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I Made My Own Metro Cube

I Made My Own Metro Cube

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  • @TinLeadHammer
    @TinLeadHammerСағат бұрын

    I suppose the only place you can stand in British subway trains is in the middle, as the sides are rounded, and the ceiling is sloped. Do people hit their heads often? This would be a no go where I live, parallelepiped-shaped traincars here.

  • @spatzvomalexanderplatz3200
    @spatzvomalexanderplatz3200Сағат бұрын

    Every farewell hurts... But I think the new generation is a great replacement to the 2. generation trains. And honestly **the new ones are pretty cool** 🧡🤍🧡🤍🧡

  • @mr.train_x4287
    @mr.train_x42873 сағат бұрын

    So made it a rounder R211T from nyc?

  • @ronmeikle3831
    @ronmeikle38318 сағат бұрын

    The ride is truly dreadful. Anyone prone to travel sickness will be in a bad way after a few stops. Apparently, they are to be fitted with dampers. I'm afraid the previous carriages were significantly more comfortable. The station announcements are almost inaudible and sometimes missing - why not digital screens as in any other modern system? Crazy. Sorry to be negative but it needs saying.

  • @rookdy
    @rookdy15 сағат бұрын

    Why were the trains not made in Scotland.

  • @edificity
    @edificity12 сағат бұрын

    @@rookdy to my knowledge none of the rolling stock manufacturers have a facility in Scotland

  • @MattBuildsBlocks
    @MattBuildsBlocks22 сағат бұрын

    I Only Had A Chance To Go To Glasgow In February 2024

  • @richard-mtl
    @richard-mtlКүн бұрын

    Your stations markers are interesting (the black line-and-point). Did you come up with that on your own, or did that come from somewhere else?

  • @richard-mtl
    @richard-mtlКүн бұрын

    Very jealous! I taught myself a tiny bit of Dutch on Duolingo over a few years, and I dream about visiting it one day, and doing exactly what you did!

  • @richard-mtl
    @richard-mtlКүн бұрын

    This is going on my "transit trivia no-one will know the answer to" list, ha!!

  • @busestransporta-z781
    @busestransporta-z781Күн бұрын

    Nice journey!

  • @pattttttttt
    @patttttttttКүн бұрын

    It's crap as you can't sit still for one sec... Also the timeing kf the doors to get open is beyond the joke

  • @GeneralHawk505
    @GeneralHawk5052 күн бұрын

    Disgusting....every single train looks like some bug out of the future with these designs....

  • @richard-mtl
    @richard-mtl2 күн бұрын

    KZread suggested your Glasgow video to me today, which I enjoyed, so I'm watching all your videos now. I knew absolutely nothing about Newcastle or the Tyne & Wear metro, and I've learned quite a bit because of your videos! This one was definitely the most unexpected tidbit of knowledge I gained today, ha! Thanks for your videos, and you've gained yourself a subscriber. Greetings from Montreal! :)

  • @edificity
    @edificity12 сағат бұрын

    @@richard-mtl thank you! Glad you're enjoying the videos. I'd love to visit Montreal one day and see some of your metro stations

  • @georgecarroll3470
    @georgecarroll34702 күн бұрын

    But, they are still very uncomfortable. They need a track laid. Still bouncing from side to side and have to slow down to 10mph in places or passengers could be injured.

  • @Ryan-he2qz
    @Ryan-he2qz2 күн бұрын

    Why the sign of subway almost identical to subway sandwich store?

  • @edificity
    @edificity2 күн бұрын

    At Kelvinhall station, famously, you can see both next to each other on the street

  • @transfo47
    @transfo473 күн бұрын

    nice, concise and to the point video.

  • @booboo1178
    @booboo11783 күн бұрын

    The ride is farrrr - toooo - STIFFF

  • @darkowl9
    @darkowl93 күн бұрын

    So what of train drivers if they make this driverless?

  • @XxAIRLINxX
    @XxAIRLINxX3 күн бұрын

    There was a train that did or does goto the metro centre atleast it did when I was a kid..

  • @BigMax-
    @BigMax-4 күн бұрын

    The trains are good, but why do they sway so much? If the new model is so sensitive to the quality of the canvas, then this is not good

  • @shadowelitemoderntvman
    @shadowelitemoderntvman4 күн бұрын

    Looks like more circle than the old one

  • @incubus_the_man
    @incubus_the_man4 күн бұрын

    if the original trains were reddish brown, they'd look like hotdogs.

  • @davefroman4700
    @davefroman47004 күн бұрын

    Nice trains, but they better fix those tracks sooner rather than later or that accordian pass throughs are not going to last long.

  • @DinoCon
    @DinoCon5 күн бұрын

    OMG THE FRONT LOOKS LIKE AN ASTRONAUT HELMET!!!

  • @S-CB-SL-Animations
    @S-CB-SL-AnimationsКүн бұрын

    I KNOW, RIGHT?! IT'S GIVING _DAFT PUNK_ VIBES!!!

  • @smallstudiodesign
    @smallstudiodesign5 күн бұрын

    Lovely “Space Odyssey 2001” inspired look - retro modernist/space age style genre.

  • @highrisingglasgow
    @highrisingglasgow5 күн бұрын

    they suck tho

  • @willhovell9019
    @willhovell90195 күн бұрын

    Pity that the new trains are made overseas, but good reviews, but don't make the mistake of driverless trains. Surprised that they don't indicate where the train is along the line. It's been in place in London tube trains for over 2 decades. Great shame that the same supplier is in line for the wonderful Newcastle metro. No wonder we're in a manufacturing mess, particularly as Andy Lord of TfL has gone for the appalling Siemens of Austria, with the New Piccadilly trains. Glad that you are happy with the new trains, but when we invest public money, it should ,in my view , spent on British or Irish jobs, technology and engineering skills. At least we're renewing some infrastructure.

  • @binh5948
    @binh59485 күн бұрын

    AUTOMATIC OPERATION? Nooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @photosapphic1984
    @photosapphic19845 күн бұрын

    Ah, I was in Glasgow last month. I didn’t realize these trains were brand new. They’re very nice, though the ride is still rough on those old tracks. The drivers did announce the stops as we went along. I don’t recall seeing any of the old rolling stock, though being mid-June, perhaps they’re mostly in storage even then. The lack of digital signs to show the next stop did bother me. I feel that’s a key feature for any metro.

  • @roberthindle5146
    @roberthindle51465 күн бұрын

    3:20 Was that Jago Hazzard lurking?

  • @Dave-hu5hr
    @Dave-hu5hr5 күн бұрын

    Meanwhile in Leeds.. .

  • @mrxman581
    @mrxman5815 күн бұрын

    Very unique subway cars. They have a retro modern design to them with an homage to the old model. I like it I had to laugh a little when I saw the warning over the door to watch your head. I've never seen that on a subway car before. That must be unique to your system as well. Thanks. I'm from Los Angeles and have been using our growing Metro network more often as of late. We're getting some cool new lines next year, including a long overdue connection to the LAX airport.

  • @user-vb3my5jc9y
    @user-vb3my5jc9y5 күн бұрын

    But it doesn’t go anywhere. It only goes in a circle. Glasgow is small. On a good day all you need is a bicycle

  • @rickreid8572
    @rickreid85725 күн бұрын

    very silly system

  • @anthonydpearson
    @anthonydpearson5 күн бұрын

    "How do we make subways look modern?" Subway lights: "Allow me to introduce my new feature: | | "

  • @matpk
    @matpk5 күн бұрын

    better than chi na 🎉

  • @iO-Sci
    @iO-Sci6 күн бұрын

    Wow ! these Glasgow Metro trains looks serene and at times explored I have never traveled to Scotland + The U.K. viewing from Seoul, South Korea. 와우! 이 글래스고 메트로 열차는 조용하고 때때로 관광을 하기도 합니다. 저는 스코틀랜드 + 한국의 서울에서 영국을 구경하러 간 적이 없습니다.

  • @JfromUK_
    @JfromUK_6 күн бұрын

    I've never been to Glasgow, but they look really smart and match the existing decor so well with the white/orange proportions. Having been to Switzerland recently and noticed the manufacturer of their trains (which were incredibly smooth and quiet, departing Locarno) I concur that Glasgow didn't skimp on the quality, and it is probably the tracks making it shaky 😅

  • @jdillon8360
    @jdillon83606 күн бұрын

    That's a rough ride!

  • @tissot233
    @tissot2336 күн бұрын

    It looks nice but that is incredibly small and feels really cramped. Googling it seems that the width of the tunnels in Glasgow is only 3m. That's half of the tunnel size where I live!

  • @user-mn4cc6bb7t
    @user-mn4cc6bb7t5 күн бұрын

    Just before I had a three-week work assignment in Glasgow 45 years ago, my father asked me to observe if there was anything noticeably different about Glaswegians compared to us Edinburghers. I expected the answer to be that there were more redheads in Glasgow but I immediately observed that there were a lot of very short people. I am not particularly tall at 6'2" but it did feel a bit like being in Gulliver's Travels at times. When I reported back to my father, who was 6'1", he said that the shortness of the local citizens was why the Glasgow Subway carriages were so small. My father had an imaginative sense of humour!

  • @omgski
    @omgski6 күн бұрын

    looks like shoite

  • @mx2000
    @mx20006 күн бұрын

    Reminds me of the iceworm in Armored Core 6

  • @allmac7504
    @allmac75046 күн бұрын

    Wrong smell

  • @user-xu1oi7sd5h
    @user-xu1oi7sd5h6 күн бұрын

    Is this new train's seating longitudinal, not transversal? My understanding was opposite 😕

  • @harry.t9523
    @harry.t95236 күн бұрын

    I didn’t know Glasgow had a tube system.

  • @buzzukfiftythree
    @buzzukfiftythree6 күн бұрын

    Always impressed with the quality of Stadler rolling stock. Have yet to try the new Glasgow trains, but know Stadler well from our trips to Switzerland. Far superior to Hitachi, Bombardier or CAF products.

  • @jerryconnors8663
    @jerryconnors86636 күн бұрын

    Nice informative video on Glasgow’s newest subway cars. As a veteran New Yorker and almost expert on our subway system, riders must get use to the bouncing and swaying of those coaches fast starts and equally fast decelerations. In fact, there is an art or almost skill on a crowded car and the angle you are standing, shifting your weight to the fast starts and stops. Anyhow, look forward to another video. Cheers my good man!! 😎

  • @floycewhite6991
    @floycewhite69916 күн бұрын

    Saying you're excited about new subway trains is like saying the new Section 8 neighbors don't look too much like criminals.

  • @TheFlyingMooseCA
    @TheFlyingMooseCA7 күн бұрын

    woah 🤯 guess I gotta visit

  • @screwdriver5181
    @screwdriver51817 күн бұрын

    I designed part of the control system on the orange units. It doesn’t seem 5 minutes ago that I was up there doing commissioning work.

  • @officialmcdeath
    @officialmcdeath7 күн бұрын

    Would that be the bit that caused them to notch up and down all the time to maintain set speeds? \m/