 Here we are back in Katowice city center. It's day three of my upper salient urban area tram adventure There's a couple of Pessa twist trams over there and one over there now realize that these seem to center Around Katowice. So it seems if you want to see the older console trams like we saw yesterday You have to travel out to the other towns and cities which the network serves. So yesterday I traveled that way west not actually down that route, but in that direction west and we went to Bytom and a couple of other towns there I'm going to travel east down that way down the newest part of the network route 15 or at least The last section of route 15 is the newest part of the network. So my plan is to go there We've seen some quite old sections of the network. I want to go and see what the most modern section of the network is like We're now just coming on to the newest part of the network. So you can see there's a Turning circle here, which there's to been rebuilt, but we're carrying on beyond that Last section was more like a light railway. We're running along in a cutting. I did actually wonder if it was possibly an old railway It may well have been So we've arrived at this stop here, which is well completed. We're not underground as such But it's under a road It certainly feels a lot newer. It feels a bit like some of the UK tram systems where you travel on and then you So we're now on the newest section of the whole network It's there's quite a lot of other sections being rebuilt as we saw yesterday And I think I'm going to find the same today But my plan is to ride this section to the very end. Yeah, look at you can see this is all fairly new Ride this section to the very end Just see what's there really and then travel back because back down there another tram route passed over the top So they've been interchanged with two separate tram routes The right end still finds Ends off the newest part the tram network ends here like a flue station But then it goes round the roundabout you can just see the tram we've just been traveling on Just going around the roundabout. You have to wait here or is he going to come in? There's two departure platforms one arriving. So is he coming in? Just gone to a red mass. I think the tram I've travelled and yet he is Actually, it's a lady part often in Eastern Europe even back into the 80s the tram drivers were often females Which I think is quite nice in a way. So yeah, the lady driver Smiling at me making a video. He's just bringing the tram into the stop So that we're now head back all the way to Katowice. So this is the newest part of the network It's really just a huge housing estate. There's tower blocks everywhere. I look It reminds me a bit last summer went somewhere on this kind of scale in Eastern Europe was media in Hungary Which is a huge suburb of Page the fifth largest city in Hungary and this it's like this, but that doesn't have any trams I think they have talked about building trams, but we'll go down to the video on that another time So what I'm gonna do now. I'm going to the four traveling back. They look for a cafe There and I expect I'm gonna find a cafe somewhere. So time for a coffee. I think So I've just got off at this stop here on my way back down route 15 Pessa twist tram heads back towards Katowice city centre This stop is a bit more Metro station like it's kind of not completely the track has its own Running it's not on, you know with cars. I'll tell you where it reminds me of is the Beckton branch of the documents like railway That's a bit like this the tram lines or in that case Light rail lines run in the middle of a main road. That's what this is Have a nice church over there The interesting thing about this stop is it supposedly has interchanged with another tram route That was my reason for wanting to get off here. Interestingly, they do have Chalets so anyone does need some level access then It does have that facility. It's quite good to know Still a lot of these tower blocks around those ones have been Refurbished some of the ones I've seen haven't so they sort of look very kind of brutalist, but once they've been refurbished They kind of can look quite nice And I was this other stop Okay It's over there They look like I've got across the road and go under to come up and there's a stop in the middle of the road Find our way to that other tram stop. So I see Smith stick I just saw the last few carriages of a local passenger thing on the railway line over. That's a shame. Come on Don't get across the road here Zebra crossing people are very good at waiting You know and some some countries it's not obligatory to stop and it's impossible to or hard to get across several crossings But here doesn't seem to have that problem So I think even more feeling like I'm entering Metro station I've got to go down there and then the tram lines are in the middle So, oh, there's a fair who know down there. I haven't seen one those for a long time There's a few interesting cars. I've seen about Just down there my dad used to have one of those when I was a child you hardly ever see them in the UK We have a good stuff about I've seen a few FSOs about no one two five P's yet I've seen a few FSO Kairos So I want to look out always for any interesting cars. Anyway Let's get to those tram stops. We need to go down into this Dark looking underpass. I have to say even in places like this It does feel very safe some European cities you go through a bit dodgy on the whole I Have felt fairly safe here Also, I seem to be about the only English person here I've not heard often when you get to European countries you often hear other English people I think because this really is not a touristy area. I've not come across any other English tourists or To be honest, I've hardly seen any tourists that matter Yeah Probably could have run across right, but you're not supposed to do that here in Poland. So oh No, I'm supposed to be on that side wasn't I? But there's a tram. There's some old console trams coming So what we'll do we'll wait and watch those pass through They're just at the next stop and then I'll cross over and catch my tram because I think route 24 This is a single track beyond here. So I'm looking forward to exploring that part of the network So this is the end of route 24 not a lot here Few abandoned sites the tram then goes off around a loop So I think he's already gone around the loop. So I I got off Yeah Plan was to film the tram go around the loop I'm fortunate my camera just completely froze and I missed it some a bit of noise about that But anyway, let's have a look. Oh, no, it's something more and I think I think turn that's the tram I was off Just coming that way. So I think it's turning triangle So yeah, he comes along there and turns On the triangle, which is I know that existed. I think I might mention yesterday that you do get that case I wasn't sure I was gonna find that here. Let's have a look to the easy case I feel now I'm obliged to wait and watch the next one do that. So yeah, he stopped there You're already Yeah, so He's waiting there Was a male driver That's all factory building. So the tram drops off its passengers there it goes up To just wear that Zebra crossing then he reverse Down there then draws forward so I'm going to hang around here for 20 minutes and watch that There's a railway line over there might go to the station while wait. So there's anything interesting to see. So here we are. We found our first triangular terminus in Upper Saint 2009 it's one of the more modern trams, but still single-car so it had to do the Three-point turn on the triangle out there. It's fascinating to watch our lady come out a little hot and you know Studying the road as for low floor. Well, it's loaf is she and you've sort of got an upper bit and upper bit so it's a very small tram, but it's Not many places do you see modern trams that a single cars modern trams tend to be articulated? So it's me. This is the traditional tram. It's a one carriage vehicle. It has USB charging points I've noticed some of the newer trams the PESA trams do have that I'm not entirely sure if this is a PESA tram I can't see any PESA badges on it It has the this kind of Mocha. So we saw yesterday some have the Colliery Mocha It has this one with the tram logo on it So I'm gonna ride all of route 24 now from here right the way through to the other end now So it should be interesting see what's there and then we'll go and do some other routes after that I've come on different tram the one I was on terminated So I'm not sure why but this bit I particularly wanted to show is a huge roundabout which various tram routes Join to from different angles so you can see that's the roundabout and it is in the middle of a roundabout There's another tram like one we're on earlier. Yeah, just over there go down roundabout So there's a route going off up there a single track route. Oh, it's fun There's another tram going off there and we need to be going straight ahead So it's this huge sort of gyratory of tram lines. It's really quite exciting Yeah, you can hear the wheels protesting bits. Whoa, look at that. There's a huge castle out there Well, you can see that So if I get out here, I might as well have a look at that later. So we've now Yeah, we're leaving the Gyratory And we're heading off to the end of this route. This is what was route 24 that we seem to now be on route 27 The map I'm using doesn't Isn't always quite up to date. So route numbers seem to have changed Anyway, we're not going to find the end of this route This is the end of this route wasn't particularly far on from that gyratory The tram, oh it goes into the depot. So the tram, yeah it disappears into the depot And then possibly either the same tram or another tram will come out and take us back So I'm probably going to go if there's a little supermarket go in there grab something to eat for lunch And then I'll ride back down to where that gyratory is and see what we can do from there So I'm back to that gyratory stop again. The tram I went on went off on that direction and there goes another one Now I've noticed this stop is actually called Rondo And it made me think that sounds a bit like roundabout. So I looked up and it literally does translate to roundabout So that is the roundabout is just there. So you've got the route I was up there as we know that went to a depot and you've kind of got a route going across there I'm going to have another look at that castle now I don't know it's going to be open but I thought I'd just walk up to it and see what there is to see up there So I can't really get away from the tram, but I sort of can On the top of the castle we can see down to that gyratory, the big tram gyratory Interestingly it's not actually a roundabout. I've realised from looking up here cars only go around one side of it It's really quite a fascinating view You've got the cameras playing about with a light, which is annoying There's a load of tower blocks over there Which as soon as I'm out of shot there appear isn't that funny annoying there So you've got a huge estate over there Looking this way you've got more of a traditional town centre, but again with More tower blocks in the distance And then out this way you've got Two things you've got part of the mother park and a wooded area You've got the other huge castle tower And behind it the camera is not going to pick it out, but there's the cooling towers of a power station You may just be able to pick them out beside the big tower As we've seen this area there's a lot of coal mining, there's a lot of coal fired power stations Poland doesn't have any nuclear power stations at the moment There is an unfinished one in the north, which has been unfinished for years And there's also talk of building another new one, so I have to wait and see on that But yeah lots of power stations, I can just see over there It's hard to pick it out, but there is the line we just travelled on Headed that way to a depot, but there's also a branch because off that way to seemingly nowhere So whether they thought the urban area would expand that way and it appears it hasn't as of yet Maybe that's why they put that junction in So what my plan is to do now, I think it's route 22 The route that runs along there, but travel right off in that direction up a single track line And see what we can find when we get to the end of that route So this is the end of route 22 They seem to have rebuilt the terminus stroke circle And there's a complete full circle, should the tram need to go right round perhaps to rearrange your route And so that's the tram on the travel route, it's just been round the circle So you can see a lot more of these tower blocks everywhere I don't have a wanderer over there, so I think there might be an older town centre over there There's a nice looking church So we'll just see what there is here And I'm always finding it quite fascinating with the network the size of this When you've got a single track route Okay between the last two stops there's actually a double track but a mainly single track route You just think what is going to be at the other end and you never know It's like earlier on we found that castle, which was you know a really nice thing to find Oh and that says the next tram is in 15 minutes, they're not that regular on this route So it might be an idea that I don't wander too far so I can travel back on this tram And if we go up here or maybe not But I can see the church down, well I've got 15 minutes See the church down there What I'll do, I'll wander down this street and I'll show you when I get there Because I don't think it's going to be overly exciting just walking down This narrow street towards the church So I've just been walking down these back streets, which is a bit unplanned But here we are, there's the beautiful church, there's loads of churches like this All around Poland, so if you come to Poland and you like churches You won't have far to find one I'm going to run back to tram sometimes, I want to get a tram back I'm not sure if there's enough to keep me amused for another half an hour or so here So route 22 is another one where the whole route isn't in operation I've travelled for here, the tram went round the loop, that's the tram I travelled on I have filmed it and I've put that on a set of videos So have a look at the link on screen now I'm going to hang around just so I can get a different tram back here There's more tower blocks and factories and not all that else So I don't think I'm going to stay here that long, just wait for the next tram I'm back on the tram now, on route 27 on two of these old console trams Two running in multiple There's only one other person in this carriage and not many on the front So I've got on back at that gyratory again If you go to the end of route 27 it might be dark, well it's on again there And then that probably concludes my as much as I can do within daylight There's still a few routes I could do but there's not an overly point doing them in the dark So see what's the end of route 27 and that'll probably be it Look off say for the most interesting part of my tram pass around I've seen it at last This is route 27, it's quite mad, it's a bit bumpy It seems to be mainly sickle track now with a route We just went over a bridge over what looked like it was an entrance to a factory We're in Kingsbury, what we go through One minute we saw this tower block everywhere Well it's so noisy, there's some hours where we're going over Exciting tram route, it's getting a bit, it's starting to get dark It's a shame if I realised it would be this good I marked up this earlier Anyway, I think this is quite a nice way to round off my Upper Sicilian urban area adventure And it's raining and I've come to the easternmost extremity I can get to It's not the easternmost extremity of the network But unfortunately that line was closer as you work So this was a really mad tram route It's definitely my favourite so far It's funny we were running by a train earlier on Well that's the railway line there Now I'm sort of half tempted to catch the train back to Cattavittstub I think it was just such an exciting tram route I'm going to take the tram back, it's going to get dark soon But then when I might not go all the way back to Cattavittstub by tram I might take a train some of the way But this is it, I hope you've enjoyed this adventure It's been really quite exciting Oh I think I've just noticed there's another bit of gear There's still lots of coal mines Where I've really enjoyed it So thank you very much for watching Do come and visit Cattavittstub yourself You can fly there from the UK It's a great city, not the most touristy city In fact I've not seen any other English people But I've really enjoyed it here So thank you very much for watching Please do feel free to like, subscribe and comment And from quite literally the end of the tram route