Every T69 Tram And The Midland Metro
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- The Midland Metro re-uses much of the Birmingham Snow Hill - Wolverhampton (Low Level) section of the former Great Western Railway main line between London Paddington and Birkenhead Woodside, plus some newly built street tramway trackage.
Opening in 1999, services were provided by 16 Italian AnsaldoBreda T69 light rail tramcars.
Included in the distinctive aesthetic features of the system are the circle-based logo that is used on signage, fence post supports, fence posts and the trams; glass etchings of local features on the tram stop shelter glazing; and the blue coloured overhead wire support poles - complete with red finials, except where the pole also hosts a street light.
There is also a landmark structure at the Wolverhampton end of the line. Known as the Wishbone Bridge this is located above a landscaped footpath in the middle of a busy traffic roundabout.
This film includes a feature showing every T69 tram - including Nos 1 and 2, which were withdrawn in circa 2006. Fortunately they were photographed in 2000!
The footage in this film dates from 2000, 2010, 2013 and 2018. SD and HD video.
2018 footage briefly shows the CAF Urbos 3 trams which replaced the T69s, and that what is now the West Midlands Metro is being extended.
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Aww I miss these. I remember seeing these when I lived in Birmingham. Their seats were amazing.
Personally, the T69's are very nice looking trams and very unique. Even though I never got to go on one.
They're nice trams with better seats compared to CAFs today
genuinely brought a tear to my eye. i really want to see them again.
Amazing video, I’m actually making a book on several tram systems and I’m using 3 photos of T69s, and a couple of Urbos 3s, i thought I would come and learn a bit more information. 😊
I remember these trams perfectly, the interior was nice
Great video !
Thanks for sharing
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The fact that number 11 didn’t actually get preserved and got scrapped is absurd
I doubt that the other 3 will be preserved either but I really hope they do
Great video.☺️
Thank you!
@@CitytransportInfoplus Ur welcome. ☺️
The T69’s sound similar to the T68A’s which ran on the Manchester Metrolink. Btw are these trams in the same family?
Same manufacturer, and I’m assuming same/similar traction motors?
10:55 anyone notice the kid who flipped of the tram driver? Kids these days...
I've seen worse, unfortunately. At traffic lights, the tram had a 'go' signal and the driver sounded the bell - but pedestrians continued to cross and one of them stood in front of the tram to block it.
These sound simular to the t68a
3:45 Is that National Express moquette? I've seen it on NXEA (unrefurbished Greater Anglia) class 379 and class 321 trains
Sorry but I do not know.
Yes! It is used on National Express buses, mostly the E400. There is also a revised version where the dots are red and bigger.
Is this when Birmingham first had it’s very own tram system. Just like other cities and towns including Manchester, Blackpool, Sheffield, Nottingham, Edinburgh and of course Croydon in South London.
This dates from the start of the Midland Metro in 1999 - one of the 'second generation' tramways along with the other places you named (altho' Blackpool is a special case as its first generation system never fully closed)
@@CitytransportInfoplus Ah right. Thanks :)
I always thought the centre of the tram looked purple, not blue
It is possible that the colour has not been reproduced properly by my cameras, I also had this problem when filming the purple First Group StreetCar bendy buses.
@@CitytransportInfoplus No no its not your cameras, they looked like that in real life too, it's the shade of the colour I think.
I prefer the new announcements and maybe new trams because the old ones being so annoying and kept on being repeptive
What an absolute bag of Spanish crap, broken again. This is the third time in 12 months a complete suspension of metro services to because of cracks in the "new" trams.
I hear your cries of woe. I am surprised at the situation, it is 'extremely bad'