A great video from the driver's cab and you get to see everything. Riding in one of the passenger carriages, you only get a glimpse of things happening. Well done.
+ozdazz Thanks. Driver's Views and Cab Rides are overall the most popular video style, largely because, especially with trains, NOBODY is allowed in the cab with a driver, as are electronic devices. Width the days of getting a ride with the driver are gone, these videos are the only way for us fans to see just what a line looks like especially in relation to curves and grades. Just this week I have been checking my old videos to look for those 2 topics, and found a few which will appear in due course.
Yes Melbourne and each capital city here is attractive in its own way. A long way from you, but just as civilised. My more recent ‘Driver’s View Port Melbourne Line’ has some more impressive city views. That is one line I drove from 1988 until about 1993 when it was given to Kew Depot. There are about 8 depots (barns) all up. You will also enjoy more of my sarcastic comments, this time about dawdling passengers delaying the tram. All good fun. Thanks again for your kind wishes.
The Alamein line must be still operational.Havent been since 1960 s Victorian railways have discarded rail along the tracks the same as we have in NSW --- environmental?
Yes it is still in full operation, shuttles at off-peak times, through services to the city in peak hours. In fact recently I did four shuttles with a driver I know.
+MrDoscrazy I have no idea. I expect that these announcements come from the control room. Those are just a form of noise pollution especially when overdone as on my local Gold Coast tram.
Good Video, use this line a lot and it's interesting to see the view from the drivers seat, one question... why are there two lights on a light signal? Eg. At 14:02 when you're arriving, one light is red and one is green, is the red one ever used?
The Melbourne signalling System defies my logic. Green over Red in this case means full speed. Maybe the logic is that if the green light goes out from a failure the driver will see just red and have to stop. At some locations such as junctions, other combinations can be used such as Red over Green which is some advice or warning about a junction. Perhaps you can get your answers from Googling ‘Melbourne automatic signals explained’ or something like that. Good Luck!
I'm a regular on this trip from Lilydale. Smooth ride as usual. It's amazing to me how quick the Skyline of Melbourne is Disappearing slowly but surely. This filming was from 5yo ago and The Buildings have almost doubled since,suppose that's Capitolism. Thanks tressteleg1,always good trips.🚇🌞🇦🇺
I will have to take a look and see if there is anything relevant which I have on hand. in the meantime, you may find some more videos already published for this region. Melbourne - Driver's View Trains ua-cam.com/play/PLLtOIHp49XNDtaNr2H41P2th0S56s6bIH.html
You will have to read up on history, but my guess is that because the inner rail lines were built in the 1800s when almost nobody had personal transport, clearly there needed to be a station at the Junction with the other lines at Footscray. There could well have been one or more large factories at Middle Footscray creating a lot of passengers. If so, those factories could well be long gone today.
Box Hill station is a bit of a funny one. For as long as I can remember (going back to the early 90s), platform 1 has always been unused but always had signage. Even now, they actually put lit signs there for the ghost trains that roll on through after midnight? :) Does anyone know if it's ever gonna get used or if it was being used in the past? Edit: Found the answer in another comment here. That'll teach me to search before I type...
@@tressteleg1 Found the reply below, asked by Paul O'Connor. Thought I was losing my mind there for a sec as I couldn't find it at first: Paul O'Connor 2 years ago What's the John Dory with the track layout at Box Hill? Looks like an abandoned platform on the left side of the station. tressteleg1 tressteleg1 2 years ago Paul O'Connor I had to wait for my driver friend to get back to me... He says that when the station was lowered some years ago, it was intended to have a 4 platform layout but the tracks for Platform 1 have not been laid so far. At present the central island platform is used for normal service but Platform 4 is used in the peak hours for Down (outbound) trains.
Good detective work there thanks! Not surprisingly, I had forgotten about writing that two years ago. Certainly if the tracks were never laid, there would not be trains running through there! And I suppose it all boils down to the fact that if it’s not going to be needed, there is no point in building it.
@@tressteleg1 You reckon it may be expanded in the future? I can kinda see Box Hill becoming a terminus of sorts as the area is really growing, some might say out of control.. Might make sense for the #1 platform to be dedicated to services exclusively from Box Hill to the city. Either way, it's there just in case.
Yes, it is there just in case. Sooner or later it may be used for terminating trains but since Covid has slashed public transport usage which may remain depressed for years if working from home is found to be viable by many companies, one could not guess when public transport usage will get back to where it was before, and then start to exceed previous levels.
Let’s just say I have a friend who arranges them for me. Unfortunately I can’t ride up front like in the past. On Friday the Dandenong line should be covered this way.
If you follow the Trams, take some photos of the Domain Rd interchange as it will be changed soon for Metro works. And take a ride down the Dandenong line to see the monstrosity they are building for level crossing removals.
Paul O'Connor I had to wait for my driver friend to get back to me... He says that when the station was lowered some years ago, it was intended to have a 4 platform layout but the tracks for Platform 1 have not been laid so far. At present the central island platform is used for normal service but Platform 4 is used in the peak hours for Down (outbound) trains.
Victorian Transport Videos When you believe you have it ‘perfect’ you could upload it to UA-cam but set it to UNLISTED instead of Public, then get your grandfather to give an HONEST assessment. If he says 👍👍, change the setting to Public when you want it to be seen by all. Good Luck.
Our driver gave this response previously. I don't know how important English writing is, though. Also I suggest that you catch a driver or 2 at a terminus, or on the concourse at Flinders St where they often hang out, and ask them how they like the job. "To become a driver: There are always many more applicants than positions available so in that regard, yes it is difficult. It's a multi-layered selection process consisting of on-line and face-to-face interviews and psychometric testing. Once selected, it's a 41 to 50 week course, classroom based for the first few weeks followed by on-the-job training. Assessments both theoretical and practical are conducted roughly monthly and include material covered in prior assessments so the amount of study required increases as the course progresses. This is while working shifts with your on-job-trainer so if you've never worked shifts previously, that adds an extra dimension to the experience."
All Australian passenger trains are operated by a driver in the traditional manner. However a Metro under construction in Sydney will be driver-less. It will have screen doors on the train platforms.
I would think that manual control is more suitable for Melbourne, considering the structure of rail system and cost-and-effect. On my side, Hong Kong, we must use computer system auto-pilot because the train is every 2 minutes with 90% of rail under ground. One manual mistake will end up as fatal accident of thousand of passengers. The train on your side is nice because you can see trees and house. In Hong Kong, all we can see is dark tunnel.
Thanks for that. It is quite some years since I went to HK. I don’t have a lot of interest in metros but think that all of them are point to point with no junctions, or maybe just a 2-way split at the end. Melbourne and Sydney have a lot of lines spreading out more and more as they leave the city, and of course all joining up again coming back. Maybe that is a bit too complex for automation.
I know they probably have greater priorities, but I always find the line-side/track-side areas of Melbourne so untidy. Graffiti and detritus everywhere. Not to mention the state of the tracks themselves. 😔
@@tressteleg1 My local MP seems to take more interest in social media than anything important. Maybe I should post some photos with #trackmaintenence. 😅 Interesting video btw. Ridden that line plenty of times but good to see the view out the front for once!
Emma S You might as well give it a try. Unfortunately MPs are mainly focused on winning the next election and doing flashy things that might attract the week minded. Certainly the view out the front is something you cannot imagine when you are in the back.
I believe the trains are sorted at each end of each tunnel. For illogical reasons, direction of trains through each loop is reversed around midday weekdays. Madness.
There are no other entrances. Each tunnel and track stands alone end to end. Junctions are outside. A couple of my videos do include the tunnel but I forget which ones.
tressteleg1 thanks a lot, I’ll have a look through your videos. Cuz when the train was exiting, there was another train on the left that was entering the tunnel but it doesn’t come out the way the drivers train come in.
Well I live in Queensland. Next time you see a driver waiting to catching a train at Flinders St, ask him or her. Sooner or later you will find a helpful one.
I don’t recall putting any fast forward in this. But I will always remove the stationary time at stations. At one point, I think in this video, the camera fell over and there was nothing to see so obviously I took that out.
+s125ish I can think of no reason that a diesel would gain anything from using the loop but of course the occasional train doing maintenance in the tunnels would be required.
My apologies for not getting back to you earlier. I have been busy preparing more videos. Anyway, to become a Melbourne train driver, the first step is to contact Metro Trains there. You will be required to undergo medical tests as well as tests relating to education and various psychological tests. And don't forget that work involves weekends, late nights and early mornings. Good Luck with it.
Wooden Sleepers, 30's style signals, level crossings and vintage stations, a complete absence of any public safety standards, no way in Sydney does anyone walk across the street and onto the tracks or cross on crosswalks.
Suburban track maintenance as you have observed is decades behind Sydney. I suspect that the Granville rail disaster was some impetus for keeping track up to scratch. Re unfenced rail lines, I did a little video ‘Unfenced Rail Lines in Melbourne’ which may interest you. There is a fair amount of track like that down there. Personally I think that a lot of fencing is unnecessary and great for photography. Apparently deaths from people wandering onto the tracks is a rather rare event.
If you mean my UA-cam name, firstly it starts with tress, not trees. It is a made-up word from parts of the old Australian Post Office telegram service. Pronounced Tress Teleg One.
Every westernized city in the world seems to have graffiti on the walls and tunnels of their metro systems. The only place I dont see this is in Japan. We need to reel in these damn kids...lol
Yes it is a scourge. New York trains used to be covered in it. You may be interested in my recent video of New York Subway 1976 which shows the before and after situation there.
@@tressteleg1 Oh I can attest to that fact! Not only am I from New York City, I once worked for The New York City Transit Authority. Indeed its true that our rolling stock (trains) were covered in graffiti. It was terrible in the 70s and 80s. Around 1985 the city decided enough is enough and actually bought new subway cars and refurbished the older ones with airconditioning and began a successful campain to clean up the stations. So the graffiti is under control. However we still have the same problem as Melbourne and lots of other cities with graffiti in our tunnels and along the walls between stations when the trains run outside. We also have a problem with constant delays in service here. Our population is growing with lots of young professionals moving to the city and the Transit Authorty is very challenged in meeting the demand. But we do have 24 hour service and unlike lots of cities New York NEVER sleeps! Thanks for posting I enjoy looking at your Metro and Tram videos! I loved the number 96 tram and Ive watched drivers views of trams from around the world. You begin to see lots of similarities.
Thanks for your extra info there. I had a lot of help from trainluvr in NY with that video re locations and other things. What I observed was that NYCTA, the City and whoever, dithered for 15 years about what they should do about the graffiti but when they decided to act, they certainly did an excellent job. I have heard about the quality decline in more recent years, possibly a result of corruption in certain areas. With big population growths in many cities and the cost of building new infrastructure like rail lines, the existing ones need to be kept well maintained and up to date but this often seems not to be happening. Anyway I am pleased you like my videos. Melbourne’s Upfield line will probably be Driver Viewed next week. Around 1990 I drove the 96 for about 6 years so watch it a bit more closely and normally stay near its St Kilda end. Going there next month.
Didn't care so much about the regular trip, but I always wonder when in in the loop, on the Hawthorn line, what the fuck it looks like from the drivers point of view, because our view ain't so hot. Was kinda cool to see front on going through the loop. PS, why is it every time you catch the train, it's always going through the bloody loop, I seldom get lucky and have a direct to or from Flinders Street commute 🙄
Yes the driver’s view through the tunnels is quite interesting. As a passenger, you could never guess. As for the wacky use of the loop, years ago when trains were stabled off peak in Jolimont yards, they ran around the loop, through Flinders Street and into the yards and in the afternoon, started from the yards and ran the loop in the reverse order. That made sense. But now the yards are gone, reversing loop operation is idiotic and means morning and afternoon, Flinders Street passengers have to suffer the loop both ways for nothing. Melbourne trains have always been a shambles in my opinion and not even privatisation has changed that.
Welcome to Melbourne! I think that the QR narrow gauge trains generally ride more smoothly. When the Gold Coast Rail line was new, even at 140km/h there was little sensation of movement. It is not so good now but quite acceptable.
A great video from the driver's cab and you get to see everything. Riding in one of the passenger carriages, you only get a glimpse of things happening. Well done.
yes iagree
Always enjoyable to see driver view, thanks for sharing!
+ozdazz
Thanks. Driver's Views and Cab Rides are overall the most popular video style, largely because, especially with trains, NOBODY is allowed in the cab with a driver, as are electronic devices. Width the days of getting a ride with the driver are gone, these videos are the only way for us fans to see just what a line looks like especially in relation to curves and grades.
Just this week I have been checking my old videos to look for those 2 topics, and found a few which will appear in due course.
Great stuff, looking forward to them :)
tressteleg1 is it comeg
Beautiful city view. Thanks for sharing. Safe travels ahead. God bless.
Yes Melbourne and each capital city here is attractive in its own way. A long way from you, but just as civilised.
My more recent ‘Driver’s View Port Melbourne Line’ has some more impressive city views. That is one line I drove from 1988 until about 1993 when it was given to Kew Depot. There are about 8 depots (barns) all up. You will also enjoy more of my sarcastic comments, this time about dawdling passengers delaying the tram. All good fun. Thanks again for your kind wishes.
The Alamein line must be still operational.Havent been since 1960 s
Victorian railways have discarded rail along the tracks the same as we have in NSW --- environmental?
Yes it is still in full operation, shuttles at off-peak times, through services to the city in peak hours. In fact recently I did four shuttles with a driver I know.
What was up with the train PA? I normally only hear the "Welcome to Metro" once on an entire trip but it must've gone off three or four times here...
+MrDoscrazy
I have no idea. I expect that these announcements come from the control room. Those are just a form of noise pollution especially when overdone as on my local Gold Coast tram.
Good Video, use this line a lot and it's interesting to see the view from the drivers seat, one question... why are there two lights on a light signal? Eg. At 14:02 when you're arriving, one light is red and one is green, is the red one ever used?
The Melbourne signalling System defies my logic. Green over Red in this case means full speed. Maybe the logic is that if the green light goes out from a failure the driver will see just red and have to stop. At some locations such as junctions, other combinations can be used such as Red over Green which is some advice or warning about a junction. Perhaps you can get your answers from Googling ‘Melbourne automatic signals explained’ or something like that. Good Luck!
tressteleg1 Ok thanks for the info, also is there any chance you can do a drivers view on the hurst bridge line?
Thanks. Used to be my daily commute for many years.
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I'm a regular on this trip from Lilydale. Smooth ride as usual. It's amazing to me how quick the Skyline of Melbourne is Disappearing slowly but surely. This filming was from 5yo ago and The Buildings have almost doubled since,suppose that's Capitolism. Thanks tressteleg1,always good trips.🚇🌞🇦🇺
For better or for worse, all cities are bursting at the seams these days. Anyway I’m happy that you enjoyed this ride.
Any chance we can have another drivers view from flinderstreet to Ringwood or say Belgrave lilydale please ?
I will have to take a look and see if there is anything relevant which I have on hand. in the meantime, you may find some more videos already published for this region.
Melbourne - Driver's View Trains
ua-cam.com/play/PLLtOIHp49XNDtaNr2H41P2th0S56s6bIH.html
Hey just a question why is their so little distance between middle footscray and west footscray
You will have to read up on history, but my guess is that because the inner rail lines were built in the 1800s when almost nobody had personal transport, clearly there needed to be a station at the Junction with the other lines at Footscray. There could well have been one or more large factories at Middle Footscray creating a lot of passengers. If so, those factories could well be long gone today.
Box Hill station is a bit of a funny one. For as long as I can remember (going back to the early 90s), platform 1 has always been unused but always had signage. Even now, they actually put lit signs there for the ghost trains that roll on through after midnight? :)
Does anyone know if it's ever gonna get used or if it was being used in the past?
Edit: Found the answer in another comment here. That'll teach me to search before I type...
I read all the comments but don’t recall this subject being mentioned. Perhaps you might like to tell us briefly why 😊
@@tressteleg1 Found the reply below, asked by Paul O'Connor. Thought I was losing my mind there for a sec as I couldn't find it at first:
Paul O'Connor
2 years ago
What's the John Dory with the track layout at Box Hill? Looks like an abandoned platform on the left side of the station.
tressteleg1
tressteleg1
2 years ago
Paul O'Connor
I had to wait for my driver friend to get back to me...
He says that when the station was lowered some years ago, it was intended to have a 4 platform layout but the tracks for Platform 1 have not been laid so far. At present the central island platform is used for normal service but Platform 4 is used in the peak hours for Down (outbound) trains.
Good detective work there thanks! Not surprisingly, I had forgotten about writing that two years ago. Certainly if the tracks were never laid, there would not be trains running through there! And I suppose it all boils down to the fact that if it’s not going to be needed, there is no point in building it.
@@tressteleg1 You reckon it may be expanded in the future?
I can kinda see Box Hill becoming a terminus of sorts as the area is really growing, some might say out of control..
Might make sense for the #1 platform to be dedicated to services exclusively from Box Hill to the city.
Either way, it's there just in case.
Yes, it is there just in case. Sooner or later it may be used for terminating trains but since Covid has slashed public transport usage which may remain depressed for years if working from home is found to be viable by many companies, one could not guess when public transport usage will get back to where it was before, and then start to exceed previous levels.
Nice video. How did you get this view? It is great. I am glad back here in Adelaide we can still have views like this on our 3000 class trains.
Let’s just say I have a friend who arranges them for me. Unfortunately I can’t ride up front like in the past. On Friday the Dandenong line should be covered this way.
+tressteleg1
Ah cool. I will be in Melbourne Tomorrow for a couple days. I must say, I am looking forward to riding the PT.
If you follow the Trams, take some photos of the Domain Rd interchange as it will be changed soon for Metro works. And take a ride down the Dandenong line to see the monstrosity they are building for level crossing removals.
+tressteleg1
Ah, Thanks. I will try to do so.
What's the John Dory with the track layout at Box Hill? Looks like an abandoned platform on the left side of the station.
Paul O'Connor
I had to wait for my driver friend to get back to me...
He says that when the station was lowered some years ago, it was intended to have a 4 platform layout but the tracks for Platform 1 have not been laid so far. At present the central island platform is used for normal service but Platform 4 is used in the peak hours for Down (outbound) trains.
I also see that there was triple track layout from Laburnum to Box Hill. Any idea as to when this was lifted?
Can I use the bit approaching flinders Street
Victorian Transport Videos OK but I will have to dig it out. To and from time points please.
tressteleg1 I can download the video on this one
Victorian Transport Videos OK if you are happy with the quality. DON’T RUSH IT!
Yep I’m happy I’m pretty much finished the video just need to check it
Victorian Transport Videos When you believe you have it ‘perfect’ you could upload it to UA-cam but set it to UNLISTED instead of Public, then get your grandfather to give an HONEST assessment. If he says 👍👍, change the setting to Public when you want it to be seen by all. Good Luck.
Hi their I was how hard is it to get a job driving trains in Victoria now day's
Our driver gave this response previously. I don't know how important English writing is, though. Also I suggest that you catch a driver or 2 at a terminus, or on the concourse at Flinders St where they often hang out, and ask them how they like the job.
"To become a driver:
There are always many more applicants than positions available so in that regard, yes it is difficult. It's a multi-layered selection process consisting of on-line and face-to-face interviews and psychometric testing. Once selected, it's a 41 to 50 week course, classroom based for the first few weeks followed by on-the-job training. Assessments both theoretical and practical are conducted roughly monthly and include material covered in prior assessments so the amount of study required increases as the course progresses. This is while working shifts with your on-job-trainer so if you've never worked shifts previously, that adds an extra dimension to the experience."
Is this train operate by manual control or auto-pilot?
All Australian passenger trains are operated by a driver in the traditional manner. However a Metro under construction in Sydney will be driver-less. It will have screen doors on the train platforms.
I would think that manual control is more suitable for Melbourne, considering the structure of rail system and cost-and-effect.
On my side, Hong Kong, we must use computer system auto-pilot because the train is every 2 minutes with 90% of rail under ground. One manual mistake will end up as fatal accident of thousand of passengers.
The train on your side is nice because you can see trees and house. In Hong Kong, all we can see is dark tunnel.
Thanks for that. It is quite some years since I went to HK.
I don’t have a lot of interest in metros but think that all of them are point to point with no junctions, or maybe just a 2-way split at the end.
Melbourne and Sydney have a lot of lines spreading out more and more as they leave the city, and of course all joining up again coming back. Maybe that is a bit too complex for automation.
The screen door is good, because it will prevent baby cart fall into track and unnecessary accident of passengers fall on the rail.
By the way, the trains has been renewed alot. I remember that the train looks different when I travel to Melbourne in 2001.
I know they probably have greater priorities, but I always find the line-side/track-side areas of Melbourne so untidy. Graffiti and detritus everywhere. Not to mention the state of the tracks themselves. 😔
Emma S I suppose you could simply waste time by talking to your local MP 😊
@@tressteleg1 My local MP seems to take more interest in social media than anything important. Maybe I should post some photos with #trackmaintenence. 😅
Interesting video btw. Ridden that line plenty of times but good to see the view out the front for once!
Emma S You might as well give it a try. Unfortunately MPs are mainly focused on winning the next election and doing flashy things that might attract the week minded.
Certainly the view out the front is something you cannot imagine when you are in the back.
That camera slipped before you stopped between Box Hill and Chatham
in melbourne central there are different levels, how does the trains get to the different levels? There are no track switchers shown.
I believe the trains are sorted at each end of each tunnel. For illogical reasons, direction of trains through each loop is reversed around midday weekdays. Madness.
Thanks heeps! But I still wonder because when entering the tunnel you can’t see any other entrances
There are no other entrances. Each tunnel and track stands alone end to end. Junctions are outside. A couple of my videos do include the tunnel but I forget which ones.
tressteleg1 thanks a lot, I’ll have a look through your videos. Cuz when the train was exiting, there was another train on the left that was entering the tunnel but it doesn’t come out the way the drivers train come in.
Well I live in Queensland. Next time you see a driver waiting to catching a train at Flinders St, ask him or her. Sooner or later you will find a helpful one.
Is it Box Hill at 04:03?
Yes, and it says so on the video about 20 seconds earlier.
can you do another of this video
I am gradually covering all lines as the driver supplies the scenes. Quite a few are already on my UA-cam.
The fast forward wasn't appreciated , from Box Hill to Chatman.The usual unique Victoria signals .
I don’t recall putting any fast forward in this. But I will always remove the stationary time at stations. At one point, I think in this video, the camera fell over and there was nothing to see so obviously I took that out.
Are diesel s permitted in the city loop?
+s125ish
I can think of no reason that a diesel would gain anything from using the loop but of course the occasional train doing maintenance in the tunnels would be required.
Only official metro ones are but all the vent shafts are open while happening
But dang those tracks are wide
Kookie UwU It is the same as Ireland, 5’ 3”. Russia has a wider gauge also.
They aren't that wide, it might just be the perspective. Not that much different to the standard track width.
Amazing video. How to become a Train Driver?
My apologies for not getting back to you earlier. I have been busy preparing more videos.
Anyway, to become a Melbourne train driver, the first step is to contact Metro Trains there. You will be required to undergo medical tests as well as tests relating to education and various psychological tests.
And don't forget that work involves weekends, late nights and early mornings. Good Luck with it.
Wow.. this track neeeeds a track tampering machine...geez
Welcome to everyday Melbourne!
The centre track between Glenferrie and Box hill is horrible, literally feels like riding a trampoline.
Welcome to Melbourne where track maintenance has never been important.
The explaining on the video was " camera slipped " no problems though a good video
Yep. I try to keep my viewers informed of all events on a ride.
Wooden Sleepers, 30's style signals, level crossings and vintage stations, a complete absence of any public safety standards, no way in Sydney does anyone walk across the street and onto the tracks or cross on crosswalks.
Suburban track maintenance as you have observed is decades behind Sydney. I suspect that the Granville rail disaster was some impetus for keeping track up to scratch. Re unfenced rail lines, I did a little video ‘Unfenced Rail Lines in Melbourne’ which may interest you. There is a fair amount of track like that down there. Personally I think that a lot of fencing is unnecessary and great for photography. Apparently deaths from people wandering onto the tracks is a rather rare event.
1 green 1 red. What does that mean?
+Peter Taylor
Red over green = line clear, full speed. No, it doesn’t make sense to me either. Green over red is something quite different as well.
All I can say is thank-goodness cars on the roads don't have the same traffic lights as the trains do, very confusing.
How do you say his name (treesteleg 1
If you mean my UA-cam name, firstly it starts with tress, not trees. It is a made-up word from parts of the old Australian Post Office telegram service. Pronounced Tress Teleg One.
Thank you so much
Good video.(No graffiti in the tunnels at the end !!)
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Amazing
liked video tressteleg1 :)
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mate oh mine years ago dragged me i the loop to .who gives a rfuk.nice.strangest thing i ever saw
Every westernized city in the world seems to have graffiti on the walls and tunnels of their metro systems. The only place I dont see this is in Japan. We need to reel in these damn kids...lol
Yes it is a scourge. New York trains used to be covered in it. You may be interested in my recent video of New York Subway 1976 which shows the before and after situation there.
@@tressteleg1 Oh I can attest to that fact! Not only am I from New York City, I once worked for The New York City Transit Authority. Indeed its true that our rolling stock (trains) were covered in graffiti. It was terrible in the 70s and 80s. Around 1985 the city decided enough is enough and actually bought new subway cars and refurbished the older ones with airconditioning and began a successful campain to clean up the stations. So the graffiti is under control. However we still have the same problem as Melbourne and lots of other cities with graffiti in our tunnels and along the walls between stations when the trains run outside. We also have a problem with constant delays in service here. Our population is growing with lots of young professionals moving to the city and the Transit Authorty is very challenged in meeting the demand. But we do have 24 hour service and unlike lots of cities New York NEVER sleeps! Thanks for posting I enjoy looking at your Metro and Tram videos! I loved the number 96 tram and Ive watched drivers views of trams from around the world. You begin to see lots of similarities.
Thanks for your extra info there. I had a lot of help from trainluvr in NY with that video re locations and other things. What I observed was that NYCTA, the City and whoever, dithered for 15 years about what they should do about the graffiti but when they decided to act, they certainly did an excellent job. I have heard about the quality decline in more recent years, possibly a result of corruption in certain areas. With big population growths in many cities and the cost of building new infrastructure like rail lines, the existing ones need to be kept well maintained and up to date but this often seems not to be happening. Anyway I am pleased you like my videos. Melbourne’s Upfield line will probably be Driver Viewed next week. Around 1990 I drove the 96 for about 6 years so watch it a bit more closely and normally stay near its St Kilda end. Going there next month.
Didn't care so much about the regular trip, but I always wonder when in in the loop, on the Hawthorn line, what the fuck it looks like from the drivers point of view, because our view ain't so hot. Was kinda cool to see front on going through the loop.
PS, why is it every time you catch the train, it's always going through the bloody loop, I seldom get lucky and have a direct to or from Flinders Street commute 🙄
Yes the driver’s view through the tunnels is quite interesting. As a passenger, you could never guess. As for the wacky use of the loop, years ago when trains were stabled off peak in Jolimont yards, they ran around the loop, through Flinders Street and into the yards and in the afternoon, started from the yards and ran the loop in the reverse order. That made sense. But now the yards are gone, reversing loop operation is idiotic and means morning and afternoon, Flinders Street passengers have to suffer the loop both ways for nothing. Melbourne trains have always been a shambles in my opinion and not even privatisation has changed that.
Train made camra slips :) hehehe
And I thought Sydney was the third world, our system is 30 years ahead of this junk.
Apparently metro Melbourne was voted that worst train system in Australia
Yep. Melbourne suburban trains have always been a shambles.
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That track quality is terrible! I've never seen a train bounce around so much
Welcome to Melbourne! I think that the QR narrow gauge trains generally ride more smoothly. When the Gold Coast Rail line was new, even at 140km/h there was little sensation of movement. It is not so good now but quite acceptable.
City loop's probably the smoothest part
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