The last tram to be seen pulling away was repainted into a modern take of the old Sheffield Corporation livery as a nod to the past some years ago. Good to see it is still about. Love it that Stagecoach still has conductors on these trams.

I lived in Sheffield ever since i was born and i'll tell you now, i always preferred trams rather than buses for 3 main reasons: 1) the coding for which tram goes where is a lot more easier as it's colour coded unlike buses that are number coded 2) it can sometimes cut through traffic 3) when on trams, it will tell you the next stop by request will be this next destination unlike buses where you have to remember where your stop is. The only problem I have with the sheffield trams is that there are 2 different routes going in the same direction until they split off at a certain stop. These are what I mean: Yellow and Tram train between Cathedral and Tinsley/Meadowhall South Blue and Yellow between Fitzalan square and Hillsborough Blue and Purple between Cathedral and Gleadless Townend.

At about 5:45, those diagonal grooves in the road are the result of a collision with a lorry on the first day of tram-train operation!

@dorsettyke

Жыл бұрын

I suppose it's worth mentioning that the lorry was at fault, jumping a red light 🙂

@savagesam205

Жыл бұрын

You can also spot some diagonal grooves on 4:37

7:44 nearly floored that couple haha 😂

Double-decker trams are just way cooler than ordinary trams. While the double-decker trams may no longer be in service in the UK (besides Blackpool and Birkenhead), thankfully the British introduced them to Hong Kong in 1904 where they are still thriving today. The HK Tramways has a total length of 30 kilometers or 19 miles. An average of 200K people ride them every day! While the original fleet have been retired, if you're a tourist you can book a sightseeing tour of a replica of a 1920s design called the TramOramic Tour! Or better yet, book a private party tram in a replica of the original design! They're also still around in Alexandria, Egypt! Some are brand-new like in Aruba! Or a wine tram in Franschhoek, South Africa!

@johnnyboy3949

Жыл бұрын

Used to love the balloon, jubilee and millennium double decker trams at blackpool! Got a good view of the sea from the top deck! They felt like buses on tracks, which is essentially what old trans were.

@roderickjoyce6716

Жыл бұрын

@@johnnyboy3949 I used to volunteer at Beamish which had a Ballon car on loan for a time. It was much better at carrying crowds on busy days than the museum's own fleet, but struggled to get up the bank between Pockerley and the Museum Entrance stops.

@roderickjoyce6716

Жыл бұрын

There are tourist tram services with refreshments in Europe, too. Frankfurt has a cider tram - the Ebbelwoi Express - that runs regularly. Frankfurt cider is rather like scrumpy, so be careful! Torino has the Gustotram with at table (!) service of full meals. Torino also has the historic line 7 with restored vintage trams, and the utterly wonderful Sassi-Superga line which apart from being extremely scenic is a third rail rack-and-pinion operation. The motor cars date from the 1930s and the trailers from the 1890s.

Oh and I think the pronunciation of Fitzalan is "fits Alan"!

@qwertyTRiG

Жыл бұрын

That's how most Fitz- names are pronounced.

@stevieinselby

Жыл бұрын

"Fitz" originally being code for "illegitimate child of". So anyone called Fitzroy has a bastard son of a king somewhere in their ancestry!

Lived in Sheffield for a few years and always love the tram! One thing I would say is they’re FAST, not just on dedicated track and but also during street running as well. Not fast as railway per say but defo a lot faster than some of the UK’s other network- yes Metrolink, I’m talking about you😠

@antonycharnock2993

Жыл бұрын

I used Metrolink a lot last year at Xmas time from Ashton Park & ride to the city centre whilst working. The seats and ride comfort are really uncomfortable with the trams being really noisy compared to the Supertram giving out a horrible electric whine.

Crazy that West Yorkshire still doesn't have any kind of tram or metro system 😢 The Meadowhell/Rotherham branch is the section of the network that has the most dedicated tracks - the Middlewood/Malin Bridge and Herdings Park lines are mostly on-street, and Halfway is, well, halfway between the two!

Interesting how it's one of the few where you can buy your ticket on board. Virtually all other tram systems you have to buy before you board otherwise risk getting a fine (if caught).

@antonycharnock2993

Жыл бұрын

I love the conductor service. Makes you feel safer than on other tram systems.

American cities have similar stories. Riding in streetcars were the norm in many cities from Los Angeles to Atlanta. But the rise of the automobile and buses replaced them one by one, though some managed to keep parts of their original system (like Newark, NJ with the Newark City Subway and Philadelphia). American cities nowadays are building new light-rail systems because they realized getting rid of them was a big mistake and not everyone in cities have cars. Hudson County, NJ once had an impressive system called the North Hudson County Railway. The North Hudson County Railway was a complex streetcar network that connected Journal Square in Jersey City, Hoboken, Weehawken, and Union City. However, a portion of Hudson County is a line of pretty steep cliffs that makes up part of the Hudson Palisades. So how did they get the streetcars down these dangerous cliffs to low-lying Hoboken and Weehawken by the Hudson River? With everything from a huge and long elevated trestle, funicular wagon lifts, and an elevator! Tackling the cliffs this way was an engineering feat, especially for the time. NJ Transit has since built the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail, but it does not go up these cliffs what so ever, it only tunnels through one portion for a stop at Bergenline Ave before terminating at Tonnelle Ave for its northern terminus.

So at the 7:50 mark, the tram next to the one you just got off is one that has been repainted in the old Sheffield Corporation tram colours.

@toe102

Жыл бұрын

I thought they was silver 🤣 back in the day

@Jon.Morimoto

Жыл бұрын

​@@deeserI don't understand "hi church." Is it a reference to High Church Anglicans? If it's slang, what does it mean and which types of people (locality, age, education) say it? Thanks.

Tram fares are currently capped at £2 per single journey, not £2.20

@xr6lad

Жыл бұрын

Given he blamed the cost of living crisis on Brexit despite the entire world having a cost of living crisis im not surprised he got that wrong as well.

@Zomerset

Жыл бұрын

The fare cap was mentioned in the video, unless it has been republished since.

Another nice video, Dylan. Thanks too for mentioning accessibility. (Someone -- not Dylan -- was wearing a nice dress in the last couple of videos!)

I would like to hear your thoughts on the Portland, Oregon Light Rail system. I take it a couple times a year for the Rose City Comic Con so my route is usually like 30-40 minutes, but you can go from the Portland airport to the convention center via the Max Red Line for a more decent video length travel time. And get some GREAT pacific northwest mountain views along the way.

What a great video! I love the SuperTram! They’re great little units and it’s a awesome line.

The Sheffield Supertram has been around as long as the Channel Tunnel

Hi Dylan, I was wondering if you could tell me how and where you buy tickets for the tram network? I notice you say in the video that you buy them on board but is it a tap-in-tap-out system like the London Underground or a more complicated person/machine system? Cheers!

Hey Dylan any chance you could add metric conversions in post please? It's annoying stopping the video to convert.

Love using the tram to Meadowhall whenever I go to Sheffield

Back when the Croydon tram system was being proposed, the promotional literature consistently referred to the vehicles as supertrams. I always wondered why; they were just multi-car trams like they have in Europe and when we go there we just call them trams. Maybe to distinguish them from old-fashioned double decker trams? I knew Sheffield had them and was surprised to see they were actually called supertrams there. When the system in Croydon opened the trams were just trams.

@bahnspotterEU

Жыл бұрын

Probably because the Croydon trams have a significant amount of exclusive right of way. Old tram systems typically just run/ran in the streets, which tanks their performance severely.

@IndigoJo

Жыл бұрын

@@bahnspotterEU It's actually nearly all of it; in the town centre it mostly runs along roads which are buses only, except in George Street and the road through Old Town. Where it's along a main road, it's parallel, not on street.

Appreciate this and all your videos, Dylan. Dropping a line as I THINK I just saw Mr & Mrs Dylan heading towards Plat 2 at sunny Kings Cross ... if it was you, happy travels northbound! Best wishes, Paul

BTW it's Fits-alan not Fitsaln but otherwise good video on my local system.

would you ever do the tram/ metro in birmingham all the way to wolverhampton

Most interesting - thank you, Dylan.

I like seeing the tram tours I would love to see the Edinburgh tram system, especially when they open the new extension.

I watch your videos regularly and I can’t believe I walked passed you and didn’t even notice at 3:30. I’m the one with the black coat and the SWFC pin badge 😳😂 Cracking video mate!

@zotoda

Жыл бұрын

lool

You should definably try out the Edinburgh Trams in Edinburgh, especially the new line to Newhaven.

Go on Edinburgh trams from newhaven to Edinburgh Airport

You can also use your bus pass on tram I used it sometimes

Since you're wanting to cover some local transit, feel free to drop me a line if you ever happen to end up in Vancouver, BC, Canada. I can help you out with exploring the SkyTrain driverless metro network in that region.

This is great trams here aren't really late unless for incidents our trams are quick and reliable

Great video; There’s a whole series of light rail to be done now 😅 Birmingham, Blackpool, Croydon, Edinburgh & Nottingham tramways, the Glasgow subway, the Tyne & Wear metro in Newcastle and DLR. Oh and surely Leeds has something too? Wait, it doesn’t?

@michaelscott7166

Жыл бұрын

Leeds/Bradford is absolutely crying out for a metro system be it tram or tube.

@roderickjoyce6716

Жыл бұрын

Leeds has an empty track through the woods where the Middleton trams used to run 😪; unfortunately the most recent plans to reintroduce trams or LRT to Leeds and Liverpool were killed by the Blair government.

hey with us, the tram has been running since 1885 first on the Belgian neighborhood railway on the coast n and since then in 1991 De Lijn and in 1998 the coast tram continues to the panne station and now also with CAF TRAMS

Streercars or light rail

Great video. Come down south and investigate our Croydon tramlink, as they call it.

Only been on the Edinburgh tram network and it is getting phase 2 from York Place down Leith to Ocean Terminal soon from Airport. Edinburgh tram is a great specification from Birmingham Tram as it is somewhat of a let down compared with Edinburgh. Debbie Cannon doing the tram service announcements, CAF Urbos 3,

i like to see you do a Blackpool tram review on the bombardier flexity 2 to stargate from fleetwood or tower stop

@june1935

Жыл бұрын

i miss the classic trams. do they still run them?

A Dublin Luas video would be fun.

When I went to Sheffield I got on at Carbrook to get into the centre. I walked around forever trying to get a ticket - ended up just walking onto the tram. There was a lovely conductor at the door who told me what's what.

Though I moved from Sheffield in 89 when I was 9 I have been back a good few times and travelled on the tram on occasions and it’s a perfectly good system which has struggled with money issues and lack,of further expansion over the years. Living near Manchester I have watched that system grow a long in a similar time frame. The Square is pronounced Fitz-Alan square with an emphasis on the T ☺️

Pronounced Duw-Wag (DU as in DO and Wag as in dog wagging tail)

@SeverityOne

Жыл бұрын

That's not how you pronounce it. There's simply no sound for "ü" in English. French, Dutch, and Japanese have the sound (all written as "u"). As for "wag", the "a" is pronounced as in "car", but short. So basically, no.

@roderickjoyce6716

Жыл бұрын

@@SeverityOne I confess I learned German in Bavaria, which is a bit like learning English in the West Country, so the English spelling of the way I'd say it would be something like "Doovak". Fortunately the company is now owned by Ziemenz.

@SeverityOne

Жыл бұрын

@@roderickjoyce6716 Well, in Bavaria they tell you "Grüß Gott". At least they did in the 1980s, when I last was there. That's how the "ü" is pronounced, also in Bavaria. It just doesn't like the "oo" in English. To clarify, I grew up in the Netherlands some 20 minutes from the German border, and even though there are pretty substantial regional differences in German, an "ü" does not become an "u".

Nice trams! Always good to see towns realising their past errors and reintroducing quality infrastructure. The urban enviroment is a bit depressing though.

Cost of living has hit globally and was caused by the increase fuel prices related to the invasion of Ukraine. In fact inflation is highest in countries with the highest fuel jumps like Turkey and the Netherlands. Nothing to do with Brexit, although it frustrated me too, we remainers have to accept it.

@Jon.Morimoto

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for a solid and serious reply from a Europhile. I wish calm discussion were the norm on this issue. As Tony Benn noted, political independence allows the British people to choose their laws and economy democratically. You don't see S Korea or Japan demanding an Asian Union where foreigners would write their laws and regulate their economy.

Great video. I would take a look at the different tram systems but also come back to Sheffield as they have the Tram Train to Rotherham which are different trams to the ones you rode on. Also I'm, sure that SuperTram is the only tram network which takes ALL England bus passes as well.

I enjoyed riding these trams very much, and I tried all four lines to their terminal stops. Will be there again in 2024 for the Snooker World Championchip.

Despite working in Sheffield, and living in Rotherham, I haven't used the tram since before 2000. Sadly it doesn't go to the areas I need to travel round. The line you travelled on is the one with the most dedicated tracks. I don't like driving on tram routes. The tramlines are also lethal if you try to cross them at a shallow angle on a bicycle - I once got thrown over the handlebars ☹️.

Thought you might have took a trip on one of their new units, the tram train, which runs from cathedral upto parkgate, after turning off at tinsley meadowhall south it uses the regular train line to parkgate stopping at Rotherham Central at specially designed platforms at the end of platforms 1 and 2 (the tram train stops are classed as platforms 3 and 4) incidentally at parkgate, even though it's a tram stop and not a national rail station, it still plays the rail announcements like at a train station.

I really hope that's your wife and not a stranger you're filming the face of. She has the "why is this guy filming me?" expression going on.

@DylansTravelReports

Жыл бұрын

Don't worry, my wife 😁

Thanks for crediting my map!

One of my pet peeves is people who stand in the door of a train/tram when others are disembarking! Try to set a good example!

Would LOVE to see more local transport videos! Although hopefully not the awful buses near where I live! 😂

Yes to the light rail/ tram midweek vids keep it up

What a pleasant, mid-week surprise!

Great video. ☺️

Do the Croydon tram network next

Yes

West Midlands Metro next, very interesting system.

I wouldn't mind seeing more tram related videos. If you ever make your way into Denmark I'd love to see a video from either the Aarhus Light rail, or Odense light rail. The Aarhus system especially is wacky as it features a 69 kilometer long line that takes over an hour and 20 minutes to go from end to end, being converted from an old regional railway. The Copenhagen S train would probably also make for a good video with its insanely wide trains serving the Copenhagen metropolitan area.

It's just a shame that they haven't invested in a new fleet you can tell from there age and not being fully wheelchair accessible inside and there not that different to the original trams that operated in the West Midlands back in the late 90s early 2000s before they were scrapped and replaced

@Retroelectronic

10 ай бұрын

They're going to finally get a major upgrade in 2024 when the Supertram network come back under public ownership.

Hope u didn’t go in to bankers( the weatherspoons where u got off lol)

Love the Tram videos!

Nice Video Dylan

video idea maybe you might wanna check out the tyne and wear metro system in newcastle

@roderickjoyce6716

Жыл бұрын

Not till the new trains are in service - the old ones are knackered, clapped out and filthy - you can't see out of the windows and it's a miracle if all the allegedly serviceable trains are actually in service on any day. The staff do their best but the trains should have been replaced years ago :(

@jackstransportvideos3201

Жыл бұрын

@@roderickjoyce6716 that's fine your right about the fleet

@roderickjoyce6716

Жыл бұрын

Late News: Stadler have engaged a contractor to deep-clean the 559s, so at least if you get stuck in one you can see out of the windows or admire the shiny floors.

The luas tram system in Dublin, also you could do some of the Irish train routes as well.

Hi. What a great video! I used to live in Sheffield and i always had trouble with the trams as they were always closed!

Do a video about the Croydon Tramlink

I love the Nürnberg tram system, so have a soft spot in my heart for tram systems in general.

You didn't mention that it is a tram/train system which I believe is still the only one operating in the UK.

@roderickjoyce6716

Жыл бұрын

It isn't. Sort of. Although the Tyne & Wear Metro runs on a completely segregated alignment, and the system is fully signalled, the Metrocars are based on a German LRT design: they can go round tighter curves and up steeper gradients than heavy rail trains and they have track brakes like trams (when the trains stop for a driver change at South Gosforth you can hear the clank as the track brakes drop onto the railhead). The Metro runs along national network tracks between Pelaw and Sunderland, and oil tanker trains now use the Metro line between Pelaw and Jarrow to reach the tank farm siding just beyond Jarrow Metro station.

A big surprise! Thank´s a million.

would be cool to see the west midlands metro on the channel doesnt get enough attention imo

Just had a chuckle at the last station on the blue line being called "Halfway". Wonder where the line will get to when they build the other half of it? 😁

@davidmiller6728

Жыл бұрын

it's halfway to Chesterfield and unlikely to go there

„Duewag“ or more correctly „Düwag“ is difficult for Brits to pronounce due to the use of the letter „ü“. The best replacement I can think of that you can visualise is how an “o” is pronounced in the word “Do” when spoken with a strong Scottish accent.

@roderickjoyce6716

Жыл бұрын

Also "Toon" in Geordie, "doon" as in "doon there". Many German sounds that Southern English speakers find hard can be found in everyday use in Scots, some parts of Northern England, and in Welsh.

Would love to see all UK tram systems, and maybe a comparison would be very interesting.

Got to say this When boarding stand away from the doors until people alight, don't try to board when people r leaving it makes things work much better. I used to drive them , awful company to work for slavecoach, and their way of treating staff is awful. Apart from that those Siemens units r great and overall pretty solid , I don't rate the vossloh tram train though. Cheers

Congratz on 120k Dylan! I think i subbed when you were on 7k or something like that

The Sheffield Supertram Class 399 Citylink tram-train that are used on the Rotherham Parkgate route are very nice. I would like to go to Sheffield and to ride on the Supertram.

What is the rest of the network like? This video seemed to show a suburban train (with dedicated tracks and stations) that happens to run through the main town streets at the end of its journey. Not saying this is a bad thing - but just wondering if the rest of the network runs trams along streets.

@antonycharnock2993

Жыл бұрын

Most of it is integrated with the road network with only small sections running separately. The Meadowhall/Parkgate line runs alongside and also uses the freight line which is why it uses tram trains with the tram trains not actually running into Meadowhall tram stop. They divert at Tinsley onto the freight line to Rotherham/Parkgate kzread.info/dash/bejne/eWmfwbWYiZfTiM4.html

@aussiebloke51

Жыл бұрын

@@antonycharnock2993 Thanks for the info. There are a couple of cities in Australia where the train network (suburban and long distance) actually goes up the middle of a normal for a kilometre or two!

@aussiebloke51

Жыл бұрын

....normal road ....

Nottingham could be the next?

bro Fitzalan square you've absolutely butchered that LOL

good to know you got tram or super tram network in the UK. That's equal to the light rail services. Great video!! Good job and congrats on your GF.

@stevehornsby7727

Жыл бұрын

He is married now.

@sherlocksteve9109

Жыл бұрын

@@stevehornsby7727 what?! Married?? WHEN?? I'm shocked!!

Try the Nottingham trams next, great video Dylan

I live a short walk from Hillsborough tram stop, good service, decent frequency and very comfortable. Sadly though it's a system which was designed for a Sheffield of the 80s and hasn't really kept up with the times. Definitely needs a good dose of funding to update and extend it quite significantly.

Nice one! I wonder if you'll try the new Edinburgh tram extension to Newhaven? 7:44 - i'm not sure about that one!

The tram extension to Newhaven in Edinburgh should open very soon .Maybe we'll have a video on that.This is an excellent idea to make videos on tram systems first in the UK and maybe later in continental Europe.Your explanations are always very good.I enjoy your videos very much.Have a nice day!Bonne journée!

Leeds’s failed tram systems would make an interesting video in its self!

Can you pls do edinburgh trams

@s125ish

Жыл бұрын

Well if it happens 😮

How about the tram train

Yws

Tyne & Wear Metro, but please wait until the new Stadler trains are in service; the system is suffering from delays due to huge amounts of catch-up and modernisation work and the Metrocars are long overdue for the scrapyard... meanwhile Nexus makes sure that the one new train features on their KZread channel as often as possible. It should all be wonderful by Christmas 2024 ...

Enjoyed the trip! Wanted to say thanks for including the time of video was recorded. I’m going to be in your country next month via cruise ship and trying to determine what to wear. I’ve been watching the people in the video to see what they’re wearing!

@otisreed8799

Жыл бұрын

It could be anything from chilly to scorching hot so prepare for everything haha

Used them daily for 10 years - the one to Rotherham is also handy. Cost of living has nothing to do with Brexit. 😄6:27 that house with the extension - 2 up from the cream house on the left was where I used to live. :D

@1dkappe

Жыл бұрын

I’ve made a fair amount of money investing against UK businesses based on Brexit problems. I love the suckers clinging to their political beliefs who make it all possible. 😂

You could try Dublin’s tram system Luas which is Irish for speed

3:08 sad and funny in the same time :D

Great trip. I think it's great to try others tramlines in UK or mainland Europe.

Boa tarde Dylan vlt lindo luga gostei

Well it is not a little Network, is it...the trams themselves are beautiful, in special the creamy ones.

The trip towards Meadowhall is always the worst, you have the idiot kids screaming. They get absolutely packed and people ALWAYS try to avoid paying for tickets. Also you should've sat on the same side you boarded as you can see the local rugby team Sheffield Eagles.

Cracking little video, enjoyed that! More UK tram vids please, would like to see next Nottingham, Edinburgh, Croydon, Birmingham and Blackpool (basically all the remaining UK tram systems lol), all great little systems!

Can you maybe try the coast or kust tram in belguim

Have you been on Edinburgh's trams. The line will run from the Airport to Newhaven as from June.