The Top 10 Most Interesting and Unique Transit Systems in the World - (What Are Your Top 10?)

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Here is a list of the top 10 most interesting transit systems that I have encountered: from a strange rubber tired tram to urban cable cars whisking people high above the ground.
Please note that this is all my footage and therefore you can find the full length videos on my channel :D
What are some of the most interesting transit systems to you (you don't have to share 10)? Do you agree with the list? Is there something I left out? What is a place that is a must visit? Where have you been that has an interesting transit system and why?
Check out the Part II (more interesting and unique transit :O )
• The Top 10 Most Intere...
The Top 10 Most Interesting and Unique Transit System in the United States - click on the link below
• America's Most Interes...
The Top 10 Most Diverse Tram (Streetcar) Systems in the World - (What Are Your Top 10?) - click on the link below
• These are the Most Div...
Correction at 7:06 - Its "Dortmund, Germany"
Full videos of each of the transit systems - check out the links below!
10 • The Steepest Vehicular...
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8 • Beautiful Old Trams in...
7 • 香港 Double Decker Trams...
6 • The World's Longest Tr...
5 • Urban MetroCable in Me...
4 • H-bahn: The Hanging Ra...
3 • This Tram Operates on ...
2 • Drunk Bus Thinks its a...
1 • Suspension Railway in ...
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@JakobM325 3 года назад

I ve rode The Wuppertal "schwebebahn" it´s defintely something unique, and it was definitely worth the trip there.

@dougie8010 3 года назад

Also, the reason why it was installed, German ingenuity!

@TSUYOS185 3 года назад

I've ridden Shonan monorail in Japan about one thousand times. Three- car-train unit run 8 times an hour. It's suspended monorail,and similar system to Wuppertaler schwebebahn. It's also unique transport system in the world.

@allyreneepenny9447 3 года назад

Oh yes that's right ❗

@keithparker2206 3 года назад

The only fatality the system had was when they put an elephant in one on the cars to demonstrate the safety of the system. The elephant took fright whilst the car was in motion and jumped out!

@tobiasmuller8734 2 года назад

1 accident in 120 years !!!

@mutantplants1 3 года назад

I was wondering how the Schwebebahn survived WW2, so I Googled this: "The Schwebebahn survived World War Two, mainly because the majority of the route is suspended above the River Wupper, thus escaping serious bomb damage and was easy to get back into operation after the cessation of hostilities."

@destraxx1900 3 года назад

Thanks for your research. I‘ve never questioned that even tho I‘m from Wuppertal 😅😂🙏🏻

@mutantplants1 3 года назад

@@destraxx1900 I was born and raised in New York City until I was 12 yrs. old. I rode the subway everywhere, including to school every day. I never gave that subway system a second thought until my family moved away, and I realized that nowhere else in the US had such a system. After some time, I wanted to know everything about it. It's true that when you're from a place, you take everything around you for granted. I'm glad I could shed some light on something you never had to think about. My Dad used to say you should always take some time out to play tourist in your home town. You'd be surprised at what you could learn and maybe even appreciate it more. Gott segne.

@destraxx1900 3 года назад

@@mutantplants1 thats true.

@shannono.5835 2 года назад

Schwebebahn is amazing on its own without considering it’s age. I can’t wait to visit and experience it.

@user-sr4uk3zd8b 2 года назад

8is njot

@djackmanson 2 года назад

I grew up in Adelaide and caught the O-Bahn daily for about 3 years in the late 80s. The really interesting thing about it is that the buses also drive on normal roads, so there is a lot of flexibility in planning routes.

@felity1773 2 года назад

I'm wondering: Isn't it bad for the tyres? Are they constantly rubbing against the guard rails?

@djackmanson 2 года назад

@@felity1773 No, the tyres don't touch the guard rails. There are little wheels that stick out near the main wheels that do the actual guiding. You can see them around 3.59 in this video the South Australian government put out in the 80s ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9A5BCbovR9s.htmlm59s

@romk.m.1081 2 года назад

Hey, I just ask in the comments is there any bus/train stop along the track? I am pretty sure you will be able to answer it. Thank in advance mate.

@djackmanson 2 года назад

@@romk.m.1081 There are three stations along the track - one at Klemzig, which is just a small stop, plus big interchanges at Paradise and Tea Tree Plaza, where other routes connect with the O-bahn and the O-bahn buses can leave the track and run on normal roads.

@cristiancocoroiu5353 Месяц назад

Monorail

@roderickmain9697 3 года назад

Wuppertal system is certainly the most interesting one I've been on. Definitely worth the visit.

@jank.6296 3 года назад

Once you are in the region, you may as visit the guided-rail bus system in Essen, pretty similiar to the one in Adelaide. And, well, the shown H-Bahn in Dortmund and it's younger brother, the Sky-Train at the Düsseldorf Airport, less than an one hour train-ride apart from each other. (In fact, if you do it right, you never have to sit on a regular train for longer than 20 Minutes before boardig the next strange sort-of-trainy thing). Since you are in Essen, don't forget to take a look at the rare three-railed subway, where two gauges share the same track underground. And, if you are up to that, you may also use the trolly busses in Solingen.

@tjtourette5261 2 года назад

@@jank.6296 also interesting are the undeerground stations of the Duisburg transit system, where two platform heights get combined into one platform by using one long platform with the low height section on one end and the high height section on the other end.

@jimtrack3786 3 года назад

I rode the Honk Kong trams in 1980, What a cool ride!

@thomaschan122 3 года назад

Never take Hong Kong's Ding ding railway at Summer, there is not AC inside!!😂

@kenchiu1987 3 года назад

@Mad Exploiter it's crap because the crappy government never really gave it the appropriate attention to it, seeing it only as a support system to the MTR given the limited resources (cheapest fare in the city with no government subsidies, the operation and assets are all privately owned ) and fierce competition (MTR + 2 bus operators) I would say RATP Dev and TransDev are doing a decent job

@Simulation101YT 3 года назад

@Mad Exploiter Alr, we all know that *no one asked*

@rychan78 3 года назад

@Mad Exploiter In terms of the effectiveness and efficiency of moving people, you may say the trams are crappy. Yet when it comes to cultural heritage, I would say they are one of the most significant icons of Hong Kong. Since no one in Hong Kong treats them as a massive public transport, the beauty of Hong Kong Trams is incomparable. *Please do not belittling the cultural gem of Hong Kong.*

@notjohnwick007 3 года назад

I love Hong Kong, China!

@ricardomejia4336 3 года назад

made me so happy to see the Metrocable🇨🇴Medellin prides itself in its public transit system🇨🇴.

@timosha21 2 года назад

Love their diverse transit when I was there in early 2020! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qEF6Jx1cJZE.html

@Johnny-cs9qd 3 года назад

In Nagoya, Japan, there is also a bus guideway system called the "Yutorito Line" similar to the O-Bahn Busway in Adelaide.

@bfapple 3 года назад

There are several in the UK also.

@keithparker2206 3 года назад

There is a bigger O-bahn system in Essen (part running down the central reservation of an Autobahn).

@joaomedina1 2 года назад

@@bfapple In St.Ives

@bfapple 2 года назад

@@joaomedina1 Yep, I grew up in Cambridgeshire.

@tytn9978 3 года назад

You included a Venice transit system, the street car/tram that runs on rubber, but left out what is for me the most fascinating transit system of all, and definitely my #1 ... the "water buses" that take one along the many canals of Venice, and all the way to Murano and Burano! I found it to be a really handy way to get around, and also easy to understand.

@talboot01 3 года назад

"I found it to be a really handy way to get around, and also easy to understand." -it's a fact.

@XMarkxyz 2 года назад

It's curious as being an inhabitant of Venice mainland I use both quite frequently and never found them to be that unusual; i didn't even know the avantages of our tram, which i thought to be just an overengineered tram, but now I see how it can be quite strange indeed; the "water buses" whose real name is vaporetto/i (little steamer/s althought nowadays they use diesel they started as steamboats) are more particular also for they particular shape which is endemic to Venice

@joklbauer7974 2 года назад

Its a boat

@ChasMusic 3 года назад

I did enjoy the Hong Kong trams, and even more enjoyed their Peak Tram, which is funicular but follows the terrain both up and down on the way up (or down). Also, in Tai O village, Hong Kong, there was at one time a hand-drawn rope ferry which I took.

@richardjordan6104 3 года назад

Fingers crossed, the Wuppertal ride is on my list later this year.

@UntitledGoose 3 года назад

If you're planning to go there before August, keep in mind that it is only operating at weekends because of the faulty new rolling stock

@JMWZ_E 3 года назад

I've already been on Wuppertaler Schwebebahn and H-Bahn, and H-Bahn's modern twin at Düsseldorf Airport. Similar to the O-Bahn-system we have a guided bus (Spurbus) in Essen and neighbouring Oberhausen has built a bus/tram road with quite impressive speeds on former rail tracks.

@lohphat 3 года назад

7:07 You used the same lower-1/3 title in #4 Germany from #6 Belgium 4:29 The elevated Dortmund University monorail system is also used at Düsseldorf Airport. It's the same SAFEGE system developed in France used in Chiba, Japan. The longest tram tunnel (not a subway as it also runs on the street) in the world is in San Francisco, California (The Twin-Peaks Tunnel).

@mrtnsnp 3 года назад

I think a very interesting public transport system is the "OV-fiets" (public transport bike) in the Netherlands. It is a cheap and easy hire-bike scheme, tied to the chip-card that you already use for public transport itself (a nation-wide system, valid for trains, trams, and busses). It adds flexibility to the public transport for the 'last kilometer' issue, making trains especially an option for many more journeys.

@rnw26l 3 года назад

Thank you for sharing one of our own treasures in Belgium, the famous coastal tram.

@steeveedee4307 3 года назад

I would go to Lisbon just to ride those trams around the old town at night. Just fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@lexifillems 3 года назад

Maybe one day...? I went in November 2016. Best November holiday ever. Sun, pleasant temperature. 😊

@ilyakogan 3 года назад

Lisbon also has 4 funiculars and an interesting transport museum. Lisbon is a real gem for public transport lovers.

@subirdebnath2519 3 года назад

Come to India (Kolkata)

@ggaaah9082 3 года назад

As someone who speaks Portuguese natively, just a fun curiosity, remodelados means remodelled, so remodelados trams means basically remodelled trams, bc they are trams that were remodelled to fit Lisbon streets and the modern days, IM NOT SURE, but I think it’s smth like that c:

@ridefree4076 2 года назад

@carddamom 1) depends what you class as "night", they certainly run late into the evening. 2) no you would not, although it's a busy touristy place so care is always needed it's really a very safe city (I live here) 3/4 not everyone wants to go to the clubs, you have to get there if you do, and there are many far more unique things to do at night in Lisbon than go to a commercial club! You should really come and visit, we even have interesting public elevator systems, various ferries across the river, and a cable car (really for sightseeing only), and a narrow-gauge railway in Costa da Caparica.

@obarnabas 3 года назад

I would add Budapest, Hungary, too. It has almost everything together a public transportation enthusiast could desire. It has: - bus - tram - trolleybus - metro (the oldest line has been opened in 1896 and the stations are exactly like 125 years ago, the newest line is driverless) - s-bahn (two different kind) - boat (Budapest is a twin-city, river Danube goes right through the middle of downtown. Once we even had a boat line as metro replacement) - cogwheel-rail (up to the hills) - funicular (from the Danube to the castle) - cable car (more precisely cable-chair) - and a scenic narrow gauge railway in the hills operated by children (between year 10-14, they do everything except the driving)

@DNRY122 3 года назад

I spent a few days in Budapest in 2015--could go back for two weeks and still not cover it all. The hotel where we stayed was close to the 1896 subway and some interesting tram lines.

@obarnabas 3 года назад

@@DNRY122 The line M1 was opened on 2. May, 1896. Yesterday was the 125th birthday. :) Its full name is Milleniumi Földalatti Vasút or MillFAV, it was made for the 1000th birthday of Hungary. MillFAV is the first metro on the European mainland, and the world's second oldest after the London Underground and the first with electric drive. With trams we also have some records. Here are the world's longest (CAF Urbos 3, 56m) and second longest (Siemens Combino, 54m) single unit tram sets. Come back anytime soon! :)

@katrinabryce 2 года назад

@@obarnabas Glasgow and Istanbul also claim to have the second oldest subway systems in the world.

@Michaelsmith21588 2 года назад

Budapest has or had the longest single trams in the world. The newer ones. Beautiful city

@Jo553Nas 3 года назад

For me "Ascensore Castello d'Albertis-Montegalletto" in Genova Italy is the most interesting mode of transport

@Erick-zp8vm 3 года назад

I did not know that Johnstown had an incline railroad. I found that fascinating....and glad it is still in operation.

@heavenlanes5598 2 года назад

Zagreb also has an incline railroad, but it's more iconic than the one in Johnstown.

@jimmeade2976 3 года назад

I enjoyed the Fløibanen funicular in Bergen, Norway, which gives tourists an interesting and ten (from the top) a great view of Bergen and its surrounding area.

@switcher656 3 года назад

For the Wuppertal Schwebebahn I would recommend to exit at the end of the line. Watching the train making a U-Turn is something you should see.

@juanone66 3 года назад

Good content. I would add (1) Boston's Silver Line (a bus running partially in subway tunnels), (2) Hong Kong Mid-Level outdoor escalator system (definitely a mass transit system!), and the most unique IMHO, the Pudong Airport Maglev train in Shanghai, CN.

@nevmcc3884 3 года назад

The best systems last the longest. I've been on the Schwebebahn and HK trams, both are very old but were we'll designed systems that are still useful over 100 years later with minor change.

@DNRY122 3 года назад

Fascinating assortment of transport systems. Not sure I'll ever get to some of them, so it's good that we had this quick travelogue.

@buses7675 2 года назад

I had heard about that tram that run on rubber tyres and a centre rail previously but didn't realise why - Given it can take much tighter turns than a conventional tram that makes sense really and I really like that bit of ingenuity. Very nice video :)

@christalbot210 3 года назад

My list would definitely include the San Francisco cable cars. It would also include the Walt Disney World monorail system (I'm really annoyed they're not planning on expanding this). The Vancouver Skytrain is certainly unique in that it uses linear induction motors and is usually unpiloted (though I can see it not being in a top 10 list as that's the only difference). One could also argue the Shanghai Airport express maglev is a unique transportation system (though I haven't been on this one).

@caesar7734 3 года назад

Number 10 can also be found in the UK in Hastings, but it does not transport cars.

@shreddder999 3 года назад

And also in the United States.

@gazXspace 3 года назад

I've been on that

@englishgrammarvocabulary6864 3 года назад

2:17 when I was a kid I used to draw railway engines exactly like this 🤗🤗🙂❤️

@SleepTrain456 3 года назад

I guess you have seen a lot of steeplecabs (as they are called) when you were little!

@englishgrammarvocabulary6864 3 года назад

Ha ya may be 🙂❤️

@Bluepeter62 3 года назад

I had the pleasure to ride the Schwebebahn in Wuppertal and the Kusttram in Belgium, both full lenght. Also the Hovercraft Dover-Calais which sadly does not exist anymore. And the Pilatusbahn, the steepest cog railway (48%) in Alpnachstad, Switzerland. And the Rigibahn from Vitznau Switzerland to Top of the Rigi mountain is also special as it has a steam locomotive with a standing boiler. And some Paris Métro lines run also on rubber tires. Then there is also the Marzilibahn in Bern, Switzerland. This is a funicular railway with no motor. It is driven by water. Two cars are connected by a cable and they have a big water tank underneath. The tank on the top car is filled until the top car is heavier than the bottom car and so it pulls the bottom car up when riding down. When it arrives at the bottom the tank is emptied and the car ready to be pulled up again. And finally the Hammetschwandlift, an elevator to the top of the Bürgenstock mountain in Switzerland, with a fantastic view on lake Lucerne and the surrounding mountains.

@genelooman1364 3 года назад

San Francisco cable cars! Also the metro trains, downtown they are subways and you walk flat onto them. Once out of the downtown core they turn into street trams and stairs magically appear so you can climb up from the street level instead of the level subway platform!

@eyestoenvy 3 года назад

Yea but step off the tram and onto a pile of human poop (sh-t) though ......

@danielcarroll3358 3 года назад

@@eyestoenvy San Francisco being known for its liberal bent (and being fast off the line to slow down Covid-19) means that right wingers always have to take a dump. It goes with the territory.

@the_retag 2 года назад

Called stadtbahn in german btw, not uncommon but often upgraded for more stair free access nowadays

@paradoxial1865 3 года назад

This makes me want to do a trip of Europe ticking off the transit systems that you showed here, some seem pretty close to each other

@SusScrofaBob 3 года назад

A smaller network of the Adelaide-Bus-System (called "Spurbus") can be found in Essen, Germany, which is near Wuppertal and Dortmund. The special buslanes are in the middle of the motorway A40 where normal buslanes would be to wide to fit. In the past the automaticly steered busses even traveled through Underground-tunnels along with trains on another line.

@Qetalle007 3 года назад

Indeed they are pretty close. The distance Wuppertal to Dortmund is about 40km. Also at the Düsseldorf airport, there is another H-Bahn similar to the one in Dortmund. Düsseldorf is about 25km from Wuppertal. As mentioned before, there is an Adelaide-like bus way in Essen, which is also about 25km from Wuppertal. You can easily visit all of them within one day and you actually only need one single ticket for all, because they are all situated within North Rhine-Westphalia

@jochenkraus7016 2 года назад

If you're trip is not yet over, add Stuttgart: - A cable car, a bit like the first one in the video, to Waldfriedhof - The "Zacke", a rack railway to Degerloch. - Killesberg Railway, but that's a park railway and not a transit system. - If it was before 2015, you'd have a narrow gauge tram up to the Fernsehturm. It's now modernized but according to Wikipedia, the old trams are in use sometimes. And if you get to Asia, visit Chongqing Monorail. It's the one that runs through a house.

@flowgangsemaudamartoz7062 2 года назад

@@Qetalle007 Aka the Ruhrpott.

@patrickoleary553 3 года назад

My favorite is the Star Ferry in Hong Kong. The views are spectacular. I considered just riding back and forth for a whole day.

@vfx_peter 3 года назад

The O-Bahn was actually built due to opposition to a highway in the North-Eastern suburbs of Adelaide.

@SiqueScarface 3 года назад

And the name is German, because it is based on a similar system in Essen, Germany.

@vfx_peter 3 года назад

@@SiqueScarface yes, it's called the O-Bahn for a reason. Quite sad the Essen system is being torn up section by section now.

@SiqueScarface 3 года назад

@@vfx_peter The name comes from German O-Bus (Trolleybus) and Bahn (Railway), because the Essen system at first was based on trolleybusses running on concrete rails.

@vfx_peter 3 года назад

@@SiqueScarface isn't O supposed to mean Omnibus? I'm not sure, but that's what I got when I searched online.

@SiqueScarface 3 года назад

@@vfx_peter O- stands for Oberleitung (Overhead wire).

@svartmetall48 3 года назад

The "H-Bahn" technology is more widely used in Japan. The Chiba Urban Monorail and the Shonan Monorail both use this technology. The Chiba urban Monorail is particularly extensive and features switches as well.

@Inspadave 3 года назад

I like the Shonan Monorail. Almost like a roller coaster with all the ups and downs.

@lesparks126 3 года назад

The Schwebebahn in Wuppertal is a must. I love that ride. And it is a beautiful one during spring. Highly recommend it!

@MatchBreakers 3 года назад

For my top 10 i would certainly have to consider the MBTA Silver Line in Boston, which for parts of its routes operates essentially as a bus based metro system. On top of that the Shanghai Maglev from the airport into Pudong and the Morgantown PRT would also be up there. For some lesser known ones the Sakhalin Railway would definitely be up there. It used to be super unique as a Russian railway with Japanese gauge, and some very interesting redesigns of normal soviet trains. It has unfortunately recently been regauged but it's still a super interesting railway with a lot of history, and potentially one of the longest train ferries in the world at a distance of 260 kilometres between tracks.

@TheAgedGamer 3 года назад

I am disappointed Amsterdam and Rotterdam didn't make the list. Hopefully there will be a part 2 so more cities could be included!

@RocketShipSquid 3 года назад

I find the Norristown High Speed Line to be interesting too

@timosha21 3 года назад

Which transit is interesting in Rotterdam?

@jianmingliu2767 3 года назад

@@timosha21 Cycling

@daspydoesstuff5368 3 года назад

@@timosha21 The watertaxi's

@SpotterCrazyperson 3 года назад

@@timosha21 A bus that goes in the water ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-38kXkvFL7JQ.html

@Yamamba 3 года назад

I think you need to go to Japan, they are basically known for getting around by train.

@davidvasic5608 3 года назад

And Switzerland!

@tech8222 3 года назад

Or Europe in general

@philiphickman5085 3 года назад

If anybody knows how to move people quickly & efficiently on time. It's the Japanese.

@jimcrawford5039 3 года назад

the title is UNIQUE TRANSIT. we know all about trains in Japan and France.

@zehan2316 3 года назад

The Shonan or Chiba Monorails are pretty cool.

@RobinHillyard 3 года назад

Thanks, great video. I've been on your #1 and your #10 but not the others. That's totally awesome about the Belgian tram!

@costiniucmircea 2 года назад

Wonderful moments in these pleasant places !

@xdev_henry 2 года назад

10:00 We also have this in Germany: Essen, Bochum and Gelsenkirchen are connected that way besides trains etc. of course.

@schubser3327 2 года назад

There is something similar in Portland, Oregon, too.

@Transportationspotting 2 года назад

Also, there is one up north in England to that also takes double deckers, I have been on it

@timosha21 3 года назад

Correction at 7:06 - Its "Dortmund, Germany" Check out the full video of the tram(bus thing?) in Venice, Italy here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rUoyP8FugD4.html

@EnglishSimRacing 2 года назад

But the DUS airport hanging train was build before this and it’s the same system and it’s better

@dennis804 2 года назад

@@EnglishSimRacing And More modern

@EnglishSimRacing 2 года назад

@@dennis804 yeah

@Odinus 2 года назад

@@EnglishSimRacing The one in Wuppertal is still older

@EnglishSimRacing 2 года назад

@@Odinus yeah xD

@KewAnneOn 3 года назад

Wonderfully fascinating video. Thank you 👍🏼

@janekmaletz8082 2 года назад

My favourite Transit system is the Nerobergbahn in Wiesbaden, Germany. It's a water-powered funicular railway. It has two cars connected via a cable. When the upper car goes downhill, it will pull the other car uphill. To make this possible, the upper car has to be heavier than the lower car. This is achieved by filling the ballast tank of the upper car with water from a small creek at the top station. They will fill only as much water as necessary to make the cars going. Once the heavier car reaches the bottom station, its tank is emptied while the other car's tank at the top of the hill is filled. The system can work without electricity and has done so for the most part of its 130+ years existence.

@javarailfanning 3 года назад

nice one

@grahamsmith9541 3 года назад

Missed the Volkes Railway in Brighton. Electric railway opened in 1883 Still running using stock that is over 100 years old. Docklands light Railway in London fully automated (no drivers) 45 stations 24 miles (38Km) long with 6 branches.

@SpotterCrazyperson 3 года назад

Indeed very unique and awesome transit systems!

@joshuapierce4007 2 года назад

Just wonderful....unique trams and transit systems intetnationally. Several of them were unknown to me. Thanks so much for educating and sharing...all terrific. 😊

@mikepowell2776 3 года назад

How about London’s Docklands Light Railway, one of the first and most extensive automatic (driverless) urban railways and the city to airport Maglev monorail in Shanghai, fastest in world?

@TrenoRegionaleVeloce 3 года назад

7:07 wrong description of location. This scene is Dortmund

@Lesleh_ 3 года назад

No, that's the train at Düsseldorf Airport

@tom4551 3 года назад

@@Lesleh_ No it doesnt shows Düsseldorf but it´s the same train.

@FlEEbAGG 3 года назад

looks like a bus being carried from the top with out wheels

@4ever242 3 года назад

I'm from Prague, so the "Wuppertaler Schwebebahn is closest to me. Of course, I used the Schwebebahn and I really liked the ride. In 2014, I traveled around China and also visited Hong Kong. Riding their tram is an absolutely unforgettable experience! But I will probably remain a patriot, cuz the most beautiful is the view from the tram, which goes over one of the Prague bridges! 😉

@1songperband 2 года назад

Thanks for the video. I have been riding the German H-Bahn dozens of times and also rode the Schwebebahn. I was very fascinated by the O-Bahn, and remembered then that I also rode a rail guided system in Germany in the past. It looks like one in from Germany was actually the prototype for the O-Bahn - at least Wikipedia says so. While many of those in Germany have been dismantled, at least one is still in place in Essen-Kray. It would be an interesting challenge to ride all those transit systems. Not easy, but I will try to cover the De Panne Tram as it is relatively close to me. 😀

@sararajpoot8329 3 года назад

One of the Most Super & Beautiful Video 👌👌 At 01:52 A Park Train is Very Beautiful because I saw Such Train Mostly in Parks.

@GreenManalishiUSA 3 года назад

The Carmelit in Haifa, Israel. It is an underground funicular railway. Stations were built along the incline of Mount Carmel, so the platforms are on steps, rather than flat. It is also one of the smallest subway systems in the world.

@jonathanraksathamcars 3 года назад

Soon there will be also a light rail from Haifa to Nazareth

@saifkhanyousafzai 2 года назад

Ding ding seems like the most appropriate name for the trams

@SparenofIria 3 года назад

My top 10 (excluding the O-Bahn and Wuppertal systems): - Norristown HSL (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) - Morgantown PRT (Morgantown, West Virginia, USA) - Mi Teleferico (La Paz-El Alto, Bolivia) - Shonan Monorail (Shonan, Japan) - Metro Valparaíso (Valparaíso, Chile) - Cabletren Boliviariano (Caracas, Venezuela) - Tyne & Wear Metro (Newcastle, England, UK) - Glasgow Subway (Glasgow, Scotland, UK) - Sevilla Metro (Sevilla, Spain) - PNU APM (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)

@oriol108 3 года назад

5:50 Barcelona's Montjuich Teleferic (Cableway, ropeway) was built on 1970 and renovated on 2007

@vincentchen6008 3 года назад

Actually, there is a system in Japan called Shonan Monorail that is similar to the H-bahn which runs scheduled service in Kamakura City.

@philippeevrard7686 3 года назад

For the tram on rubber wheels you have in France the cities of Nancy and Clermont Ferrand ; For an old funicular you have one to the Holly Heart (Sacré Coeur ) in Paris. At Venice (Italy) you have a cable car between Sta Lucia central station and Tronchetto parkings, and so on...

@lavaentity9621 3 года назад

9:28 Kinda reminds me of Boston’s Silver Line. It’s a subway line... with busses on it. It’s literally an underground bus only lane. There’s also an above ground version in Chelsea, that’s a bus only street. This ones pretty new too.

@strangehobbyist 2 года назад

I have one: Mt. Washington’s cog railway in New Hampshire.😅

@billdurham8477 2 года назад

When it was steam

@ArekSuroboyo1 3 года назад

Wuppertal Schwebebahn, Hong Kong double decker tram (ding ding), and Lisboa's Remodelados are my favorites!

@RT_today 2 года назад

I've been on the Lisbon trams and the Adelaide Obahn. The Singaporean LRT is quite interesting too.

@Beos_Valrah 2 года назад

Good video, nice picks! I also like the Shonan and Chiba Monorails in Japan a lot, such a cool transit system. I wish more places had it!

@MegaWunna 3 года назад

That suspended monorail looks interesting.

@worldtraveller2711 3 года назад

I have been in all of them, except the Georgian Train one. Best for me Wuppertal 👍🏻, nice and efficient transport system. BTW, very nice video

@rrad8106 3 года назад

We rode on the cable cars in San Francisco, then toured the operations center where the cables run out into the city. That was quite fascinating all the way around!

@peters1127 3 года назад

Thanks for the enteraing video of all the unique systems that you visited.

@markohoffmann8042 3 года назад

The Shanghai maglev is well known, but definitively also a thing worth to put in here. Had a ride there with 420 kmh to the city...

@taiwan1895 3 года назад

It's fun to ride, but not very practical, as Longyang Road isn't the most convenient of metro stations (at least not for the Hongqiao area, where I was living in Shanghai). I found it more convenient just to drive to Pudong Airport from Hongqiao.

@teoOoOOoOo 3 года назад

Oh yeah, Medellin in the list, :D

@TheKurtsPlaceChannel 2 года назад

Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.

@petworthtraction 3 года назад

Always wonderful videos. Thanks for shooting and sharing.

@petrfedor1851 3 года назад

Some people just go out of their way to not build train :D

@MegaWunna 3 года назад

Monorail tram thanks Venice for having something really unusual

@Alessandro_Brescia 3 года назад

Is translohr tram system.. the first town who taked this tram was My town Padua calling it metrobus.. the second one was Latina and the third Venice.. the mono Rail is used only to guide the tram .. check on internet Transhlor Tram Padua or Padova

@davideisotta8491 3 года назад

And he doesn’t mention the “ferries bus” system with boats called “Vaporetti”!! That’s the only public transport service allowed in the old city of Venice and it’s really particular cause it works like a bus service but on water!!

@ianrichardson8865 2 года назад

There is the same system (translohr) in Clermont Ferrand in France

@cprgreaves 3 года назад

In April 1993 a bus-driver on the O-Bahn told me it was a waste of money. "We are professional drivers", he said, "We don't need guided rails". "They could have built a regular road, solely for buses, and had three or more times the length. We don't need guide rails to stop us colliding with each other!". I am inclined to agree with him; a separate roadway is really all that is needed. That said, is certainly is a fast way to get from Adelaide's CBD to, say, Modbury. Cheers Chris

@tongchai1990 3 года назад

Great video. Thanks for sharing!! Would like to visit all of them.

@edwardmiessner6502 3 года назад

That last one is like a hybrid of a modern monorail and a rickety old El.

@qwertyTRiG 3 года назад

Both Tom Scott and The Tim Traveller made videos about its history. Worth checking out.

@arphenti2502 2 года назад

I think there is should be Volgograd’s tram system, which is partially a subway

@cedarcam 2 года назад

The Schwebebahn is a fantastic way of avoiding congestion, I don't know why it was not adopted by other cities, although initial costs would be high the benefit of being able to travel above the busy streets without delay must surely be worth it. The guided bus, in the previous most interesting, as we call them in UK are classed as a railway and come under the authority of the Railways Accident Investigation Branch.

@deepanjan.sengupta 3 года назад

Amazingly summarised video, loved every bit of it. Have been to Hong Kong but never knew about the Double Decker trams. From India.

@pcam6415 3 года назад

4:25 - This tram line will be surpassed in length by the Los Angeles metro line A (blue line) in 2022 when the regional connector tunnel opens.

@randomcontentgenerator2331 3 года назад

(If you consider the A line a tram)

@pcam6415 3 года назад

The Los Angeles light rail is trying to be an interurban, similar to the Belgian coast tram. But there is quite a difference because the Los Angeles light rail has alot of grade separation compared to the simple Belgian coast tram.

@Gertds1980 3 года назад

About the tram along the Belgian Coast. It is De Panne, in the flemisch part of the country and not La Panne, which is in French. We, the Flemisch, are pretty strict in it :)

@metropolitantransit7276 3 года назад

The guideway bus seems cool, its a smart way to use bus rapid transit even on the most rural places. If this was used in countries where there is a massive population but rural areas have a moderate population and can become congested, this is the best technique.

@The98afro 2 года назад

In Rotterdam you can take a ‘water taxi’. As the name implies, its literally a small speedboat with a yellow roof and black body 😆. You can use your public transport card to check in/out on the boat itself

@misty7005 2 года назад

And it’s the same with a lot of cities, a water taxi is fairly normal

@BruscoTheBoar 3 года назад

The Stuttgart rack railroad "Zacke" is not in this video :D

@josephredford3880 3 года назад

I would think the vaporetto system is a more unique form of transit than the tram in Venice.

@martindalkoff2027 2 года назад

lived in Adelaide for 6 years, love the o-bahn, a Great public transit without large expense, a genius idea

@MrPJ2013 3 года назад

Excellent video, thanks!

@seanshen8325 3 года назад

Chongqing monorail, San Francisco cable car and Vancouver Skytrain should in the list. The Venice tram is not so unique since it is used in lots of cities like in France and Tianjin, China.

@tabiatbekcisi5841 3 года назад

1- İstanbul Tunnel (Turkey) (Inaugurated 17.10.1875, this is the oldest surviving underground urban rail line in continental Europe.) 2- Orient Express (Europe) 3- Trans-Siberian Train (Russia) 4- The Devil's Nose Train (Ecuador) 5- Mauritania Railway (Mauritania ) At nearly 2500 m in length, the iron train. 6- Shanghai Maglev train (China) (max. speed 431 km/h)

@rajk2677 3 года назад

Most amazing 👏

@dzmitrypasrednik2325 2 года назад

Used 3 of them: Dortmund, Wuppertal and the coast tram system in Belgium :-)

@DouglasLippi 3 года назад

San Francisco cable cars are interesting and 150 years old!

@labitx 3 года назад

I thought the morgantown PRT deserves a place too.

@ncplantdoctor 3 года назад

It is certainly an interesting and unusual sight.

@gregodessite 3 года назад

Excellent video, never knew about these trains.

@BaileyChap 3 года назад

It's nice to see Adelaides O-bahn is still confusing people on whether it's a train or bus; my answer (purely opinion) is that it's a rubber-tired train, at least when on the guideway, and a bus when it's off.

@stevec404 3 года назад

Bailey Chap - Why not just a dedicated roadway for the buses? Seems like a lot of construction - why? To keep cars out? Safety? Thanks.

@BaileyChap 3 года назад

@@stevec404 I believe the main motive was that they could safely travel at high-speeds without worrying about head-on collisions, though that's just speculation. It also could've been because of Germany's own O-Bahn, which came first, even in the O-Bahn's own government advertisement video they say that they were "heavily inspired by" the German O-Bahn, all though the system they built was much larger and allowed much faster running. The construction was likely much simpler and cheaper than a roadway would've been in the area. Despite how it appears, the ground in that area is quite marshy, as it was originally a riverbed, and so an elevated guideway (yes It's actually a really long bridge in most places) was the simplest solution, the alternative being a lot of terraining and terraforming to make a flat road-bed. It wasn't designed for cars, so yes it does keep them out, it feels like there's a large delay due to a car trying to go down the O-Bahn every few months.

@stevec404 3 года назад

@@BaileyChap - Thanks for the info!

@LavenderHusky55 2 года назад

Hey you should come to Metz, France, here we have more than 20 bus lines, plus some free minibus lines and a special line called "Mettis" for wich busses are those weird train looking things