Lyon, France, Multi Modal Transport Paradise Which Dislikes Transport Enthusiasts!

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  • čas přidán 22. 05. 2024
  • Multi-Modal transports in Lyon, France, including trolleybuses, trams, several metro lines (one of which is fully driverless) and steep incline railways such as are often used to climb mountains - funicular and rack & pinion / cog wheel. Also seen are cyclists and TGV high speed trains - but not diesel buses or suburban mainline trains.
    Footage from several visits in the summers of 1992, 1993 and 2003.
    Lyon is the only city where I've ever been ejected from a station simply for using a camera. The human rights of transport enthusiasts to enjoy their hobby are breached through a double-standards policy of the transport operator being allowed to use CCTV surveillance to film the passengers but the passengers not being allowed to use their cameras to film the trains!
    In an effort to comply with French law which says that people's permission should be sought before filming them a few scenes are not quite as might be expected and at one time part of the screen is blurred. However the lady who stared at my camera was obviously agreable to being filmed - otherwise she would have looked away, rather than staring at me so intently!
    I've not been to Lyon since 2003 and since my camera would not be welcomed I'll spend my money somewhere else - where cameras are welcomed.

Komentáře • 46

  • @user-el9ji6ws8r
    @user-el9ji6ws8r Před měsícem +2

    17:16 except for line C where there is still the previous sittings ( MCL 80 will soon be replaced so it will probably change)

  • @trainspotting_riviera
    @trainspotting_riviera Před 2 lety +2

    When you were in Lyon in 1990s, Italy had already allowed people to take photos at means of transport. Despite that, there are some cities that wouldn't allow you to take photos in the subway, for example Genoa or maybe Rome and there are other cities that are really nice with transport enthusiasts, such as Milan or Naples.

  • @NoddyMaccy
    @NoddyMaccy Před 8 lety +1

    I'm looking forward to going to France. You've captured some great clips here.

  • @theodeman5314
    @theodeman5314 Před 5 lety

    love that sound of a vw motor in these busses

  • @wl03bu
    @wl03bu Před 8 lety +1

    Now I regret not stopping in Lyon on my way to Italy.

  • @apollinec6419
    @apollinec6419 Před 5 lety +1

    Omg it's so old ! Now the metros look different outside and inside

  • @JeffreyOrnstein
    @JeffreyOrnstein Před 8 lety

    A wonderfully entertaining video. Now I understand why the front of the trams look the way they do. I always liked the design of their metro trains. Those articulated trolleybuses are behemoths. I wonder if their drivers received an increase in pay for operating a higher capacity vehicle.

  • @owenchuarbx
    @owenchuarbx Před 6 lety

    They look very nice

  • @paultownsend6919
    @paultownsend6919 Před 7 lety

    My native city of Cardiff, South Wales, had trollleybuses between 1942 and 1969.
    On,y one route, No. 16 which operated between the city centre and the Pier Head, was subject to a restriction since it had to pass under the bridge carrying the main raiway line acrossBute Swtreet. This route was therefore restricted to single-deckers only, since the bridge was not high enough for a double decker with all the overhead paraphernalia.
    As a vital safety device, the wiring for Route 16 was totally detached from the wiring for the other routes. The danger was that if the driver of a double-decker forgot what route he was on and might attempt to return to the city centre via Bute Street,. He would inevitable dewire and be brought to a stop without damaging the bus or the bridge - or the passengers.
    No automatic rewiring device like at 3:00 in this video - the trolley booms had to be moved over by hand with the aid of a 10-foot pole

  • @ericcartman65378
    @ericcartman65378 Před 2 lety +2

    And alstom citadis 402

  • @vincentdeguard4726
    @vincentdeguard4726 Před 8 lety

    Maybe things are different now...what with the surge in smart/camera phones, GoPro and vlogs in general? Either way it was a very interesting video...looks like the future arrived early in Lyon, though shame about all the motor vehicles. It good that they saw fit to put health above cost...because in truth I'm sure if the calculations are done the benefit of doing so is rewarded in the long term. Perhaps you'll reconsider and visit Lyon in the next decade say...

    • @CitytransportInfoplus
      @CitytransportInfoplus  Před 8 lety +3

      In Rome a university study found that it was significantly cheaper to reduce urban air pollution by converting diesel buses to trolleybus than paying the healthcare costs treating people who suffer ill health from air pollution. An added financial issue is that if the family breadwinner succumbs to ill health then instead of supporting the family by earning money and paying tax the breadwinner will be receiving social security payments. Unfortunately few politicians understand or care about such issues.

    • @OG_dripYT69
      @OG_dripYT69 Před 2 lety

      Line 1 = Line C3

  • @ChesterWolf
    @ChesterWolf Před 8 lety

    some of the vehicles in here you'll recognize from a popular game named Cities in Motion and Cities in Motion 2 by colossal order. the company that made cities skylines

  • @SimonS44
    @SimonS44 Před 8 lety

    I once photographed the Dortmund Stadtbahn in an underground station (it was my first day with my camera) and a tram departing stopped again and the driver asked me "do you have a permission? Delete the images or I'll call the security". I checked the photos and the driver wasn't even visible...

    • @CitytransportInfoplus
      @CitytransportInfoplus  Před 8 lety

      I've never had any trouble filming underground in Essen or Dusseldorf. In Dortmund I filmed the H-Bahn monorail and the S-Bahn station below the monorail without trouble.

  • @hediamarcel517
    @hediamarcel517 Před 2 lety +1

    Cette video date depuis quand ?

  • @thefrenchelevatorchannel
    @thefrenchelevatorchannel Před 6 lety +6

    I live in Lyon, I take metros and busses everyday, I often take pictures, I didn't have any problem so far... It's strange to see that you've been yelled at for filming. Maybe because this was before internet-era...

    • @montblanc3133
      @montblanc3133 Před 5 lety

      I was born in Lyon and I miss it so much! One day, I shall move back there from Toronto 🍁

    • @lyonvibes
      @lyonvibes Před 5 lety

      Yeah, but unfortunately it changed a lot (not in a good way) since this 1992 footage...
      Miss these good ol'days

  • @ethancampbell6076
    @ethancampbell6076 Před 8 lety

    I heard man/hess NMT 222 the short electric bus 6:06

    • @HDTransport
      @HDTransport Před 7 lety +2

      And I heard a Cristalis at 6:52 :P

    • @ericcartman65378
      @ericcartman65378 Před 2 lety +1

      Its not hess its man nmt222

    • @Avadea
      @Avadea Před 2 lety

      @@ericcartman65378 Actually, it's MAN-Kiepe-HESS NMT222

  • @stwtranvids2078
    @stwtranvids2078 Před 8 lety

    Shame it is prohibited there but that was good as always.

  • @QuarioQuario54321
    @QuarioQuario54321 Před 5 lety

    What’s happened to you doesn’t seem to happen anymore.

    • @CitytransportInfoplus
      @CitytransportInfoplus  Před 5 lety

      Thank you for telling me this. One day I would like to return to Lyon.

    • @trainspotting_riviera
      @trainspotting_riviera Před 2 lety

      Suddently it sometimes happens in Italy despite there's a law that allows you to take photos at public means of transport. For example in big railway stations the railway Police doesn't allow you to use a camera, so if you want to take photos at trains you better go out of stations or in small stations, where nobody annoys you. Otherwhise there are italian cities where it's allowed to take photos, such as Milan or Naples, and others that aren't nice about photos, for example Genoa or maybe Rome. In Russia in several cities subways you can use only cameras with height, width and depth under 30cm.

  • @ronald5973
    @ronald5973 Před rokem

    Ronald.Christian

  • @IainHendry
    @IainHendry Před 7 lety +1

    Yeah, the French are a little crazy about this sort of thing. It's the same deal in Quebec - I was taking some video of the metro and the booth attendant came out and threatened to call the cops on me.
    Any visits to Montreal I've since taken I email the STM beforehand and get them to send me a letter saying it's "okay" so I can shove it in their face if they give me shit.
    Japan, on the other hand, is heaven - everyone there loves trains, and everyone there takes photos of them, too!

    • @ericcartman65378
      @ericcartman65378 Před 3 lety +1

      WHAT DID U JUST SAY MEH HOW DARE YOU I'M FRENCH YOU SAY I'M CRAZY FUCK YOU 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

  • @stagecoachlondonbusenthusi1291

    maybe that woman wanted tobbe on tv

  • @martinelesueur8633
    @martinelesueur8633 Před 4 lety

    Lyon was clearly better before

    • @ericcartman65378
      @ericcartman65378 Před 2 lety

      Yeah but in automatic it was smelling pee when he filmed 🤢🤮

    • @ericcartman65378
      @ericcartman65378 Před 2 lety

      Now its better metro lines are white with new seats and buses and trolleybuses :)

  • @lyonvibes
    @lyonvibes Před 5 lety

    ER100 were lot more stylish and comfortable than these crappy Cristalis