Wellington Trolleybuses (SYSTEM TERMINATED - 31 OCTOBER 2017)

Автокөліктер мен көлік құралдары

Designline Trolley 384 made the final trip from Karori Park into Kilbirnie Depot at 12:45 a.m. on 1 November 2017. These quiet, electric vehicles have been replaced with diesel buses for the foreseeable future, pending the eventual rebuilding of these trolleys into "Wrightspeed" battery powered buses with diesel generator recharging units. NZ$11 million will be spent to dismantle the electrical network. One of my favourite cities is now considerably less desirable to visit.

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  • @stephenlindburg2545
    @stephenlindburg25456 жыл бұрын

    It seems extraordinary that an electric transport system is being discarded at this point in history.

  • @fireballxl5768

    @fireballxl5768

    3 жыл бұрын

    When the world is going electric this is madness !

  • @hans2406

    @hans2406

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think it is an act of stupidity. Wonder what authorities can serve as an excuse.

  • @rogermanley955
    @rogermanley9552 жыл бұрын

    I rode and photographed the system in December 2014. What disappointed me at that time was the amount of motorbus substitution and the fact the system only operated Mondays to Fridays. Did you note, three wires through the Victoria Tunnel? Excellent film.

  • @twinvideoproduction9662
    @twinvideoproduction96625 жыл бұрын

    Great system and video footage. I cannot believe what happened. What a shame!

  • @billykitahama3514
    @billykitahama35146 жыл бұрын

    Politicians (Left or Right) really don't seem to like trolley buses. To me, they seem like the ideal compromise between diesel buses and trams.

  • @danieleyre8913

    @danieleyre8913

    2 жыл бұрын

    They've got their pro's and cons. But they were a great fit for Wellington with its steep inclines and population density.

  • @darryl3392
    @darryl33925 жыл бұрын

    What a waste! I Haven’t lived in Wellington for a number of years now but I used to love these buses. You could read a book without all the noise. On a really cold day the first busses on the lines would arc out with the frost and you would have a light show. They were a great idea and in Sydney they are throwing up all the overheads for the light rail. Someone must have rocks in there head to have gotten rid on them

  • @darryl3392

    @darryl3392

    5 жыл бұрын

    Oh and how everyone thanked the drivers😀 mind you it didn’t matter what type of bus you were in it was the nice thing to do

  • @bobzwol
    @bobzwol5 жыл бұрын

    Wow! Those buses look brand-spanking new! Sad. I wonder how those diesels are going to climb those steep hills... I recall as a kid growing up in Chicago how devastated I was when the CTA abandoned their trolley bus system in 1973.

  • @danieleyre8913

    @danieleyre8913

    2 жыл бұрын

    They were rebuilt in 2006 from Volvo B58's bought in the early 1980s.

  • @bobzwol

    @bobzwol

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@danieleyre8913 Thank you! Much appreciated!

  • @Timsvideochannel1
    @Timsvideochannel15 жыл бұрын

    I was there a couple of weeks ago, Wellington looked different without the wires and the main street smelled of diesel, not a good image to present to tourists.

  • @Michael-lg4wz

    @Michael-lg4wz

    3 жыл бұрын

    As a walker I have noticed the difference. Its quite sad that the council has externalised the cost of lung cancer and other respiratory issues. I think some one had it in their mind and that was that. Only one third party was asked for substation and switchgear improvement cost.

  • @Timsvideochannel1

    @Timsvideochannel1

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Michael-lg4wz These things are easy to remove and incredibly expensive to reinstate, accountants are the enemy of common sense, I live in the UK where one Dr Beeching recommended closing most of Britain's railways and the transport minister of the day (also to owner of Britain's largest Motorway construction company) implemented the Beeching report. Today Britain is and overcrowded island with aweful transport links because greedy men put their own interests first, New Zealand doesn't have to follow the UK, it could and should learn from the UK's mistakes.

  • @CRAIG5835

    @CRAIG5835

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Timsvideochannel1 By and large we have but our current Prime Minister Comrade Jacinda (Seems to be getting her orders from the Dems in the USA, they feted the hell out of her during Covid, all the Yank talk shows, all the witches calling her out as an excellent example of a leader, and did we mention her Chinese buddies, who appear to be governing the US and dems as well as Ms) Ardern. WHAT has the world come to!!?? Her/their policies/edicts are ruining the Blue collars of the planet, but that is after all, their 16 year plan.

  • @atlanticcoastexpress
    @atlanticcoastexpress9 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video...thank you! The trolleybus makes it look easy climbing those hills! (I had no idea Wellington was so full of steep hills!). Here in Bournemouth in England we lost our trolleybus system 40 years or so ago. Just imagine the smell and the noisy diesel bus grinding up the Wellington hills. I'd love to see a modern system like yours here in the UK again. Fascinating...thanks again. Rob

  • @albertbenajam4751
    @albertbenajam47513 жыл бұрын

    As an aside, the narrow long tunnel will really be SMOKY as busses moving in alternate directions will never fully ventilate.

  • @infamyinfamy
    @infamyinfamy6 жыл бұрын

    At a time when cities around the world are reintroducing trolley buses and trams, what on earth are Wellington thinking?

  • @tannawannavannabittannawan7138

    @tannawannavannabittannawan7138

    4 жыл бұрын

    Exactly!

  • @danieleyre8913

    @danieleyre8913

    2 жыл бұрын

    While I was against losing the trolley's: Wellington's system had an antiquated & rare power supply system. And it wasn't easy nor cheap sourcing new trolley's in left-hand drive. So they would've needed a lot of money spent on them.

  • @rogermanley955

    @rogermanley955

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@danieleyre8913 I thought it was because they wanted to privatise GO Wellington and that was difficult with the trolleybuses operating.

  • @danieleyre8913

    @danieleyre8913

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@rogermanley955 Why would that make any difference?

  • @rogermanley955

    @rogermanley955

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@danieleyre8913 That is what the staff told me especially if they privatised route by route. I take your point re power supply.

  • @RGC198
    @RGC1989 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely excellent video. My last trip to Wellington New Zealand was back in 1979, when all the buses were red in colout. Watching this video brings back some wonderful memories. Thanks for sharing. I truly hope the council reconsiders against scrapping the trolley buses. The trolley buses are an excellent form of transport and are a great help with cutting down the pollution. From what I remember, Wellington had far cleaner air than most other world cities, when I visited there back in the 1970's. Wellington has always been one of my all time favourite locations.

  • @raphaelfranks2339
    @raphaelfranks23399 жыл бұрын

    Don't get rid of these!

  • @tomasnordin9778
    @tomasnordin97786 жыл бұрын

    It seems that the politicians in Wellington are of the same low quality as here in Sweden. Just the idea of replacing an electric system with a dieselpowered one is 50-60's thinking.

  • @CRAIG5835

    @CRAIG5835

    3 жыл бұрын

    Tomas, ya get some good ones, then the bad ones get them thrown out of there. Same everywhere not just here in Welly. SMH material I agree.

  • @Techno-Universal
    @Techno-Universal2 жыл бұрын

    Also the first busses seen in the video are also used in Melbourne in Australia on Melbourne’s metropolitan bus network however of course the buses in Melbourne only have four wheels rather than six and are diesel driven! :)

  • @dynomania
    @dynomania6 жыл бұрын

    What a shame, obviously somebody in a position of power is on the take :(

  • @nanba25
    @nanba2510 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting mix of transportation and local architecture, thanks for showing your country and city These trolleys look smart and have a dynamic look, indeed !

  • @PriestmanCub
    @PriestmanCub8 жыл бұрын

    Why close them down, they must be far more carbon friendly than diesel or petrol?

  • @neildahlgaard-sigsworth3819

    @neildahlgaard-sigsworth3819

    4 жыл бұрын

    JOHN-UK. Depends on the source of the electricity.

  • @thegreypenguin5097

    @thegreypenguin5097

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@neildahlgaard-sigsworth3819 it's still better because electric motors are more efficient and quieter. they also require less maintenance. prob cancels out tho bc overhead lines.

  • @sw6188

    @sw6188

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@neildahlgaard-sigsworth3819 The majority of electricity generation here is from hydro electric = renewable energy.

  • @JimStaff52
    @JimStaff525 жыл бұрын

    Double-decker trolleybuses ran for 40 years in the UK before they were scrapped mid 1960's (Newcastle-on-Tyne) due to maintenance of poles and wires. Fully laden the 6 wheelers could carry close to 140 passengers up the steepest of hills that the (then) diesels couldn't manage. What a waste of money for Wellington after two years. It would be interesting to hear what the maintenance problems were.

  • @pilotboi69
    @pilotboi692 жыл бұрын

    i may have been that toddler at 8:03 - i used to love the trolleybuses and would be sad if i had to go on a 'square' bus (the diesels). the trolleys had the cool bulged windscreen. i miss the trolleybuses

  • @Maraandg
    @Maraandg6 жыл бұрын

    Really enjoyed watching this - and thanks once again for sharing with us here!

  • @laureanoarantesnetto8893
    @laureanoarantesnetto88933 жыл бұрын

    parabéns Nova Zelândia , parabéns Wellington por esses maravilhosos trólebus , queria tanto em São Paulo SP Brasil , trólebus com ar condicionado e tudo mais

  • @MrCrusader40
    @MrCrusader4010 жыл бұрын

    Great production, gongringer. What super shots from high above Aro Valley terminus. :-)

  • @the_alex_ellis_channel6923
    @the_alex_ellis_channel692310 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic. Theses should run on weekends. They are much better for the environment.

  • @the_alex_ellis_channel6923

    @the_alex_ellis_channel6923

    10 жыл бұрын

    NZ does not use any nuclear power, most of our electricity comes from Hydro-power and wind power.

  • @johnbenton4488

    @johnbenton4488

    9 жыл бұрын

    Alex Ellis So there is no excuse for not using trolleybuses, is there?

  • @the_alex_ellis_channel6923

    @the_alex_ellis_channel6923

    9 жыл бұрын

    The trolleybuses are better for the environment.

  • @johnbenton4488

    @johnbenton4488

    9 жыл бұрын

    I think trolleybuses are better for everyone, and the environment.

  • @the_alex_ellis_channel6923

    @the_alex_ellis_channel6923

    9 жыл бұрын

    John Benton Unfortunately the dickheads at NZBus and WRC don't think like that, which is why they are being withdrawn in 2017 and being replaced with hybrids. The sad reality is that those F8ckers all drive around in ice cars, and have their own personal parking spaces - they never actually use public transport themselves.

  • @rakselectric7390
    @rakselectric73906 жыл бұрын

    Perfect vehicles for up hill 100% torque all the time

  • @laureanoarantesnetto8893
    @laureanoarantesnetto88933 жыл бұрын

    parabéns Go transportes de Wellington Nova Zelândia

  • @tannawannavannabittannawan7138
    @tannawannavannabittannawan71384 жыл бұрын

    It seems like there are many documentaries and news articles on the dismantling of transit systems across the globe during various periods of time. Especially true with trams/street cars in the US during the 1950s & 60s. In those articles it even discusses that it was a poor decision and the negative impact it had on cities......... Yes, it seems like there are some places that still take that course of action. The system seem like it added a uniqueness to the town. I’m wondering if down the road people will look back and say, “What a shame, we should have never gotten rid of those trolley buses.”

  • @gsd4me00
    @gsd4me005 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting footage as I drove the "Big Red Buses" back around 1970. I remember that Trolley #1 and maybe #2 were garaged at the Kilbirnie depot. They had wooden frames with canvas bodies as I recall and were not very nice to drive. Overall, I enjoyed driving trolleys and as I did what was called, weekly changes, driving a different route every week, I knew every bit of the wire and was pretty quick when I wanted to be and rarely spat a pole off. The run up Aro Street was also very interesting as I lived in Durham Street when young and my father and I were on the last tram to Aro Street in 1857. The first school I went to was Mitcheltown Primary, which was situated around the corner to the left and up a driveway in Holloway Road, but moved on to Te Aro Primary a couple of years later. I've been back to NZ a couple of times in the last twelve months and reckon Wellington will be gridlocked in five years or so and nothing will move.

  • @trevorpage3191
    @trevorpage31917 жыл бұрын

    I think they are great, but getting rid of them?. I remember in 1962 when the trams were replaced by diesel buses and the outrage that caused at the time, its a step backwards . I haven't been to Kiwi for 50 years, it was great to watch this video brought back some memories. Trevor, UK.

  • @user-mh2hv9mm1u
    @user-mh2hv9mm1u Жыл бұрын

    Шикарная техника, ничего не скажешь!

  • @prashanthb6521
    @prashanthb652110 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this informative video.

  • @serpentine1084
    @serpentine10846 жыл бұрын

    I just went to Wellington hopeing I would see them, all I saw were regular buses and Auckland buses with the AT Logo still on them....

  • @bulleid2004
    @bulleid20048 жыл бұрын

    The footage of Route 5 in Hataitai is now an historical record, as the wiring has been taken down and the service is diesel operated.

  • @albertbenajam4751
    @albertbenajam47513 жыл бұрын

    At risk of being redundant; the Wellington system displayed 2 advantages of this mode. HILL CLIMBING at speed as seen in USA in San Francisco and Seattle and nearby Vancouver Canada AND operation in tunnels and SubWays as in Boston Mass area. Undouptedly diesel replacements will struggle up hills, especially pulling away at starts uphill puts diesels at inefficient power range. As for politicians, this seems a double money grab. Buying lots of Diesels and then spending lots more trying to convert the less then ten year old TBs to battery use.

  • @hans2406
    @hans24066 жыл бұрын

    I always had the Idea people in NZ were somewhat bright. Did not count on the inherent stupid of politicians.

  • @calebjames1699

    @calebjames1699

    4 жыл бұрын

    You got that right our politicians were rather dumb at the time but they are kind of better now.

  • @CRAIG5835

    @CRAIG5835

    3 жыл бұрын

    The diesel buses are so LOUD too, standing in town having a chat finally to that great specimen you see every lunch hour, then just as shes giving you her Twitter acct, the bloody noisy bus goes past and ya cant hear a darn thing...and shes gone before you get your fingers out of your ears.

  • @PatrickHutton
    @PatrickHutton4 жыл бұрын

    Madness to dismantle. Most Trolleybus systems have 300amps on tap for the vehicles to use better than diesel or battery powered.

  • @user-ch5cb8vw3c
    @user-ch5cb8vw3c4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the video👍

  • @michaelmorahan57
    @michaelmorahan572 жыл бұрын

    i drove the buses there in 1973/4 it was a good shift to go 8 hours and the poles stayed i liked the food in the canteen over the road at wakefield st i think

  • @HappyfoxBiz
    @HappyfoxBiz2 жыл бұрын

    they look so new they could have lasted another 10-20 years before replacement but no, they had to get rid of the system just after the beautiful buses were purchased, they look like cute caterpillars

  • @trainluvr
    @trainluvr6 жыл бұрын

    I'm sure the neighbors on those hilly streets will be thrilled that hi revving diesels go past every few minutes. Route flexibility? Nonsense. Batteries? they don't last but 5 years if your lucky, I know this first hand from my electric bike experience. Trading one set of problems for new problems in the hope of saving some money is foolish. It would be one thing if the fleet were ancient and the country were completely bankrupt and unable to replace them. This is a perplexing situation and really diminishes my high opinion of New Zealander's. In 4 years, no one has posted any reasonable argument for abandoning the wires and expensive coaches. This reeks of high level political corruption such as has plagued most of the world since the beginning of time.

  • @trainrover

    @trainrover

    5 жыл бұрын

    Corporateering, big business has a l w a y s been and a l w a y s will be crooked; it's n e v e r been about economising. Of all the hand-wringing comments here yours, however, has made me realise the forthcoming troublesome, frequent disposals of batteries.

  • @johnhammond5379
    @johnhammond53798 жыл бұрын

    Only just now caught your wonderful video. A nice reminder of what a lovely city Wellington (My home town) is. Some great points made in the comments here but I doubt that the Greater Wellington Regional Council would wish to let good sense get in the way. It was exactly the same with the trams, the last of which ran in 1962. I remember the fight to try to keep them but, alas, to no avail. Electric transport is clean, quiet, the engines have few moving parts, acceleration is better (as could be observed in the hill scenes). London's hybrid buses are very noisy and as far as I can see the electric bit is rarely engaged. But in our noisy polluted cities something as clean and quiet as a trolley bus is such an anachronism, isn't it?

  • @luizpereirasmodels
    @luizpereirasmodels3 жыл бұрын

    The electric motor of this trolleybus was made by Eletra from there in Brazil.

  • @gongringer
    @gongringer10 жыл бұрын

    Cue the video to 3:50, and you will see a signal on a yellow post on the left side of the tunnel portal. It will change from red to a white B symbol to allow the trolley bus to enter the tunnel. It is interlocked with a signal at the other end of the tunnel so two buses should not be in the tunnel at the same time.

  • @CRAIG5835

    @CRAIG5835

    3 жыл бұрын

    A guy i know used to drive for that company and cars arent allowed through so one day he was about to enter the tunnel when he saw a car about to enter from the other end, he basically played First to blink, with the oncoming car only to notice the car wasnt doing the usual when a bus catches you and reverses out or doesnt even bother entering until the bus has gone through. This guy kept coming to where they reached a stalemate and stopped, the driver of the car disembarked and yelled at the Driver, What are you gunna do now Big Hero, my cars stolen and im off, and he proceeded to run out the way the bus had came and this caused a hell of a mess, my driver friend was an Hour behind schedule all day as a result. I told my friend, Ya got to give a little, before ya take a little, da dum de dum da da da. By the same token, I have received a Ticket on a Sunday morning (When there is only 1 bus each hour) for going thru the tunnel (Hataitai Bus Tunnel, to be correct) only to find not one, but TWO cop cars there on the other side having what i can only think was a Sunday prayer meet tween the burly Sgt and the not so burly female driver of the non Sgt car. Two Hundie Bucks is what the fine was, must have been on weekend rates plus time and a half on Sundays at that price.

  • @malcolmgeorge1180
    @malcolmgeorge11809 жыл бұрын

    why the hell the councilors would want to scrap these high tech trolleybuses? in Birmingham UK there are plans for the similar system and most of European cities wouldn't dare scrapping them!

  • @Grumpy_old_Boot

    @Grumpy_old_Boot

    9 жыл бұрын

    Malcolm George Because the overhead wire system is quite expensive to maintain, and it's difficult to change a route, once established. Besides, they could change to battery powered busses, and just convert the old trollies to battery power, and have a few fast charge stations here and there, much cheaper to maintain.

  • @Noi5ee

    @Noi5ee

    8 жыл бұрын

    Batteries are very expensive, and as far as i know the trolleys will be replaced with hybrids (diesels).

  • @8v71buses
    @8v71buses10 жыл бұрын

    Man I tell you if I didn't know any better I'd say these yellow trolley buses kinda favor the RTS at the front of them. These are sick and hecka awesome

  • @harveywilson9050
    @harveywilson90508 жыл бұрын

    Wow Wellington has come of age with its bus fleet but I remember mearly all the houses on the video from when I was a kid living in Wellington im 68 now so in 58 yrs bugger all has changed in that way

  • @JeffreyOrnstein
    @JeffreyOrnstein8 жыл бұрын

    Very nice video. I thought these looked like a Designline bus. The Designline standard bus was tried in NYC, but none were ordered after the trial. But it's good to see the three axle trolleybus is alive and well again.

  • @this51man

    @this51man

    8 жыл бұрын

    The hybrid ones were part of a 90 bus test order. After one broke down on the bridge, they upgraded the turbine system (Capstone C30) to a larger Capstone C65. The buses failed the test phase after only 5 buses were delivered, and they all were sent back

  • @stevedruns2353

    @stevedruns2353

    Ай бұрын

    Budapest and elsewhere have 3 axle trolley buses, and some multsection bodies

  • @fireballxl5768
    @fireballxl57683 жыл бұрын

    Makes so much sense don't need expensive battery's,better than the crapy diesel buses we have in this part of the U.K.

  • @MervynPartin
    @MervynPartin8 жыл бұрын

    I first saw the Wellington trolleybuses in 1975 when they were red (I only had a still camera then). I was so pleased to see that the system was still running, until you said that it is to be closed down- I wonder who will stand to benefit when the contract is placed for a new fleet of vehicles? Loved your video, and I hopefully will get a few shots on my own camcorder next year (2016) whilst in Wellington.

  • @rafaelvaroli2227
    @rafaelvaroli22274 жыл бұрын

    GO Wellington trolebus show👍esse poderia vir para SP, fazer parte da frota de trolebus da região.

  • @timosha21
    @timosha216 жыл бұрын

    I can't believe they are going to close this down! short sited!

  • @karinavega5480

    @karinavega5480

    6 жыл бұрын

    Timosha21 ifof8f

  • @AllIsWellaus

    @AllIsWellaus

    6 жыл бұрын

    They turned out to be too expensive to run, that's why they ended it. But yeah, environmentally, I think it's pretty bad.

  • @annettedavis5796

    @annettedavis5796

    5 жыл бұрын

    Just council hearsay. The council neglected to maintain the electrical system and decided to scrap modern trolley buses because the new bus franchise holder had a diesel bus fleet, as it turns, Wellington has had lots of problems with its new buses, the council made the wrong decision.

  • @zoomeristen394
    @zoomeristen39410 жыл бұрын

    Nice vid !!!!

  • @truckeemick2486
    @truckeemick24865 жыл бұрын

    i grew up in wellington and remember the trams and then silver ghosts slipping silently in the fog down cleveland st. then when older and when i was man enough to, i drove the big reds. diesels and electrics. the electrics were the msot amazing thing for torque. i can not beleive theyre going. cant you fill them with batteries and put solar panels on the roof?

  • @grantourismo0109
    @grantourismo010910 жыл бұрын

    sad thing the council is scrapping it to replace with diesel bus; it must be corruptions!

  • @judyfreed4555

    @judyfreed4555

    6 жыл бұрын

    In Phila PA, USA. National Coach bought out privately held local transport co. and then, despite public promises, proceeded to dismantle trolley{streetcar rail} lines & several trackless trolley lines and shortened others. They replaced them with diesel buses from GMC. Guess what company owned National Bus! G M Corp.

  • @adrianhoiland20

    @adrianhoiland20

    5 жыл бұрын

    Very sad i hate dieselbuses :(

  • @hans2406

    @hans2406

    4 жыл бұрын

    Quite obvious.

  • @realgroovy24
    @realgroovy246 жыл бұрын

    3:19 is not Mount Victoria tunnel, it's Hataitai.

  • @ulissesdecastro
    @ulissesdecastro5 жыл бұрын

    Nice buses, In my city, trolleybuses doesn't exists anymore.

  • @c2757
    @c27573 жыл бұрын

    Trolleybuses are environmentally vastly superior to anything with a battery, but in Wellington they're giving their citizens a dose of real diesel pollution while they put the clock back on the trolleybuses.

  • @IP5
    @IP510 жыл бұрын

    Magnifique ! :D :D Merci pour ce film, gongrinper. ;)

  • @Selfcreative
    @Selfcreative6 жыл бұрын

    Outrageous!

  • @lauradickson5038

    @lauradickson5038

    5 жыл бұрын

    Dear sirs: the Willington Transit and city council must be composed with a bunch of crap ass pee brains. Our city of Calgary and Edmonton got rid of their trolley buses because of civic management promotions; also because of not wanting to upgrade the overhead system strung over the thoroughfares. We eliminated ours Forty-five years ago and our capital city of Edmonton Eight years ago in 22010. They used the same flimsy excuse both times. thanks, Glenn Dickson.

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    @jhowjhowfit33166 жыл бұрын

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  • @TheLostProbe
    @TheLostProbe7 ай бұрын

    I've visited Wellington and while I do think it was a dumb decision to completely get rid of these things, the removal of the overhead wires allows for electric double-deckers to operate. you win some, you lose some

  • @transitdude3352
    @transitdude33528 жыл бұрын

    LOOOOOOVITT!! Nice video!!

  • @nikolaospeterson2495
    @nikolaospeterson24958 жыл бұрын

    After reading this heading I am HORRIFIED! I am in San Francisco (which also has trolley buses) and this means that I HAVE to come down to Wellington THIS YEAR (2016) to ride these! Is to mean that Wellington being currently the only trolley bus system in Southern Hemisphere (and perhaps the only one driving on the LEFT on the planet) will all go diesel!?

  • @amiausUSA

    @amiausUSA

    7 жыл бұрын

    There is (or was, as of September 2010) a trolleybus line "K" in Rosario, Argentina. Each ride is about AR$ 10.00 apiece, fairly cheap, even cheaper with a 5-ride ticket. Sao Paulo in Brazil has a trolleybus system as well. I am not aware of any LHT trolleybus systems in the southern hemisphere.

  • @francatter2554
    @francatter255410 жыл бұрын

    Bello e veramente accurato

  • @northstar1950
    @northstar195010 жыл бұрын

    Why are they run only at weekends? and why are the idiots thinking about replacing them with diesels? These are silent clean and rapid and look new.

  • @TheOneFlanimal

    @TheOneFlanimal

    9 жыл бұрын

    He said they only run on Weekdays.

  • @CrabCityKidsTV
    @CrabCityKidsTV10 жыл бұрын

    How do the trolleybus drivers know that the road ahead is clear before starting into the single-lane Mount Victoria tunnel? Is there a signal light or are they in radio contact with the on-coming drivers?

  • @Djinnjaha

    @Djinnjaha

    8 жыл бұрын

    +CrabCityKidsTV There is a signal light at the tunnel portals to tell the bus drivers that it is their turn to use the tunnel.

  • @kristinajendesen7111
    @kristinajendesen71116 жыл бұрын

    Bloody hell Wellington; 04.00 - you've got a severe graffiti problem. I'll come and take care of it if you let me live in NZ 😊

  • @travelvideos
    @travelvideos Жыл бұрын

    Why they closed it?

  • @jonah6404
    @jonah64044 жыл бұрын

    I would have kept them with the electric double deckers.

  • @CrabCityKidsTV
    @CrabCityKidsTV10 жыл бұрын

    Can a trolleybus drive around a blockage in their path (such as a disabled car) or are they forced to back-up until they reach a cross street and then make a detour?

  • @zoki.to974

    @zoki.to974

    10 жыл бұрын

    ummm "trolley" that means those buses they have those sticks on the top trough which they get electricity from the cables above so their movement is restricted, yes they can pass broken car, other bus or truck, but they cannot detour on first intersection. only where cables with power are...

  • @johnbenton4488

    @johnbenton4488

    9 жыл бұрын

    Trolleybuses can access either carriageway, as their overhead current-collecting poles are able to operate at up to 90 degrees from the straight ahead. Unlike trams, which are stuck to their rails.

  • @JimStaff52

    @JimStaff52

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@zoki.to974 Trolleybuses from the 1960's in the UK had back-up batteries to get them to the side of the road in the case of power failure. In one instance they travelled a whole city block (UK size) on batteries to avoid a fire adjacent to existing route.

  • @metropolitantransit7276
    @metropolitantransit72763 жыл бұрын

    New Zealand?

  • @laureanoarantesnetto8893
    @laureanoarantesnetto88933 жыл бұрын

    Bus in Wellington the best

  • @cardenasr.2898
    @cardenasr.28986 жыл бұрын

    C'mon why dismantling those amazing busses. Really don't know what local governments have in their minds

  • @GarySanson
    @GarySanson6 жыл бұрын

    II read a newspaper clip saying there not much success in getting the wrightspeed system to work. Will it work or will be dumbed in some paddock somewhere watch this space. Just another thought Wellington throw away tourist dollars

  • @brycepender6001
    @brycepender60016 жыл бұрын

    I was on the last trip.

  • @bobthebadassbuilder8086
    @bobthebadassbuilder808610 жыл бұрын

    nice!

  • @j.d.philipps288
    @j.d.philipps2886 жыл бұрын

    Excellent filming with some imaginative viewpoints! A total tragedy that the system has fallen foul of short-sighted pen-pushers who hate electric traction. London had the world's largest ever trolleybus network but that too was trashed by imbeciles.

  • @trainrover

    @trainrover

    5 жыл бұрын

    Why must gazillions of you clones be lenient with crooks by likening them to (quote) _imbeciles_ .. your hand-wringing, virtue signalling's merely impotent, right.. .. . .

  • @tannawannavannabittannawan7138

    @tannawannavannabittannawan7138

    4 жыл бұрын

    trainrover ~ What are you babbling on about now? They have an excellent point.........unlike you. Why must things like you always have to make a contradictory, useless point over nothing. Most people on here agree that the dismantling of this system is pointless and not beneficial for the city. Do you support this decision? Regardless.......up your meds (mg) and next time don’t skip your morning dose of medication! See what can happens when you do little one! 🤪

  • @Passionlestransportspublics
    @Passionlestransportspublics4 жыл бұрын

    Nice video. Do you know the title of the music at the end of your video ?

  • @gongringer

    @gongringer

    4 жыл бұрын

    I used iMovie to edit this video; you can add titles, sound effects, music, etc. I chose Stingers from the music menu, and the selection is Synthetic Design 02.caf It is one minute long and as part of iMovie the Artist is shown as Apple Inc. For the opening title for the video, I used Concrete Jungle from the Ambience menu to provide a background sound of traffic. I use this more for still photos in my latest video: Trolleybuses Return to Route 41.

  • @Passionlestransportspublics

    @Passionlestransportspublics

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@gongringer Oh okay thank you very much for your answer

  • @johnhammond5379
    @johnhammond53798 жыл бұрын

    And what contribution will the WRC decision make to NZ's self-publicising as "100% virgin pure NZ"?

  • @EezeeListen
    @EezeeListen9 жыл бұрын

    I find it quite strange that the drivers are wearing "high visibility" vests when they are driving bright yellow buses. I had to have one when I was driving tours in France, but only wore it if you had to get out of the coach on a breakdown or when loading luggage.

  • @johnhammond5379

    @johnhammond5379

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Eezee Listen That might be because if a pole comes adrift the driver needs to get out to reposition it. One night a few years ago a following car ran into the driver and killed him.

  • @EezeeListen

    @EezeeListen

    8 жыл бұрын

    +John Hammond Ah yes, and I guess the temptation to "just pop out" without putting the jacket on would be so easy - would be nice if the company or the organisation could design an integrated shirt and/or jumper with yellow high visibility - I never liked having to wear an additional item especially as they were never tailored/comfortable.

  • @paulwilliams5208
    @paulwilliams52083 жыл бұрын

    YET so many city's are bring back trams

  • @laureanoarantesnetto8893
    @laureanoarantesnetto88933 жыл бұрын

    não tem catracas , como o usuário paga?

  • @frederickmiles327
    @frederickmiles3276 жыл бұрын

    Surely the trolley system with its wires, poles, hills and tunnels and its recently modernised , trolley buses ( built in 1978/79 and updated in 2007-8 with new bodies and new features such as batteries for temporary off power running) were an icon of Wellington and should have been marketed as a significant attraction to international tourists and a super way of getting around Wellington. But no. Clean transport, european tourists and sophisticated public transport are not really priorites here. WEllington councils are very left wing and prioritise public housing estates and the creation of jobs for the low skilled and poor academic performers and the trolley bus system with its ageing DC system, old substations and requirements for lots of expensive and highly skilled electrical workers was not much liked. In New Zealand for the last 40 years most governments have encouraged most with good degrees or talented to leave the country , and probably at least a million have permanently. Of the highly intelligent under 60, probably three quarters have left the school once they finished university or lost their NZ job and professional income. Among the skilled workers probably half. WEllington should be an exciting boutique city like San Francisco, but the last couple of Governments have opted for draconian anti alcohol policies and New Zealand's legendary 24/6 bars and supermarkets open all day and night selling alcohol have been subject to new restrictive licensing and over zealous enforcement which far exceeds the letter of the council or legal fiat. In Wellington the overiding policy is to employ the locals in bars and cafes and the policy of the socially and economically liberal governments than opened everything economically and socially ( in say Labour 84-90 government the economic and social/ sexual liberals were often too different groups) but the the National government since about the time of the Christchurch earthquake in 2010/11 and the World cup in 2011 has been closing everything exciting.

  • @sabarinathan154
    @sabarinathan1544 жыл бұрын

    இந்த முன்னேற்றங்களை. எல்லாம். பார்க்கும். போது. நம் நாடு. நாற்பது வருடங்கள். பின்னடைவில். இருக்கிறது.

  • @zasokol6493
    @zasokol64932 жыл бұрын

    Why?!

  • @CreatorPolar

    @CreatorPolar

    2 жыл бұрын

    Because apparently 6 million $/year in up keep is more expensive than the environmental effects of diesel buses

  • @billfitzpatrick6910
    @billfitzpatrick69106 жыл бұрын

    Looks like Seattle Washington

  • @notimenoplace3322
    @notimenoplace33226 жыл бұрын

    Belos ..!! Optimus

  • @kensukefan47
    @kensukefan475 жыл бұрын

    Actually Moscow does the same thing

  • @rakselectric7390
    @rakselectric73906 жыл бұрын

    2:14 little ark

  • @cupcakkexpeaches2217
    @cupcakkexpeaches22173 жыл бұрын

    At least electric double deckers serving and on order

  • @harveywilson9050
    @harveywilson90508 жыл бұрын

    oh and yes we used to race on our bikes through the tram tunnel and hoped we didnt get caught I cant remember getting caught

  • @spiritwalker1988
    @spiritwalker19884 жыл бұрын

    What country is this ?

  • @davidbatthews3811

    @davidbatthews3811

    3 жыл бұрын

    🇳🇿.

  • @spiritwalker1988

    @spiritwalker1988

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@davidbatthews3811 Fuck you !!

  • @jonah6404

    @jonah6404

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@spiritwalker1988 Why so hostile

  • @user-ch5cb8vw3c
    @user-ch5cb8vw3c4 жыл бұрын

    Super video trolleybuses

  • @MS46532
    @MS465326 жыл бұрын

    wow looks so.... yellow.

  • @laureanoarantesnetto8893
    @laureanoarantesnetto88933 жыл бұрын

    que trólebus e esse? atenção ambiental transportes quando da renovação da frota de trólebus que tal alguns desses? acho que nunca muito moderno

  • @JohnMitch
    @JohnMitch Жыл бұрын

    Ridicules getting rid of electric buses in favor of polluting diesels

  • @joeritchie7286
    @joeritchie72863 жыл бұрын

    Lots of American style houses

  • @laureanoarantesnetto8893
    @laureanoarantesnetto88933 жыл бұрын

    PMSP isso é trólebus , Ambiental Transportes isso é trólebus , nossos trólebus são antiquados perante Wellington

  • @bobthebadassbuilder8086
    @bobthebadassbuilder808610 жыл бұрын

    trolleys are already electric!

  • @crossleydd42
    @crossleydd428 жыл бұрын

    Interesting that they put road markings down as an aid to operating/not operating the frogs. I'd forgotten how silent trolleybuses are. I lived in London, which had the largest system in the world, with over 1800 vehicles, all but one trolleybus being three-axle, with one having twin-steering! I used it a lot. It closed in 1961 and the last UK sysem closed in 1972. That's still the situation today (2016). Nice video.

  • @Rick-ci5hj

    @Rick-ci5hj

    7 жыл бұрын

    Chris Hebbron silent? sound super loud in the video

  • @grizzli_88
    @grizzli_889 жыл бұрын

    а звук как у наших зиу)))) заебно наверное по горам на нем ездить

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