The coolest thing about Genoa's subway system is that you don't have to go down any steps. You just walk straight into the hill, and you're in the tunnel

@ceCRTVTR

3 жыл бұрын

true, but for S. Agostino station only. On the opposite the Brin station is up on an iron bridge upside the roads. The same (only) line is alltogether "underground, upground and overground"

"Surely that's dangerous, and I say that wearing a red shirt" brilliant.

@devastator5042

8 жыл бұрын

that's Tom for you red shirts and witty quirks.... shit I rymed

@theharristrain

8 жыл бұрын

+A Very Good Man i dont get it

@fluffydestroyer8336

8 жыл бұрын

+Alex Harris Minor characters in Star Trek wearing red uniforms are considered prone to death

@majbummer69

5 жыл бұрын

I'm glad I'm not the only one that laughed at this.

@DK-ub5ph

5 жыл бұрын

@@devastator5042 No you didn't.

Less a lift that goes sideways, and more a tram that drives onto an elevator. cleaver work around.

@Dred_Nite

8 жыл бұрын

+Kerbal Rocketry Yes, very cleaver, I'd sure like to meat the person who came up with the idea.

@KerbalRocketry

8 жыл бұрын

Jaco Blades oh damn I really butchered my spelling there.

@Dred_Nite

8 жыл бұрын

***** Don't worry, we all make misteaks.

@otakuribo

8 жыл бұрын

Was gonna make a joke relating Kerbals and botched spelling; but I don't wanna argue sim antics. ...

@Falkano

5 жыл бұрын

Brilliant 😂

It seems rather odd to build such an elevator just so the people storming your castle don't tire themselves out.

@cherry.bakewell8973

8 жыл бұрын

+Michael Sommers Well, the Italians are known for being accommodating.

@napillnik

8 жыл бұрын

+Cherry.Bakewell yeah, so accommodating that almost no subway station in Rome has any escalators or lifts. Had to pull my heavy luggage through several terminals.

@justsme6278

5 жыл бұрын

It isn't just for the castle itself

@Alex-uy7pc

4 жыл бұрын

Can't have all the "new Europeans " walking around using thier feet like suckers....

@alessandromonchieri6808

4 жыл бұрын

Gosh... you think it was built only to reach the castle... ... Have you ever been there, took the elevator? That elevator prevents people living in the nearby from climbing across a hill, skipping a long walk or traffic. In a vertical city such engineering works are normal. As in Lisbon. Why no complaint about the portuguese? Haha

I’m from Genoa and this video made unreasonably happy for some reason. I love our weird elevators so much

Reminds me of the beginning of Half Life

@bewtifulfreak

8 жыл бұрын

+grande1899 *Ha*, just said the same thing to my husband!

@TomScottGo

8 жыл бұрын

+grande1899 "The Real Black Mesa Elevator" would have been a hell of a clickbait title, but I think it'd have just made a lot of people angry. (Also, it would have needed me to know something about video games to spot the reference...!)

@DriftKingNL

8 жыл бұрын

+Tom Scott You're never too old to start playing some video games Tom. Who knows, you might like it.

@grande1899

8 жыл бұрын

***** Or just go full clickbait and title it "Half Life 3 release date announced!"

@dontspikemydrink9382

5 жыл бұрын

Or Half Life 4 episode 3 part 4 3/5 season pass 2, download link below

You know you live in a strange city when Tom Scott comes to visit it to make a video about an elevator! It's a pity that I didn't know you were in town, otherwise i would have come to say hello! Hope you enjoyed your visit!

@MrRaffo99

8 жыл бұрын

+Tom Scott

@ledues3336

Жыл бұрын

@@MrRaffo99 Anche io sono genovese e il video l'ho visto solo ora, mannaggia ahah

+1 for 'Red shirt'

@lividsoda

8 жыл бұрын

yes

@jcmccrae

8 жыл бұрын

+Phil Peace -12 for not making a half-life reference, though.

@user-qx7tm5df8j

8 жыл бұрын

+jcmccrae no this is the real world. only movies and books count there. you should know that jcmccrae :D

@Killerspieler0815

8 жыл бұрын

+Phil Peace and an extra thumb up because no Red-shirts were harmed in producing this film ^^

@lividsoda

8 жыл бұрын

***** Star Trek.

"Good morning and welcome to the Black Mesa Transit System..."

@pray7056

5 жыл бұрын

"...This automated train is provided for the security and convenience of employees of the Black Mesa Research Facility personnel. Please feel free to move about the train or simply sit back and enjoy the ride."

@ellieblaber4243

4 жыл бұрын

starts having nam style flashbacks

@cfdeers

3 жыл бұрын

The time is 8:47 AM.

I guess you could say they really thought... outside the box!

@samuelao9497

8 жыл бұрын

Ba dum tssss

@biscuitsandbananas3433

8 жыл бұрын

+David Ward No, you go inside the box.

@TwoFaceCreations

8 жыл бұрын

+David Ward the orange box?

@otakuribo

8 жыл бұрын

If only that elevator could talk; oh, the storeys it could tell!

Lift vs elevator, love how he just abandons all local terms and just uses them interchangeably

@caseythimm5522

8 жыл бұрын

+midgetwars1 IKR

@lnplum

8 жыл бұрын

+midgetwars1 I thought it was only something non-native speakers did. I'm neither British nor American and I frequently find myself alternating between "movie" and "film", sometimes even in the same sentence.

@calebhubbard7217

8 жыл бұрын

he replyed to a comment earlyer saying it was purly to annoy people like you.

@midgetwars1

8 жыл бұрын

Caleb Hubbard Who said I was annoyed. Read what I wrote.

@ashleigh.

8 жыл бұрын

+midgetwars1 To give you some insight (assuming you've none): I'm English, and I use a lot of American English and British English phrases interchangeably; they're just perfect synonyms to me, and allow me to speak with more variety.

These videos make me want to travel the world. 🙂

@shaunpierce4174

3 жыл бұрын

Do it, I travel a lot, there's nothing like it. Get out there and see the world while you can.

@ItsJustBlakey

3 жыл бұрын

@@shaunpierce4174 There's still a pandemic on Shaun

@Ron.S.

3 жыл бұрын

Europe is stunning and FULL of amazing places. I particularly love gorgeous Spain and Italy because of the very interesting and far reaching history + I can speak the languages. The best thing of it all is (was) that you could simply hop into your car and go anywhere and use your phone for free, free medical care etc. Now it really is travelling the world. Sad.

I was in Rome last year and the house I stayed in had this really cool old elevator. It had tiny little wooden doors, and all these little levers and latches and catches, and those metal retracting gates outside the doors. I spent a lot of time just going up and down in it, and felt like I was in a 1950s spy movie or something. It was all clangy and mechanical, and you could see all the pulleys and wires around it. It looked to be a few hundred years old, but it was in great condition. Really fun!

Black Mesa Transit System anyone?

@barnstormer322

8 жыл бұрын

+Fluffy Destroyer yup

@Engineer9736

8 жыл бұрын

Made me think of it as well indeed :D

@insu_na

8 жыл бұрын

The Aperture Science way of transport is much faster... :P

@user-qx7tm5df8j

8 жыл бұрын

+Fluffy Destroyer im playing half-life 2 right now. is that close enough to be an amazing coincidence? :D

@MaxArceus

8 жыл бұрын

+Fluffy Destroyer Yes. Definitely. Was thinking about it the whole time xD

Been on this last year on a day trip to Genoa. Really fantastic, and the merger/transfer point between horizontal to vertical is amazing engineering! Worth seeking out, and the castle district at the top is fun to walk around in. Also, make sure to see the Maritime Museum....state of the art museum about the ship building history of the city. On the top floor is an area dedicated to the Italian emigrants to North and South America with immersive experiences and computer databases to see if your family went thru Genoa.

Black Mesa's sure had their budget cut.

@ExcuseTheSaltImLearning

8 жыл бұрын

Yeah, this reminded me of Half-Life as well ;)

@TheEmeraldMenOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

Nah, this is just an older compound. They let you tour the decommissioned compound to bring in extra funds.

I'm from Genoa and i love this video. I take this elevator quite often ahaha

@anse7288

4 жыл бұрын

Belin

@thef1dude501

4 жыл бұрын

I’ve moved here to Genoa about 6 months ago and I still haven’t gone there, I know the entrance is at Balbi (I think) but I’m way too lazy to go

@ivancarli1800

3 жыл бұрын

Semmu de zena

@elisavogt2517

3 жыл бұрын

Belin, sti foresti

@giulianogisotti4107

3 жыл бұрын

@@thef1dude501 Oh come on, just try it. And while you're in Castello de Albertis, walk over to Castelletto - you won't regret it.

it's the Willy wonka elevator!

@Natethesandman1

8 жыл бұрын

The Wonkavator!

@nicho8

7 жыл бұрын

up and out!

@qeelevators2960

4 жыл бұрын

No Thyssenkrupp is making the wonkavator

@feronanthus9756

3 жыл бұрын

No, it can't even go sideways or slantways let alone squareways or longways.

@gabor6259

3 жыл бұрын

More like the lift from the Ministry of Magic from Harry Potter.

Necessity is the mother of invention. Laziness is its drunk uncle.

@TheEmeraldMenOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

Yep.

The name is: Ascsensore - Lift (Elevator for y’all americans) Castello D’Albertis - The name of the Castle in the mountain Montegalletto - The name of the mountain Just a note people, the lift isn’t just for the castle. The castle just so happens to be at the top of this mountain. It’s mainly used for access to this part of the city in Catelletto that are more difficult to get to by bus. There are several other lifts nearby

the elevator gets in another elevator to take him up "brilliant piece of engineering"

@nabijaczleweli

8 жыл бұрын

+sergio hidalgo c2.com/cgi/wiki?OneMoreLevelOfIndirection

@insu_na

8 жыл бұрын

+sergio hidalgo He probably calls it that because this thing is so old... I don't understand why they don't left it with a crane tho... Especially if it's a crane with a static grabber, where the only moving parts are bolts that lock sideways motion. That ought to be much lighter than driving this thing onto a lift... On the other hand, I don't know if the suspension of the lower cart could survive being lifted, or if the lower cart would have to be separated from the capsule.

@insu_na

8 жыл бұрын

The Great Steve The weight still creates a lot of stress on the pulley system.

@JamesPawson

8 жыл бұрын

Um yeah... am I the only person who thinks the most "brilliant" thing would have been to just have people get out of one and get into the other? It's like inventing a special astronaut pen that writes in space, despite pencils already existing.

@insu_na

8 жыл бұрын

ᒍᗩᗰᕮᔕ ᑭᗩᗯᔕOᑎ I guess you've never met a lazy person....

Very uplifting video. Sorry that was bad on so many levels.

@rjfaber1991

8 жыл бұрын

One does wonder why engineering marvels like these never get featured on cable news...

@azyfloof

8 жыл бұрын

+Peatry Mckendrick I once farted in an elevator, which was bad on _every_ level...

@geraldhenrickson7472

7 жыл бұрын

How could I live this many decades and have never heard that one before. Wow. I am stunned...Thanks

@karronoverbey4322

5 жыл бұрын

@@PowerChannel88 for some reason. I read that in an English accent which made the joke much better

@dlrss1v274

3 жыл бұрын

trance*

the initial shots of the car in the tunnel reminded me very much of the original half life!

I'm italian and i didn't know about this, but it is amazing! :D

@intersezioni

8 жыл бұрын

+Antonello Contini gli italiani sanno solo lamentarsi!

@cecagna

8 жыл бұрын

+Antonello Contini la maggioranza degli italiani che vanno a genova passano tutto il giorno in coda all'acquario, forse anche i caruggi ma poi poc'altro anche se la città è piena di piccole sorprese come questa!

@Handhandme

6 жыл бұрын

Antonello Contini Non sapevo nemmeno io di quest'ascensore... e vivo a Genova 😂

@ZauberinNini

4 жыл бұрын

@@intersezioni Verissimo

@panda4247

4 жыл бұрын

I am elevator and i didn't know about this

Woah, next time I go to Genova I'll look for this strange elevator! Never been on a funicular or something like that outside of my city (Turin), and this looks very peculiar

@ledues3336

Жыл бұрын

Sono genovese e sono stato a Torino la settimana scorsa, devo dire che è molto bella. Monte dei cappuccini ha una vista spettacolare

0:52 “It’s like a Star Trek turbolift […] I say that wearing a red shirt.” Saying that a split second after I had the same idea in mind is one of the reasons why I watch this channel.

@remino

7 жыл бұрын

Indeed. I was worried he couldn't make it.

Huh. I've been working with a guy from Genoa lately. He barely speaks 5 words of English, I don't speak Italian, and yet he insists on speaking to me in Italian pretty much constantly. Today he told me "Tu capisce tutti! Tutti!" and I was like "No. No I don't." and he was like "Si! Si! Tu capisce!" We have fun.

@napillnik

8 жыл бұрын

+JustOneAsbesto was I the only one who read it with intonnation, and imagining a man with a moustache, wearing a wife beater, holding 3 fingers together as he speaks, while his left hand is raised on his seat back rest?

@MrRealgar

5 жыл бұрын

Donnie Well, not everyone imagines stereotypes. Frankly, it’s boring to think so.

@davidemaestroni6634

4 жыл бұрын

Yess Donnie you have forgot that after we have a shower using tomato souce instead of soap

thank you so much for actually putting in a time lapse

I've been following this guy for years and I found out just now that he's been in my city! Hope you enjoyed your stay on Genoa

@ledues3336

Жыл бұрын

Pure io ahah

I rode this today! It was quite fun. And check out the castle too, it's incredibly bizarre but interesting, the private collation of a late 19th-early 20th century explorer.

Nice video! I always took it when I worked in the neighbourhood of Castelletto... but I had never thought that it could be dangerous in any way, not being an engineer is good!!!

I would subscribe to an 'Elevators of the World's channel. It would be .. uplifting.

@jakecobovic9091

8 жыл бұрын

Ba dum tiss

@mipmipmipmipmip

8 жыл бұрын

Something about that idea just brings me down

@albertosapiens1

8 жыл бұрын

You should look for 'The Elevator channel' here on KZread, then

@AvailableUsernameTed

8 жыл бұрын

I thought that 'The Elevator Channel' would just be boring music, but yeah its really about elevators.

@atychi_

6 жыл бұрын

eyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Very Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

My cousins actually live in a neighbouring city and I've been there multiple times. I actually screamed Marco when I was there and could hear the ghost of Marco Polo respond with: Polo hashshshshs

@ledues3336

Жыл бұрын

Ahah di dove sono? Arenzano?

Tom, there is an even weirder one in Berlin. It's a lift that goes up, sideways, and then down again, across some public transit rails. It's located at Betriebsbahnhof Rummelsburg, have a Google maps link: www.google.de/maps/place/52%C2%B029'37.2%22N+13%C2%B029'53.8%22E/@52.4936559,13.4977069,148m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d52.493655!4d13.498284

@TomScottGo

8 жыл бұрын

+Noah Hellman Well, that's on my list for next time I visit Berlin! I suspect I can only get away with one "odd lift" video a year though. :)

@JDeWittDIY

8 жыл бұрын

+Tom Scott No, we'll allow you three "odd lift" videos per year...

@MarxismLilyism

8 жыл бұрын

+QuantumFluxable I was going to ask what the strangest elevator in the world is (since this is just the strangest in Italy), so thank you for answering my question

@LordRunty

8 жыл бұрын

+Tom Scott Just find a third unusual lift system. That'll keep it odd :P

@kasane1337

8 жыл бұрын

I always wonder how I manage to live in Berlin and always have people talking about things they've seen in Berlin that I've never even heard of.

An elevator that can shift from riding left to right to up and down that’s cool!

There's another strange funicular in the region of South Tyrol, it was used to move marble blocks from a quarry to the processing plant below. It had a platform with narrow gauge tracks in order to carry railcars up and down the mountain

You should visit the Opicina Tramway in Trieste, Italy. It's a hybrid tram and funicular.

This elevator has haunted my dreams for many years, and I didn't know it existed until just now.

Just went on this today, very cool! Thanks for the heads up, Tom.

I love your videos. Please make more!

I enjoy this set of videos a lot.

....and then along comes the TyssenKrupp MULTI

Fascinating! I'm always interested in stuff like this.

Thanks engineering minds! I'm pretty fascinated by that one that seems to have been designed to resemble a moving set of stairs too.

Tom, have you got any list of those amazing places you visit. I'm hoping to make a trip to Europe, in the next few months. Thanks! Great video, as always.

“One stormy night long ago, five people stepped through the door of an elevator and into a nightmare. That door is opening once again and this time, it’s opening for you.” _Rod Serling (voiced by Mark Silverman)

I'm glad to see we have captions in Spanish, Spanish (Spain), and Spanish (Latin America).

@2xsaiko

8 жыл бұрын

yeah it's a big programmer achievement to allow for all these three languages at once!

@theLuigiFan0007Productions

7 жыл бұрын

Ya gotta account for all those dialects! :P

Thanks for showing the whole thing.

Geweldig ! Lijkt me heel vreemd daarin te zitten.

AMAZINGLY brilliant use of dual tech

There are quite a few of these in Genova. The one at Quezzi is part Inclinator.

Reminds me of Half-Life.

It is elevator as in Otis Elevator, the inventor of the first elevator that protected you if a cable broke, and Otis was 'sooooooo' North American! Good job Tom! Fascinating vid and thanks for all your work bring us these wonderful nuggets of knowledge!

That is by far the most interesting elevator system I've seen!

Not exactly how the tower of terror works, it doesn't have cable, the vehicle drives itself around.

@TomScottGo

8 жыл бұрын

+Spirit Of The Holidays Yep: I did wonder whether to include that technicality in my script, but decided it was easier to let it pass by :)

@SpiritOfTheSeasons

8 жыл бұрын

+Tom Scott yea lol, I'm just a Disney geek. Love your videos by the way :D

@JosephDavies

8 жыл бұрын

+Tom Scott: It's a pretty good comparison. The concept is the same even if the exact implementation differs slightly. :)

@JimCullen

8 жыл бұрын

+Spirit Of The Holidays what exactly is the Disney tower of terror? Because the Tower of Terror I'm familiar with sounds completely different... cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/f634ff459a760bdba9aedac185b13574

@JosephDavies

8 жыл бұрын

+Jim Cullen: It's a Twilight Zone-themed accelerated drop ride at several Disney parks: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone_Tower_of_Terror

such a good video. nice work.

@Tom Scott I’m genovise and I did actually know this! Thanks for making me visit my city with another eye!

@francescocerioni8939

3 жыл бұрын

E perchè ti sto scrivendo in inglese se siamo entrambi italiani?

Thanks Tom!

I have to visit this place. The lift is amazing and I have a possibly excessive love of funicular railways. The whole place seems to be absolutely adorable. To me, anyway.

I've been on the tower of terror, so Thankyou Tom by using that comparison you've ensured I'm never gonna try this elevator!! 🤣🤣

That is COOL! Years ago, I actually had a dream of an elevator that was capable of going horizontally, too. That was different! I guess I could call this an X-Y elevator, for you are moving in both the X and Y axes.

I was born and lived in genoa for 20 years and had no idea about this stuff

just spent the day riding Genoa transport systems it is full of surprises.

Added to my bucket list

amazing fade out on end!

Seeing it stopped before driving onto the elevator points out how important it is that it checks whether the platform is present. I wouldn't want to be in a train that drives itself into an open elevator shaft. I wonder what failsafes it has?

We need these in California and Nevada for mountain ranges.

Where do you learn about these interesting places/structures/ideas, Tom? I envy your life every time I watch one of your vids!

Grazie Luca per i sottotitoli

I’ve been dreaming of horizontal lifts for years and now I realise they actually exist!

@toasterhavingabath6980

Жыл бұрын

those are usually called trains ( i know what you actually mean )

Would love to see you do a video about Velorails :)

Interesting video. Thanks.

Whaaaaat, I've always watched your videos and now KZread recommended this one which is the elevator that lead to my home 😅

great edit at the end. vertical elevation to sound fade to Amazing Places screen

I just happened to come across this elevator last autumn. It was amazing! I also tried a few others and some funicilars. They were all free last year. Not sure how it is now..😊

@Luigi-uj5ml

4 ай бұрын

We remind you that from 1 January 2024 the vertical systems (elevators, funiculars and rack railways) are free every day of the week without time limits for all citizens residing in the Metropolitan City of Genoa. In case of control, an identity document certifying residence in one of the municipalities of the Metropolitan City of Genoa must be shown to the verification staff.

Roald Dahl Fans: “Hey, I’ve seen this before!” Genoa: “What do you mean? It’s brand new!”

I thought of the Tower of Terror before you mentioned it. Cool idea.

Really enjoying this new series Tom - you're really getting to some incredible places! On an unrelated note, I spotted you at "Now Play This" a few weeks ago in London; were you making a video that day or just visiting?

This is just Tom Scott backpacking around the world right? Nice of him to make some videos while he enjoys himself.

why do you have my name wtf

@chicawhappa

5 жыл бұрын

@Ng John truly

@catnium

4 жыл бұрын

because our parents where not very original when naming you

@solohay2generos68

4 жыл бұрын

@@catnium Our?

@davgpol

3 жыл бұрын

Why do you have his name?

I'm in the north of Italy right now too! I hope I run into Tom Scott! #dreams

Notification squad 👍👍 But wow this is really interesting! And clever too.

Divertical Roller Coaster at Mirabilandia haves similar elevator system （but trailed by water during horizon section）

The Cannibal Rollercoaster at Lagoon (Utah) works the same way. you are strapped into the rollercoaster car, and you roll down the track normally until you get to the tower, then the bit of the track that you are on is hoisted up to the top where you then go down and around the rest of the roller coaster.

Pretty straight foward design actually.

Tom, you need to visit the Dinorwig pumped storage power station AKA 'The Electric Mountain'. I read a story about that, sounds like it would be an interesting place to film one of these.

You'd think they would make the tunnel a little more decorative. A bit of colour at least

@andreat.2809

4 жыл бұрын

Are you kidding? You don't know the Genoese!

Cool. Love it

2:11 Looks like the Ending of Portal 2

I now need to visit Genoa.

Whaaat!?! you came to Genova!!! Dammit... let me know if you plan to come again!

I've seen it in my dreams didn't know these existed

I salute you Evil_Hasenragout. I am not German and cam not speak it, but I'm sure you made someone happy with the (probably) free work you put your own time into

If elevators and big infrastructure interest you, there's a couple of boat lifts on Belgian canals (look up Ronquiere inclined plane and Strepy-Thieu boat lift)

This is just like those dreams I had as a kid of elevators going in multiple directions in a single trip

That is excellent

Diesel Ducy is going to love this.

I've been always curious how safety standards are met on the aerial lifts with cabins that detach themselves from the cable at the stations so they wouldn't move so fast when you're getting in or out (mostly found in ski resorts). They have to detach and reattach to the cable at least thousand times a day, one would have thought that something would brake eventually, yet they keep operating safely everywhere.

Looks more like something out of Myst than Star Trek, but even so, very cool :)