These Are Some of the Ugliest Tram Systems in the World (Top 10 Cities with Ugly Trams)

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Here is a list of the top 10 ugliest tram models in operation (with one exception) that I have encountered.
These are some of the prettiest trams in operation!
• These Are the Most Bea...
What are some of the ugliest trams systems to you? Do you agree with the list? Is there something I left out? Where have you been that made you think "these are not pretty trams".
Note that I love all trams no matter what model! Its not a hate video but more of a "aww you are my ugly duckling but I still love you". Since this is an extremely subjective video, I would love to hear whether you agree or disagree with the list and what you consider to be actually pretty or ugly :)
To find the full length videos in order click on the links below
10. • The LightRail (Subway)...
9. • Manchester Metrolink -...
8. • Trams in Trondheim, No...
7. • Trams (PreMetro) in Bu...
6. • Île-de-France tramway ...
5. • Hижегородский трамвай ...
4. • Streetcars (Trams) in ...
3. • Subway Surface Trolley...
2. • Le tramway de Lille - ...
1. • The LightRail going th...
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@joannmceachin9010 3 жыл бұрын

Just because they are different and older does not mean they are ugly! They are all cool and special.

@kailideaza9302 3 жыл бұрын

Well it is his Opinion! You have to understand this!

@BillLaBrie 3 жыл бұрын

Nahh, some are just freaking ugly.

@cat9083 3 жыл бұрын

@@BillLaBrie shut up

@blakelockridge6145 3 жыл бұрын

@JoAnn McEachin I do agree with... you public transport don’t have to be similar in all countries and the fact they are different make them special nice and cool

@boi497 3 жыл бұрын

I agree

@jg-7780 3 жыл бұрын

I think they all have their unique charms

@fritzyboi6390 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I like the one in Lille, France. I'm not much of a fan of low floor trams, but this one I like

@nelsonricardo3729 3 жыл бұрын

@Payton Maximo Nice try. You're either in cahoots or are the same person as this spammer.

@gravelpit1960 3 жыл бұрын

Even shit have uniqe charm

@shanewalters4171 3 жыл бұрын

I think the ones in Boston are interesting looking, they even have my favorite color on them, lol

@clauddcruz31 3 жыл бұрын

@@fritzyboi6390 &khkkkhkkkkkk

@danielp1728 3 жыл бұрын

we no longer use the CLRV anymore in Toronto. and they are not ugly, the are actually pretty cool

@TheBurlingtonTransitFan 3 жыл бұрын

They actually appeared in several movies too!

@FenceThis 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, quite nice looking and pleasant sounding too

@thomaskirchmeier6649 2 жыл бұрын

The Torontoan CLRV was a modern swiss version of a PCC-Car.

@trollface5084 2 жыл бұрын

Idk but CLRV looks like Tatra T3 trams

@aodhganmerrimac 2 жыл бұрын

@@trollface5084 I think the Tatra T3 was also based on PCC design & tech.

@baronjutter 3 жыл бұрын

There's absolutely nothing remarkably ugly about most of these trams. Almost all of them are just very normal average looking trams for their era.

@KasabianFan44 2 жыл бұрын

…which makes them ugly.

@MusikCassette 2 жыл бұрын

@@KasabianFan44 No it does not.

@FenceThis 2 жыл бұрын

they make ugly screeching noises

@AtoZbyLocalBus 2 жыл бұрын

@@FenceThis most trains and trams do make ugly screeching noises, when going around corners. More so the faster they go around the corner.

@Whycantichangemyhandle. 2 жыл бұрын

Right!

@RealConstructor 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t mind trams and streetcars being old as long as they are well maintained.

@juliewebb9025 3 жыл бұрын

Just like the KTM 5.

@massimopalomba5009 3 жыл бұрын

Milan Peter Witt are very old (build in 1928-1930) e well maintained, for exemple. Over 100 unities are still in daily service, part of originally 500.

@harryscorah2091 3 жыл бұрын

As a Mancunian, I have a soft spot for the M-5000s. I think their high floor makes them look quite unique too (they were built like that to operate on former railway lines taken over by the metrolink like the Bury and Altrincham!).

@lzh4950 3 жыл бұрын

Somehow I remember they're quite noisy though when going round corners

@harryscorah2091 3 жыл бұрын

@@lzh4950 That’s definitely true, although the noise level is far lower on newer sections of track such as the second city crossing via Exchange Square.

@lzh4950 3 жыл бұрын

@@harryscorah2091 I 1st experienced that kind of NVH when riding the Bombardier Cobra in Zurich & originally thought it was due to it's low-floor design preventing its bogies from rotating round corners (& thus increasing wheel slippage). But then I realise the M5000 is high-floor & has a similar NVH, which somehow some other low-floor trams e.g. Siemens Combino in Amsterdam, Bombardier Flexity in Berlin don't have

@hobog 3 жыл бұрын

I forgot Mancunian means of Manchester

@enthusiastisch1922 3 жыл бұрын

@@hobog Same.

@randomroveruk6715 3 жыл бұрын

Beauty (and ugliness) are in the eye of the beholder. What is ugly is the amount of litter in Buenos Aires!

@elconquistador932 3 жыл бұрын

I thought it was down town Portland for a moment 😉

@edgardojaviercanu4740 3 жыл бұрын

But it is still a wonderful city.

@randomroveruk6715 3 жыл бұрын

@@edgardojaviercanu4740 I expect it is, though I don't suppose I will ever visit it. There are many wonderful places, but litter does not do them justice.

@sergios515 3 жыл бұрын

@Random Rover UK The Premetro runs by some of the poorest neighborhoods in Buenos Aires City. It is a feeder of one subway line to the Center. BA isn't a european-like clean city, but the Premetro Zone is not very representative, and definitely not touristic.

@randomroveruk6715 3 жыл бұрын

@@sergios515 Sorry, Sergio, if I'm unsympathetic to your city, especially when I've never been. I didn't mean to be, and I realise that the difference between rich and poor is greater in a lot of countries compared with Europe. At least you have a tram system! We had them in lots of towns in the UK until the mid-20th century and then they all got replaced with buses. However, they are slowly making a comeback in some cities, but in London there is just the Croydon tram in the suburbs, making London one of the few capital cities in Europe without trams in the centre.

@scottyerkes1867 3 жыл бұрын

The trams are not the best looking but they don't polute and keep autos off the streets

@nelsonricardo3729 3 жыл бұрын

Better-looking trams also keep cars off the street and don’t pollute.

@scottyerkes1867 3 жыл бұрын

@@nelsonricardo3729 Absolutely!!!

@sharannadeeproyroy6211 3 жыл бұрын

And some place trams are curbed to give cars and autos space!

@Kaslidaughterofchaos 3 жыл бұрын

@@scottyerkes1867 wdym not the best looking I would kill to own one of these trams ;-;

@scottyerkes1867 3 жыл бұрын

@@Kaslidaughterofchaos thanks William 123xx

@joegermains 3 жыл бұрын

manchester trams are nice imo

@koekelakouwnt7949 3 жыл бұрын

It's just the high floors not being very attractive. Sort of like LA.

@ProStevenPlayz 3 жыл бұрын

@@koekelakouwnt7949 But a lot of trams use high floor.

@sgtdebones 3 жыл бұрын

@@ProStevenPlayz Not in NA. Majority of LRT here are low floor with the exception of Los Angeles, Calgary, Edmonton, St. Louis, Mexico City, Monterrey, and to an extent, San Francisco and Pittsburgh.

@douglasthompson296 3 жыл бұрын

In there defense Manchester started the tram (Metro) system using existing train lines with existing higher platforms. All the newer lines and station stops were then built the same so the trams could use any line at any time. Manchester is to be applauded for taking the initiative to bring back non polluting fast and safe mass transit system. Of course I live in Manchester, so I would be biased 😏

@juliewebb9025 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, M5000 trams are nice

@Skyfoogle 3 жыл бұрын

i'm not sure how you find toronto's CLRVs ugly, but they've been retired since 2019

@xzchc 3 жыл бұрын

I thought they look pretty.

@curtyn9183 3 жыл бұрын

It says in vid

@rickybee 3 жыл бұрын

I remember way back when the CLRV started replacing PCCs in Toronto. My first thought was: These cars will never have the long life that the PCCs had. But they lasted 40 years, and they had windows with sliding bottoms that could open! My same thoughts in Philadelphia, when the K cars replaced the subway/surface. And here we are, again over 40 years later, and they are still operating and look fantastic. In both cities, these replacement cars had longer than most of the PCCs. (Notice I did not write 'all'). For some reason I also like the trolley pole, probably because that is what I grew up with in Pittsburgh.

@offichannelnurnberg5894 3 жыл бұрын

American public transport always has the looks to it that it is only meant for the scum... In Europe it is meant for everyone, it is polished, low-floor-entrance and most of the stations appear nice

@TheBurlingtonTransitFan 3 жыл бұрын

Shut up. You europeans always think you are so great! Yall aren't!

@TheBurlingtonTransitFan 3 жыл бұрын

The CLRVs are the best.

@andreiurs 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheBurlingtonTransitFan typical American seppo lol. Not going to ask you where the European cities on video are located lol

@automation7295 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheBurlingtonTransitFan You haven't have been to Europe, so you don't assume anything. Please leave this planet, go to Mars.

@briandynamite7942 3 жыл бұрын

In many actuality large cities like Boston, New York, Chicago etc, they were never ment for “scum” yeah the trains are a bit old, some of the stations are really old. The Europeans had to rebuild all of the trams, trains, stations etc after WW2. After ww2 America just made massive highways. In some parts of the country public transit is seen as poor, but that’s for things like buses, buses are cheap, dirty, and poor.

@pbasswil 3 жыл бұрын

What an unusual pretext for a video. These machines are all interesting and diverse solutions to local conditions. The 'pretty' and 'ugly' that you refer to only reflects your personal tastes. What you find ugly, I find quirky and fascinating!

@chickenbokernot2598 2 жыл бұрын

is this your very first time seeing an opinion-based video on youtube? it’s very common and not “unusual”

@233CFH 3 жыл бұрын

I personally don't think any trams/lightrails/streetcars are ugly. I love all types of trains from all different countries.

@JudgeMarmianWiZard 3 жыл бұрын

i use them sometimes and think they are too cramped seats together and small seats....also the tram shelters are too small...most people in england are fat

@233CFH 3 жыл бұрын

@@JudgeMarmianWiZard Yes, I can definitely agree with the cramped seats. That's how our light rails are here in Jersey City, NJ. But there's a section where the seats aren't in rows and you can have much better legroom.

@Patrick_RBX 3 жыл бұрын

@@JudgeMarmianWiZard well thats not the tram companys fault its the problem with the people also being fat is probably not healthy

@JudgeMarmianWiZard 3 жыл бұрын

@@Patrick_RBX it is abit, manchester trams were made in Italy where its hot, it shows as the shelters let rain and wind in. I prefer the sheffield trams as they are roomier and have staff onboard making it safer and you can buy your ticket from them instead of rushing on those vending machines before tram arrives. Its not just about being fat..those seats are very small..just the size for an 8 year old!

@shanewalters4171 3 жыл бұрын

I agree, regardless of their design, we should love them for what they are regardless

@grahamariss2111 3 жыл бұрын

To me Trandheim trams are beautifully functional, as trams should be. Simple and unfussy but without the crude brutality of the Soviet designs.

@hanslembl9103 3 жыл бұрын

The "Soviet design" in Nishni Novgorod is really a Czech design as far as I know.

@grahamariss2111 3 жыл бұрын

@@hanslembl9103 I was drawing a comparison with that Soviet classic the KTM 5, which has a lot to be said for it, but it is brutal in its simplicity.

@SiqueScarface 3 жыл бұрын

@@hanslembl9103 No, the KTM-5 is a soviet design. It looks a little bit like the KT4 or the T6 from Tatra, but it was designed and built in Ust-Kataw, today's Russia. A similar design was used by the polish Konstal 105N. Its predecessor, the Konstal 102N, is even more strange. The overall body shape is based on the Tatra T1, which in turn is based on the PCC waggon. But the front and back don't fit the overall rounded design, and are completely angular shaped.

@marina28zg 3 жыл бұрын

I agree ... nice trams. but white does not suit them.

@slavakaza 3 жыл бұрын

@@hanslembl9103 The design is actually the only thing about that cars that is not Czech. They were initially designed based on the Tatra T3 optically and technically in russian Ust-Katav with few modernisations. However after some prototypes they changed the optical design into something more edgy looking nothing like the T3 anymore.

@fasol1998 3 жыл бұрын

None of these trams are ugly. Setting the question this way is really weird.

@johngardner5636 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! Anyway, how is ugly defined?

@chickenbokernot2598 2 жыл бұрын

@@johngardner5636 personally not liking the look of something, it doesn’t matter what your own opinion is.

@Laughandsong 3 жыл бұрын

What exactly is "ugly" about these systems? The fact that they don't pollute makes them beautiful!

@Bloor25 3 жыл бұрын

yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

@qjtvaddict 3 жыл бұрын

Old rolling stock

@ilikeoranges9653 3 жыл бұрын

In some cities trams don't use electricity, they use diesel.

@ronylouis0 3 жыл бұрын

@@ilikeoranges9653 like 4 cities in the world and they still pollute less what's your point

@RealConstructor 3 жыл бұрын

The ones in Buenos Aires seem to ride on a garbage dump. So much litter, I think people use it as a trash can.

@chrispontani6059 3 жыл бұрын

I love Boston’s green line. Granted it avoided it like the plague when I lived there, but it’s far from the ugliest.

@davidt-rex2062 3 жыл бұрын

Manchester is awesome. Actually they are all pretty awesome systems

@commentinspector728 3 жыл бұрын

Yea Manchester trams are nice looking. Except for the front I think it needs redesigning

@pierreernoult 3 жыл бұрын

Le tram de Paris est super beau ! ;-)

@luciedvorakova2167 3 жыл бұрын

Oui! Ils sont beaux, en particulier les nouveaux modeles.

@hanslembl9103 3 жыл бұрын

Oui, vraiment. Le design est tres beau.

@johnloncar7785 3 жыл бұрын

Je préfère le tram de Lille

@partickdistel6580 3 жыл бұрын

Je prefereert un croissant avec hagelslag

@mariopigwa8538 3 жыл бұрын

0:21 At first I thought it was a post-Soviet country. I can't believe this is "America".

@ahyes589 3 жыл бұрын

Many parts of Massachusetts look like that, as Boston itself is one of the oldest cities in the country

@mariopigwa8538 3 жыл бұрын

@@ahyes589 In comparision with Europe, today even with Central Europe, looks poor. :( Your infrastructure must be improved soon. :( Here you have Warsaw for example: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eaqFZbyGsJO7cXk.html

@ahyes589 3 жыл бұрын

@@mariopigwa8538 Looks way better than Boston that's for sure. The state is always working on infrastructure, but with the amount of harsh weather and traffic it degrades faster than they can maintain it

@mariopigwa8538 3 жыл бұрын

@@ahyes589 I agree with you, but see what money China is investing in infrastructure where traffic is much higher. See what it looks like... As I was in the USA, I had the impression that the greatest investments in infrastructure took place in the 1950s and 1960s. Since then, little has been invested. :(

@andrew_ray 3 жыл бұрын

@@mariopigwa8538 It's widely agreed that the US has some of the worst public transit in the developed world. The problem is that there is a widespread misconception here that public transit is for "lazy poor people" who "can't be bothered to get a job and buy a car." I've actually heard people use the term "transit peasant" unironically. And thus, there is a sizable contingent who will throw a fit whenever the government suggests spending _their_ tax dollars on transit that they will never use. Meanwhile nobody ever sees an issue with spending _our_ tax dollars on roads that we never use.

@edgardojaviercanu4740 3 жыл бұрын

They seem beautiful to me. Thank you for showing the Buenos Aires Premetro. Even the inhabitants of our city forget there is a pair of tram lines here.

@Tolya1979 3 жыл бұрын

'Ugly' is a relative term.

@Actual-Knight 3 жыл бұрын

me the entire video: yeah I guess I can see why that one's ugly me when the Toronto streetcars appear: I will FIGHT you Timothy

@yorkie556 3 жыл бұрын

The Toronto CLRV has become an icon of the City. They no longer run but I love the design. I love Manchester MetroLink.

@picklejuice1277 3 жыл бұрын

I’m from Manchester and I get the tram to school everyday I think they are perfectly fine.

@Bloor25 3 жыл бұрын

i agree

@David-ts8zn 3 жыл бұрын

Same i live in Manchester they are smooth fast and it way more faster than the buses

@picklejuice1277 3 жыл бұрын

@@David-ts8zn I bloody love em. Agreed so smooth Gets you to A and to B in no time at all.

@David-ts8zn 3 жыл бұрын

@@picklejuice1277 i wonder if they will do express Middleton to piccadilly or manchester airport express

@sweetlakers 3 жыл бұрын

With all the modern look-a-like trams now a days; i love to see these trams. They are beautifull! Especially the KTM-5; really stunning.

@yobb1n544 3 жыл бұрын

YOU PUT THE CLRV's FROM TORONTO IN THIS HOW COULD YOU

@automation7295 3 жыл бұрын

Timosha21 has no taste, none of the trams are ugly. People who think trams are ugly should've been born in 1776, so they wouldn't make it into 21st century. Trams aren't cars, so no trams are ugly. Any rail vehicles aren't ugly. So Timosha21 calls tram ugly because they're small and seats are cramped, I bet Timosha21 also thinks trams are ugly because they don't belong on the roads.

@chance2526 2 жыл бұрын

The most nostalgic and old trams still exist. They can be found in Calcutta, India. First horse drawn tram started running in 1873 and the first electric tram started running in 1902. Calcutta still preserved the old world trams and system is still running in the same condition.

@Aehnen_Kohben 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t think there is anything wrong with the trams in Manchester. I find them quite modern compared to others in the list. I may be biased because I regularly commute on the Metrolink

@AviatorCameron 3 жыл бұрын

M5000s are comfy

@johnhammond5022 3 жыл бұрын

Indeed. Just a shame Manchester wasn't brave enough actually to call them trams. Metrolink: I ask you!

@nelsonricardo3729 3 жыл бұрын

Hudson-Bergen Light Rail and Newark Light Rail are sorely missing from this list. They hurt my eyes.

@LSM_Lover 3 жыл бұрын

YES

@Bobrogers99 3 жыл бұрын

Some of these trams are just old and dated, but I'm sure they have their fans. As a former Boston resident, I must admit that even the brand-new Green Line trams look old and dated. They lack the sleek styling of trams and light rail trains in many other cities.

@tobeytransport2802 3 жыл бұрын

I like the Manchester one... it’s styled like a metro but with the expense of a tram and that’s good 👍

@24ada97 3 жыл бұрын

I wanted to say the same thing

@The_Weirdstar 3 жыл бұрын

Some of those Trams would be better than some of the ones we have here in Melbourne (which is also currently the worlds largest tram network). Try taking a Z-Class tram on an extremely hot/cold day. with no Air-conditioning and limited heating... can make for an extremely unpleasant journey

@edprior2821 7 ай бұрын

Toronto's CLRVs and their articulated variant the ALRVs were weird ducks, but they were well liked and served for almost 40 years. I doubt their replacement Flexities will last nearly as long. A favourite memory I have of these streetcars is riding beside my then 3 year old son on the seats just behind the rear doors. Being high floor with opening windows my son was eye-to-eye with the driver of a pickup truck that was stopped beside us at every stop and having a great conversation every block. Made my day, made my son's day, and I hope it made the truck driver's day.

@MrTSK27 3 жыл бұрын

Nothing ugly about Manchester's.

@centredoorplugsthornton4112 3 жыл бұрын

It seems the surrounding communities served by these tram systems involuntarily influence whether they're "ugly" or have any other characteristics.

@glennhavinoviski8128 3 жыл бұрын

IN the case of downtown Baltimore, especially.

@keithalexander3386 3 жыл бұрын

Trams provide an excellent service, adding life to towns and cities all over the world. So they are not ugly.

@robwillie226 3 жыл бұрын

The Toronto ones are beautiful

@harri2626 3 жыл бұрын

Your video should be called "These are some of the Oldest Trams" as many are 25+ years old. Styles have moved on, but at the time they were built they were "state of the art". Most of them would look far better if they had proper liveries and not disfigured with vinyl advertising wraps.

@joachimlabudde3260 3 жыл бұрын

As a fan of any railroad I think it makes no sense to vote for the most ugly tram. All the trams shown have their beauty within the limitations of technical nrcessities. With your video footages you could have ask for the most beautyful one also. I found the french trams very well designed.

@animationpineapple327 3 жыл бұрын

Boston actually has two tram systems, the Mattampan Trolley has much older looking trams on it. Also the newer type 9 trains on the green line are pretty nice.

@sollows44 2 жыл бұрын

I agree with many of the commentators: Toronto's single unit CLRVs were not ugly and I'm shocked to learn that they were withdrawn from service in 2019. I'm actually old enough that I thought of them as the "new" trams as I witnessed them replacing the PCCs starting in the late 70s. What was truly ugly in the history of Toronto's public transit was the tossing of the city's entire fleet of trolly buses and replacing them with diesel units. It was particularly awful on routes such as Bay St., the downtown portion of which was narrow and highly populated with pedestrian traffic.

@acaciafruit347 3 жыл бұрын

Manchester's are great, idk what your talking about, they imo look nice

@seanpatrickmccarthy1 3 жыл бұрын

The Manchester M5000 is identical to many other Bombardier high floor Flexity trams used in Frankfurt and Koln. The Manchester, Lille, Toronto and Paris trams do not belong on this list. They are modern, efficient and attractive.

@liveenjoy6821 3 жыл бұрын

I heard Baltimore is a very dangerous city. I cannot imagine roaming at night in a tram or anywhere outdoors in that city

@LO-lm4zh 3 жыл бұрын

The audacity of putting TTC streetcars on this list

@michaelyblam 3 жыл бұрын

Why is it ugly?!?!?!?! They all look beautiful to me.

@David-ts8zn 3 жыл бұрын

Same

@hanslembl9103 3 жыл бұрын

I can't see why rhey should be ugly. Some of them have a more appealing design than others. But ugly - no way! I love trams. They are a perfect means of public transport in cities, and a perfect supplement to metro systems.

@gbdreviews2691 3 жыл бұрын

The Toronto streetcars that you put haven’t been in service for like 4 years now, the flexity’s are way better

@billyehh 3 жыл бұрын

Actually, 17 months. CLRV's were retired in December 2019

@gbdreviews2691 3 жыл бұрын

@@billyehh yeah but still, there were barely any on the road at that point and it’s also 2021 now, I’m just saying our team system is better now.

@alextaie-rieur2035 3 жыл бұрын

4:41 This rolling stock operates only on this line because it's the oldest, the 9 other lines got much recent trains. I don't call ugly tho. Also this line (T1) crosses some of the poorest parts of Paris region, it is not running downtown

@nelsonricardo3729 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, I see. The poor deserve ugly transport. Got it loud and clear.

@Baloongis2 Жыл бұрын

@@nelsonricardo3729 well atleast they have transport plus i actually quite like these trams

@trevordance5181 3 жыл бұрын

My local tram system is the Croydon Tramlink in South London. I wonder how that would rate in the ugly stakes?

@gamereric2189 3 жыл бұрын

Nah, those are nice. They look very modern and pretty imo

@bowlerstuff9589 3 жыл бұрын

@@gamereric2189 ,despite some of them being nearly 20,the livery makes them look really good

@gerdpapenburg7050 3 жыл бұрын

Have you ever been to Würzburg, Germany and have seen the GT-N 6xNfGITwER?

@honkhonk8009 3 жыл бұрын

@OrechTV 3 жыл бұрын

I love the phrasing "Models in question" :D :D :D like interrogation room :D

@henrymulvey6599 3 жыл бұрын

why are the MBTA Type 7's on here, those are not ugly at all

@henrymulvey6599 3 жыл бұрын

the KTM's are the worst

@briandelamater8887 3 жыл бұрын

I disagree in calling these ugly. Some models are old. True. Nothing wrong with them.

@BTin416 2 жыл бұрын

You may hate the KTM5's, but there's two things I like: spacious windows, and with the high floor its a flat floor inside with room for passengers. Might not be the prettiest machine, but they are comfortable. I would argue it isn't even that ugly, its just old and they would have looked fine fresh from the factory many decades ago with new parts and paint.

@sharannadeeproyroy6211 3 жыл бұрын

Lol sad to see y'all didn't mentioned #kolkatatrams, some of them are vintage and still running 😎

@strassenbahnfilmguy9306 3 жыл бұрын

I've seen uglier ... the very breadbox looking cars in Chemnitz for example .

@strassenbahnfilmguy9306 3 жыл бұрын

Adtranz Variobahn I believe is what they are .

@MartinIbert 3 жыл бұрын

I totally fail to see anything wrong with any of them. They all appear to be perfectly funtional trams, providing transportation from point A to point B with minimal drama. Yes, a KTM-5 isn't the pinnacle of 21st-century tram design. It can't be as it was designed in the 60s of 20th century. But it still gets the job done, every day. And if it doesn't, for some reason, a hammer is usually all that is needed to fix it.

@PierreDole 3 жыл бұрын

I love old trams. For me they all are beautiful. :)

@billpenna 3 жыл бұрын

Manchester and Lille are quite lovely imo.

@DByers-ci5kr 3 жыл бұрын

I think trams are useful, egalitarian & a great investment. I note that my experiences with trams, streetcars & LR are they're well used in many countries (I never got on one in Toronto that wasn't crowded) but not so much in the US. I remember reading years ago the Swiss president took a tram to work. What ugliness I saw here was so much trash in Buenos Aires & the dilapidated buildings in Philadelphia. I always enjoyed my trips to Philly but there was always a building collapse in the news too. Time to spend some money on the US. Buildings, bridges, streets, rail, power grids, etc all need urgent attention here. We're promoting electric vehicles but let's face it, you must have reliable supply to power EVs.

@claudermiller 3 жыл бұрын

Kudos to all of them. I'm from Cincinnati which has only within the past several years completed 3.6 miles or 5.2 km of light rail after an absence of 60+ years of having none since they dismantled the old trolleys.

@thomasnovacek4686 3 жыл бұрын

You have forgotten the really worst tram companies, these are in the former Soviet republics, like Kachastan. Endless rail breaks, dented tram cars with missing window panes, often only poorly repaired, often the drivers have to pull off the bracket so that the contact wire does not tear, ...

@mattingham83 3 жыл бұрын

The livery on the Lille trams looks better than the grey they had previously. Whilst the front looks a bit odd (and I can't quite work out why I find it so) the windows are lovely and big. The ones in Paris are quite nice! And the Manchester ones are fine; certainly useful if I go to the heritage railway in Busy or the Heaton Park Tramway. As a few people have said, many are a product of their time. And some look the way they do because there are safety regulations, etc to be adhered to :)

@ramzanninety-five3639 3 жыл бұрын

Any former Soviet Union city has trams that look like cargo containers, so they will easily take all 10 spots here. Plus, CLRVs of Toronto and Boston Type 7 are iconic and relatively attractive, CLRV certainly was before it was retired two years ago.

@rash_a_agil 3 жыл бұрын

I've been wondering.. If you take the tram do you need to ring the bell for it to stop at station you wanted to disembark? Or it will stop at every station its passing by just like LRT/MRT? Anyway, I enjoy looking at the tram, they nvr look ugly to me.

@joesmith8701 3 жыл бұрын

the only tram systm ive been on is manchester and it works like a train it stops at every stop

@hesterbeard 3 жыл бұрын

It depends on the system

@thihal123 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t find any of them ugly. They look mostly quite standard.

@MrScoot27 3 жыл бұрын

The tram you've listed as from Paris, while being part of the RATP, doesn't actually go into Paris itself, it only runs on the outskirts. Even the video itself is from St. Denis. I'd say that the Alstom trams on T3a and T3b are a lot more representative of the city.

@stephencowley8968 3 жыл бұрын

It's not a beauty contest, teams do a job and do it well. They're not ugly they are functional, quite plain, and non polluting👍

@crvcrfing 3 жыл бұрын

And… you’re wrong. We don’t live in modernism ages anymore where things had to be useful rather that pretty. Right now if You want to make a customer to use your services you need to make your fleet look good and blend in with surroundings as most people choose things with their sight. That’s how things work in XXI century.

@ekvedrek 3 жыл бұрын

@@crvcrfing then don't complain about an industrial style tram in fucking Manchester of all places

@michaelXXLF 3 жыл бұрын

Most trams are just uninspired boxes on wheels. Do check out the ones in Tours, France though! They look as if Darth Vader would take on of them to work every morning.

@cata49 2 жыл бұрын

is in Bucharest the v3a_93-faur ugly?

@luzflorez8558 3 жыл бұрын

The TTC (toronto transit commission) has retired all of those streetcars 2 years ago. The new ones look very nice and modern.

@qjtvaddict 3 жыл бұрын

Facts

@christophermatthews6972 3 жыл бұрын

And the old ones were elegant.

@MATT-dp3my 3 жыл бұрын

Manchester’s Metrolink is to represent the bee which is Manchester’s symbol, it’s called the worker bee, after the 2017 bomb the bee became even more of a symbol and signature of the Manchester People because of how fast we all came together to work together to rebuild and care for each other.

@MacIn173 3 жыл бұрын

KTM-5 is really nice tram. You should take St Petersburg LVS steel coffins, to demonstrate what is "ugly".

@vitalyvolkov1618 3 жыл бұрын

No tram is ugly as long it's clean and well-maintained.

@fabi57iamracer 3 жыл бұрын

I found those machines beautiful noisy gorgeous moving things.

@pemky6717 3 жыл бұрын

ugly is relative what I think beautiful someone else thinks ugly ...

@sandyneedham6499 3 жыл бұрын

I like the way the grass grows - as though one is travelling over a lawn.

@apurvagangdev 3 жыл бұрын

I still do not understand what is ugly about them, all are so beautiful and well maintained

@Salma.2023. 3 жыл бұрын

Timosha’s most controversial vid to date 😐

@sepruecom 3 жыл бұрын

Well, the first generation of low floor trams range pretty high on the ugly list: Not just the TFS2 or those things from Lille, but also the Socimi trams of Rome, the RT6N of CKD Praha or the MAN/AEG-GT6M of Augsburg (whilst the standard gauge version looks decent, the metre gauge version has really ugly bumpers). They were experimenting a lot back then, since it was a new technology. Also, you don't seem to like angular tram models ;-)

@nanba25 3 жыл бұрын

And the most elegant in France is, in my opinion, the Tours one : sleek, shiny metal and piano black cars. Some of the tracks are surrounded by immaculate lawn, in the french fashion, so much favored by streetcar system planners (why? it's utterly costly). If you watch video about it, you think of a golf club cart riding among golf courses… Very classy, judging by the surroundings that are not so much

@JoseNunez-hh1yr 2 жыл бұрын

Saw a vid of an old Russian woman operating a single tram that barely had a floor. The passengers pitched in to fix track when necessary.

@jordanbrooks7468 3 жыл бұрын

I'm from Manchester, and I personally think our Metrolink trams are nice. They're sleek, compared to the old rusty blue trams. The interiors are spacious, except for when it gets crammed.

@ianmansbridge3646 3 жыл бұрын

Who cares what they look like? Question is how effective are they as transport? I grew up with London's excellent transit system and I have found Manchester Metro system equally effective and reliable plus very disabled accessable. Not many systems are that good.

@04gormss75 3 жыл бұрын

Next do the 10 busiest

@imaginox9 Жыл бұрын

If you put Manchester you gotta put Cologne, since they have the exact same design Also for the Lille trams: they're known as the Breda VLC's, and while they're ugly and unreliable, they have one great thing: the same propulsion sound as New York's R110A and Toronto's T1 subway cars

@BobFrTube 3 жыл бұрын

As I watched this I looking of the screen to my backyard to watch a Boston trolley passing on the D Line -- same cars.

@izakymom 3 жыл бұрын

Didn’t think my city would get mentioned as #3 Edit: the reason it’s so clackity is because it runs in neighborhoods that people litter in and it’s dirty

@vitalyvolkov1618 3 жыл бұрын

Those who like 'boxy' design should check Japanese trams! If you ever vist Tokyo, make sure to ride the Arakawa line. I also enjoied trams in Okayama.

@crvcrfing 3 жыл бұрын

What the quack is wrong with pantographs on French trams! They’re so high that if we put them on European locomotives they could reach American OHLE on NEC!

@vincentrochette3756 3 жыл бұрын

How dare you put Toronto!! They are the best street cars ever. 😡

@Blaqjaqshellaq 3 жыл бұрын

I'm just glad that some US cities still HAVE streetcars!

@aaronthokchom 3 жыл бұрын

Thank God my beloved tram in Kolkata is not included here. During my days there I had to stretch every single rupees and the trams there would always come to my rescue with just Rs 1.25 fare for my return journey.

@stronknoob9035 3 жыл бұрын

when boston trams in the tunnel he derail

@msh6735 2 жыл бұрын

there are now 10 tram lines (soon 14 lines) in Paris and the infrastructure and trains are not the same. The new lines are beautiful

@JudgeMarmianWiZard 3 жыл бұрын

i liked the ones from lille france and philladelphia , thanks for the video , very relaxing 🦄

@moonshapedabsolution 3 жыл бұрын

Manchester trams are great! They blast along old former railway lines too, including the old approach into Manchester Central on the former Woodhead line over Deansgate. The line out to the north goes straight through open countryside to Rochdale too