Melbourne's Trams

[doopenhagen]

That girl is an embarrassment to all melburnians - believe me, we are more intelligent than that!

[VertigaDesignMEDIA]

Today, I arrived right on time for my train. Only problem, it was the wrong station.

[Scoinsoffaterocks]

HOLY SHIT THOSE ARE HIDEOUS!!!

[MrSuperleobros]

I wish Sydney kept their trams as well. Anyway, I still love my home city of Sydney.

[Nakas99]

That girl was the biggest bimbo.

[simjom02]

Melbourne has the largest tram network in the world (Wikipedia-Trams in Melbourne). Even had a movie in the 1980's set around them...called "Malcolm"

[Jefftrigwell2]

Nice video and trams!

[SoarVX]

It's NOT pronounced Melburn, more like MELBOURNE, YOU KNOW: "BOURNE"

[peaceloveandJuicy05]

@SoarVX no its not its pronounced mel-ben not bourne or burn.

[jemdude22]

trams may seem to be rare and "unique" in Asia Pacific region but are a common sight in Europe.

[matthhewmm]

yer tram's a okay after catching them almost every day that iis saying something

[ded175]

Attention Americans: Koalas are not called koala bears!! And we do not put shrimps on the "barbi" everyday!!

[ded175]

I live in Canberra, Australia and just went Melbourne for a holilday, it is great!!

[rgedvilas]

I want live in australia:)))

[Watchyou2008]

@goodbigboy : Thanks my friend Lakis to share this video with me, Wonderful !

Beautiful City !

[chrisjeffsmusic]

I live here!

the trams are actually more reliable than the train services here.

[TheGeeksftw]

Go die from melbourne ! XD

[Marcus9738]

Better than Sydney!!

[Chmielok]

Trams are great, I don't know, why they don't add it in SimCity or Cities XL.

[chillydog12345]

@Chmielok YES!

[MakeUpbyNikkiL]

that my citttyyyy!!!!

[yamuma698]

at least the trams are better than the trains

[berriwine]

Melbourne is one of my fave cities. I love the place that I've been there countless times as my brother is there. Looking at the scenes now is like I'm there again. Near where the man is standing is a corner shop selling 6-inch superdelicious slurpy- creamy eclairs and good brownies! A sideshop that is a couple of doors away and another one across the road near the Flinders St station sell Spanish churros with yummy choc dippings.

Can't help it, the food in Melbourne is varied and great!

[77Tonyz]

Melbourne's Awsome..

[bignicky88]

You highlighted that our trams run on electricity and don't polute the environment. Silly American! Where do you think our power comes from?

We create tonnes of pollution by burning coal for electricity!

Our governments are useless at implementing any sort of green energy solutions.

Oh, and you managed to find one of the dumbest sounding Melbournians in existance (the girl).

Well done.

[ashleybrient]

@bignicky88

Melbourne's tram system is run by 'Wind Power', there are dedicated Wind Power Stations around the state which generate the trams.

[Rocketboy1950]

@ashleybrient There aren't nearly enough wind generators in Victoria to run a quarter of the tram system.

[ashleybrient]

@bignicky88

And you know something, the Victoria Labor Government is much better than liberal at providering more power and water etc, Melbourne's new bike hire system is operated by solar power, and, there building the world's largest solar power plant in Victoria, and with water, the Vic Labor party has funded pipelines to connect all dams in Victoria!

[jemdude22]

@bignicky88 Well, it's true that electricity may come from the coal burning power plants but at least the dirt and smoke are kept far away from the city where population is dense. You don't see any power plant situated in the centre of your town, do you?? If given a choice, I would sure prefer having non polluting trams than a fleet of noisy polluting diesel buses going around in the city!

[bignicky88]

@jemdude22 So out of sight out of mind? Shouldn't we be aware of the impact our transport has on the environment? I'm not here to compare buses with trams. I don't know whether a bus has more or less emissions than a tram. But if you are saying trams are better simply because when it passes by you don't get swamped in fumes, that doesn't necessarily make it less of a polluter. The argument you make is targeted at health problems associated with pollution, not the environmental impact.

[Axelv07]

@bignicky88 trams slide on the tracks like a train, it has far less friction with the surface and it's sort of like ice skating, giving it lots of momentum allowing it to slide effortless. Meanwhile the tyres from a bus are in constant grip with the ground and requires 7 times more energy to keep going. These trams are electric and buses use internal combustion engines with diesel or petrol. Even if the electricity is from coal it's 1/7 of the power required than from a bus.

[MegaJdog27]

Thats my City! :D

[MrBoyLittle]

Australia <3

[paddy25c]

love Melbourne, hated the the bastard taxi drivers, no that unfair , just the ones who overcharge, one tried to charge me $30 to go from finders to St kilda

[ashleybrient]

@paddy25c

That can happen, depends on the rates, the rates are higher in Sydney, you should try it there, but remember, when in a cab, there is no flat fee from the city to the airport, or going in tunnels, train or tram tracks, some drivers in SA tried making up fake prices with things like that a while ago, an investigation put in place even more prices for cabs drivers!

[limosince2007]

"without polluting the environment" um, yeah, where is the electricity coming from?

and plus, that chick's voice was REALLY annoying.

but i still love melbourne and i still love our trams

[ashleybrient]

@limosince2007

Wind Power Stations!

[Jazash]

LOL @ Mel-Born pronunciation.

[PowertoInfinity]

you see the world Melbourne Way Works.

[queenedwina]

World's biggest success stories for trams? Not if you have to use them everyday.

[stevenpam]

LOL, "without polluting the environment, because these trams use electricity"... powered by burning brown coal :-)

At least trams have the option of easily being powered by renewable fuels... our current fleet of cars does not.

[paddlebomb]

I hate the AMERICAN ACCENT!!! why is this guy advertising melbourne with his annoying accent!!

[67tr876]

@paddlebomb go fuck your self ! i love Australia and your ACCENT ! but what the fuck man ?

[ashleybrient]

@paddlebomb

Because, this guy isn't employed by the Government to do to so, he would be employed by a US media company, like, here in Melbourne, we have coxy's big break which, goes to other cities around the world, including promoting what's in Melbourne etc!

[dreameronherknees]

What propaganda!

JKS, i heart melbourne.

[SuperApparition]

I respect Melbourne, but I haven't actually been there. I understand that Melbourne is the ugly side of new Zealand and is actually quite dangerous. There are way too many thugs and robberies in Melbourne and I would advise people to stay away.

[3x0rcyst3m]

@SuperApparition Melbourne is in Australia you fucking goof, not new zealand.

[queenedwina]

@SuperApparition If you haven't been there, how do you know about robberies? I'd rather a lively, wondeful city than sheep.

[SuperApparition]

@queenedwina Lively, wonderful city? It's full of cunts and slags. Look carefully.

[MrJohnyBanton]

In Poland (Poznań city) are Combino ;P

[huhbuzz]

haha tramtastic!  good joke at the end

[MourneOne]

Such a beautiful place, can't wait to live in Australia!

[jamesarongray]

omg someone slap that chick at the end

[retronightmare]

Melbourne is the best .... life would be so much worse with out trams .... im so happy that they can take me to any ones door step.

[Tubetheweb]

Yeah hi do you know um in Melbourne do the all the Trams stop at every Tram stop along their route or do passengers have to push a button, like those buttons on a bus, to get off at a certain tram stop? Please reply. Cool video by the way.

[ashleybrient]

@Tubetheweb

On Melbourne's trams, you have to push the button, and if no person does then it will keep going, just like a bus!

[SAMOA194]

That My City.

[sunoki101]

shut up bitch...want to suck my cock ..

[ashleybrient]

@sunoki101

What a fucking dick head, get a life, who the fuck would say that, you dumb fucking ass hole!

[mechemcheh]

i loveeeee australiaaaaaaaaaa

[mallaca]

If you see this tram system you realise the polution generated is from the snake tail of cars stuck behind one of these things. Stupid rules with stupid systems.

These trams are nothing more than MOBILE RED LIGHTS.

[ashleybrient]

@mallaca

Melbourne's trams are wind powered, they are much better than a car! they don't let off any pollution at all, they have been tested in so many ways!

[Sean117Ply]

my god that girl was squeaky. I like our trams but as someone else said they are a pain in summer when everyone's crammed on.

[mozaks80]

Dang *sniff* i miss the melb trams

[TheDepotCat]

I wish we had more trams in London :-(

[topo355]

best place in the world

[tramrunner]

I like that you call them TRAMS rather then streetcar/trolleycars, trolleys etc

[tramrunner]

the white tram looks like exactly BRUSSLES TRAM

[chetdog]

tramstatic - he has no fucking clue

[Sean117Ply]

There not so good when theres 100 ppl on them in the middle of summer

[decline2state]

In the video, we are told the trams don't pollute. However, they run on electricity. How is the electricity generated? From what I have been able to find out, the vast majority of Australia's electricity is generated from coal, with most of the rest from gas and oil. Less than 10% is generated from hydropower. Only about 1% is generated from other sources (probably including wind, solar, geothermal, etc.).

[LordPhobos6502]

Very true - it's fairer to say they don't pollute at the street level. In any case, the amount of power used by a tram means the power station emissions for a tram is about the same as 1/3rd of a car - and it hauls 100+people =)

[mossolbtraf]

@decline2state You are completely correct - the electricity is mostly coal fired. So, the trams do pollute, there's just not exhaust belching into city streets - it's billowing over the grazing pastures of East Gippsland.

[SuperApparition]

You idiot. Trams are clean. Go up to a Melbourne tram and find me a puff of smoke. Nothing. Trams are clean you moronic obsessive mongoloid. The trams are powered by electricity, which is clean.

[mossolbtraf]

@SuperApparition Gosh, why all the angst? Trams are only "clean" because their pollution is generated away from where they are used. Why can you not comprehend that electricity generation in Victoria is almost entirely from COAL BURNING? Electricity pollutes. I love trams, but that doesn't change the fact that they are not a zero emissions mode of transportation.

[jemdude22]

Yea, I love the trams in Melbourne. Just returned from Melbourne this evening from a week-long holiday there. I stayed on St Kilda Road and during my stay I used trams to get around in the city every day, to places such as Bourke St, Queen Victoria Market, Chapel St, Bridge Rd and St Kilda beach. It is very efficient and convenient. Didn't get a chance to have a ride on the City Circle though, but managed to travel on the similar old vintage trams on route 78 and 79 plying the Chapel street.

[ExpressionOfMe]

0.12 god that looks a rundown old tram

[jemdude22]

They are not rundown old trams as you call them. It is part of the heritage of Melbourne. It might be harder to spot one of those W class in the future and if you do, count yourself lucky!

[Mechknight73]

@jemdude22 Outside of museums, wouldn't it be fair to say there's less than half a dozen of them on Melbourne's streets? Every other city in Australia was done with trams by the mid 60s. Perth had a misguided idea of using trolley buses; electric powered buses that take their feed from tram wires, but this ended some time in the late 60s.

[BigAussieBloke69]

No matter how americans try 2 do our Australian accent they will never get it right. Let alone our Australian humor coz americans cant copy that eaither. Just look what they did 2 Kath & Kim.

[EugeneXL]

yeah. cuz australia is under british. they are using british english.

[BigAussieBloke69]

Um we have our own accent. And no where r not under controll of the poms k we are our own nation but still part of the commonwelth.

[vrgunzel]

First electric tram was 1906....

[Timosha321]

great video, wish they had them in nyc but there is simply no space to put them

[ectomy1235]

any ticket inspectors on this tram? i hate those bastards caught me going to work at 0645 in the morning to go and nurse! i didnt have change or time to buy a ticket from a store and i didnt have change so what could i do just be late for work? i hate those fuckers

[melb223]

Great video!! It's good that people like you are promoting such great icons of our city. Have a look at some of the videos I have made of trams in melbourne by clicking on my username.

[moiz1968]

Z class trams are what I like. Z1,Z2,Z3

They look much better than then Connex.

[jemdude22]

Only if they have retained the use of trolley poles, at least on the vintage trams!!

[mooneepondskid]

There's also the restaurant tram,which starts near the casino.

I just wish the 112 or the 96 tram would run on bloody time! Its gotten worse since it when into private hands. And another thing,bring back the conductors and get rid of those ticket machines!

[3DegreeSydney]

Weirdly, the private company that runs Melbourne's trams imported the Citadis trams from Europe when Australian made models could have been obtained. Same goes for the Siemens trains bought by ConnexMelbourne. Interestingly, Sydney's new light rail vehicles were made in Melbourne!

[ConnexTrains]

The Siemens train were bought by National Express to company that ran M>Trian when Melbournes train Network was split in two. They turned out to be a bad choice. When they left Melbourne (National Express) all there fleet was handed to connex. Connex bought the X'Trap the French made train (seen in France as well) as there new trains made by ALSTOM.

[Mechknight73]

@3DegreeSydney Those new, European built train railcars are a joke! Brand new and still have bugs. There's an outfit in Brisbane that do a fantastic job. Perth bought something like 100 of these Queensland built units, and they've had few if any problems with them. They just put them on standard gauge bogies and towed them across the Nullarbor.

[ShoeProductions]

Bahaha, poor woman at 1:46...brilliant!

[ConnexTrains]

Yep thats tram drivers for you, theyll see you running for the tram you get to the door and they shut it in your face

[platformone]

And the driver didn't do anything wrong - he/she was in the process of moving off.

[OhElvira]

hahah ace.

[88sammy88]

great video, very informative..just 1 question, who or what company do you work for? (american dude interviewing people) :)