantly have to watch out for idiot drivers turning left and blocking the tracks.
The WORST tram video I have ever seen is a short series of car crash videos in Helsinki on a busy night. It had so many accidents that it made the local news in my home town in the US. THREE cars, on separate occasions tried to play chicken with the team. it did not end well for any of them.
Massive respect for the excellent driving! We have trams in Nottingham however they are the newer, low floor articulated style so it was nice to see some clips of the classic double decker style!
It’s really cool seeing these double decker trams and buses to help ease congestion in a very dense urban environment. Helps to put less cars on the roads in an already crowded area and get people where they need to go.
yep, hk has an awesome public transport system, can take you everywhere. i just wish there were less private cars on the road, there’s no need for them and they just cause traffic.
Helps give perspective too. People often become cynical of how their neighbors may not pay attention but here we see people make the same mistakes in every country.
Good driving, Sir! Its nice to see, its not just in Czech Republic, where people dont give a damn about something so "small" like a tram.. Keep making the videos, please. =)
To be fair, one could also reason that it's the trams that are in the way of pedestrians. After all, a city is (or should be) made for people, not for vehicles.
@@thany3 To be fair, it also wouldn't matter. Public transportation like trams and busses can't stop on a dime and the drivers can't anticipate the intentions of everyone walking on the street. The responsibility falls more on pedestrians to make sure they don't get hit, even if the tram is in their way.
@@thany3 Historically - yes, since they never had anything like cars few centuries back. But they sure did have their own carriages that had a right of way, etc.. As you know, and I guess its same for most countries least in Europe, there are big ZONE signs like PEDESTRIAN ZONE - which means its primarily for pedestrians and pedestrians can use the street in its width, although there are excepetions, and zone isnt a wall, so if anyone needs - like supplying a store, emergencies - they can go through. And in Liberec there is a large PEDESTRIAN ZONE with a tram track going through, plus taxis and technical services or emergency services can go through too. There is also sign warning drivers about residential zone, people in residential zone can use the whole street in its width and drivers must not endanger them. That doesnt mean you can block the drivers going through tho.. Unfortunately thats how it is and we need to learn how to live with vehicles passing us by. Everything sure should have its limits, but you cannot doubt, trams or buses or cars overall made our lives easier and much more comfortable.
They are always out of mind. Same on walkways. Blocking, suddenly zigzag, really annoying. This, the long waiting for traffic lights and waiting for lifts are biggest nuisance in HK to me. Other than that, its quite fine.
And thats why it’s taught to look left and right before crossing be it streets or tracks (all though if you see a train/tram coming at high speed it’s very likely to late)
@DrSteelMD Because we left most places in the 60s so most of it has changed a lot. Hong Kong was still British into the 90s so it all still looks the same and fairly modern.
As a railway enthusiast, I do understand how it's like to drive a rail vehicle like trains or trams. They're not like cars! They need time and distance to stop with their air / vacuum brakes! While making sure the passengers on board are having a smooth ride or they will throw forward when like a pedestrian or obstacles suddenly appear right in front of you.
Thank you! I have visited Hong Kong several times, and have always ridden the tram, and enjoyed it! I usually sit upstairs, in the front and look out the window. I have ridden the whole line, including up to Happy Valley. I enjoyed you video very much. Thank you!
Mad respect for your skills from one trolley (or tram) operator to another! I'm a volunteer trolley operator here in America and find tram operations in other countries very intriguing!
Always loved Hong Kong, from watching Jackie Chan, Chow Yun Fat, Andy Lau, in various Golden Harvest productions. Living in Argentina always been fascinated by the double decker buses, the mountains, and the old airport in the city. Hopefully I can visit one day. It was really nice following you along. Hope to see more trips.
I was born in Hong Kong but I grew up and live in Melbourne, and I have been a tram driver for 2 years now. Tram driving is a very interesting job and many think it’s easy to just press a few buttons, but what they don’t know is that driving the tram, meaning making it move, is just 20% of the driving. We constantly scanning for danger, looking way ahead, making sure to run on time, and so much more… I wish I could film myself driving like you do because it looks so cool. But I don’t think the company will ever give me permission for that. Anyways, well done with the videos👏🏻👏🏻
These pedestrians asking for a death wish is neither in rush hour mode or absolutely ret@rded. How is it hard to look BOTH WAYS?! doesn’t matter how small their eyes are, just look! - an asian
I rode the trams in HK many times when I worked there in 1999 on the deep sewer project. Lived in Mid-Levels and would catch the escalator up the hills, also the double decker buses were great for a sightseeing tour from the airport to downtown HK Island. The buses were made in Blackpool UK, the extra trailing arm axle is to carry the extra weight of the AC units, needed in HK.
Thank you for sharing! That was a really interesting watch and glimpse into Hong Kong. I can't believe how many people didn't look before stepping in front of the tram...
In Germany we say : "du musst mit der dummheit anderer rechnen" which translate into something like you need to be aware of the unawareness of others while in traffic. Great video.
Hier ist aber nochmal anderes Level an Verpeiltheit. Das nervt mich auch als Fussgaenger, oder in der Bahnstation. Die gaffen nur doof auf ihr Handy. Und Zebrastreifen sind vorhanden aber werden nicht wirklich beachtet von den Autofahrern. Autofahren selbst geht einigermassen aber das Fuehrerschein Niveau ist niemals mit D zu vergleichen. DA sind wir wahrscheinlich immer noch die besten xD
You can see what our tram drivers are up against here: th-cam.com/video/qinF8Azew3Y/w-d-xo.html come to Prague, Czech republic :-) I send my regards to Hong Kong.
Yilap… your hazard prediction is second to none .. excellent reflexes and eyes like a bird of prey …how you did that job is beyond me …I would have been a total nervous wreck .. Not only that I’d be spitting with anger on the windscreen .. omg do they have a death wish in Hong Kong or what ….lol 😆
Life of a tram driver~ They have a hard job here, to watch both ahead, behind, and left and right at once - people jump out from any side, at any time, quick to react, and still be pleasant too, it's a difficult job for sure. But the sounds of the video * ding ding * ding ding * - kindly lets a man transporting goods to a local shop move past - ** DING DING DING ** TOOT TOOT ** Ding ding ding ** TOOT!~! ** ding ding ** TOOOT ** - They are beautiful also, it's quite an art to handle so many things at once, like an air traffic controller.
This is so interesting from a planning perspective! Since it keeps happening at the same spots, I wonder if there's a urban design solution 🤔 (to some of the traffic problems lol)
Some portion of the road / crossing is single direction for cars but not for tram. Or some people cross 2/5 of the road, reaching the refuge island, then subconsciously think they don't need to watch their right hand side already. The refuge island can't be replaced into the middle of the two tram tracks without a lot of overhauling. So it is almost unfixable. I can't even imagine the total cost of rerouting position of the tram track + the overhanging wire, especially when the tram will become out of service for a long time for such project, inducing a lot extra traffic congestion. No one is going to pay the bill.
Such a nice look into the buzzing street life of HK. Been there many times, but currently I don’t go there anymore because it’s not HK anymore. So sorry.
This also illustrates the importance of good road design, a lot of these instances seem to be because the tram is travelling the opposite direction to the expected flow of traffic. You have vehicles on the left of the divider going one direction and vehicles on the right going the opposite direction, except for the tram.
I can’t believe that many people don’t look both ways before crossing a street, a busy one at that, I was taught from a young age always look both ways before you step out onto the street
This reminds me so much of istanbul city, the heat, 24/7 life, the sound and the crowded people. And also in Istanbul the people have zero awareness for the traffic, always crossing red lights without looking
And I thought driving a tram in Helsinki was stressful! Thank you for a interesting and well filmed video. Best wishes from a fellow tram driver from Finland.
Here in The Netherlands in the cities Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague, we have the same situation. The scary parts are the streets in Amsterdam where trams also have to pass small narrow streets full of people, because those streets are in the city centre and shopping area with a lot of stores in the streets where trams pass by. Luckly in Rotterdam there is much more space, because trams also have their own tracks seperated from the roads, bycicle roads and walkways in the middle of the city centre. That's much safer. You may also notice when you leave the city centre area of Rotterdam the trams will drive directly on the road with cars. You can watch some videos of it here on youtube to have an idea how it looks like.
I have been in HK in 2015. I remember it as a very cool city, but man it was so chaotic. Narrow sidewalks with very loud double decker bussed which where all running on diesel. Together with the trams it was simply very loud. The view on the left at 1:33 describes exactly how I remember it. Probably all running as well although they are parked. My trip too Lama Island (no cars there) was very much needed haha. But it’s off course great that there are trams everywhere. But where are all the busses actually for?
While trams runs on the Northen part of Hong Kong island only, bus provided services to the Southern part, Mid-Levels, or cross the Victoria Harbour to Kowloon. Lamma Island is also a very beautiful island to visit too!
Make this video full screen and prepare to be stunned at the ignorance of some people. Apart from that enjoy the scenic views. Thanks for this video. Superb.
I was a Melbourne tram driver 1988 to 1994, so I am familiar with your problems. We probably had less trouble with pedestrians, but just as much trouble with cars etc. I hit quite a few in my time 😄
Yes they are self-overlapping, but sometimes I wanted to do some fine adjustments to the deceleration rate, and that's why my hand moves a lot. Thanks for viewing!
This is why whenever I visit cities I simply stick to the pedestrian crossings and wait for the lights each time. All this darting about between trams/traffic is just asking for trouble.
Thank You for showing us this, it's not much different from my own experiences in 2 European Cities. I noticed you have a similar kind of equipment as the trams in Dublin, Ireland (above the Right side front window in the first tram, above the Middle window in the second tram). Here it is called an "AVLS", Automatic Vehicle Location System, but you probably use it in a different way in Hong Kong. In Dublin it controls everything, Traffic Lights, announcements at the stops, and at some locations it changes the Points from one route to another. It's a long process to set it up when you have restarted the system, Driver ID and Password, Line Number, Service Number, Departure Time of the run you are doing at the moment etc, it can take 2-3-4 minutes to set it up properly. Cheers / B.
Very interesting to see the more or less modern control system on an old style tram. The air brake handle is typical of later 1st generation trams here but the power controler is much more modern!
Being British, I am very impressed by the Hong Kong tramway system. I am a heritage railwayman myself, and I have had so many people and bicyclists going out in front of a two-hundred tonne train rake. Very stressful.
So many people now wear headphones / earphones, a lot with noise cancelling so do not hear their surroundings and then don’t look either! We rode that tram the full length and was a lot of fun. I think if I was driving I would not bother with the bell and go straight with the horn as it sounded awesome!
Looks very stressful considering how many people walk out in front of a moving tram
It's always surreal when a creator you actively watch is in the comment section of another completely unrelated video. Hello, Leo, I hope you are doing well.
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@@TVEE true lol
Same with busses in any city center.
What do you mean? Just put one arm in the air and you're good to go for crossing in front of a tram...
I‘m a tram driver in Germany and we see the same stuff here as well. So humans really act the same, wherever they are in the world.
As I‘m saying driving the tram is the easiest part, saving countless lives a day is the hard part.
Indeed!
i lived in Berlin and the warning bell of the trams was so loud it made me jump out of my skin. they need those bells in HK
Yes, bus driver from Hamburg Germany here. Same over here, have seen multiple similar truly horrific accidents...
So many people in the big cities tend to have zero awareness of their surroundings.....
4 years in Stockholm, Sweden and then 18 years in Dublin, Ireland - It's exactly the same. A good strong Air Horn was what I missed the most in Dublin, people have a tendency to get used to and not hear the Bell and the "Fart-In-Space" Air Horn. / B.
As a rail worker I have a deep respect for tram drivers. HK is one of my on-the-list destinations specially for the trams. I've been only on its airport linking to Manila. Regards from Barcelona!
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Thanks for the suggestion! I’m a grat photography passionate also, so could you recommend me some nice spots to picture trams? Thank you so much!
@@Oriol123456 The Court of Final Appeal in Central is a good idea, but my favourite place is Chun Yeung Street market in North Point. I think it's a interesting scene seeing trams passing through the crowd.
Reference: th-cam.com/video/pLVIJ7dclCA/w-d-xo.html from 26:00
@@hktramguy Thank you!! :-) Definitely I'll take a look on that area!
Que estrany trobar-se un català a un vídeo com aquest😂
Per a quina empresa treballes com a ferroviari? Pa saber nomás
1:05 even to this day, people still fail to look both ways before crossing.
props to that driver
because trams are hard to notice
@@12chachachannelhow? Trams literally are the most predictable method of transit. They are rather slow, and move on the exact same path every time. Even a child could tell you where you can be hit by a tram and where you can't.
@@12chachachannelif you are blind and deaf then maybe
It's because you look right then look left in left-hand traffic. People don't expect there's traffic from the right after crossing the first segment
@@12chachachannel Or you're just blind,? They're large and very easy to notice, it's not like they fly by before you get to see them
Props to the tram driver for not swerving all over the place and causing a larger accident
Champagne comedy 🥂
Steering a tram is quite difficult, it appears.
If I was driving that tram I would be getting lost.
@@Whaley96 My guy . . . read it again within the context of sarcasm.
LOL you cant swirve a tram. Your on rails.
感謝片主同各位電車司機大佬，喺港島揸住一架唔扭得軚又載住咁多乘客嘅雙層電車，同一時間仲要留心咁多人同車，一啲都唔容易呀，respect!
多謝呀😆
The sound of that motor took me back to the heat, the aroma and the bustle of this amazing city. Thanks and keep up the good work
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Since our post car is electric, I always think the tram is coming.
5:49 - the good old "have you tried turn it off and on again" just works in most situations. Also it's crazy how suicidal diverted the people are sometimes. An old tram isn't a silent machine so you should hear it approaching with ease, but still people are just walking straight in front of it. Being part of the public transport system in HongKong must be a stressful job.
Thanks for the video, i really enjoyed watching it.
Way too many people are off in la-la land and not paying attention to their surroundings. They've got sounds playing in their ears and they're thinking of everything else but what they should be focusing on. It's no wonder so many people get killed by trains and cars.
@@sw6188 I often walk in my lunch break and I have noise-cancelling earbuds in to listen to Mandarin lessons (just a coincidence that I ended up on this video, though) but I know that I'm sacrificing my only 360-degree sensory input so I'm 150% hyper-aware of my surroundings with my eyes. I get that the tram is sometimes coming from the "wrong direction" with respect to the flow of cars (HK being a right-hand-drive country), but even so it's crazy how many of these people didn't even glance in the direction of the tram before stepping out. I think it's worth glancing in both directions even when you know which direction cars are supposed to be coming from. It only takes half a second and it could very well save your life.
@@clonkex Well said David. I don't begrudge people wanting to listen to audio while they're on the move, but as you know you need to be hyper-vigilant with your eyes instead - and way too many people aren't. They switch off, they go into their own little world and forget about the fact they're in a transitional space where there are big heavy vehicles and machines moving around them. Six years ago a teenager was killed here at a level crossing because they were wearing headphones and didn't hear the train coming. They also were oblivious to the flashing lights and obviously failed to look left and look right before crossing the tracks. We have "Rail awareness week" once a year and the need to take extra care around trains is advertised across the country. I've made the comment to them that despite their best efforts, people will continue to get killed and injured on the tracks.
just the way people don't look both ways before crossing is just crazy to me
@@clonkex Well said! By the way, how's your Mandarin class? Is it hard for you to learn?
I was a UK train driver for 22 years. I wouldn't last 22 minutes doing that. All credence to you.
That's why i quit the bus depot within a week: i've seen a vision of myself, standing in the middle of a street,welding a blood-stained crowbar, at the end of a month...
There's no real way to underline the efforts, these folk are facing, working daily.
Excellent video. Certainly as a Tram Driver, you have to be aware of what’s going on around you at all times.
Oh how I miss Hong Kong. I have been there twice. Such a fantastic place to go to. So many things to see and do. Even a boat trip out to one of its outlying islands. You’ll be surprised as to what you will find on these islands.
Thanks for supporting! I loved travelling to outlying islands by ferries too👍such a relaxing thing to do...
So its still very easy. You just have to try not to hit thins, just like when you're in a car. But in a car you still have to control the direction of travel
@@BlackSlimShady the tram is several tonnes more heavy than the car and harder to brake in time, you need to anticipate the accident before it even begins to happen
@@Gafigglethorp So does every one of the drivers, driving a big truck, or bus, or people with trailers. It really is a easy job.
@@BlackSlimShady A) steel on steel doesnt have the same braking power as tyre on tarmac
B) trams really are much heavier than almost all motor vehicles, and semi trucks (the heaviest thing mentioned) are rarely going at speed in an urban enviroment the way that trams in their own right of way are
I know it's difficult, but please do your best.!
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Kumamoto Tram is also lovely
I was a tram driver in Vienna (Austria) for a few years and I thought our pedestrians were bad, this is a nightmare in comparison xD But the flair overall feels very familiar :D
One of my all-time favourites was a VW T4 pickup with huge panes of glass in the back doing a U-turn on Prager Straße right in front of a vintage tram, I think it was F 711. One of the most horrible spots is the intersection Schwarzenbergplatz and Lothringer Straße though, you constantly have to watch out for idiot drivers turning left and blocking the tracks.
The WORST tram video I have ever seen is a short series of car crash videos in Helsinki on a busy night. It had so many accidents that it made the local news in my home town in the US. THREE cars, on separate occasions tried to play chicken with the team. it did not end well for any of them.
@@largol33t1 im from helsinki and please dont fuck around with trams
Yeah dog
文明城市的交通，電車真的不可少。感謝分享這麼好的影片給大家
Massive respect for the excellent driving! We have trams in Nottingham however they are the newer, low floor articulated style so it was nice to see some clips of the classic double decker style!
It’s really cool seeing these double decker trams and buses to help ease congestion in a very dense urban environment. Helps to put less cars on the roads in an already crowded area and get people where they need to go.
yep, hk has an awesome public transport system, can take you everywhere. i just wish there were less private cars on the road, there’s no need for them and they just cause traffic.
as long as traffic rules are safe i see no issue with cars.
@@ssanngkakkoiithey destroy fucking countries. Europe was devastated by car dependance.
I love videos like this, something about seeing distant culture and how people just live their lifes is so interesting and entertaining.
Helps give perspective too. People often become cynical of how their neighbors may not pay attention but here we see people make the same mistakes in every country.
This guy has amazing patience. If it were me the passengers would have learned a whole new vocabulary!
其實我有時覺得電車先難揸，有人衝出馬路真係只可以剎車，冇得扭軚
的確
容易 不難
1996年時事追擊節目訪問電車司機，因為果年太多出軌事故令人關注上埋節目！其中一位受訪電車司機講，如果開工期間一年內連續犯3次錯誤即炒。即等於扣滿15分一樣。佢笑言駕駛違例扣15分一年內可還原分數！但駕駛電車則只有3次機會，一錯第3次就即炒冇彎轉。
@@hktramguy我已經計劃緊今內都入嚟做
@@__.cml721.__ 好呀👍
Good driving, Sir! Its nice to see, its not just in Czech Republic, where people dont give a damn about something so "small" like a tram.. Keep making the videos, please. =)
Hamburg, Germany also the same :D
Trams in Czech are much older. So much so I got sober following one back into town.
To be fair, one could also reason that it's the trams that are in the way of pedestrians. After all, a city is (or should be) made for people, not for vehicles.
@@thany3 To be fair, it also wouldn't matter. Public transportation like trams and busses can't stop on a dime and the drivers can't anticipate the intentions of everyone walking on the street. The responsibility falls more on pedestrians to make sure they don't get hit, even if the tram is in their way.
@@thany3 Historically - yes, since they never had anything like cars few centuries back. But they sure did have their own carriages that had a right of way, etc.. As you know, and I guess its same for most countries least in Europe, there are big ZONE signs like PEDESTRIAN ZONE - which means its primarily for pedestrians and pedestrians can use the street in its width, although there are excepetions, and zone isnt a wall, so if anyone needs - like supplying a store, emergencies - they can go through. And in Liberec there is a large PEDESTRIAN ZONE with a tram track going through, plus taxis and technical services or emergency services can go through too. There is also sign warning drivers about residential zone, people in residential zone can use the whole street in its width and drivers must not endanger them. That doesnt mean you can block the drivers going through tho.. Unfortunately thats how it is and we need to learn how to live with vehicles passing us by. Everything sure should have its limits, but you cannot doubt, trams or buses or cars overall made our lives easier and much more comfortable.
What is in mind of those people who walking across rails without looks into sides? Parents didn't teach them anything?
They are always out of mind. Same on walkways. Blocking, suddenly zigzag, really annoying. This, the long waiting for traffic lights and waiting for lifts are biggest nuisance in HK to me. Other than that, its quite fine.
We really enjoyed watching that. HK tram drivers must be on high alert all the time when driving. Keep up the safe operations Sir
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And thats why it’s taught to look left and right before crossing be it streets or tracks (all though if you see a train/tram coming at high speed it’s very likely to late)
It is strange to see UK type road markings, street furniture and busses in such an otherwise exotic place.
You are a great driver!
Why? Considering England has invaded all but less than 20 countries in the world
Not so strange when you know UK was once a colonial empirr
@DrSteelMD Because we left most places in the 60s so most of it has changed a lot. Hong Kong was still British into the 90s so it all still looks the same and fairly modern.
@@dejuren1367Do not speak for me. I'm European and I disagree with you.
@@GowGowsdude, link me to that article. I have been looking for that list for curiousity😅
やっぱりこの活気とカオスに溢れた香港が好きだわ。笑
Love to watch this kind of videos. Please keep making those, greetings from Germany.
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Excellent video! I enjoyed watching and learning about your job.
As a railway enthusiast, I do understand how it's like to drive a rail vehicle like trains or trams. They're not like cars! They need time and distance to stop with their air / vacuum brakes! While making sure the passengers on board are having a smooth ride or they will throw forward when like a pedestrian or obstacles suddenly appear right in front of you.
Indeed!
Super good Video 👍👏👏nice sharing ☺
Remember, Do you think crossing the road is easy? It’s not. Lookout for Trams and cars! 😂
Don't be smartphone zombie...or be 6 feets under.
Thank you!
I have visited Hong Kong several times, and have always ridden the tram, and enjoyed it!
I usually sit upstairs, in the front and look out the window. I have ridden the whole line, including up to Happy Valley.
I enjoyed you video very much. Thank you!
すごくヒヤヒヤする。江ノ電よりマナー酷い…
直通空気ブレーキの迅速な応答性が発揮されてるなぁ
日本だったら急停車の嵐(？)
Mad respect for your skills from one trolley (or tram) operator to another! I'm a volunteer trolley operator here in America and find tram operations in other countries very intriguing!
Always loved Hong Kong, from watching Jackie Chan, Chow Yun Fat, Andy Lau, in various Golden Harvest productions. Living in Argentina always been fascinated by the double decker buses, the mountains, and the old airport in the city. Hopefully I can visit one day. It was really nice following you along. Hope to see more trips.
Thanks for supporting! Hong Kong is really a good place, in terms of visiting. Check out for more videos in my channel!
Watch Chungking express for the true essence of Hongkong.
@@petrichor259 yeah, watched too.
多謝分享影片。
睇落揸電車最困難嘅係:忍得住唔講粗口🤣
電車煞車更困難,要畀更多心機揣摩其他道路使用者。
落車唔比錢又係吹佢唔脹。
至少輕鐵司機唔使理乘客有冇畀幾多錢。
車尾轉棍閘機又係易引人嘈交,大概陸續轉用活門…
內心靜靜雞講🤫🤬
Brings back great memories of my times in HK. Cannot wait to go back some day.
I was born in Hong Kong but I grew up and live in Melbourne, and I have been a tram driver for 2 years now. Tram driving is a very interesting job and many think it’s easy to just press a few buttons, but what they don’t know is that driving the tram, meaning making it move, is just 20% of the driving. We constantly scanning for danger, looking way ahead, making sure to run on time, and so much more… I wish I could film myself driving like you do because it looks so cool. But I don’t think the company will ever give me permission for that. Anyways, well done with the videos👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks for commenting! Wish I could hop on your tram in Melbourne someday 😜
These pedestrians asking for a death wish is neither in rush hour mode or absolutely ret@rded. How is it hard to look BOTH WAYS?! doesn’t matter how small their eyes are, just look! - an asian
I rode the trams in HK many times when I worked there in 1999 on the deep sewer project. Lived in Mid-Levels and would catch the escalator up the hills, also the double decker buses were great for a sightseeing tour from the airport to downtown HK Island. The buses were made in Blackpool UK, the extra trailing arm axle is to carry the extra weight of the AC units, needed in HK.
日本と同じ左側通行であるからか、安心して観ていられます。
周囲の交通マナーは決して良いとは言えないけれど、いずれ日本もこうなりそう。(第三次交通戦争が勃発しそうな雰囲気)
運転士さんの職人技とも呼べる、機敏な操作を見ていると昔の都電の運転士さんを思い出しますね。
今の日本じゃ、こんな凄い操作ができる人なんてそんなにいないかも。(某京急の運転主任さんは除く)
Thank you for keeping us safe and for this video. I enjoyed every moment.
Same story in Hungary. Trams can't move 200m without having to ring at some kind of idiot on feet or wheels :D
Thank you for sharing! That was a really interesting watch and glimpse into Hong Kong. I can't believe how many people didn't look before stepping in front of the tram...
In Germany we say : "du musst mit der dummheit anderer rechnen" which translate into something like you need to be aware of the unawareness of others while in traffic. Great video.
We was taught 馬路如虎口 since kindergarten, which means "roads are like tiger's mouth", but people just don't care...
You can translate that pretty directly into English: "You must reckon with the stupidity of others".
Hier ist aber nochmal anderes Level an Verpeiltheit. Das nervt mich auch als Fussgaenger, oder in der Bahnstation.
Die gaffen nur doof auf ihr Handy. Und Zebrastreifen sind vorhanden aber werden nicht wirklich beachtet von den Autofahrern.
Autofahren selbst geht einigermassen aber das Fuehrerschein Niveau ist niemals mit D zu vergleichen. DA sind wir wahrscheinlich immer noch die besten xD
I won’t lie, this does look like a lot of fun. I wouldn’t mind driving this at all!
I like the tram's horn except the bell. And I also like the respect even tough some people are just dumb.
You can see what our tram drivers are up against here: th-cam.com/video/qinF8Azew3Y/w-d-xo.html come to Prague, Czech republic :-) I send my regards to Hong Kong.
Thanks for sharing👍 Cheees from Hong Kong!😆
Yilap… your hazard prediction is second to none .. excellent reflexes and eyes like a bird of prey …how you did that job is beyond me …I would have been a total nervous wreck ..
Not only that I’d be spitting with anger on the windscreen .. omg do they have a death wish in Hong Kong or what ….lol 😆
You do a great job of keeping your cool! Keep it up.
This video really demonstrates that you need to be a particular kind of person to operate a tram. Cool, level-headed, and patient. Excellent video.
Life of a tram driver~ They have a hard job here, to watch both ahead, behind, and left and right at once - people jump out from any side, at any time, quick to react, and still be pleasant too, it's a difficult job for sure. But the sounds of the video * ding ding * ding ding * - kindly lets a man transporting goods to a local shop move past - ** DING DING DING ** TOOT TOOT ** Ding ding ding ** TOOT!~! ** ding ding ** TOOOT ** - They are beautiful also, it's quite an art to handle so many things at once, like an air traffic controller.
Semoga sukses fung sinsang, sy , tingal di hongkong 1996 januari, sampek 2014, pulang indinesia,
This is so interesting from a planning perspective! Since it keeps happening at the same spots, I wonder if there's a urban design solution 🤔 (to some of the traffic problems lol)
Some portion of the road / crossing is single direction for cars but not for tram. Or some people cross 2/5 of the road, reaching the refuge island, then subconsciously think they don't need to watch their right hand side already. The refuge island can't be replaced into the middle of the two tram tracks without a lot of overhauling. So it is almost unfixable.
I can't even imagine the total cost of rerouting position of the tram track + the overhanging wire, especially when the tram will become out of service for a long time for such project, inducing a lot extra traffic congestion. No one is going to pay the bill.
this was a joy to watch, great job, greetings from holland
TH-cam recommended me this video today. And I like it 😊
Thank you for putting so much effort in the subtitles
Such a nice look into the buzzing street life of HK. Been there many times, but currently I don’t go there anymore because it’s not HK anymore. So sorry.
We all missed the good old days...
This also illustrates the importance of good road design, a lot of these instances seem to be because the tram is travelling the opposite direction to the expected flow of traffic.
You have vehicles on the left of the divider going one direction and vehicles on the right going the opposite direction, except for the tram.
Good observation!
I can’t believe that many people don’t look both ways before crossing a street, a busy one at that, I was taught from a young age always look both ways before you step out onto the street
You're far more polite with your horns and bells than I am here in the US! Great defensive operating to keep everyone safe
もっと派手にホーン鳴らすのかと思ってたけど、あまり鳴らさないんですね
It's not an easy job at all and these drivers have my respect and gratitude. Love the 'ding ding'. Thank you for posting this video.
What a nice channel! I hope to see more content :)
Makes me want to return to HK so badly! Lived there for two years and loved the tram.
i am still imagining the conversations at 1:15
This reminds me so much of istanbul city, the heat, 24/7 life, the sound and the crowded people. And also in Istanbul the people have zero awareness for the traffic, always crossing red lights without looking
Nice video. Tough job, keeping those old trams running and looking out for people’s’ safety as well!
Cool video - people seem more absent minded there than other places. Also people in groups are distracted and act more unpredictably.
This video gave me a good mood for the entire night. Great content!
And I thought driving a tram in Helsinki was stressful! Thank you for a interesting and well filmed video. Best wishes from a fellow tram driver from Finland.
Cheers!
Onko se oikeesti rankkaa? en edes ikinä ajatellutkaan
@@H-A-DRAGONEnpä saakeli ois uskonut että löydän suomenkielisen kommentin tällaiselta videolta
@@JimiLappalainen 😂😂 en minäkään, algoritmi tekee työtään näköjään!
Trams in other countries: Calm
Trams in HK:Pure chaos
Here in The Netherlands in the cities Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague, we have the same situation. The scary parts are the streets in Amsterdam where trams also have to pass small narrow streets full of people, because those streets are in the city centre and shopping area with a lot of stores in the streets where trams pass by. Luckly in Rotterdam there is much more space, because trams also have their own tracks seperated from the roads, bycicle roads and walkways in the middle of the city centre. That's much safer. You may also notice when you leave the city centre area of Rotterdam the trams will drive directly on the road with cars. You can watch some videos of it here on youtube to have an idea how it looks like.
Never understand how the trams got bicycle bells instead of trailer horns...
Haha, well said! That's the iconic "ding ding" sound of Hong Kong!
I came back to say that this has become one of my favourite videos, and I rewatch it pretty often, it's forever in my "watch later" playlist
I have been in HK in 2015. I remember it as a very cool city, but man it was so chaotic. Narrow sidewalks with very loud double decker bussed which where all running on diesel. Together with the trams it was simply very loud. The view on the left at 1:33 describes exactly how I remember it. Probably all running as well although they are parked. My trip too Lama Island (no cars there) was very much needed haha.
But it’s off course great that there are trams everywhere. But where are all the busses actually for?
While trams runs on the Northen part of Hong Kong island only, bus provided services to the Southern part, Mid-Levels, or cross the Victoria Harbour to Kowloon. Lamma Island is also a very beautiful island to visit too!
The Bus thing is very very true, but within 5-10 years will be different as they fleets will slowly(!) be more and more electric.
Make this video full screen and prepare to be stunned at the ignorance of some people. Apart from that enjoy the scenic views. Thanks for this video. Superb.
many pedestrians in hk have insufficient road safety awareness.
這是100%注意力的工作！ 恭喜分享。 來自巴西的問候
🙌
Darling how was your day?
tram driver: Nobody was harmed 😰
I felt my heart stop multiple times throughout the video, awesome video
大師傅，第一段見你落 brake 都唔係死 Brake 而係收放自如令全車唔洗 chok 前，有料
有料👍
thank you for sharing this with us, pleas be carefull! its not only the safety of the passengers but yours to!
勁多大地任我行 lol
lol
人都顛
पागलपन lol
I don't understood chinese
I was a Melbourne tram driver 1988 to 1994, so I am familiar with your problems. We probably had less trouble with pedestrians, but just as much trouble with cars etc. I hit quite a few in my time 😄
Are the brakes not self lapping? You have to move the lever to back to "hold" to hold the braking force?
Yes they are self-overlapping, but sometimes I wanted to do some fine adjustments to the deceleration rate, and that's why my hand moves a lot. Thanks for viewing!
Was trying to figure out the braking mechanisms ourselves
I enjoyed the scenery of narrow streets, double-deck transport and old taxis, also your interior in good maintain.
This is why whenever I visit cities I simply stick to the pedestrian crossings and wait for the lights each time. All this darting about between trams/traffic is just asking for trouble.
Watching from Melbourne, Australia! Great video
其他司機應該都沒有你那麼好態度的😂
Awesome! Thanks for letting us ride along!
Being a tram driver looks very tramatic !!! 🍇🌻🐸🍋🥦🍄
Yes indeed!
Thank You for showing us this, it's not much different from my own experiences in 2 European Cities.
I noticed you have a similar kind of equipment as the trams in Dublin, Ireland (above the Right side front window in the first tram, above the Middle window in the second tram). Here it is called an "AVLS", Automatic Vehicle Location System, but you probably use it in a different way in Hong Kong. In Dublin it controls everything, Traffic Lights, announcements at the stops, and at some locations it changes the Points from one route to another. It's a long process to set it up when you have restarted the system, Driver ID and Password, Line Number, Service Number, Departure Time of the run you are doing at the moment etc, it can take 2-3-4 minutes to set it up properly. Cheers / B.
In Hong Kong we call this VECOM. We just need to enter Driver ID and route number, and it controls the direction we go as we approach a Point!
@@hktramguy Probably a fairly similar system in most cities. In Vienna it's called IBIS (Integrated onBoard Information System).
Until very recently it was effectively a part of the UK so it's not surprising it looks very European.
2:52係唔係莊士敦道至金鐘道嗰邊
Very interesting to see the more or less modern control system on an old style tram.
The air brake handle is typical of later 1st generation trams here but the power controler is much more modern!
Yes, lots of updating in there obviously!
香港、一度行ってみたかったけどなぁ…
Hongkong looks like a british city! I never knew just how influenced it was
所以行路都要考牌
Being British, I am very impressed by the Hong Kong tramway system. I am a heritage railwayman myself, and I have had so many people and bicyclists going out in front of a two-hundred tonne train rake. Very stressful.
1:06危險到，咁都衝出黎
街上盲人多的是...
仲有大量巴基爛癱同摩羅差
横断歩道の音に二階建ての路面電車そしてごちゃごちゃしてにぎやかな感じ。すべてが懐かしいなぁ。また香港に旅行行きたい！
好多人都唔珍惜生命🥹
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So many people now wear headphones / earphones, a lot with noise cancelling so do not hear their surroundings and then don’t look either! We rode that tram the full length and was a lot of fun. I think if I was driving I would not bother with the bell and go straight with the horn as it sounded awesome!