Knackered neglected trams in Kharkiv Kharkov Ukraine 

I live near the bridge in the beginning of video, and i still remember my surprised reaction when i for the first time had a ride on austrian tram, i never thought trams cold move so swiftly and without any noise

Old Tram bad tracks but a electronic ticket scanner I never seen these in switzerland

I wouldn’t be surprised if the tram derails alot

I am compiling a video of trams in Europe. I have not had a chance to film this system and was wondering if I could use 30seconds of your footage? I would be more than happy to list your channel as credits under the description once I put out the video. :)

very interesting old trams there!

Our drift cars! Haha

They give the word "expansion joint" a whole new meaning! It's pretty obvious that the edges of the rails get a lot of wear, even looks like some bits have sheared off. It's gotta be really bad for the wheels too, it's like they want it to wear and explore the boundries of what's possible without maintaince. In the netherlands the ProRail organisation (a government branch who owns and maintains the infrastructure) has real problem with leafs getting on the rails in the authum causing the wheels to wear but that looks like a peanuts problem compared to this😅. It's amazing that it still runs, and doesn't fall apart completely, how often would these trams de-rail? They've definitly got a very loose idea of safety and maintaince.......

"Alright, first call I'm making as the new guy in charge, can someone tell us what's our maintance budget?" "I have $2.27 change from the vending machine."

THAT LOOKS SO RUN DOWN! OMG. Got to go and see for myself:)

5:01 the quicker they go, the quicker they get to take a break.:D

Cool! I have been in Charkiv-Ordschonikidse in 1991 and it hasn't changed at all tramwise...

Interesting video :D thanks for it

6:40 look at the door it don’t close properly OMg 😮

Well... at least its interesting to watch!)

How does this still run? Crossed fingers?

Can make a video of Kharkiv drinking water sources and Kharkiv water treatment plants? Very curious!

at least the trams in Blackpool are much better looked after.

I think it must have been from here I saw a video of a tram that had caught fire. Luckily everyone got off safely, but then the tram burned fiercely. After a while, the fire brigade came- their clothes looked ancient and probably not fire resistant, and their helmets just a bit newer, and no breathing apparatus. They did quite well considering their primitive equipment, but of course the tram was a wreck. A pity, as many Communist era public transport appear to be built like tanks and go on forever. How about making a stretch of this system a Heritage tramway? The older trams look historic enough.

As long as the other rail doesn't have a gap in it at the same place the tram has a pretty good chance of getting over those gaps without derailing as its wheels will be held in line by the flange groove in the other rail. It wouldn't do the ride any good.

That's crazy

the weird modern tram sure looks out of place

Kharkov has two unique words for trams. Derailments are called "трамвайный дрифт" ("tram drift") and the tram itself is called "дрифткар" ("drift car"). PS. Open Google, type "drift Kiev" (or Lviv, Odessa etc.) and click Images. Then do the same with "drift Kharkiv" :D...

That “weird looking tram” looked quite new, interesting that they spent money on that instead of the tracks

What would it cost to replace a mile of this type of trackage? Seems like it would be cheaper than resurfacing the same length of 2-lane roadway.

At least they still work

Interesting

On London Underground they make announcements: "Mind, the gap!"

they're probably preparing for the network to be eventually closed or they want people to stop using the service so that they have a reason to close the network.

How old is the infrastructure off the tram network

A stejně takhle dopadnou naše T6A5

You think those tracks are bad? You should come "across the pond" (USA) and see some of _our_ tracks. Yeah, the majority of them are safe; however, there's one particular section of track in the midwest (I forget where exactly) where the tracks are so bad, the engineer has to creep along at like 5 MPH going down what appears to be an unpaved country lane with severely bent metal bars jutting out of it. 😂

I like the Slavic mentality: -Sir, our trams still in use since the death of Stalin are you sure they are still able to be in service ? -*I D'ONT GIVE A SH*T*

5:54 Is that a railroad crossing nearby?

4:08 Hey, we're getting used to gaps now! BTW Beno next time you come again in Athens, Greece check our trams too!

Haha, I lived there!

Some off them. Trams do get on fire due to electrical issues

I heard they got bombed recently

8:47 the newer built trams

Sadly a lot of this has probably been destroyed by the war :(

Do you know what’s preventing them from fixing it or buying new trams?

You're really over-thinking ex-soviet engineering here. If it works, it works, there is no problem until the tram falls off the tracks.

just use the subway, it's more efficient! although it has old Wagonmash metros, but some metros are getting modernised

I would be scared to go on the trams

Its a shame these awesome trams dont get good service

Kharkiv tram game - stand next to a junction (idk what the best locations are, some are just more likely to work) - have ur phone with bluetooth speaker ready - wait till a tram does multi-track drifting - blast DEJA VU as it does that

Probably the only users are old babushkas (nans).

hey austin this is guys

so many steel plants in ukraine and they are unable to change rail tracks... i don´t get it.

Is It Just Me And My Dodgy Eyesight Or Is That Tram Wobbling At 3:42?

A brit?

The Tracks are so horrible.

The largest gap in our tracks was 23 cm wide! And it remained more than two months...

Their tram system needs some serious investment

Hi

You were fucking brave to go on it 😂😂😂 30? looked like he was going 50 lmao!

99% of those trams are from 3rd biggest city in Czechia Ostrava. Thats where i live and i cant believe what they do to them.... poor trams...

My dad is from Kharkiv, so we are going to this city sometimes. And i think those trams are ok. But sometimes those trams was shaking.

Not to g’et you angry but in London bigger gab is at the tram Tracks of London

poor Tatra T3s

There's derailments every year with these

Kiev tram is not in better condition...

This would NOT be acceptable in the US

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Why don't they fix it? This is terrible and dangerous.

do you live in Ukraine

7:11 lol it says "I love taxi" on the side of the tram hahah sure

YEHA! The end phase of the Soviet-Union still exists ... in the Kharkiv / Kharkov (Ukraine) Tram System ... maybe they replaced rusted trough Soviet KTM5 with used Chechoslovakian Tatra-T3SU ... these tracks are far worse than in Socialist East-Germany 1990 ... some USA fright tracks are as bad as these tracks in Ukraine

1:50 - 0_0 - shit. 2:40 0o0_0o0 - holy shit! It's not funny. It's crime.

Ukraine had these problems for years I’ve seen videos from 2017 with bad shaped tracks and so on Ukraine doesn’t have a lot of money so that’s why they keep driving old teams on very bad tracks

owo

mind the gap

kharkiv fix your trams

OMFG I FUCKING CANNOT BELIEVE THESE HAVEN'T BEEN MODERNIZED

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It's interesting. I have noticed that the tracks are in poor condition. But I didn't pay attention to the details. I also know the stop in the second sequence, and I have it on video. And please speak properly. It hurts in the ears.