The last tram to be seen pulling away was repainted into a modern take of the old Sheffield Corporation livery as a nod to the past some years ago. Good to see it is still about. Love it that Stagecoach still has conductors on these trams.
I lived in Sheffield ever since i was born and i'll tell you now, i always preferred trams rather than buses for 3 main reasons: 1) the coding for which tram goes where is a lot more easier as it's colour coded unlike buses that are number coded 2) it can sometimes cut through traffic 3) when on trams, it will tell you the next stop by request will be this next destination unlike buses where you have to remember where your stop is. The only problem I have with the sheffield trams is that there are 2 different routes going in the same direction until they split off at a certain stop. These are what I mean: Yellow and Tram train between Cathedral and Tinsley/Meadowhall South Blue and Yellow between Fitzalan square and Hillsborough Blue and Purple between Cathedral and Gleadless Townend.
Double-decker trams are just way cooler than ordinary trams. While the double-decker trams may no longer be in service in the UK (besides Blackpool and Birkenhead), thankfully the British introduced them to Hong Kong in 1904 where they are still thriving today. The HK Tramways has a total length of 30 kilometers or 19 miles. An average of 200K people ride them every day! While the original fleet have been retired, if you're a tourist you can book a sightseeing tour of a replica of a 1920s design called the TramOramic Tour! Or better yet, book a private party tram in a replica of the original design! They're also still around in Alexandria, Egypt! Some are brand-new like in Aruba! Or a wine tram in Franschhoek, South Africa!
Used to love the balloon, jubilee and millennium double decker trams at blackpool! Got a good view of the sea from the top deck! They felt like buses on tracks, which is essentially what old trans were.
@@johnnyboy3949 I used to volunteer at Beamish which had a Ballon car on loan for a time. It was much better at carrying crowds on busy days than the museum's own fleet, but struggled to get up the bank between Pockerley and the Museum Entrance stops.
There are tourist tram services with refreshments in Europe, too. Frankfurt has a cider tram - the Ebbelwoi Express - that runs regularly. Frankfurt cider is rather like scrumpy, so be careful! Torino has the Gustotram with at table (!) service of full meals. Torino also has the historic line 7 with restored vintage trams, and the utterly wonderful Sassi-Superga line which apart from being extremely scenic is a third rail rack-and-pinion operation. The motor cars date from the 1930s and the trailers from the 1890s.
Lived in Sheffield for a few years and always love the tram! One thing I would say is they’re FAST, not just on dedicated track and but also during street running as well. Not fast as railway per say but defo a lot faster than some of the UK’s other network- yes Metrolink, I’m talking about you😠
I used Metrolink a lot last year at Xmas time from Ashton Park & ride to the city centre whilst working. The seats and ride comfort are really uncomfortable with the trams being really noisy compared to the Supertram giving out a horrible electric whine.
Interesting how it's one of the few where you can buy your ticket on board. Virtually all other tram systems you have to buy before you board otherwise risk getting a fine (if caught).
American cities have similar stories. Riding in streetcars were the norm in many cities from Los Angeles to Atlanta. But the rise of the automobile and buses replaced them one by one, though some managed to keep parts of their original system (like Newark, NJ with the Newark City Subway and Philadelphia). American cities nowadays are building new light-rail systems because they realized getting rid of them was a big mistake and not everyone in cities have cars. Hudson County, NJ once had an impressive system called the North Hudson County Railway. The North Hudson County Railway was a complex streetcar network that connected Journal Square in Jersey City, Hoboken, Weehawken, and Union City. However, a portion of Hudson County is a line of pretty steep cliffs that makes up part of the Hudson Palisades. So how did they get the streetcars down these dangerous cliffs to low-lying Hoboken and Weehawken by the Hudson River? With everything from a huge and long elevated trestle, funicular wagon lifts, and an elevator! Tackling the cliffs this way was an engineering feat, especially for the time. NJ Transit has since built the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail, but it does not go up these cliffs what so ever, it only tunnels through one portion for a stop at Bergenline Ave before terminating at Tonnelle Ave for its northern terminus.
Crazy that West Yorkshire still doesn't have any kind of tram or metro system 😢 The Meadowhell/Rotherham branch is the section of the network that has the most dedicated tracks - the Middlewood/Malin Bridge and Herdings Park lines are mostly on-street, and Halfway is, well, halfway between the two!
@@deeserI don't understand "hi church." Is it a reference to High Church Anglicans? If it's slang, what does it mean and which types of people (locality, age, education) say it? Thanks.
Given he blamed the cost of living crisis on Brexit despite the entire world having a cost of living crisis im not surprised he got that wrong as well.
I enjoyed riding these trams very much, and I tried all four lines to their terminal stops. Will be there again in 2024 for the Snooker World Championchip.
I would like to hear your thoughts on the Portland, Oregon Light Rail system. I take it a couple times a year for the Rose City Comic Con so my route is usually like 30-40 minutes, but you can go from the Portland airport to the convention center via the Max Red Line for a more decent video length travel time. And get some GREAT pacific northwest mountain views along the way.
Appreciate this and all your videos, Dylan. Dropping a line as I THINK I just saw Mr & Mrs Dylan heading towards Plat 2 at sunny Kings Cross ... if it was you, happy travels northbound! Best wishes, Paul
I watch your videos regularly and I can’t believe I walked passed you and didn’t even notice at 3:30. I’m the one with the black coat and the SWFC pin badge 😳😂 Cracking video mate!
Cost of living has hit globally and was caused by the increase fuel prices related to the invasion of Ukraine. In fact inflation is highest in countries with the highest fuel jumps like Turkey and the Netherlands. Nothing to do with Brexit, although it frustrated me too, we remainers have to accept it.
Thank you for a solid and serious reply from a Europhile. I wish calm discussion were the norm on this issue. As Tony Benn noted, political independence allows the British people to choose their laws and economy democratically. You don't see S Korea or Japan demanding an Asian Union where foreigners would write their laws and regulate their economy.
Back when the Croydon tram system was being proposed, the promotional literature consistently referred to the vehicles as supertrams. I always wondered why; they were just multi-car trams like they have in Europe and when we go there we just call them trams. Maybe to distinguish them from old-fashioned double decker trams? I knew Sheffield had them and was surprised to see they were actually called supertrams there. When the system in Croydon opened the trams were just trams.
Probably because the Croydon trams have a significant amount of exclusive right of way. Old tram systems typically just run/ran in the streets, which tanks their performance severely.
@@bahnspotterEU It's actually nearly all of it; in the town centre it mostly runs along roads which are buses only, except in George Street and the road through Old Town. Where it's along a main road, it's parallel, not on street.
When I went to Sheffield I got on at Carbrook to get into the centre. I walked around forever trying to get a ticket - ended up just walking onto the tram. There was a lovely conductor at the door who told me what's what.
Hi Dylan, I was wondering if you could tell me how and where you buy tickets for the tram network? I notice you say in the video that you buy them on board but is it a tap-in-tap-out system like the London Underground or a more complicated person/machine system? Cheers!
Nice trams! Always good to see towns realising their past errors and reintroducing quality infrastructure. The urban enviroment is a bit depressing though.
Brexit has nothing to do with the so called "cost of living crisis" aka inflation. EU countries are also experiencing high inflation. Looks a decent tram system 👍
Yes. He is an idiot. I’ve heard him make stupid ill informed Political statement’s before that just embarrasses himself. We have a cost of living crisis in Australia as well. Inflation rising is a global issue. Nothing to do with Brexit.
it might not have anything to do with i flation itself but its fricked the economy pretty badly, which is what tends to happen when you put up a barrier between yourself and your largest trade partner who you sell 55% of your exports to. brexit is the worst thing to happen to this country in ages and the shambolic state of this country and government is a direct result of it
Great video. I would take a look at the different tram systems but also come back to Sheffield as they have the Tram Train to Rotherham which are different trams to the ones you rode on. Also I'm, sure that SuperTram is the only tram network which takes ALL England bus passes as well.
That's not how you pronounce it. There's simply no sound for "ü" in English. French, Dutch, and Japanese have the sound (all written as "u"). As for "wag", the "a" is pronounced as in "car", but short. So basically, no.
@@SeverityOne I confess I learned German in Bavaria, which is a bit like learning English in the West Country, so the English spelling of the way I'd say it would be something like "Doovak". Fortunately the company is now owned by Ziemenz.
@@roderickjoyce6716 Well, in Bavaria they tell you "Grüß Gott". At least they did in the 1980s, when I last was there. That's how the "ü" is pronounced, also in Bavaria. It just doesn't like the "oo" in English. To clarify, I grew up in the Netherlands some 20 minutes from the German border, and even though there are pretty substantial regional differences in German, an "ü" does not become an "u".
It's just a shame that they haven't invested in a new fleet you can tell from there age and not being fully wheelchair accessible inside and there not that different to the original trams that operated in the West Midlands back in the late 90s early 2000s before they were scrapped and replaced
Great video; There’s a whole series of light rail to be done now 😅 Birmingham, Blackpool, Croydon, Edinburgh & Nottingham tramways, the Glasgow subway, the Tyne & Wear metro in Newcastle and DLR. Oh and surely Leeds has something too? Wait, it doesn’t?
Leeds has an empty track through the woods where the Middleton trams used to run 😪; unfortunately the most recent plans to reintroduce trams or LRT to Leeds and Liverpool were killed by the Blair government.
What is the rest of the network like? This video seemed to show a suburban train (with dedicated tracks and stations) that happens to run through the main town streets at the end of its journey. Not saying this is a bad thing - but just wondering if the rest of the network runs trams along streets.
Most of it is integrated with the road network with only small sections running separately. The Meadowhall/Parkgate line runs alongside and also uses the freight line which is why it uses tram trains with the tram trains not actually running into Meadowhall tram stop. They divert at Tinsley onto the freight line to Rotherham/Parkgate ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-G5k_S_Y4mXk.html
@@antonycharnock2993 Thanks for the info. There are a couple of cities in Australia where the train network (suburban and long distance) actually goes up the middle of a normal for a kilometre or two!
Just to correct you, it's a cost of lockdown crisis, nothing to do with Brexit, if it was how come other countries are in the same situation? Nottinghams trams are pretty good, give them a try?
"How come other countries are in the same situation?" - How come the UK's inflation is one of the highest within the G20 and the economy is the only one to shrink compared to pre-covid levels.... (which makes inflation in general have a worse impact) - oh yeah, brexit, and it's those 2 things which are bringing the cost of living crisis, and as such means that they have to cap the fairs
Yes he has made stupid statements like that before. Typical ignorant young person. We have a cost of living crisis here in Australia as well: amazing how we are affected by Brexit 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️. It’s a post Covid global issue but like every young person it seems easily manipulated by political statements. I turned off after that. He’s done something similar before which made me turn off another video.
Only been on the Edinburgh tram network and it is getting phase 2 from York Place down Leith to Ocean Terminal soon from Airport. Edinburgh tram is a great specification from Birmingham Tram as it is somewhat of a let down compared with Edinburgh. Debbie Cannon doing the tram service announcements, CAF Urbos 3,
Since you're wanting to cover some local transit, feel free to drop me a line if you ever happen to end up in Vancouver, BC, Canada. I can help you out with exploring the SkyTrain driverless metro network in that region.
I wouldn't mind seeing more tram related videos. If you ever make your way into Denmark I'd love to see a video from either the Aarhus Light rail, or Odense light rail. The Aarhus system especially is wacky as it features a 69 kilometer long line that takes over an hour and 20 minutes to go from end to end, being converted from an old regional railway. The Copenhagen S train would probably also make for a good video with its insanely wide trains serving the Copenhagen metropolitan area.
„Duewag“ or more correctly „Düwag“ is difficult for Brits to pronounce due to the use of the letter „ü“. The best replacement I can think of that you can visualise is how an “o” is pronounced in the word “Do” when spoken with a strong Scottish accent.
Also "Toon" in Geordie, "doon" as in "doon there". Many German sounds that Southern English speakers find hard can be found in everyday use in Scots, some parts of Northern England, and in Welsh.
hey with us, the tram has been running since 1885 first on the Belgian neighborhood railway on the coast n and since then in 1991 De Lijn and in 1998 the coast tram continues to the panne station and now also with CAF TRAMS
Yes this guy has a big chip on his shoulder and has been Political before. Has turned me off his videos. Funny really given his own choices very evident in the video. 🤣🤣
Got to say this When boarding stand away from the doors until people alight, don't try to board when people r leaving it makes things work much better. I used to drive them , awful company to work for slavecoach, and their way of treating staff is awful. Apart from that those Siemens units r great and overall pretty solid , I don't rate the vossloh tram train though. Cheers
Used them daily for 10 years - the one to Rotherham is also handy. Cost of living has nothing to do with Brexit. 😄6:27 that house with the extension - 2 up from the cream house on the left was where I used to live. :D
I’ve made a fair amount of money investing against UK businesses based on Brexit problems. I love the suckers clinging to their political beliefs who make it all possible. 😂
It isn't. Sort of. Although the Tyne & Wear Metro runs on a completely segregated alignment, and the system is fully signalled, the Metrocars are based on a German LRT design: they can go round tighter curves and up steeper gradients than heavy rail trains and they have track brakes like trams (when the trains stop for a driver change at South Gosforth you can hear the clank as the track brakes drop onto the railhead). The Metro runs along national network tracks between Pelaw and Sunderland, and oil tanker trains now use the Metro line between Pelaw and Jarrow to reach the tank farm siding just beyond Jarrow Metro station.
Thought you might have took a trip on one of their new units, the tram train, which runs from cathedral upto parkgate, after turning off at tinsley meadowhall south it uses the regular train line to parkgate stopping at Rotherham Central at specially designed platforms at the end of platforms 1 and 2 (the tram train stops are classed as platforms 3 and 4) incidentally at parkgate, even though it's a tram stop and not a national rail station, it still plays the rail announcements like at a train station.
Though I moved from Sheffield in 89 when I was 9 I have been back a good few times and travelled on the tram on occasions and it’s a perfectly good system which has struggled with money issues and lack,of further expansion over the years. Living near Manchester I have watched that system grow a long in a similar time frame. The Square is pronounced Fitz-Alan square with an emphasis on the T ☺️
The tram extension to Newhaven in Edinburgh should open very soon .Maybe we'll have a video on that.This is an excellent idea to make videos on tram systems first in the UK and maybe later in continental Europe.Your explanations are always very good.I enjoy your videos very much.Have a nice day!Bonne journée!
Maybe leave politics out of videos like this. From the videos I have watched, I have been really impressed with the production quality and think this has the potential to be a successful channel. Dropping political comments has the potential to alienate viewers and sponsors, which will only harm viewing numbers and revenue. Plus, the world is a pretty depressing place at the moment and travel videos are a nice escape.
I live a short walk from Hillsborough tram stop, good service, decent frequency and very comfortable. Sadly though it's a system which was designed for a Sheffield of the 80s and hasn't really kept up with the times. Definitely needs a good dose of funding to update and extend it quite significantly.
Despite working in Sheffield, and living in Rotherham, I haven't used the tram since before 2000. Sadly it doesn't go to the areas I need to travel round. The line you travelled on is the one with the most dedicated tracks. I don't like driving on tram routes. The tramlines are also lethal if you try to cross them at a shallow angle on a bicycle - I once got thrown over the handlebars ☹️.
The Sheffield Supertram Class 399 Citylink tram-train that are used on the Rotherham Parkgate route are very nice. I would like to go to Sheffield and to ride on the Supertram.
Enjoyed the trip! Wanted to say thanks for including the time of video was recorded. I’m going to be in your country next month via cruise ship and trying to determine what to wear. I’ve been watching the people in the video to see what they’re wearing!
I was intrigued by your pronunciation of "Fitzalan" as it is named after the Fitzalan-Howard family The current Duke of Norfolk is a Fitzalan-Howard I think his name is pronounced Fitz-alan (fitz meaning illegitamate son of)
Just had a chuckle at the last station on the blue line being called "Halfway". Wonder where the line will get to when they build the other half of it? 😁
Hey Dylan. The entire planet is suffering a cost of living crisis. Not just Britain. We have it here in Australia and we didn’t have Brexit. Still I wouldn’t expect a zoomer to do something intelligent like research.
Not till the new trains are in service - the old ones are knackered, clapped out and filthy - you can't see out of the windows and it's a miracle if all the allegedly serviceable trains are actually in service on any day. The staff do their best but the trains should have been replaced years ago :(
Late News: Stadler have engaged a contractor to deep-clean the 559s, so at least if you get stuck in one you can see out of the windows or admire the shiny floors.
The trip towards Meadowhall is always the worst, you have the idiot kids screaming. They get absolutely packed and people ALWAYS try to avoid paying for tickets. Also you should've sat on the same side you boarded as you can see the local rugby team Sheffield Eagles.
Cracking little video, enjoyed that! More UK tram vids please, would like to see next Nottingham, Edinburgh, Croydon, Birmingham and Blackpool (basically all the remaining UK tram systems lol), all great little systems!
