I grew up in Michigan City in the 50s and 60s, so it was a happy surprise to find the South Shore street running in your list. There were surprisingly few accidents between autos and trains because everyone grew up with the realities of having trains on 10th and 11th Streets. And there were freight trains as well as passenger MUs. Cheers!
Your list is great. I live in the USA, but spent the summer of 1964 in Wuppertal and commuted to work in a factory with a choice of Strassenbahn or Schwebebahn for transportation. The Wuppertaler Schwebebahn is practical and gives the sensation of launching into the air when it leaves the station. It swings out in curves, so the passengers feel no side force. I don't think you could modernize it by speeding it up because the grooved wheels are constantly rubbing on the track. A short but interesting system is the Seattle monorail that will take you from a food court to the Space Needle. It uses the Alweg Bahn design. Thanks for video!
Since then, Wuppertal unfortunately closed the tram system down, which leaves the city with bus replacement services whenever the Schwebebahn is out of service. And in the recent years, the Schwebebahn has become very unreliable, the system is showing its age. They got new vehicles (the vehicles shown are the former generation), and modernized the system, but it's not running very well, in some years there was more replacement buses than Schwebebahn operation days. If they had only kept the parallel tram lines... but now they are stuck with buses...
it´s very loud and sun blocking in the streets. There was a big overhoul 7-10 years ago and that costed 634M € for 13,3km and 20 Stations + 122M € für 31 new trains. There was a plan to automate the system (a train every 90sec), but that would cost to much money, because of some fire regulations. it´s a tourist attraction, but it´s too unreliable for a mass transport system.
@@Buchstabenkrahn which is funny, 'cos for the first hundred years of its existence it was exactly that - a mass transport system. Well, I'm an optimist and believe it will return to that - one day... maybe...
The spurbus replaced a tram in the middle of a highway. The cost of the spurbus maintenance is very high, because of the special rolls on the busses and the weardown of the concrete. Most of the routes are demolished, but because of some regulations, the tram can´t be rebuild in the middle of a highway. So, Essen is stucked with this cost intensive system.
Also tell them that Obahn doesn't mean guided bus. The German word 'Bahn' is easy to translate, most English speakers have heard the word autobahn which directly translates to the British word 'motorway'. There, now I've given the game away!
You shouldve done the town of Kaiyo's in Japan's Tokushima prefecture's DMV, which is a bus that turns into a train. Its pretty cool, and very innovative
That was a very very interesting video! I think one of the most unique systems here in Portugal might be the Braga Funicular as it works powered by water Also metro do Porto is really interesting :)
In Cambridge England, there is the longest guided bus track in the world. In London there is the DLR (Docklands Light Railway) totally automatic, no drivers, the area covers from central London out to the east and to the south east.
Very interesting video. But several of the systems you feature are not unique. La Paz has a system of cable cars far bigger than Medellin. There are THREE significant guided bus systems in my home country England, Cambridge-St ives, Luton-Dunstable and Manchester-Leigh. Boston Silverline is now batteries only. Trolleybuses running away from the wires on batteries are now quite common in Europe, especially in Switzerland, which also has a number of underground funiculars. I cannot see really anything special about the Haifa line! Contrast Lyon metro line C, which is a cog-wheel 'Rack' line 2.5 kms. long. The other three metro lines in Lyon are conventional! I think many people would put Wuppertal at number one.
have you herad of rubber tired metro? Made in Paris France back in 1951 is now the standar system for some lines in the Paris metro SAntiago Chile Montreal Canada and Mexico city and there is another type with different technology in Sapporo Japan
Cable cars / gondolas / telecabins are great for public transit between a bus and tramway. Paris is building one line with 5 stations to extend from a metro line terminus station and cover some underserved neighborhoods that are separated by large rail yards and other urban "wounds". It will be fully integrated into the fare system.
0:22 Medejean ? There are a lot more: Genova/I. - Ascensore Castello d’Albertis-Montegaletto Lausanne/CH - M2 Metro Trieste/I - Trieste -Opicina tramway Karlsruhe/D - S-Bahn System And I could go on with the list…
A bus service that "JUST" go's around ONLY a commercial area don't pick up much passengers, it needs to service residential, same applies to mono-rails
The Perisher rack railway is interesting, it acts like a cable car system but does it electrically, there are two trains that cross in the middle. The descending train powers the ascending one. They each have a driver. Main purpose is to carry skiers to the summit. I travelled in summer but I think they close in summer nowadays, probably not enough demand.
I’d love to see the LUAS Tram network in Dublin Ireland being expanded and aside from the Dublin Metro to the Airport, I’d also like to see the DART Underground being completed, along with other rail projects being completed by the Irish government, such as the M3 Parkway line to Navan - a high speed rail tunnel from Dublin to Holyhead in Wales should be implemented to replace the UK’s HS2 and complement the electrification of the North Wales line from Chester to Holyhead
There are 2 funiculars in the city of Lyon in France accessible from the metro stations and with the same ticket. In France there is also a bus line in Metz on reserved lanes which always has priority over other vehicles such as a tramway. Mettis buses operate using micro-hybrid technology
What about the DLR in London, the fully automatic (driverless) underground train system in Nürnberg, the cable car to the Drachenfels in Königswinter and the furniculars to the Heidelberg Schloss and to Gezi Park (tünel) in İstanbul, and the Transrapid in Shanghai? There are so many unique transportation systems, so I think your choice was rather arbitrary.
Number 1 is a funicular? Seriously...? I can name you 4 cities from the top of my hat that have municipal funiculars, and all of them are older than the one in Haifa... Napoli, Italy has 4 of them. Orvieto has one, Istanbul, Turkey has one, Heidelberg and Dresden, Germany have one - and that are only the ones I know of, all dating back to the turn of the century. Number 2: Okay... Never knew that you call this construction a bridge in English. The german term for this construction is "Schwebefähre", which translates to floating ferry - a far more fitting term IMO. Number 3: Yeah, yeah... the infamous station in a building. Come on... This building was constructed with the monorail. You got trapped by the honeypot... The monorail system in itself is the far greater feat. Number 7: Switzerland has some street running railways (not light rail or streetcar) left and afaik there are no plans to replace any of the remaining sections. A famous example is on the Berninabahn, although one of the two sections actually lies in Italy. Number 8: 1904 is not old for a streetcar. Most European Cities have older systems, and they were running continually and most of them on more than one line.
This is yet another would-be interesting video with completely unnecessary 'music' interfering with the narration. 7:25 What is it that makes the Wuppertal unique? It is interesting, but there are other suspended monorails.
Yeah that was wrong. "From the German Omnibus (bus) and Bahn (path or way, as in Autobahn for automobiles and Eisenbahn or just Bahn for railway, e.g. S-Bahn and U-Bahn)". But it is simply a guided busway :)
@@timosha21 I know what you mean, but I didn't think there was anything THAT unique about it. The hanging one in Germany is more fascinating, especially considering how old it is.
I grew up in Michigan City in the 50s and 60s, so it was a happy surprise to find the South Shore street running in your list. There were surprisingly few accidents between autos and trains because everyone grew up with the realities of having trains on 10th and 11th Streets. And there were freight trains as well as passenger MUs. Cheers!
Awesome video, all great choices, I hope to visit these systems some day. Thanks for taking the time to make this video.
Your list is great. I live in the USA, but spent the summer of 1964 in Wuppertal and commuted to work in a factory with a choice of Strassenbahn or Schwebebahn for transportation. The Wuppertaler Schwebebahn is practical and gives the sensation of launching into the air when it leaves the station. It swings out in curves, so the passengers feel no side force. I don't think you could modernize it by speeding it up because the grooved wheels are constantly rubbing on the track. A short but interesting system is the Seattle monorail that will take you from a food court to the Space Needle. It uses the Alweg Bahn design. Thanks for video!
Since then, Wuppertal unfortunately closed the tram system down, which leaves the city with bus replacement services whenever the Schwebebahn is out of service. And in the recent years, the Schwebebahn has become very unreliable, the system is showing its age. They got new vehicles (the vehicles shown are the former generation), and modernized the system, but it's not running very well, in some years there was more replacement buses than Schwebebahn operation days. If they had only kept the parallel tram lines... but now they are stuck with buses...
it´s very loud and sun blocking in the streets. There was a big overhoul 7-10 years ago and that costed 634M € for 13,3km and 20 Stations + 122M € für 31 new trains. There was a plan to automate the system (a train every 90sec), but that would cost to much money, because of some fire regulations. it´s a tourist attraction, but it´s too unreliable for a mass transport system.
@@Buchstabenkrahn which is funny, 'cos for the first hundred years of its existence it was exactly that - a mass transport system. Well, I'm an optimist and believe it will return to that - one day... maybe...
Adelaide Obahn was invented in Germany as Spurbus which still operates in Essen . So technically speaking Essen is the "unique system "
The spurbus replaced a tram in the middle of a highway. The cost of the spurbus maintenance is very high, because of the special rolls on the busses and the weardown of the concrete. Most of the routes are demolished, but because of some regulations, the tram can´t be rebuild in the middle of a highway. So, Essen is stucked with this cost intensive system.
@@Buchstabenkrahn Agree , but my post is not about advantages it about system origin.
Also tell them that Obahn doesn't mean guided bus.
The German word 'Bahn' is easy to translate, most English speakers have heard the word autobahn which directly translates to the British word 'motorway'.
There, now I've given the game away!
@@Sarge084 I thought, that was some fancy aussie word^^
Been watching your videos for years....I like the narration.
"How often does that monorail go past the window?" "So often you won't even notice."
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Awesome video, excellent choices! I like Haifa's underground funicular railway the best.
You shouldve done the town of Kaiyo's in Japan's Tokushima prefecture's DMV, which is a bus that turns into a train. Its pretty cool, and very innovative
I’ve never heard of this, thanks!
That was a very very interesting video!
I think one of the most unique systems here in Portugal might be the Braga Funicular as it works powered by water
Also metro do Porto is really interesting :)
An Incredible and amazing facts. A really interesting topic
Thanks for letting me know about this unique rly sys around the world .... !
In Cambridge England, there is the longest guided bus track in the world. In London there is the DLR (Docklands Light Railway) totally automatic, no drivers, the area covers from central London out to the east and to the south east.
There are five conurbations with kerb guided busways in the UK , plus two more that closed. One of these is now a tramway.
Amazing. Awesome. Unique.
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Very interesting video. But several of the systems you feature are not unique. La Paz has a system of cable cars far bigger than Medellin. There are THREE significant guided bus systems in my home country England, Cambridge-St ives, Luton-Dunstable and Manchester-Leigh. Boston Silverline is now batteries only. Trolleybuses running away from the wires on batteries are now quite common in Europe, especially in Switzerland, which also has a number of underground funiculars. I cannot see really anything special about the Haifa line! Contrast Lyon metro line C, which is a cog-wheel 'Rack' line 2.5 kms. long. The other three metro lines in Lyon are conventional! I think many people would put Wuppertal at number one.
México City also has a few aerial tramway lines: Cablebús (20 km, 2 lines with another 2 planned) and Mexicable (13 km, 2 lines)
Wow, the thesaurus got a work out in that narrative.
I’d like to see more coverage of the Perugia minimetro. I think it would fit on a list like this.
have you herad of rubber tired metro? Made in Paris France back in 1951 is now the standar system for some lines in the Paris metro SAntiago Chile Montreal Canada and Mexico city and there is another type with different technology in Sapporo Japan
Cable cars / gondolas / telecabins are great for public transit between a bus and tramway.
Paris is building one line with 5 stations to extend from a metro line terminus station and cover some underserved neighborhoods that are separated by large rail yards and other urban "wounds".
It will be fully integrated into the fare system.
There are so many odd systems in many countries but i do like the Ascensore Castello d'Albertis Montegalletto in Genoa, Italy.
0:22 Medejean ?
There are a lot more:
Genova/I. - Ascensore Castello d’Albertis-Montegaletto
Lausanne/CH - M2 Metro
Trieste/I - Trieste -Opicina tramway
Karlsruhe/D - S-Bahn System
And I could go on with the list…
RandstadRail in the Netherlands is weird too. Tram and metro on the same track. I love it
A bus service that "JUST" go's around ONLY a commercial area don't pick up much passengers, it needs to service residential, same applies to mono-rails
Wuppertal.. I would be peeing my trousers while taking a ride. 😂
The Perisher rack railway is interesting, it acts like a cable car system but does it electrically, there are two trains that cross in the middle. The descending train powers the ascending one. They each have a driver. Main purpose is to carry skiers to the summit. I travelled in summer but I think they close in summer nowadays, probably not enough demand.
I’d love to see the LUAS Tram network in Dublin Ireland being expanded and aside from the Dublin Metro to the Airport, I’d also like to see the DART Underground being completed, along with other rail projects being completed by the Irish government, such as the M3 Parkway line to Navan - a high speed rail tunnel from Dublin to Holyhead in Wales should be implemented to replace the UK’s HS2 and complement the electrification of the North Wales line from Chester to Holyhead
There are 2 funiculars in the city of Lyon in France accessible from the metro stations and with the same ticket. In France there is also a bus line in Metz on reserved lanes which always has priority over other vehicles such as a tramway. Mettis buses operate using micro-hybrid technology
6:22 Germany, in a City called "Essen" there is a guide bus line since mid 80s.
What about the DLR in London, the fully automatic (driverless) underground train system in Nürnberg, the cable car to the Drachenfels in Königswinter and the furniculars to the Heidelberg Schloss and to Gezi Park (tünel) in İstanbul, and the Transrapid in Shanghai?
There are so many unique transportation systems, so I think your choice was rather arbitrary.
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AI generated voice/audio. Have you been hacked
A small youtuber like myself doesn't have the resources to hire a professional voice actor :P
@@timosha21 then narrate it yourself dude
@@InternetLoser-rc2vsSeconded, any human voice is preferable to computerized s***t.
Cambridge in the UK actually has the longest busway in the world that has 16 miles of track!
Vers good jön! Thanks!
The Wuppertal monorail featured in the film "Fahrenheit 451".
The Isle of Wight hovercraft between Ryde and Portsmouth, UK.
You should of done Cambridge guided bus way it’s longer
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Must add Solo City
You never mentioned Lynton & Lynmouth railway in North Devon.
Number 1 is a funicular? Seriously...? I can name you 4 cities from the top of my hat that have municipal funiculars, and all of them are older than the one in Haifa... Napoli, Italy has 4 of them. Orvieto has one, Istanbul, Turkey has one, Heidelberg and Dresden, Germany have one - and that are only the ones I know of, all dating back to the turn of the century.
Number 2: Okay... Never knew that you call this construction a bridge in English. The german term for this construction is "Schwebefähre", which translates to floating ferry - a far more fitting term IMO.
Number 3: Yeah, yeah... the infamous station in a building. Come on... This building was constructed with the monorail. You got trapped by the honeypot... The monorail system in itself is the far greater feat.
Number 7: Switzerland has some street running railways (not light rail or streetcar) left and afaik there are no plans to replace any of the remaining sections. A famous example is on the Berninabahn, although one of the two sections actually lies in Italy.
Number 8: 1904 is not old for a streetcar. Most European Cities have older systems, and they were running continually and most of them on more than one line.
Whats the railway in the intro of this video?
Of interest is also the funicular system operating in Valparaiso, Chile 🇨🇱
Just a brief correction : "mist coolest" isn't correct. It should be "coolest" or "most cool".
Wot, no Middlesborough Transporter Bridge?
9:53 Biscay Province is in Spain but the "Spain" is silent ;)
Nr. 1 should be the Schwebebahn in Wuppertal (Germany)
9:25 - I imagine it would be pretty horrible TBH
Vis province.. omg. Sweaty palms.
This is yet another would-be interesting video with completely unnecessary 'music' interfering with the narration.
7:25 What is it that makes the Wuppertal unique? It is interesting, but there are other suspended monorails.
That's not cool, that's stupid! It's a gadgetbahn. 6:20
What about Philadelphia streetcar Subway
O-Bahn short for guided bus?
Yeah that was wrong. "From the German Omnibus (bus) and Bahn (path or way, as in Autobahn for automobiles and Eisenbahn or just Bahn for railway, e.g. S-Bahn and U-Bahn)". But it is simply a guided busway :)
The Biscaya transporter bridge isn't unique. There are two in Britain, one in Newport and the other in Middlesbrough.
It’s unique because it’s the first one ever built that’s still in operation. The one in Middlesbrough is also closed until further notice.
It's obv this was written by bad AI
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'Most coolest' Strewth. Where did you learn English?
So tasteless to highlight Israel in the middle of all these dead people
This video is about transit, nothing more, nothing less
@@timosha21 I know what you mean, but I didn't think there was anything THAT unique about it. The hanging one in Germany is more fascinating, especially considering how old it is.
Wot, no Middlesborough Transporter Bridge?