Fun fact: in European Portuguese (Portugal), tramway is "electrico". In Brazilian Portuguese, tramway is "bonde" - in early 1900's, in Brazilian cities, tramway fare pass was called "bond" and users began to call these vehicles as "bondes".

Linha 28 is definitely one of the most thrilling and memorable tram experiences. Getting blocked by a motorist is quite common and the resulting kerfuffle very amusing (unless you’re a local who’s going to be late for work of course). Lisbon itself an underrated and wonderful destination. Great vid!

I remember being in Lisbon on holiday at least 10 years ago and it was packed. As you found out you can wait ages for a tram and there was a huge queue at one of the stops, mainly made up of crusie ship visitors, but in and amongst was an elderly Portuguese woman with some shoppings bags. The tram stopped and a few got off, but it was still very busy. The driver shouted in Portuguese, the elderly lady made her way onto the tram and then a few tourists got on., leaving loads behind. Quite right too to look after the locals who will use the service all year round!

They are older than you think. Line 28 firstly debuted in March 1914. In the beggining, it connected less than half the current circuit, from Praça de Camões to Basilica da Estrela. But don't let this fool you, what we see today is just the "shell". These trams got updated over the years, for security and efficiency reasons. The biggest changes ocurred between 1936 and 1947, with upgrades in the electrical motor, breakes and suspension. And then again, between 1995-1996 the fleet was once again refurbished with newer AEG motors and breaking systems. They underwent restoration and got back to the streets as a cultural heritage of the city. Glad you liked it. These trams are a tresure to know the city. 1.50 EUR for a trip passing trought so many points of interest is an absolute deal.

I love you train blog's and your commentry

Interesting departure from the usual long journeys. It shows that even a small trip is worth a video. I loved the old narrow streets, stone buildings and patterned cobblestone sidewalks; a beautiful city. The Bika funicular went into service in 1892, after the other two, but the actual car is probably not that old.

Oh, my now I need to practice my Portuguese, now that Lisbon is added o my bucket list. Thank you for what you do.

If you count the Manx Electric Railway as a tramway, they have trams dating back to 1893! So rather older than these!

@robertp.wainman4094

2 жыл бұрын

Very beautiful they are too!

That’s awesome!! Love Portugal!

Once saw a car that had somehow found it's way onto the Bica elevador trackway - it was during the June S. Antonio street party's and the large crowds - eating sardines and drinking beer - were much amused by the red faced driver and passenger struggling to turn turn the car around - wheels spinning on the calcada paving!

Trams are a welcome addition to your collection. Lisbon is a lovely old city, and the cars you rode are amazing. I hope you saw/rode the historic streetcars in San Francisco when you were there, along with the famous cable cars. Some of the equipment, which operated in the U.S. and around the world, goes back 100 years or so.

Great video Dylan, thanks. Lisbon is one of Europe's most beautiful capital cities. It is so intimate and its faded charm, not to mention the amazing ceramic tiles on building facades, is wonderful. My favourite European city. First visited as a teenage in 1971 and have been back several times.

@milomhoek

2 жыл бұрын

A lot has changed since '71...

Great to see the wonderful Baroque buildings of Lisbon up close and personal from the comfort of the tram.

So pleased to see this Dylan. Lisbon is one of my 'Happy Places' to visit, and always take a trip on the trams and the other funicularlines as well as one you have shown, a big YES to other tram lines to show,

Thanks Dylan I fondly remember those trams from a visit years ago, it was like riding a rollercoaster. Three or four of the passengers could have dealt with the offending car by bouncing it out of the way. Or they could provide drivers with a padded cushion and let the tram do the work in pushing it out of the way, if they buckle a panel on the car too bad. It wouldn't hurt the tram much.

Lisbon probably has one of the easiest to understand transport systems in Europe, it’s great. All 6 tram lines have these Remodelado trams, the 15E also has Articulado more modern trams for increased capacity. No other lines have them since either the turns are too tight or the hills are too steep (both in the case of the 28E!) Excellent video😁

@DylansTravelReports

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Halfpipesaur

2 жыл бұрын

Porto, on the other hand, has the most convoluted ticket system I've ever seen.

An interesting change from the norm, so thank you. I would very much like to see more trips by you on vintage trams whilst they still exist.

This brings back wonderful memories of my trip to Lisbon in 2018 this mode of transportation is wonderful Lisbon is beautiful walkable city

I really like trams, and love the system in Lisbon. Would love to see more videos. The Bica funicular wasn't running when I was there in February but I took the Gloria one which was great too. A similar thing happened to us in Odesa with a car parking over the tram lines....instead all the guys got off the tram (and some passersby too) and we all lifted the car the half metre or so out of the way!

@TheSpotify95

2 жыл бұрын

Manually moving the car would have probably been quicker than the 45 minutes it would have taken for the police to arrive (and then however much longer it would have taken to get the offending vehicle moved).

I have traveled on all the lines in Lisbon as I have spent 3 holidays there.

Ah the Ascensor da Bica reminds me of my late April break in Lisbon in 2017! The B&B I was staying was just so close to the entrance of the lower level of the Ascensor (Rua De São Paulo) which was around the Y junction near the entrance of the Ascensor! I can still remember when arrived from London I was amazed by the stunning weather in Lisbon even at around 8pm at night when having dinner at one of the restaurant just next to Ascensor da Bica. And yes these 'Ascensor' ridings are also included in the 24-hour public transport ticket prices so it's definitely a supersaver! The other one Elevador Da Glória was also impressive!

Ahh this takes me back to the last holiday I took before Covid (Lisbon, back in 2019) Rode remodelados & articulated trams on line 15 out to Belèm. Also rode the line 12 around Alfama - I remember seeing the driver stop to get out and visually inspect the distance between parked cars and his tram on several occasions 😅😅 A tip I picked up is that the Viva card doesn't just work on trams, funiculars, buses and the metro - it also works on the elevador de santa justa (one of the biggest tourist attractions in Lisbon) Being 'transport' its owned and operated by Caris and consequently, instead of having to pay for a seperate ticket (as many tourists do) you can just tap your viva card and off you go.

Lisbon and its trams are definitely on my bucket list! Thoroughly gorgeous city!

That was a brilliant journey through Lisbon. Portugal has been drawing my interest for some time now. My wife and I are in our mid seventies now, and Australia is so far away from the rest of the world. However, if we can save our pennies and get up to Lisbon, we'll take that tram journey. It is now on our bucket list, but I only have a small plastic bucket.

Great video! I love tram 28! Thanks for the trip down memory lane! Yes, please more tram videos🙂

@DylansTravelReports

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Carol!

@CarolgTX

2 жыл бұрын

@@DylansTravelReports 🙂🚊

Nice change of pace. I'd like to see more tram videos because that's a great way to see the cities and learn about interesting sites from your commentary. Way to go, Yo✌

Although, as I get older. I find old trams hard to get on and off.....I still loves them far more than modern trams

I imagine that the 85+ year old trams are still going strong because they were built at a time when things were built well.

just visited Lisbon last month great city easy to get around

BELLISSIMO!

Quintessential Quaint! Those trams are awesome. That's the only way to travel around town. Thanks for the video!

OMG I've ride this tram 3 days ago during a trip to Lisbon!

In August 1950 Edinburgh tramcar 225 was supposed to be preserved at the end of service. However , car 35 was preserved after 16thNovember 1956 of which last 2 lines 23 and 28 closed indefinitely. It’s good to see the vintage ones still in use today

Your videos are getting better and better mate. Keep it up. 👍 Good travel inspiration. 🙂

Dylan, very nice. It was a nice diversion to see a review of the trams in Lisbon. It was quite picturesque!

Would love a few more ‘inner city transport’ vids 😊 BTW have just returned to South Africa after a trip to the USA flying back through Heathrow where I had an 11hr stopover, so took the Heathrow Express into the city, then climbed on the hop-on-hop-off buses. Fantastic day in London. Couldn’t help playing your voice in my head as I imagined your review all the way between Heathrow and Paddington! 🤣 Just so you know, I’m not in the habit of hopping around the world. This was a once off special gift from my son in the USA. Divided family, thanks to Covid, so desperately needed a trip to see each other again. 😃

HAPPY EASTER

Sadly I missed seeing the ones in Milan as I was just passing through the city. I have a virtual world with this exact tram in it the number 28 from Lisbon and it is so much fun building the track and the buildings around it one day I’ll get on the real thing

Great way to see Lisbon without completely tiring out one's legs going up and down city hills!

Hi Dylan, great vlog, very entertaining video you have made, I have never been on one of those Heritage trams but now I’ve watched your video I now feel like I have been on one, great content!!!! Love watching your videos, big thumbs up!!!!! 👍

Tram travel was fun. Wouldn’t mind seeing more of them.

Lived here for a year, miss it so much

Was an excellent video. Thanks a lot. 28 travels around old Lisbon. Campolide, Bairro Alto, Alfama, Graça and Mouraria.

Absolutely brilliant video. You truly must be one of the best ravelled people of your (young) age....

Loved the video! Lisbon looks like a great place to visit, and the tram is a good value for the price.

@kevinkeller4924

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely make Portugal a visit on your bucket list!!

I'd love more tram videos, and metro if possible Lisbon is beautiful! I hope I can go there one day

Did you notice the red and blue UK style postboxes at 7.11 Lisbon's trams are an unusual gauge of 900mm. I videoed all the routes in June 1992. Birkenhead , tramway near Liverpool have got a Lisbon Remodelado but they have re-gauged it to standard gauge.

Santa Teresa neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro still has this same trams (bondes) also due to steep hills and narrow streets, also going strong after 60+ years in operation. The system was used all around town, but remained in Santa Teresa almost for tourist purposes but a cool legacy

You should make a video about Milan’s famous Peter Witt trams too, known as Carrelli (after their independent bogeys). They’re also called “Model 28” because the oldest ones were put in service in 1928. They were all beautifully restored some years ago and, unlike in other cities, they’re used on regular routes rather than on a tourist route.

Great video brought back some good memories of Lisbon. There is a site seeing tram but I think the #28 does about as well.

very nice to see something so old being cherished & used. I have ridden a funicular in Niagara Falls. Unique experience.

This tram reminds me of the trams in Milan. As you said, Dylan, a great way to see the city. I've never visited Lisbon (or Portugal) before so I thoroughly enjoyed all the lovely scenery and wonderful architecture. And most definitely, the patterned cobblestones add something to the streets. Thanks so much for sharing! See you tomorrow!

@DylansTravelReports

2 жыл бұрын

I highly recommend going to Portugal if you ever get a chance. It's one of Europe's most underrated countries imo.

Random fun fact: In Birkenhead, UK we have one on the heritage line - I know as I regularly see it running outside my work lol

I was in Lisbon 5 years ago and saw a lot of sights in this video from that trip.

you should do the blackpool trams

Wasn't expecting this type of video, so thank you - I loved watching this and I'd happily take the trams if there were any in my local area. They were also exceptional value for money too. I do think that they should do something about parking though - either totally ban parking near the tram lies, or make the car parking spaces larger so that trams can easily get around parked cars - seeing as though nowadays, cars are bigger than what they used to be and therefore won't fit in the car parking spaces that were originally set out, when cars were smaller.

I went to Portugal for a week and 1/ half three summers ago It was the last vacation I took outside of New England before the pandemic started

She might be old, but she sure is flexible... that's hell of a route!

Thanks for showing this. For many years I have wanted to ride on these trams and funicular, but I have yet to make it to Lisbon.

Thank you!

Great review and confirms that Lisbon and the trams are very high on my to-do list!

You say the trams are old, but they're younger than me. I notice that the overhead changed from pantograph to trolley somewhere along the way.

@jorgestravels

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, on the larger streets they use the pantographm changing to the other one on the narrower streets where there are some intersections where the tram lines have to cross each other from opposite directions, the pantograph would touch both contact lines and that wouldn't be good, that's why they change to the trolley one in those sections.

Of course it's a BMW that is improperly parked. Great video Dylan! Hope to see more non-train/plane travel videos in the future.

Please do more tram videos! There are so many tramways in Europe that you could spend several years travelling them all and creating videos! I've only done a bit of Milan, Berlin, Munich, Brandenburg, Amsterdam, and The Hauge tramway systems, as well as part of the Salzburg local bahn and the whole Wuppertal Scwebebahn.

Thanks Dylan. What a lovely video. Cheers, Bob

Cracking video and yes please to more tram journeys 👍

Other tram videos? Yes please!

Fantastic views of Lisbon you have captured!

A real heritage tram. Thanks for sharing. Yes, more tram reviews.

Nice video. I enjoyed it very much. I would definitely like to see more tram videos in the future.

@DylansTravelReports

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Wonderful Compilation

The Tramdriver did that Bell Ring in the exact same way already back in 2001.. sitting on his chair not a single cussword.. just ringing for minutes until the errant car driver showed up🤷🏼‍♂️.

Nice to see some great footage of where I live!

Try the ventottine trams in Milan, which date back to 1928. There is also an interurban tramway between Milan and Limbiate, which is operated by old trams from the 50s

As someone who lives in a city with trams, I have to agree with your comment about them being a great way to see the sights as well as get a vibe of the city you're in. Had to chuckle at the blockage by the errant BMW. Typical of BMW owners world-wide who think they have a God-given right to park anywhere they like. I hope this one was towed away and impounded for a substantial fine to the owner.

Thanks Dylan! What a great trip on the trams. What a a view of Lisbon ! Ok! would you do more bus and tram videos?

Thank you for sharing 😊

Loved the tram trip round Lisbon 👍 thanks Dylan

Hey Dylan, Interesting, you are show casing trams. While at the same time giving the audience a virtual tour. 👍 Unfortunately for me, I won't get to experience exploring Lisbon on my first visit. I wanted to go there in 2020. Still, your videos bring a little bit of Europe to me.

12:40 take 4 guys and push the BMW by side :D

Brilliant video - more trams please!

awsome video dylan mate i found the review very intresting

That's a beautiful route, and a great trip report to go along with it Dylan! I'll be recording a trip report tomorrow, so by any chance would you have a few tips for me?

6:34-That's a strange thing about the tickets; here in Toronto, when using the PRESTO card (or cash), as you enter a streetcar (or bus) here, you're given a two-hour transfer that lets you hop on and off a vehicle so long as you remember when the transfer window ends.

very different adventure! very well done! Keep it up!! Stay safe!

these are very old and iconic trams

Lisbon looks full of character and somewhat more laid back than, say, Madrid.

Made me thirsty passing all those bars!!!!

Tram videos are always good!

Ooo love this video;

I would like to go to Lisbon. I have been to Portugal and Faro.

Great video Dylan! On the subject of trams & similar, I can recommend the San Francisco Cable Car network, if you're ever out west in America. Well worth a visit.

That's one very funny "end of the ride" he he 😆😂 , but overall, it is a very historical tram and a very interesting video.

that yellow mud on the ground is the result of some sands from north africa mixed with rain

amazing Dylan, I knew about the trams but not the funicular

Patterned cobbles are quite a feature of most Iberian cities and towns

Thanks for the nice video Reindert uit suriname 🇸🇷 ♥

With help from few passengers it would be probably possible to move the back of the beemer just a bit ;)

Reminds me of Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood 🙂

Great video. How about doing Kusttram in Belgium next? After all it's (currently) the longest tram in the world, and I'ts auite uniqe, going through both towns and rural areas along entire Belgien coast