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  • Опубліковано 14 сер 2024
  • Today we are in Croydon, which is a major town in south London. Croydon operates a tram network, which links Wimbledon in the west with Beckenham, Elmers End, and New Addington in the east. The network only began operating fairly recently in 2000 and it uses two types of trams: 24 Flexity Swift CR4000 vehicles, built by Bombardier, and an additional 12 Stadler Variobahn vehicles, which are actually very similar to the ones used in Bergen, Norway.
    In the centre of Croydon, trams follow a loop, connecting George street with West Croydon and East Croydon railway stations. This film mostly follows this tram loop on a dismal and drizzly winter afternoon.
    Enjoy!
    Recorded: 25 February 2017

КОМЕНТАРІ • 166

  • @MrBnsftrain
    @MrBnsftrain 7 років тому +16

    Nice video! Glad to hear the trams having actual bells instead on an electronic recording! It was also nice to see some Signle level buses!

  • @Blueforlifefry
    @Blueforlifefry 4 роки тому +29

    I remember when it was being built, caused all sorts of chaos, everyone thought it would be a white elephant, how wrong they were

  • @daredevil3744
    @daredevil3744 7 років тому +55

    I love Croydon! It's so amazing with the trams I love taking. And by the way, buses are also a reliable way but I think the Overground is the best service on the planet. Make more trams, TfL, I want your city to be very unique. Make tram stops in Central London.

  • @georgefaiers3924
    @georgefaiers3924 5 років тому +5

    I used to get these all the time as a kid. The nestle building.. Fairfield Hall. Gah the good times. I nearly forgot about surrey street!

  • @manixman6884
    @manixman6884 4 роки тому +3

    am a big fan of train and tram videos. i really like this too. thx

  • @dmytrom5889
    @dmytrom5889 4 роки тому +8

    I'm in love with trams! Trams are the greatest invention of the 19-20 -eth century!

    • @tanjawiuk709
      @tanjawiuk709 3 роки тому

      Hhhh like me following every infrastructure transport constructions worldly...London Crossrail, Paris Grand Express, Brussels metro line3, Morocco high sPeeD train ...,,,India maglev's, Botswana-Namibia classic border train connection,Cairo's &&&

    • @adammaher6601
      @adammaher6601 3 роки тому

      Nearly every European Capital has Trams

  • @xmsre
    @xmsre 6 років тому +18

    Was in Croydon today... the trams have very large Pantographs!

    • @nadiaizem5531
      @nadiaizem5531 3 роки тому +1

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    • @nadiaizem5531
      @nadiaizem5531 3 роки тому +1

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    • @nadiaizem5531
      @nadiaizem5531 3 роки тому +1

      Nnnnnnnzhgf👯‍♀️😝👯‍♀️🇺🇸🇺🇸💙😍😍🤮🚳🚳🔅🔅🔅🈹❕melel

  • @amirdawoodbhai
    @amirdawoodbhai 7 років тому +9

    Lovely shots from the bustling streets of Croydon.

  • @paypalus6945
    @paypalus6945 4 роки тому +14

    Curves: Exist
    Trams: EEEE EEE RE E EE

  • @transportspotting
    @transportspotting 4 роки тому +8

    Great video! I was in Croydon today.

  • @keith1222
    @keith1222 2 роки тому

    I really enjoyed this video. No bombastic music or comentary. Perfect!

  • @JacobJ891
    @JacobJ891 6 років тому +2

    Dope! Always round these ways. Remember them in the 90s and now, how times have changed!

    • @tobeytransport2802
      @tobeytransport2802 4 роки тому +1

      Jacob Jesuthasan the trams began in may of 2000?

    • @gamercoolcraft4208
      @gamercoolcraft4208 4 роки тому

      @@tobeytransport2802 there were more trams a long time ago. Not in Croydon only but like everywhere. Now its replaced by the buses.

  • @8834
    @8834 3 роки тому +3

    These need to be around more of london

  • @HueyRailfanning
    @HueyRailfanning 2 роки тому +2

    Beautiful, I love Croydon’s trams

  • @antlucl2599
    @antlucl2599 7 років тому +9

    Amazing video Luftschlange! Keep up the amazing work!

  • @SimonS44
    @SimonS44 7 років тому +10

    I find it funny how the CR4000 trams have the line number to the right of the destination "Wimbledon 3", while the Variobahnen have it on the left "4 Therapia Lane".
    I visited London over Easter and our hotel was directly next to Wellesley Road tram stop, sadly it was closed when we were there

    • @williamfall2214
      @williamfall2214 7 років тому +1

      SimonHellinger London buses all have destination then number on their forward blinds, but the other way round on their side-facing smartblinds

    • @QuarioQuario54321
      @QuarioQuario54321 6 років тому

      SimonHellinger It says that there are 27 replies when I see one.

  • @karevilen
    @karevilen 4 роки тому +5

    I remember seeing a video where a car slammed into a tram on Wellesley road, the tram literally derailed

    • @8834
      @8834 3 роки тому +1

      That's evidence the rails are safe from any currents that may cause death though

  • @newrealian
    @newrealian 2 роки тому +1

    These trams are amazing!

  • @kaffeice7
    @kaffeice7 7 років тому +5

    always amazing !

  • @yes.1845
    @yes.1845 3 роки тому +3

    2:39 how small do you want the middle part to be? the tram: yes

  • @algodoomarbleracing
    @algodoomarbleracing 4 місяці тому

    Nobody:
    Me who watches London Trams: ‘Since when did trams have turn signals 🤨’

  • @robertoaraujo9834
    @robertoaraujo9834 6 років тому +3

    Simplemente bello....

  • @user-hz8ft8tq7r
    @user-hz8ft8tq7r 8 місяців тому

    I like how it accelerates

  • @juliomujica2930
    @juliomujica2930 2 роки тому +1

    Muy buen vídeo, debería hacer un vídeo de los autobuses de Londres

    • @trevordance5181
      @trevordance5181 2 роки тому +1

      El viaje en tranvía de Alicante a Benidorm en España es un viaje muy boniito. En el centro de Alicante los tranvías son subterráneous. También parte del recorrído es al lado de la playa.

  • @eisenbahnkasselundco
    @eisenbahnkasselundco 3 роки тому +2

    Schönes Video

  • @HannahHäggAutisticTransWoman
    @HannahHäggAutisticTransWoman 4 роки тому +1

    These are the same trams that are used on line 22 and line 12 here in Stockholm the only difference being that they are in a different colour.

  • @ismoleppanen
    @ismoleppanen 7 років тому +1

    Riding a Variobahn in Croydon will be quite interesting. Helsinki are giving up theirs.

    • @johnorchard4
      @johnorchard4 4 роки тому

      Croydon gave up theirs. Then they had Trolley buses until 1959, then gave those up too. Forty years later - Tramlink!

  • @user-gd3uq2fv2k
    @user-gd3uq2fv2k 4 роки тому

    Thanks ..1984 ..i was east croydon ....from seoul

  • @pwhnckexstflajizdryvombqug9042
    @pwhnckexstflajizdryvombqug9042 7 років тому

    Haha, I got this video and a tram video from Melbourne in my subscriptions at the same time! I can't help but watch both and compare which is better.

  • @nintiesmrbreezy4574
    @nintiesmrbreezy4574 5 років тому

    Really nice to take anyone around crydon

  • @CoolTransport
    @CoolTransport 2 роки тому +1

    I love your videos!
    I wish you still uploaded tho :I

    • @maimadha
      @maimadha 2 роки тому +1

      Luftschlange needs to upload more videos

    • @CoolTransport
      @CoolTransport 2 роки тому +1

      @@maimadha yes

  • @charonsferryold
    @charonsferryold 5 років тому +4

    You telling me they've restored tram service in London but not double decker trams?

    • @brokenbritain1930
      @brokenbritain1930 4 роки тому

      Comrade Charlotte they had double decker trams!?!?!??!?!?!?! That’s fucking awesome, nowadays theres fucking health and safety u have to pay like 30 quid for an open bus which used to be free and used daily

    • @grassytramtracks
      @grassytramtracks Рік тому

      Articulated trams are far superior. Double decker models are largely a relic when trying to join different sections was more difficult. Articulated trams load and unload faster, don't have stairs to go up and down, and can carry more people (no standing on the top level), and are guided by the track anyway

    • @grassytramtracks
      @grassytramtracks Рік тому

      ​​@@brokenbritain1930 it has nothing to do with health and safety (after all, we have double decker buses) and all to do with practicality, and the reason you have to pay more for open top buses is because they're only used for tourist buses. Why are they not used for regular bus runs? Because rain exists. The rain means that the bus will fill with water which will corrode the bus, and no one will want to ride on the top when it's cold or raining, which means that half the time no one will want to go up there

  • @youwu__
    @youwu__ 5 років тому +1

    The only thing we will never have is a driverless tram. Even driverless vehicles are still very obviously rare right now.

    • @paulanderson79
      @paulanderson79 4 роки тому +1

      DLR has been driverless since it was opened.

    • @EnjoyFirefighting
      @EnjoyFirefighting 3 роки тому

      driverless vehicles are tested on motorways in Germany; They also have driverless subway trains already

    • @grassytramtracks
      @grassytramtracks Рік тому

      ​@@paulanderson79 and the DLR is not a tram

    • @grassytramtracks
      @grassytramtracks Рік тому

      I think they're a way off still, but I think it would be easier to make a tram driverless than a car or bus

  • @tariqsiddique4561
    @tariqsiddique4561 3 роки тому +2

    nice trams

  • @trade284
    @trade284 2 роки тому

    I love trams

  • @DINESHGADA
    @DINESHGADA 5 років тому

    lovely shot

  • @garygarrison4336
    @garygarrison4336 2 роки тому

    I wish are bus system was this efficient our bus system goes everywhere but yet it doesn't go anywhere inconvenient bus stops you have to walk a block or more to get to your destination.

  • @transporttimeagain3632
    @transporttimeagain3632 Рік тому

    Very nice

  • @timosha21
    @timosha21 2 роки тому

    Choo Choo: I'm a train and I approve this video

  • @TealTwee
    @TealTwee Рік тому

    ive loved croydon since i was a kid im now 13

    • @TealTwee
      @TealTwee 3 місяці тому

      im 15 now lol

  • @maimadha
    @maimadha 2 роки тому

    Great video '

  • @errolmartin7733
    @errolmartin7733 3 роки тому

    And I thought I was the only person making films in Croydon. Someone will watch this when cars fly and their are colonies on Mars and say weren't they primitive

  • @richardpearson58
    @richardpearson58 6 років тому

    I noticed the old whitgift hospital and the alms houses.

  • @burakozkeskin3866
    @burakozkeskin3866 Рік тому

    There are from Germany (Köln and Nürnberg).

  • @kuttathroat
    @kuttathroat 4 роки тому +2

    1:44 were they arguing

  • @BusTrainsGuy18
    @BusTrainsGuy18 7 років тому +8

    I live in Croydon

    • @156abellio
      @156abellio 6 років тому +3

      MERRY_RBLX So do I lol

  • @QuarioQuario54321
    @QuarioQuario54321 6 років тому +1

    10:15 I guess that’s why they decided to build them in that area.

    • @tou7331
      @tou7331 6 років тому

      QuarioQuario54321 ha no

    • @tou7331
      @tou7331 6 років тому +1

      QuarioQuario54321 its goes through some of the worst parts of londkn

    • @QuarioQuario54321
      @QuarioQuario54321 6 років тому

      Unbothered. The good public transit is supposed to make bad areas better.

  • @m2m22nwn4
    @m2m22nwn4 4 роки тому +1

    Holy fucking shit I just saw myself on one of the trams on this vid

  • @odeyhawiye.xaajiguners.9849
    @odeyhawiye.xaajiguners.9849 4 роки тому

    I Love my CROYDON. For life.

  • @Musthafa745
    @Musthafa745 6 років тому +1

    Nice 👍

  • @maxpervin3954
    @maxpervin3954 7 років тому +2

    Does anyone else not have the CC for this video?

  • @pwhnckexstflajizdryvombqug9042
    @pwhnckexstflajizdryvombqug9042 7 років тому +1

    Why do they have one way tram lines? Where is the line that goes back the other way?

    • @antlucl2599
      @antlucl2599 7 років тому +2

      Tanki Divide In central Croydon the trams are running in a "loop", so the trams are passing through different parts depending on which direction their going in. Check out the London Tube map and you will see how I mean.

    • @antlucl2599
      @antlucl2599 7 років тому

      what I mean*

    • @BusTrainsGuy18
      @BusTrainsGuy18 7 років тому

      Tanki Divide the trams go to Wimbledon out of Croydon the other trams change routes so that there destination is complete

    • @tou7331
      @tou7331 6 років тому

      Tanki Divide theres a loop

    • @highsky5888
      @highsky5888 6 років тому

      it's just like oneway street.the one that goes back is another side of the blocks.

  • @Maldini009
    @Maldini009 2 роки тому

    didnt know we have these in london
    thought they were only in manchester

  • @thisisstuart7951
    @thisisstuart7951 7 років тому +7

    I hope no one bothered you while in Croydon

    • @camiloramirez798
      @camiloramirez798 7 років тому

      why? s it a rough place?

    • @thisisstuart7951
      @thisisstuart7951 7 років тому +4

      +Camilo Ramirez the area is a bit of a high crime rate

    • @eileensweeney2500
      @eileensweeney2500 7 років тому

      What kind of crime? Is it primarily property crime, or is it largely violent crime?

    • @thisisstuart7951
      @thisisstuart7951 7 років тому +4

      +Eileen Sweeney violent crime with street gangs outside the station robbing people. Criminal damage shop lifting

    • @FinlayEvans
      @FinlayEvans 6 років тому +5

      stuart balchin
      It's not bad, it's just got a bad reputation. You can visit there many times and not have a single bad experience. Having been there myself many times I'd know haha.

  • @TipiWaiEn
    @TipiWaiEn 6 років тому +4

    is it cheap rate fare ?

    • @SB22animations
      @SB22animations 5 років тому +3

      £1.50 flat fare and can be used with the bus hopper woth oyster or contactless

    • @tobeytransport2802
      @tobeytransport2802 4 роки тому +1

      Yes it’s only £1.50 single or £4.50 but you need to use oyster or contactless, they don’t take cash on the London tram

  • @zalam742
    @zalam742 6 років тому

    Old tram don't end

  • @jkrghjmmhmmkgfffgh6924
    @jkrghjmmhmmkgfffgh6924 4 роки тому

    Sometimes I take the trams to school

  • @edwardtheconfessor3095
    @edwardtheconfessor3095 6 років тому

    What happened to tabener House

    • @100temps
      @100temps 5 років тому

      Aston Martin Demolished a couple of years ago. New building on same spot called Bernard Weatherill House for the Council now.

  • @rahulrathod-vx6yv
    @rahulrathod-vx6yv 2 роки тому

    Buses

  • @obby1039
    @obby1039 7 років тому

    Awesome video. By the eay, I am 11

    • @obby1039
      @obby1039 7 років тому

      sorry I meant way

    • @SimonS44
      @SimonS44 7 років тому

      Taishaun Lyons so?

    • @obby1039
      @obby1039 7 років тому

      I thought it would be unusual

    • @londonbuses1128
      @londonbuses1128 7 років тому +1

      11? I think a lot of people are 11 on this planet.

    • @obby1039
      @obby1039 7 років тому

      I thought it would be unusual for an 11 year old from America to be watching London tramspotting

  • @youbreaththematrix2753
    @youbreaththematrix2753 4 роки тому

    What's the point of it? A bus goes faster than that wtf

    • @zohaibjamal876
      @zohaibjamal876 4 роки тому +2

      Its way longer and more efficient

    • @johnorchard4
      @johnorchard4 4 роки тому

      The point is simple. Before the trams to get to Wimbledon by road took anything up to two hours at busy times. With the trams it became a guaranteed journey time (at any time) of 25 minutes. No the buses do not go faster than that.

    • @EnjoyFirefighting
      @EnjoyFirefighting 3 роки тому

      as long as you don't choose the longest bus vs the shortest trams, a tram usually has a much greater passenger capacity

    • @EnjoyFirefighting
      @EnjoyFirefighting 3 роки тому

      @@Alaois buses on seperate bus lanes or completly seperated bus roads can avoid traffic as well you know ...

  • @robynbrooker9698
    @robynbrooker9698 6 років тому

    On

  • @WompWomptothewompest
    @WompWomptothewompest 2 роки тому

    Yeah but I wish that tram crash didn’t happened

  • @robynbrooker9698
    @robynbrooker9698 6 років тому

    This

  • @bigmanthings2165
    @bigmanthings2165 3 роки тому

    Am Croydon tram user please don't use it only me I can use it lol

  • @spsppspsspsp8348
    @spsppspsspsp8348 4 роки тому

    Health and safety is pathetic, if I was gonna build a city it would have super high speed trams like roller coasters in the air going above the city, none of this slow rubbish

    • @zohaibjamal876
      @zohaibjamal876 4 роки тому +1

      Then know one would like your transportation and good luck on making something fast

    • @spsppspsspsp8348
      @spsppspsspsp8348 4 роки тому

      Zohaib Jamal well other countries manage to do it

    • @johnorchard4
      @johnorchard4 4 роки тому

      They built a light rail system not a city! Croydon is a bit older than Tramlink and given the topography, an overhead system would certainly have been like a roller coaster - not a lot of good for most passengers!

    • @johnorchard4
      @johnorchard4 4 роки тому

      That's because of the law. This is a light rail system and is governed by the Railway Inspectorate - they do put a lot of store by Health and Safety. Those who do not are generally either reckless, or simply not the people who have to take the responsibility when things go horribly wrong.

    • @spsppspsspsp8348
      @spsppspsspsp8348 4 роки тому

      johnorchard4 Well hopefully I become next prime minister, I will build a roller coaster in Birmingham

  • @user-zb4yj3cj2d
    @user-zb4yj3cj2d 2 роки тому +1

    조안국재결혼?을

  • @m.p.3401
    @m.p.3401 5 років тому +1

    London 🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮

  • @kingfinley-cs1wc
    @kingfinley-cs1wc Рік тому

    I live in Croydon