4K cab view - Hong Kong Peak Tram new tram car! CENTRAL to THE PEAK

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  • Опубліковано 7 гру 2024

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  • @EdwardChan.999
    @EdwardChan.999 Рік тому +43

    3:28 This is called the (Carl Roman) Abt switch, and the peak trams uses double flanges on one wheel and no flanges on the other wheel to cross this switch without derailing. It is unique to funicular railways!

    • @bcrcndr
      @bcrcndr Рік тому +5

      I was wondering how it didn't derail. Thanks for the explaination.

    • @DavidStruveDesigns
      @DavidStruveDesigns Рік тому +1

      Thank you! I _was_ curious about that unusual looking switch. Such a simple yet clever solution! And it means zero moving parts on the switch itself, so less maintenance too! (which is handy, considering how difficult and expensive it must be to work on such railway lines) - I did have to look up some images on Google to _really_ get a sense of what you said - I do better with visual aids - but again thank you for the explanation because I was fascinated, clueless and _so_ confused over it! 😁

    • @JV-pu8kx
      @JV-pu8kx Рік тому +2

      This comment should be pinned.

    • @donniblanco5239
      @donniblanco5239 Рік тому

      I did notice that - Many thanks for the info 👍🏻

    • @stephenfestus9268
      @stephenfestus9268 Рік тому +1

      Ah! That explains why there was a part of the track with three rails. It was to give continuity to the double flanged wheel. (I learned something new today.)

  • @brucewilliams8714
    @brucewilliams8714 Рік тому +22

    This was beautifully shot and edited, giving us a great trip. So different from my first trip in 1960!

  • @tonydodds5207
    @tonydodds5207 Рік тому +17

    I rode this tram in 1967. Amazed at the changes and glad to see some of the old infrastructure.

  • @billwolfer4020
    @billwolfer4020 Рік тому +7

    I rode this railway in 1997, just two months before the handover. Thanks for this great video, it brings back memories of a good trip!

  • @Thomas1980
    @Thomas1980 Рік тому +1

    SUPER VIDEO!!!!!

  • @geoffreymartin2764
    @geoffreymartin2764 Місяць тому

    Thank you very much, the last time I was there was in 1979. Changed quite a bit since then. 🏳‍🌈

  • @AmbientWalking
    @AmbientWalking Рік тому +2

    I always love waking up and being teleported to somewhere else when I am watching your video. So amazing and cool. 😎😎😎

  • @javierguidounicaud6621
    @javierguidounicaud6621 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for this video. And also for this short cab ride to the peak in Hong Kong.

  • @terrybarrett2368
    @terrybarrett2368 Рік тому +2

    The bus ride from the peak is great especially on the upper deck

  • @RexyH267
    @RexyH267 Рік тому

    I rode this in 1957 & my Dad shot the trip on a 16mm Pillard Bolex movie camera & I still have that on CD today.

  • @AlphN008
    @AlphN008 Рік тому +4

    Amazing. Love the nature sounds. The day and night footage.
    Its crowded even at night! :D

  • @dirkupnmoor
    @dirkupnmoor Рік тому

    Good video! A very interesting funicular railway with quite a long track!

  • @TheSkskitey
    @TheSkskitey Рік тому +2

    Nice new tram , i will have to go back one day and have a ride . It looked easy to get a ride but it's usually very hard to find the right time when it's not overcrowded :-(

  • @monkunderground4244
    @monkunderground4244 Рік тому +4

    Спасибо за путешествие! Очень интересно.

  • @anthonysherry2628
    @anthonysherry2628 Рік тому

    I used to live in the mid-levels below the Peak, in the early 1970's. Rode the Peak tram quite a few times.

  • @roberthuron9160
    @roberthuron9160 Рік тому +4

    Nice to get the ride before the rush hour and the crowds! Beautiful night shots,and it does show that cable car operation,at its best!! With the reconstruction going on,when will the other intermediate stations be back in service?? Just one more question- how old is that line?? Thank you 😊 💓 ☺️! Thank you 😇 😊!!

  • @TheRammMan
    @TheRammMan 11 місяців тому

    That is one clean tram! If that was in Melbourne it wouldn't last five minutes like that!

  • @zbf85297b
    @zbf85297b Рік тому

    What a long cable car! I didn't notice such a wonderful train was there when I visited HongKong!

  • @eva354
    @eva354 Рік тому +1

    What a nice ride, and beautiful night view from the top!

  • @yungchao_ma
    @yungchao_ma 11 місяців тому

    山頂看夜景不錯~

  • @Ллаула
    @Ллаула Рік тому +2

    Крик птицы на 10:46.😊😊😊🐦🐦🐦🐦🐥

  • @OneManBassoonBand
    @OneManBassoonBand Рік тому +2

    How on earth does the point configuration at 3:28 work?! It's dead clever, but I can't figure out how the rails and wheels interface correctly?

    • @EdwardChan.999
      @EdwardChan.999 Рік тому

      Search "Abt Switch" on Wikipedia, the tram has double flanges on the outside wheel and no flanges on the inside wheel.

  • @kurentbellsringing4306
    @kurentbellsringing4306 Рік тому +1

    Pristine train , beautiful ride. Thanks for sharing ❣️🚂💨

  • @AlexCernat
    @AlexCernat Рік тому +2

    very nice, and amazing scenery
    but still i cannot understand how those "switches" are working 😛

    • @simplesimon2802
      @simplesimon2802 Рік тому

      probably one train has double flanged wheels (ie: a flange on each side of the wheel) on the left and plain wheels (ie: no flange) on the right ... whilst the other train has the double flanged wheels on the right and plain wheels on the left. So, where tracks diverge each train always stays the side with the flanged wheels.
      btw, on normal trains all wheels have a flange (just the one flange per wheel) and these are always on the inside of the wheel

  • @midnightteapot5633
    @midnightteapot5633 Рік тому

    On my first ride back in 1988 the trams were small one car affairs. Nicer than the current larger sets.

  • @pikakas
    @pikakas Рік тому +15

    サムネを見てジェットコースターかと思った

  • @yos2303
    @yos2303 Рік тому +3

    How the wheels can pass through that kind of rail switch?

    • @lesstewart1334
      @lesstewart1334 Рік тому +3

      The outside wheels are double flanged and the inside wheels are flat with no flange.

    • @ivar_oslo-hr3mc
      @ivar_oslo-hr3mc Рік тому +2

      Read here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funicular

    • @EdwardChan.999
      @EdwardChan.999 Рік тому

      It's called "Abt Switch"

  • @ericlee2006
    @ericlee2006 Рік тому +1

    Welcome to Hong Kong

  • @tramsylweriusz5740
    @tramsylweriusz5740 Рік тому

    Nice ride

  • @UkraineEnigma
    @UkraineEnigma Рік тому

    Awesome video!

  • @BuzzinsPetRock78
    @BuzzinsPetRock78 Рік тому +1

    On the lower part there seems to be quite a lot of "stations" or halts that were passed. Do these still get used? Or are they all completely abandoned?

    • @slsso
      @slsso Рік тому +2

      They are still in use, tram will stop by pressing the button on the tram or at the station. From the video you can see the tram has stopped two times while approaching the peak, which in fact is the opposite tram stopping at the stations. The usage of those intermediate stations is low due to high ticket price of the peak tram, which now mainly serves as a tourist attraction rather than a public transport.

  • @Benjamin-dh5pr
    @Benjamin-dh5pr Рік тому +1

    5:30 Can someone explain to me how the trams wheels on the right transfer over without a rail? There is a break in the rail... does it not use the rails?

    • @softy8088
      @softy8088 Рік тому +1

      This is answered by @EdwardChan.999:
      This is called the (Carl Roman) Abt switch, and the peak trams uses double flanges on one wheel and no flanges on the other wheel to cross this switch without derailing. It is unique to funicular railways!

  • @renatarabutin
    @renatarabutin Рік тому

    So cool! Thank you very much.

  • @chrisbarnes2823
    @chrisbarnes2823 Рік тому

    I did this run in 2019 right before they closed the old trains, I was staying in Kowloon.

  • @しおんぬ-i9p
    @しおんぬ-i9p 11 місяців тому

    4:18 上り下り交換セクションの後、合流するかと思いきや、まさかの…これは3線軌条といえば3線軌条なのでしょうが、日本では見られない方式ですね

  • @omisan59
    @omisan59 Рік тому

    great ride thanks for sharing ;-)

  • @hectora7479
    @hectora7479 Рік тому

    What amazing engineering!!!

  • @Guitar_Workshop_HK
    @Guitar_Workshop_HK Рік тому +1

    Welcome to Hong Kong.

  • @timbarnes2259
    @timbarnes2259 3 місяці тому

    Who changed the open points at 3.35 mins..?

  • @pilladisimo87
    @pilladisimo87 Рік тому

    Where is it?

  • @sylviaelse5086
    @sylviaelse5086 Рік тому

    The passing loop seems unnecessarily long.

  • @Yu-hx5jo
    @Yu-hx5jo Рік тому

    why so empty ?? but very beautiful and classy

  • @chinpangchui35
    @chinpangchui35 Рік тому +1

    welcome to HK

  • @Ллаула
    @Ллаула Рік тому +1

    Прелестно! 😊❤

  • @monostripezebras
    @monostripezebras Рік тому

    very cool

  • @simplesimon2802
    @simplesimon2802 Рік тому +1

    To film an empty train, erm, how is that possible? Lucky you - I've always been on crowded trains.
    Anyway... thanks for the film, I am yet to ride these trains but very much hope to be able to visit Hong Kong again to do this.

  • @mathewrufrano7833
    @mathewrufrano7833 Рік тому +1

    How does this system work?

    • @Techischannel
      @Techischannel Рік тому +3

      Like an elevator, except the counterweight is another train.

    • @ivar_oslo-hr3mc
      @ivar_oslo-hr3mc Рік тому +1

      It's explained here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funicular

    • @EdwardChan.999
      @EdwardChan.999 Рік тому +1

      It uses an "Abt Switch" in the middle section.

  • @muething
    @muething Рік тому +1

    Where is everybody?

  • @mcpozzm6321
    @mcpozzm6321 Рік тому

    Impressive!

  • @TehCGaoSiewDai
    @TehCGaoSiewDai Рік тому

    Not sure why when I share the video the video description language is in Japanese.

  • @patrioticcommunist
    @patrioticcommunist Рік тому +5

    香港は今危ないですね

  • @HamletsMill1969
    @HamletsMill1969 Рік тому

  • @NiranjanDecember
    @NiranjanDecember 11 місяців тому

    request authorities to make animal bridge over the route, specially near the forest area.

  • @luislaplume8261
    @luislaplume8261 Рік тому

    Well it is a cable train but a smaller version of the original ones on the Brooklyn Bridge in 1883!

  • @mikegross6107
    @mikegross6107 Рік тому

    How do they make a profit with no riders?

  •  Рік тому

    How does the emergency brake works if the main cable snapped? Cant see any safety cables that the train could hold onto in case of accident. That's super dangerous, would not wanna ride this cable car.

    • @tooleyheadbang4239
      @tooleyheadbang4239 Рік тому +1

      You could read the Safety Regulations, they're online.
      You could look at the Swiss engineering company that supplied the operating equipment.
      Or you could just stay off super dangerous high-tech tramways.
      Ignorance is bliss!

  • @aliuyar6365
    @aliuyar6365 Рік тому

    Sağol birader. Anılarımızı tazeledin.

  • @scopex2749
    @scopex2749 Рік тому

    I used to travel to work on the trams from Wanchai every day, stopping to but dim sum for breakfast then up to the top of the Victoria Peak in the cable car. We installed the networks and a new entertainment system in the new Peak Tower. I was in Hong Kong for many months I love the people there and would love to go back. But I never will as long as China rules as I have heard the horror stories how they treat the good people of that country. I was there just before the UK had to leave and hundreds of thousands wanted the UK to stay as guardians of HK.

  • @jackshang8799
    @jackshang8799 Рік тому

    哇,这个安全吗?看起来有点像矿车

    • @lopanku8769
      @lopanku8769 Рік тому +1

      你TMD沒來過香港嗎? 連山頂纜車都不懂的鄉下人!

  • @Taiwan-YouTube
    @Taiwan-YouTube Рік тому +1

    😂🤣😂👍🤣😂🤣

  • @nohandleleft
    @nohandleleft Рік тому +3

    If you ride this in 2023 or beyond, be prepared to queue across the street for an hour or more, it's a busy ride up the mountain. If there are any Chinese tour groups around you, they will absolutely make it a miserable experience. They aggressively force their way to the front of anything resembling a queue, even in the gated areas leading up to the tram where there are only a handful of people. Expect them to elbow you in the ribs and otherwise push you aside in their rush to get window seats.

  • @HextorBane
    @HextorBane 11 місяців тому

    Una funicolare che funziona, non come a Biella dove l'amministrazione di incapaci ha preferito sostituire la storica funicolare con degli ascensori inclinati.

  • @8964Yeah
    @8964Yeah Рік тому

    Welcome to dangerous Hong Kong

    • @radio-su6lh
      @radio-su6lh Рік тому

      Depends if you're demonstrating or not.

  • @777whitestone
    @777whitestone Рік тому

    Very cool