TTT News: What's Happening To The Aerotrains? (+ Updates On The Cityrama & Ghost Metro)

Поділитися
Вставка
  • Опубліковано 16 гру 2024

КОМЕНТАРІ • 179

  • @shodan2958
    @shodan2958 Рік тому +224

    Excellent music choices as usual and I'm really jealous of those who get to see that weird metro thing before redevelopment.

    • @heliofaros1344
      @heliofaros1344 Рік тому +4

      First time I noticed any music at all, probably because of seeing your comment. Usually I only zone in on the spoken words. 😊

    • @ChaosPrimus
      @ChaosPrimus Рік тому +22

      @@heliofaros1344 I highly recommend zoning into the music each time, because there's always little Easter eggs in the music choices!

    • @hjalfi
      @hjalfi Рік тому +1

      That accordian cover of Apocalypse Rave is thoroughly on point.

    • @TDOBrandano
      @TDOBrandano Рік тому +8

      @@hjalfi If you refer to the last bit I think it's actually the BBC news theme

    • @zsomborlenti
      @zsomborlenti Рік тому +1

      ​@@TDOBrandanoYeah, you're right! Do you know, where can I find the music? I like it very much!

  • @ritchiehenshaw9075
    @ritchiehenshaw9075 Рік тому +210

    0:00 BBC News theme - David Lowe
    0:59 Channel 4 News theme (Best Endeavours - Alan Hawkshaw)
    1:13 ITV News at Ten (The Awakening - Johnny Pearson & Dave Hewson)
    1:35 The Thunderbirds March - Barry Gray (Thunderbirds theme)
    1:53 Jessica - The Allman Brothers band (BBC Top Gear theme)
    2:48 Going Underground - The Jam
    3:22 BBC News theme - David Lowe

    • @cakemartyr5794
      @cakemartyr5794 Рік тому +14

      Well spotted on Going Underground

    • @bigaspidistra
      @bigaspidistra Рік тому +9

      1:35 is the theme from Thunderbirds

    • @ritchiehenshaw9075
      @ritchiehenshaw9075 Рік тому +3

      @@bigaspidistra Thank you!

    • @type17
      @type17 Рік тому +5

      The BBC News Theme is officially called Journalists' Orchestra

    • @NopWorks
      @NopWorks Рік тому +3

      Thank you.
      Need this under every Tim's video.

  • @Damien.D
    @Damien.D Рік тому +1

    Indeed the Aérotrains and all the related stuff will be safeguarded in undisclosed locations.

  • @kaitlyn__L
    @kaitlyn__L Рік тому +1

    I love the accordion standing-in for the synth in the BBC News cover.

  • @originaluddite
    @originaluddite Рік тому +16

    It just occurred to me how much this channel contributes over time to urban heritage.

  • @Skurovski
    @Skurovski Рік тому +134

    Talking about the Aerotrain. I flew into Kuala Lumpur International Airport a few weeks ago and there were signs for the Aerotrain. After getting very excited for a few moments I got to the station and saw that it was just an automated people mover getting people between the terminals. And that it was under renovation and was currently replaced by a bus service. My disappointment was immeasurable.

    • @vaclav_fejt
      @vaclav_fejt Рік тому +4

      Airport-shuttle-replacement bus service? Was your day ruined as well?

    • @Skurovski
      @Skurovski Рік тому

      @@vaclav_fejt You know it. But it was a low bar. I just came off a 12h flight.

    • @pmberry
      @pmberry Рік тому

      Oh, I don't know. I think it could be measured in fractions of an HS2.

    • @tijmen131
      @tijmen131 11 місяців тому

      I've been in that shuttle twice, it's fun

  • @Whereswally606
    @Whereswally606 Рік тому +1

    Omg i feel so lucky to have seen this. Am planing a ridiculous trip with my whole family 2boys wife and husky in env200 to toulouse. We happen to be camping in versaille on the sat sun. So i know now where we will go on saturday. Thanks Tim.

  • @RobSchofield
    @RobSchofield Рік тому +1

    The music you put behind these videos keeps me highly amused :D

  • @tom-sn4gd
    @tom-sn4gd Рік тому +37

    I would like to thank you again for your last year's video on the SK in Noisy-Le-Grand. I live not far from here and I remember like 10 years ago watching pictures about it, and thanks to you I was able to see it for real :)

  • @soly-dp-colo6388
    @soly-dp-colo6388 Рік тому +53

    Hello Tim, there's a French movie called "Le Corniaud" ("The Sucker", 1965) with Bourvil and Louis de Funès in which you can spot the Cityrama bus at 2:00, in the opening credits, just for a few seconds. These opening credits are also a good view of Paris in the 60s, for anyone interested.

  • @martxw
    @martxw Рік тому +1

    Thanks for the tip-off. I just had time to head out there and see the Mayor give a speech about the redevelopment, pull a wall down and hit it with a hammer for the photo-op ground-breaking ceremony, and then head down into Station K, before heading back to Eurostar. Just like you showed before, but I think the display panels from the exhibition were down there. I got some photos of them that I hope I can translate.
    Cheers.

  • @ice401557
    @ice401557 Рік тому +1

    Lol, when the accordion started to play, I just had to start singing the classic "the drivers get the day off when we're all late for work again..." 😀

  • @TRANSPORTEXCELLENCE2011
    @TRANSPORTEXCELLENCE2011 Рік тому +1

    Congratulations for 6 years of your UA-cam channel tomorrow. 🎉

  • @ttgandydancer
    @ttgandydancer Рік тому +3

    Thanks for the update, Tim; it's a great little recap.

  • @stevenrose86
    @stevenrose86 Рік тому +2

    The music on this channel is always fantastic

  • @cheesedoff-with4410
    @cheesedoff-with4410 Рік тому +13

    I never tire of naming the tunes that match the shots. They're so apt.

  • @roderickmain9697
    @roderickmain9697 Рік тому +15

    Jessica on piano?! Sounded appropriate. (not to mention the BBC News theme). Thanks for the updates Tim. Keep on top of them.

    • @ZGryphon
      @ZGryphon Рік тому

      Fun fact, for those who may not know: that intro is a piano part in the Allman Brothers original too!

  • @Tclans
    @Tclans Рік тому +2

    Fun updates, thanks for sharing!

  • @FrankGevaerts
    @FrankGevaerts Рік тому +20

    Thank you for the update! I'll admit that I haven't spent hours wondering how things are going with these, but the thought has occasionally crossed my mind, so this is very nice to know!

  • @RWBHere
    @RWBHere Рік тому

    That's a shame about the Aerocars and their museum. I really hope that they can be kept together in a suitable venue. Thanks for the updates, Tim.

  • @Qualltoxy
    @Qualltoxy Рік тому +6

    The perfect news channel does not exi-

  • @ssgtmole8610
    @ssgtmole8610 Рік тому +7

    Every Tim video is a proper video. Tim is very proper. 😊👍

  • @ajokay
    @ajokay Рік тому +14

    Tim! I don't know if you've seen or heard, you probably have, but the Cityrama has been added to Transport Fever 2 as a vehicle option, so you can finally have your own fleet of them gliding around your city!

    • @mastertrams
      @mastertrams Рік тому

      Wait, it has? Must be as a mod, right?

  • @ianrobinson3017
    @ianrobinson3017 10 місяців тому +3

    I visited the Univem stand (shared with the Musée des blindés de Saumur) at Retromobile last weekend and spoke with one of Univem's volunteers. It would appear that the museum is in discussion with the French Army about moving to new premises but that they will have to leave their current site at Versailles by the end of this year. They remain open to the public on Saturday's as per Tim's original information. The Aerotrain collection is still there at the moment but it seems that Les Amis de l'Ingenieur Jean Bertin are still to resolve their future location. If I can find out more, I will post it here

  • @TrevorMoses312
    @TrevorMoses312 Рік тому +8

    I'd like an update on whether the scoreboard at the Cierny Balog soccer ground has been fixed yet 😉

  • @johnreynolds5103
    @johnreynolds5103 Рік тому +28

    Love this channel! Just so so good! And you do updates! What else could anyone want?

    • @lorenzoblum868
      @lorenzoblum868 Рік тому +1

      A Tim Traveller / Tom Scott video?
      Edit : and a Tom Scott / Tim Traveller video 😊

    • @dstarfire42
      @dstarfire42 9 місяців тому

      ​@@lorenzoblum868I could swear that's already happened. 🤔... Or, maybe, it's such a good combination, it just FEELS like it's been done and I'm completely imagining it.

  • @TheHylianBatman
    @TheHylianBatman 6 місяців тому

    I appreciate that you come back to old topics and give us updates!

  • @AsbestosMuffins
    @AsbestosMuffins Рік тому +48

    really wonder why some national museum won't take them, they're amazing bits of french engineering

  • @ariadnavigo
    @ariadnavigo Рік тому +2

    TTT: the only newscast you can really trust!

  • @Mike.Howard
    @Mike.Howard Рік тому +9

    Thanks for the updates Tim!

  • @captainevenslower4400
    @captainevenslower4400 Рік тому +7

    A french motor show called "Vroum" on a station that's called "France TV" sounds straight out of a cartoon. But thanks for the update!

  • @solracer66
    @solracer66 Рік тому +61

    Tim, I am wondering how in your visit to the Aerotrain museum you managed to miss the rare lightweight air-cooled Corvair-powered Ultravan (the RV with the smile) parked outside? They didn't make that many to begin with and I can't imagine there are more than a handful of them in Europe.

    • @johnladuke6475
      @johnladuke6475 Рік тому +8

      But he wasn't there to see any of that.

    • @solracer66
      @solracer66 Рік тому +1

      @@johnladuke6475 Touché! But perhaps worthy of a video of its own...

  • @newsallypurpleyt8609
    @newsallypurpleyt8609 Рік тому +1

    Interesting and cool vid. I would like to see the ghost train but I live in a different Country from France and I would’ve had to request off from work two weeks ahead. I can just watch your video or another person’s video of doing that tour. I never realized that French people take lunch breaks seriously and I googled it and I like why. It also makes me think why can’t everywhere else take lunch breaks seriously like one hour instead of 30 minutes; that isn’t too much to ask.

  • @bobsrailrelics
    @bobsrailrelics Рік тому +1

    Good to hear updates and guess the music was as fun as usual. "Going underground" on the accordion was a nice touch.

  • @qzwxecrv0192837465
    @qzwxecrv0192837465 Рік тому

    Glad this came up on my feed. I saw all three stories earlier this year. Nice to have an update

  • @DaveTexas
    @DaveTexas Рік тому

    TTT news updates are always welcome! It’s very interesting to find out what’s happening with some of the subjects of your old videos.

  • @eskileriksson4457
    @eskileriksson4457 Рік тому

    1:29 MENTAL 01. Pretty much sums it up.

  • @robert_may
    @robert_may Рік тому +36

    I didn't take the-french-take-lunch-seriously seriously, until I went to a castle and it was closed for lunch.

    • @kaitlyn__L
      @kaitlyn__L Рік тому +6

      I wonder what a castle eats for lunch 🤔

    • @atraindriver
      @atraindriver Рік тому

      @@kaitlyn__L You know how the deepest dungeons were called oubliettes? Well, once someone had been down there long enough to be well and truly forgotten... ;)

    • @simonb6982
      @simonb6982 Рік тому

      Rocks @@kaitlyn__L

  • @valerycarpentier852
    @valerycarpentier852 Рік тому

    Thanks for the Normandy Classics link, following them now.

  • @zweispurmopped
    @zweispurmopped Рік тому +6

    It probably would not quite be what the owners of the Aerotrain useum have in mind, but if all else fails, I am quite confident the Technikmuseum Sinsheim in Germany would happily give the Aerotrain at least a temporary home. Sinsheim or any other museum related by topic, actually. I am sure there are some in France as well. Like a lend for one summer as special exhibition, maybe?

  • @ianrobinson3017
    @ianrobinson3017 Рік тому

    Thanks for this update Tim. At least there's some breathing space for the Univem collection. Let's hope that both they and the custodians of the Aerotrains eventually find a successful outcome. Thanks also for the update on the Ciityrama restoration. Looking forward to seeing this return to the road.

  • @xoneqraft
    @xoneqraft Рік тому +6

    I do love how ttt stands for 2 different things

  • @anjachan
    @anjachan Рік тому

    thanx for the updates. I hope the aerotrains find a good new home.

  • @JohnChapman7
    @JohnChapman7 Рік тому

    Thank you for the followups!

  • @drumstick74
    @drumstick74 Рік тому

    Can't wait to see that bus on the road...! Thanks Tim, and everyone who contributed.

  • @JohnMulhall1
    @JohnMulhall1 Рік тому

    Nice Toyota Celica GT4 at 1:14, there Tim. Always nice to see them.

  • @Stephen_Lafferty
    @Stephen_Lafferty Рік тому

    Thank you for these timely updates, Tim! I would say that this is a proper video, what with all of the newsgathering, sountrack recording and video editing that you have to do in order to upload it for us!

  • @nomadMik
    @nomadMik Рік тому +1

    Thanks so much for posting this, Tim. If I was anywhere near Europe right now, I'd be making mad-dash travel plans to see all three. But alas.

  • @robertcase4995
    @robertcase4995 Рік тому

    Thanks for the updates!

  • @MrGreatplum
    @MrGreatplum Рік тому

    Great stuff, Tim. Glad to see the bus is about to begin restoration!

  • @CallieMasters5000
    @CallieMasters5000 Рік тому

    Thanks for the updates!
    You're doing God's work.

  • @jumpferjoy1st
    @jumpferjoy1st Рік тому

    Great to hear from you and the updates. Cheers.

  • @lakrids-pibe
    @lakrids-pibe Рік тому +1

    Vroum!

  • @AidanEyewitness
    @AidanEyewitness Рік тому

    Interesting and intriguing as usual. I wish I could get over to France more easily.

  • @amyshaw893
    @amyshaw893 Рік тому +1

    It took me a second to work out what the pod music was haha, Ive not heard that one in a while

  • @tobias4918
    @tobias4918 Рік тому

    Thanks for the update Tim

  • @psychocat2755
    @psychocat2755 Рік тому +1

    Is TTT News a new series? I haven't seen it before but would love to see more update videos like this. Love your videos.

  • @darrenwilson8042
    @darrenwilson8042 Рік тому

    great backing music Tim !!

  • @Brrunoc1
    @Brrunoc1 Рік тому +6

    I tried to connect to FranceTV to see the vroum video, had to fill in a form and make up a password and French postcode only to be told that content could not be shown outside France.

    • @zork999
      @zork999 Рік тому

      A VPN like Surfshark or ExpressVPN is your friend...

    • @TheTimTraveller
      @TheTimTraveller  Рік тому +11

      Ah sorry! I guess you need one of those VPN things that other UA-camrs keep advertising. I'll add a note to the link in the description. Thanks for letting me know.

    • @baileyanderson6824
      @baileyanderson6824 Рік тому +3

      vroum😂

  • @asdfate1
    @asdfate1 Рік тому

    I've been (unconsciously) wondering about these things, appreciate the info!

  • @paultidd9332
    @paultidd9332 Рік тому

    Much appreciated, thank you.

  • @TheOleg5
    @TheOleg5 Рік тому

    Thank you!

  • @harrypenn611
    @harrypenn611 Рік тому

    Brilliant thank you

  • @Vierwiel-Knyntsje
    @Vierwiel-Knyntsje Рік тому

    Thank you for this update 🤗

  • @jasongarufi8187
    @jasongarufi8187 Рік тому

    Thanks for the update and if it was not for you none of these things wold of happen.

  • @welcometonebalia
    @welcometonebalia Рік тому

    Thank you.

  • @timflatus
    @timflatus Рік тому

    Nice dollop of accordion Jam!

  • @kernealalpiniste6293
    @kernealalpiniste6293 Рік тому +3

    I went to germany with my car at the beginning of september, and saw the aerotrain tracks while passing south of Paris.
    It was so surprising that I almost crashed my car looking at it !

  • @davidyarb5885
    @davidyarb5885 Рік тому

    Enjoyed the update

  • @Kordanor
    @Kordanor Рік тому

    Very cool! I like the idea of update-videos!

  • @AnyoneCanSee
    @AnyoneCanSee Рік тому

    LOVE your channel. Keep up the great work.

  • @SecretSquirrelFun
    @SecretSquirrelFun Рік тому

    Oh, the Absolute Last, and Second “Final” Farewell Tour ‘ey?
    That old chestnut 🌰
    🙂🐿🌈❤️

  • @sanashi27
    @sanashi27 Рік тому

    I'm glad they got an extension but I do hope they find a new place to display the aerotrains someday. I wonder what the cityrama would look like once restored? Hope it gets showed in this channel, too. And good luck to everyone who is planning to go on that one last final visit for the ghost metro!

  • @burprobrox9134
    @burprobrox9134 Рік тому

    Tim if you ever come to the US, please plan to visit the Pittsburgh Pennsylvania region, we have a few transit related oddities in the area. Inside Pittsburgh is a trolley/metro system, we have the Inclines which are trains that go up and down at a very steep slope, there are unused (and used) tunnels, an abandoned test automated transit system and we have a staggering number of bridges. To the south about an hour’s drive is a town/small city with a personal rapid transit system that is fully automated and was built and has been running since the 70s.

  • @ColinH1973
    @ColinH1973 Рік тому

    Thanks Tim.

  • @zork999
    @zork999 Рік тому +4

    I would love to see the Aerotrain in the Cité du Train in Mulhouse.

    • @Damien.D
      @Damien.D Рік тому

      Bad idea. It would probably get burned to ashes like the two other ones...

  • @Ice_Karma
    @Ice_Karma Рік тому +4

    So, a silly thing: "TTT" is also the abbreviation for "World Wide Web" in Latin -- "Tēla Tōtīus Terrae". 🤣😻

  • @sagichnicht6748
    @sagichnicht6748 Рік тому +1

    I've got no time this October, I'll visit the Pod subway in 2024.

  • @davidbrims5825
    @davidbrims5825 Рік тому +3

    What ever happened to the monorail that featured in the Francois Truffaut film Fahrenheit 451 ?

    • @TheTimTraveller
      @TheTimTraveller  Рік тому +6

      The track has long gone, but the vehicle itself was saved, and is now kept privately in someone's back garden: www.larep.fr/chateauneuf-sur-loire-45110/actualites/la-cabine-de-l-ancien-metro-suspendu-de-chateauneuf-restauree-par-un-passionne_13669847/

    • @davidbrims5825
      @davidbrims5825 Рік тому +1

      @@TheTimTraveller Thankyou. There was another monorail, the Bennie rail plane just outside Glasgow, very 1930s.

    • @andershansson2245
      @andershansson2245 Рік тому

      @@TheTimTraveller when are you going there?

  • @andershansson2245
    @andershansson2245 Рік тому

    Nice with a bit of The Jam.

  • @NiyaKouya
    @NiyaKouya Рік тому

    ttt is also the official short name for the German TV show "titel, thesen, temperamente" (titles, theses, temperaments). Though they write it in all lower case.
    Thanks for the updates ^^

    • @lionel70975
      @lionel70975 Рік тому

      Ich hab noch nie was davon gehört Xd

    • @NiyaKouya
      @NiyaKouya Рік тому

      @@lionel70975 Dann schaust du wohl zu wenig Öffis :P (Muss aber zugeben dass ich ttt selbst auch noch nie geschaut habe, kenne es nur aus Parodien)

  • @brianbarker2551
    @brianbarker2551 Рік тому +1

    Wondered why they never moved the Aerotrain to Cite du Train in Mulhouse, but I suppose it's not an SNCF product...

  • @notsmoothsteve
    @notsmoothsteve Рік тому

    Love the BBC News theme!

  • @Galerak1
    @Galerak1 Рік тому +1

    They have those Cityramas in Transport Fever 2. I knew I'd seen them somewhere before 😂

  • @whitelionstudios1786
    @whitelionstudios1786 Рік тому +4

    i actually have a bizarre idea to make payware assets of the Aerotrain for the game, Trainz Railroad Simulator 2019, with all income from those assets going towards the organization that owns the test trains, in an attempt to help them gain money

  • @PopeLando
    @PopeLando Рік тому

    Nice to add a Tim Traveller video to my collection of BBC News Theme mixes on UA-cam.

  • @dave_h_8742
    @dave_h_8742 Рік тому

    Good to know.

  • @teecefamilykent
    @teecefamilykent Рік тому

    Nifty video sir!

  • @edwinleslie1330
    @edwinleslie1330 Рік тому

    I have nothing but the highest regard for those who restore things.... Why?.... Because without these amazing people doing what they do..... We would only have photographs.... (If we are lucky!)

  • @fabreezethefaintinggoat5484

    Thanks

  • @GuyChapman
    @GuyChapman Рік тому

    GOOD NEWS, EVERYONE! Also? Best Soundtrack EVAH!

  • @Chloeee9
    @Chloeee9 Рік тому +2

    We're still waiting for Aerotrain's bigger, longer and better track 😉

    • @Damien.D
      @Damien.D Рік тому

      Like the test pilot said to me one day, top speed was only limited by the length of the track....

  • @althejazzman
    @althejazzman Рік тому

    I really appreciate this news update style video where you have info you want to share, but each segment isn't quite enough for a full length video.

  • @kzonedd7718
    @kzonedd7718 Рік тому

    Today's 'Halloooo' is short and to the point. It goes well with a single shrimp on toast.

  • @kaasdale4660
    @kaasdale4660 Рік тому

    Go Tim! Love your shit!

  • @jh-ec7si
    @jh-ec7si Рік тому

    Did Tim ever make that follow-up video on the later story of the Aerotrains that he mentioned at the end of that video?

  • @fToo
    @fToo Рік тому

    21st October is also the week of the Rugby World Cup semi finals in Paris ... I wonder how much cross over there will be between the two events?!

    • @LeafHuntress
      @LeafHuntress Рік тому

      Ooooh i could combine the two!
      If i had enough money for those tickets...

  • @sleeps_in_october
    @sleeps_in_october Рік тому

    The 21st of October? Like, tomorrow? I think I might be a little late to plan that trip...

  • @Dr.K.Wette_BE
    @Dr.K.Wette_BE Рік тому

    Don't be afraid for Noisy-le-grand, the sign "Ready next year" will be there a few years ! 😅

  • @paulgrougnie7028
    @paulgrougnie7028 Рік тому

    le 21 octobre sera trp occupé pour pouvoir tout faire 😭 : un train touristique entre clermont et la bourboule, la mobilisation contre l'A69 et maintenant ça (bon et de mon côté une fête de famille parceque ce jour était vraiment trop libre X)