Why the World's Biggest Metro Only Runs 7 Days a Year

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  • @hunter29486
    @hunter29486 Před 2 lety +9489

    Trains in Tokyo definitely surpass this when they operate around 200% capacity

    • @part-timebrock1126
      @part-timebrock1126 Před 2 lety +548

      I guess you never heard about trains in Mumbai but they're not metros

    • @FrostyLava
      @FrostyLava Před 2 lety +399

      You have definitely made Sam very angry.

    • @erierierierierie
      @erierierierierie Před 2 lety +187

      >:(

    • @vardhanarya
      @vardhanarya Před 2 lety +191

      @@part-timebrock1126 they run at 300% capacity

    • @troytcarter
      @troytcarter Před 2 lety +49

      they are better because they actually run year round too

  • @marcfuchs6938
    @marcfuchs6938 Před 2 lety +3785

    I was lost until he put the 50,000 buses into perspective.

    • @Thebreakdownshow1
      @Thebreakdownshow1 Před 2 lety +181

      For me i as soon as he said Mecca i was like that makes sense.

    • @debajitsarma6630
      @debajitsarma6630 Před 2 lety +78

      After he put 50,000 busses into perspective everything fell into place

    • @lookingforsomething
      @lookingforsomething Před 2 lety +83

      I wish he had put that figure into cars after just to drive home how insanely efficient trains are compared to cars in the first place.

    • @bienemaja4007
      @bienemaja4007 Před 2 lety +2

      same

    • @57thorns
      @57thorns Před 2 lety +37

      @@lookingforsomething Let's do the math. 72000 people per hour.
      A six lane highway can carry about 6000 cars per hour (which is the same in people most of the time).
      So it could probably replace every single car passing a bridge or tunnel going into and out of New Yorks Manhattan island.

  • @m.s.1067
    @m.s.1067 Před 2 lety +220

    Munich has a similar problem. We have a population of 1,5 million and during the 16 days of Oktoberfest the festival has around 6-7 million visitors that need housing and transportation. It's a logistical nightmare.

    • @nickwatson8641
      @nickwatson8641 Před 10 měsíci +24

      Yeah but where else will I get the privilege of paying 13€ for a maß?

    • @Fayeluria
      @Fayeluria Před 3 měsíci +10

      Munich also has these super old trains on many lines which makes it so much scarier. Last time i was there for Oktoberfest the train was so full it couldn’t properly brake anymore. I ended up getting the hell out and walking the rest of the way to Theresienwiese

    • @MrMoccachinoo
      @MrMoccachinoo Před 3 měsíci +3

      I have been there a couple of times and its actually very well organized. So no logistic nightmare there.
      Of course, the U-Bahn could get crowded.. but its crowded any other day as well.

  • @57thorns
    @57thorns Před 2 lety +741

    The fact that they can operate the metro at 200% capacity in Japan is in itself pretty impressive.

    • @57thorns
      @57thorns Před 2 lety +47

      About the Mecca stuff:
      Imagine living in a small town with about 24000 inhabitants, and every summer about one million people come by, with the peak number of tourist being about 50 000.
      And Visby is by no means extreme as a tourist destination.

    • @KyrieFortune
      @KyrieFortune Před 2 lety +3

      @@57thorns ask Lucca Comics

    • @vishalsyoutube
      @vishalsyoutube Před 2 lety +8

      Trust me when I say Mumbai's local trains are way more crowded than Tokyo's metro rail

    • @Taurineg
      @Taurineg Před 2 lety +5

      They literally hire people to shovel passages onto train so there’s that.

    • @57thorns
      @57thorns Před 2 lety +21

      @@vishalsyoutube Mumbai's local trains are overcrowded and dangerous, Japan is efficient and safe, there is a huge difference there.

  • @sheikchilli8670
    @sheikchilli8670 Před 2 lety +3500

    as a train nerd i am having a GREAT time identifying the stock footage

    • @elliotw.888
      @elliotw.888 Před 2 lety +197

      you gon convert to Islam to see this train?

    • @arfan_hafiz
      @arfan_hafiz Před 2 lety +64

      @@elliotw.888 Lmao why is this funny

    • @conorstapleton3183
      @conorstapleton3183 Před 2 lety +169

      0:19 and 4:04 is Vienna (secund one is the U1 which uses the color red in it's stations)
      4:39 is Budapest, as you can see for a brief Moment an hungarian add.
      Greetings from Vienna 🚂

    • @buddyclem7328
      @buddyclem7328 Před 2 lety +64

      @@elliotw.888 Imagine my disappointment when I found out that having a beard, and general knowledge about Islam, wouldn't be enough to ride this train!

    • @Turki-il9lz
      @Turki-il9lz Před 2 lety +15

      1:45 oman muscat

  • @Pyrus425
    @Pyrus425 Před 2 lety +943

    “In Saudi Arabia”
    Oh it’s the Hajj it’s definitely for the hajj

    • @qwertyTRiG
      @qwertyTRiG Před 2 lety +39

      I got there a moment before he mentioned the country. I'm so proud of myself!

    • @hedgehog3180
      @hedgehog3180 Před 2 lety +32

      Mecca is the only place the Saudis are gonna build any kind of reasonable infrastructure. They're obviously still gonna build the stupid shit though.

    • @b_alshammari
      @b_alshammari Před 2 lety +5

      @@kazisamir3411 lol it’s not even open yet, it’s in a trial phase still

    • @YAR_original
      @YAR_original Před 2 lety +3

      @@hedgehog3180 you mean like the big clock tower? You're right. Why would they build that shit to make people look at that rather than the holy Ka'aba?

    • @fortnite-kq7ok
      @fortnite-kq7ok Před 2 lety +1

      @@hedgehog3180 yeah they also completely crumbled all the mountains that used to surround the Kaaba, why couldn't they have just made them outside and just have high speed rails travelling to and from, now you have that giant monstrosity just looming above

  • @Rubrickety
    @Rubrickety Před 2 lety +428

    Unfortunately, since Saudi Arabia never completed the other metro lines, pilgrims are still faced with a Hajj-podge of different transportation options.

  • @jeffbenton6183
    @jeffbenton6183 Před 2 lety +2496

    Sam: 'The best form of transportation is a train.'
    Planes: *"I THOUGHT WE HAD SOMETHING SPECIAL!!!*

    • @Skyymon
      @Skyymon Před 2 lety +36

      i mean like at least trains dont produce co2

    • @user-1281
      @user-1281 Před 2 lety +105

      @@Skyymon If they are electrically powered by renewable sources, then yes, they don't.

    • @albertjordan3249
      @albertjordan3249 Před 2 lety +139

      Planes are great when trains are impossible/impractical (ie oceanic crossings, extremely rugged terrain, or very long trips). But for the every day movement of lots of people from where they live to where they work, study, shop, and recreate, if its too far to walk or bike, nothing beats a train at efficiency and capacity.

    • @Bigheadguyfromsmolmovie
      @Bigheadguyfromsmolmovie Před 2 lety +2

      lol

    • @DonutOfNinja
      @DonutOfNinja Před 2 lety +42

      That's from Sam from wendover productions not Sam from half as interesting

  • @gargravarr2
    @gargravarr2 Před 2 lety +4607

    "Stampede" is a misnomer and most of those people didn't die from getting stepped on. The more accurate term is "crowd crush". When amount of people in an area becomes too high, people can no longer breathe since they're tightly sandwiched between each other, and die from suffocation.
    "Stampede" creates the impression that the deaths were caused by panicking humans callously stepping on others. But in a crowd crush, the people aren't at fault. Those in the middle where deaths happen are unable to even move individually due to the pressure of the crowd. And people at the edges freely moving towards the center don't know how bad the situation in the middle is. Crowd crushes are caused by organizers letting too many people into an area.

    • @cjuice9039
      @cjuice9039 Před 2 lety +139

      For example: the Hillsboro disaster

    • @Leyrann
      @Leyrann Před 2 lety +525

      @@seamusmckeon9109 This entire channel is designed to attract "um actually" people.

    • @kellynolen498
      @kellynolen498 Před 2 lety +490

      @@seamusmckeon9109 are you a child? this is legitimate interesting clearification

    • @JurisKankalis
      @JurisKankalis Před 2 lety +61

      Be careful. The Danish journalist who drew the Mohammed in slightly awkward pose was hunted for decades by extremists who... apparantly believe in their God... extremely... and, if I'm not mistaken, that guy's life was practically over. Wasn't he at the end finally killed by the extreme god lovers? So - remember, no ridiculing in respect to muslims, not even close, if you don't want to be haunted, that is.

    • @AMalas
      @AMalas Před 2 lety +121

      @@JurisKankalis that's not how it works

  • @Akofakofakof
    @Akofakofakof Před 2 lety +380

    "Transportation: it's everyone's favorite way of getting somewhere else."
    My favorite way is drugs.

  • @bonafidemonafide7810
    @bonafidemonafide7810 Před 2 lety +34

    3:26
    Saudi here‚ in 2015 the government halted all projects and began a mass corruption crackdown as many of the projects were found to be draining the states coffers and were involved in corruption scandals.
    All projects underwent a "balancing the books" period‚ a lot of projects that were deemed "unnecessary" were shut down
    Projects that were already or partially completed were changed to fit different (and more realistic needs) and those found to be necessary were completed or unhalted.

    • @silversan9743
      @silversan9743 Před 3 měsíci

      What kind of idiot deemed metro lines for Mecca as unnecessary?

  • @lucystarlight8887
    @lucystarlight8887 Před 2 lety +2261

    I think it's worth mentioning that not every Muslim is obliged to go, but rather every one who is able to make the journey. Really cool video otherwise, I always love when you talk about trains.

    • @cjuice9039
      @cjuice9039 Před 2 lety +44

      Hope we see this in the next mistakes video

    • @hedgehog3180
      @hedgehog3180 Před 2 lety +243

      It's more specifically everyone who is able to go, if you're too sick or something else prevents you from doing it isn't like a sin to not do it. But it's something you're supposed to put effort into doing.

    • @12q8
      @12q8 Před 2 lety +66

      @@hedgehog3180 And if you die without doing it, someone else can do it for you.

    • @sirius_b_13
      @sirius_b_13 Před 2 lety +79

      As a Muslim born person who's lived in the middle east and knows random trivia and historical facts about a wide range of useless topics, I feel like I should have known about this earlier 😅

    • @Jenny-tm3cm
      @Jenny-tm3cm Před 2 lety +3

      That’s awesome glad this is the top comment rn!

  • @adammarjanovic
    @adammarjanovic Před 2 lety +849

    As a Green Bay resident, can confirm it is the capital of alcoholism

    • @brianzmek7272
      @brianzmek7272 Před 2 lety +3

      True facts

    • @adammarjanovic
      @adammarjanovic Před 2 lety +5

      @@brianzmek7272 if you’re not getting hammered every weekend, who are you? 😂

    • @blasuxru
      @blasuxru Před 2 lety +32

      As an alcoholic, I’m now planning a pilgrimage to the newfound holy land of my religion

    • @phillxor
      @phillxor Před 2 lety +12

      Mate, Have you heard of Australia?

    • @adammarjanovic
      @adammarjanovic Před 2 lety +15

      @@phillxor yes, born and raised in Sydney, moved to the States for uni and still there today

  • @kelvinwan2646
    @kelvinwan2646 Před 2 lety +766

    (Running out of plane topics)
    HAI: Let's go for trains!

    • @benghazi4216
      @benghazi4216 Před 2 lety +11

      Adam Something will be pissed! Or have a field day, I not sure which ^^

    • @aryanraval3294
      @aryanraval3294 Před 2 lety +11

      @@benghazi4216 nah that guy loves trains...I'm sure he won't mind another train fanatic

    • @ahmedchelly1253
      @ahmedchelly1253 Před 2 lety +1

      He can't talk about planes and Saudia at the same time

    • @entized5671
      @entized5671 Před 2 lety +2

      based, trains are lovely

    • @superslimanoniem4712
      @superslimanoniem4712 Před 2 lety +1

      @@tabloosempakharhor5300 get out.

  • @Sammie1053
    @Sammie1053 Před 2 lety +673

    Absolutely dying with laughter at 1:13 where Sam says "a religious pyramid"
    Just a 200 foot tall pile of pilgrims

  • @c101vp
    @c101vp Před 2 lety +380

    "And most cities that care about their citizens"
    I'm looking at you, Belgrade

    • @Covid-bv4hp
      @Covid-bv4hp Před 2 lety +40

      Sorry they're too busy getting keyboard warriors to wage a war against people online on the legitamacy of Kosovo.

    • @adisokolovic
      @adisokolovic Před 2 lety +5

      I'm looking at you, Sarajevo

    • @luckerhdd3929
      @luckerhdd3929 Před 2 lety +7

      "And most cities that have enough money" should have been mentioned 😂

    • @danicic87
      @danicic87 Před 2 lety +2

      ​@@luckerhdd3929 Blegrade have money for metro but ATm there is debate where metro line should be built ...
      This is what this coment is about

    • @miki_kimi123
      @miki_kimi123 Před 2 lety +14

      Sadly the metro funds had to be moved to the TikTok budget due to sićve reasons

  • @triangulumgalaxy1782
    @triangulumgalaxy1782 Před 2 lety +744

    Me: It's getting late I should slee-
    CZcams: Do you want to see Why the World's Biggest Metro Only Runs 7 Days a Year?
    Me: 'Sure'

  • @adrielsebastian5216
    @adrielsebastian5216 Před 2 lety +904

    So it's not "the biggest metro in the world", it's the "biggest metro LINE in the world." Those are 2 different things.

    • @FrostyLava
      @FrostyLava Před 2 lety +18

      Let's see if he changes the title

    • @ADuxk
      @ADuxk Před 2 lety +12

      he has

    • @kizza9321
      @kizza9321 Před 2 lety +26

      Yes. And this is both of them, since it's a metro that only consists of one line...

    • @HirokaAkita
      @HirokaAkita Před 2 lety +2

      Welp. We all know that you are granted to appear in the next HAI mistakes video.

    • @Zaros262
      @Zaros262 Před 2 lety +19

      @@kizza9321 There are many metro networks larger than this. It can only claim to be the biggest single line

  • @danieltheisland
    @danieltheisland Před 2 lety +243

    1:10 - I myself also love religious pyramids. Aztecs would probably be my favourite. Probably followed by Egyptians.

    • @ZanHecht
      @ZanHecht Před 2 lety +19

      Especially the cube-shaped pyramids like the one being shown.

    • @hedgehog3180
      @hedgehog3180 Před 2 lety +9

      @@ZanHecht Technically a cube is just 6 Pyramids where the tops point inwards.

    • @auxencefromont1989
      @auxencefromont1989 Před 2 lety +1

      @@hedgehog3180 or two pointing outward

    • @KeithBab
      @KeithBab Před 2 lety +7

      What an ignorant philistine. Mayan pyramids are better than Aztec. It's not all about size you know.
      /jk maybe

    • @Zaros262
      @Zaros262 Před 2 lety +3

      @@auxencefromont1989 a cube can be made of two triangular prisms, but not two pyramids. The two opposing "peaks" have to be edges, not vertices
      An octahedron is two pyramids facing out, though

  • @DiracComb.7585
    @DiracComb.7585 Před 2 lety +195

    Actually, even though they have to operate at 200% capacity, some metro lines in Japan have surpassed Saudi Arabia’s best train lines.
    Also, raise your hand if you already knew before clicking this would be about the train used for the Hajj

  • @jr637-1
    @jr637-1 Před 2 lety +653

    A religious pyramid? I think pilgrimage was what you meant. Can't wait for All Our Mistakes 6: The Editor Strikes Back.

    • @mysticondeflamme
      @mysticondeflamme Před 2 lety +19

      a chunk of black stone lol

    • @erni2619
      @erni2619 Před 2 lety +6

      A shiny polished pyramid would be kinda cool tho xD

    • @prion42
      @prion42 Před 2 lety +12

      He means they spontaneously do cheer pyramids to praise Allah

    • @someonejustsomeone1469
      @someonejustsomeone1469 Před 2 lety +1

      The subs already struck back

    • @nordicexile7378
      @nordicexile7378 Před 2 lety +18

      Religious pyramid schemes? I have heard of those.

  • @OmnipotentPotato
    @OmnipotentPotato Před 2 lety +291

    If anyone's wondering, the font at 3:43 is called Vivaldi.

    • @zuniroa
      @zuniroa Před 2 lety +59

      God bless all of the typography nerds of the world

    • @ChilapaOfTheAmazons
      @ChilapaOfTheAmazons Před 2 lety +5

      *Thank you,* I tried some of the font identification sites but had no luck.
      Then I thought about checking the comments! 😘

    • @Shuker8964
      @Shuker8964 Před 2 lety +6

      When you said Vivaldi I instinctively cranked the volume up and was surprised when I don’t here any violins…

    • @Darkest_matter
      @Darkest_matter Před 2 lety

      Like the browser

    • @kyled2153
      @kyled2153 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Shuker8964 same

  • @harrisonofcolorado8886
    @harrisonofcolorado8886 Před rokem +4

    4:22 I can definitely imagine looking at a headline article saying,"Railfan converts to Islam to ride Mecca metro".

  • @thomaswalsh4552
    @thomaswalsh4552 Před 2 lety +13

    5:14 “before they sponsored my channels”
    “Channels”. Plural. He finally admits that he is Sam from Wendover

  • @technicalamanullah7019
    @technicalamanullah7019 Před 2 lety +689

    Fun fact : Train in my city only runs 7 days in a week

    • @tyapnekadegaming7997
      @tyapnekadegaming7997 Před 2 lety +55

      @@tabloosempakharhor5300 dating bots are taking over youtube now

    • @lonesome3958
      @lonesome3958 Před 2 lety +7

      Yeah mine too kinda sad tbh

    • @SamAronow
      @SamAronow Před 2 lety +13

      Lucky you. Trains in my country only run 6 days a week.

    • @az0989ejdje
      @az0989ejdje Před 2 lety +8

      Wow mine only runs 168 hours a week

    • @sirBrouwer
      @sirBrouwer Před 2 lety +17

      @@SamAronow you have trains that run? here trains ride on a rail.
      I have yet to see a train with legs.

  • @saldan3985
    @saldan3985 Před 2 lety +767

    1:40 ok, Muslim here. Slight correction, it's not "every practicing Muslim is obliged to go at least once in their life" it's "every practicing Muslim is obliged to go at least once in their life IF they can afford it" (physically, mentally, financially, medically, basically if by every reasonable factor you *can* go then you are obliged to go at least once in your life).

    • @javierm7087
      @javierm7087 Před 2 lety +100

      Thank you for clarifying, it always seemed odd to make a Muslim guilty just because they can't afford to travel to Mecca, especially if they come from far away countries such as Indonesia or Morocco.

    • @Leyrann
      @Leyrann Před 2 lety +86

      @@javierm7087 Yeah, it's something that's often forgotten, sadly even by many hard-line Muslims. In the same way, there are a ton of circumstances (pregnancy, weak health, etc etc) that leave Muslims exempt from participating in things like the Ramadan, but you never hear anyone about that either.

    • @javierm7087
      @javierm7087 Před 2 lety +69

      @@ADuxk Dude, it's like more than 5000km of distance between Rabat and Mecca. It's like saying Vancouver and New York City are close because they are both in North America

    • @mejhdhhicbfshihids652
      @mejhdhhicbfshihids652 Před 2 lety +31

      @@ADuxk It's quicker to get from morocco to oslo then from morocco to mecca

    • @Quwertyn007
      @Quwertyn007 Před 2 lety +12

      @@ADuxk Morocco is in North-West Africa

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un Před 2 lety +22

    HAI: And Green Bay, the holy city
    Me: It has to be cheese, it's Wisconsin-
    HAI: in alcoholism
    Me: *...well I guess that too*
    If we count historically, the most infrequently used metro system would be Moscow's Metro-2, a system built that in case of mass chaos/protest/disaster war, was meant to spirit away high-ranking Communist Party members out of the city center and into the safety of military facilities in the outskirts. The rails were even drowned in concrete, so cars could move through the tunnels as well

    • @ianhomerpura8937
      @ianhomerpura8937 Před 3 měsíci

      Where can we some of that sacred Green Bay beer cheese soup

    • @Felix-fy4gq
      @Felix-fy4gq Před 2 měsíci +1

      OMG ARE YOU REAL KIM JONG UN?!!!

  • @birdstudios978
    @birdstudios978 Před 2 lety +7

    2:17 As someone from Chicago, I just wanna say, WE LIKE THIN CRUST TOO

  • @thatgreenbayguy
    @thatgreenbayguy Před 2 lety +276

    As someone who calls Green Bay home, I couldn't agree more. 😂

  • @Mitch_Rogoff
    @Mitch_Rogoff Před 2 lety +214

    The Chicago style Philly cheesesteak sounds amazing and I want 12

    • @jonjohns8145
      @jonjohns8145 Před 2 lety +6

      I mean we Already have Philly Cheesesteak Pizzas, why Not make them deep dish?

    • @zeke6461
      @zeke6461 Před 2 lety +1

      pizza steak already exists

    • @key-chain
      @key-chain Před 2 lety +6

      There’s this thing called a Philly Taco where people take a cheesesteak from Jim’s on South Street and put it inside a (giant) pizza slice from Lorenzo’s down the street which is pretty much that

    • @jonjohns8145
      @jonjohns8145 Před 2 lety

      @@key-chain Nice!!

    • @planefan082
      @planefan082 Před 2 lety

      I'm sorry what the American is a cheesesteak and why does it sound like ten different crimes against culinary humanity

  • @maccrazy7335
    @maccrazy7335 Před 2 lety +13

    I love your use of clips of the Vienna subway. I found two with one possible that didn't show definitive enough signage...

  • @ericemmons3040
    @ericemmons3040 Před 2 lety +8

    I can see that this metro line is a giant step forward in sophisticated Mecca-nization. . .

  • @user-fl6yi6kt4t
    @user-fl6yi6kt4t Před 2 lety +288

    HAI: *talks about Mecca metro system*
    Some nerd guy from Russia: look, HAI uses footages of St Petersburg metro train on 3:46

    • @majorfallacy5926
      @majorfallacy5926 Před 2 lety +20

      And interestingly Vienna at 0:17. I mean it's a good metro system and all but pretty standard (apart from the price)

    • @irushasansuka9884
      @irushasansuka9884 Před 2 lety +15

      Interestingly in 2:53, it's a Sri Lankan bus. You can see the poverty

    • @majorfallacy5926
      @majorfallacy5926 Před 2 lety +6

      @Hernando Malinche Until we needed cheap labour and invited them back. Most of them came here pre Erdogan though, so they're cool

    • @fhfthf
      @fhfthf Před 2 lety +1

      @@majorfallacy5926 again at 4:03

    • @Darkest_matter
      @Darkest_matter Před 2 lety

      @@majorfallacy5926 aren't there are mnatives that revert?

  • @A.Filthy.Casual
    @A.Filthy.Casual Před 2 lety +182

    A religious pyramid? ...pilgrimage?
    We're gonna see this in the yearly mistake video

    • @freakout3516
      @freakout3516 Před 2 lety +5

      I was just about to ask if I had misheard that or if he really said pyramid.

    • @jr637-1
      @jr637-1 Před 2 lety +7

      All Our Mistakes 6: The Editor Strikes Back

    • @Finkelfunk
      @Finkelfunk Před 2 lety +2

      Yearly mistake video? The next video that's gonna be uploaded here is most likely gonna be an execution video

    • @jeffreyhill1011
      @jeffreyhill1011 Před 2 lety +1

      I enjoy that he leaves the mistakes in. A bunch are intentional as it drives engagement (see this thread as evidence) and makes for the potential for an additional video for mistakes, to drive further engagement... Works like a dream

    • @androlsaibot
      @androlsaibot Před 2 lety

      I noticed that too, and only 5 seconds later, "different sites in the religion"

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican Před 2 lety +20

    China: What kind of transportation is best?
    Saudi Arabia: That's a ridiculous question
    China: *False, trains*
    Saudi Arabia, letting them build a metro: That's debatable...
    Also "religious pyramid", the only religious pyramid I know is the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, Tennessee. It is an Americana obligation to make the pilgrimage.

  • @ZZZzzzap12
    @ZZZzzzap12 Před 3 měsíci +1

    This legendary place called "Greenbay" sounds like a wonderful destination for a pilgrimage.

  • @vidcas1711
    @vidcas1711 Před 2 lety +82

    1:05 HAI: Green Bay is the number one holy city in...
    Me: The Packers
    HAI: alcoholism
    Me: Oh, makes sense

    • @Jacks_Bad_Ideas
      @Jacks_Bad_Ideas Před 2 lety +2

      I thought for sure it was lacrosse

    • @joeygames2664
      @joeygames2664 Před 2 lety

      @@Jacks_Bad_Ideas do you mean the sport or the city 🤔

  • @redaabualsaud962
    @redaabualsaud962 Před 2 lety +90

    You used the picture of a very old version of the Saudi Riyal. The picture you used is of the third series of Saudi Riyal (which was used almost 50 years ago). The current series is the seventh series

    • @nuzayerov
      @nuzayerov Před 2 lety +11

      I noticed the design too, I don't know much about Saudi Riyal history, but the old printing design of the note gave away its "oldness",

  • @MagierHuerde
    @MagierHuerde Před 2 lety +5

    That the viennese metro system is shown as an example makes me really happy. Finally people recognise that Austria exists

  • @faisalaziz5592
    @faisalaziz5592 Před 2 lety +6

    I was in the hajj 2016 I waited 3 hours to get into the metro so walking became my best optaion its only one day that you have to use it
    also 4:16 the price is wrong its 300 riyals 80$ for the whole 7 days

    • @RMbutItsO
      @RMbutItsO Před 2 lety

      Thanks for clarifying. I was confused on why the price was so high

  • @freddy04123
    @freddy04123 Před 2 lety +96

    Sam thought he was making a joke but now I want to make a Philly cheese steak deep dish pizza 😅

    • @invurret9533
      @invurret9533 Před 2 lety +3

      Dominos makes it

    • @Ben.N
      @Ben.N Před 2 lety +3

      @@invurret9533 😳

    • @joermnyc
      @joermnyc Před 2 lety

      Someone somewhere has probably tried to use a deep dish pizza as the “bread” for a cheesesteak.
      Not sure if that put them in the hospital, or just made them run for the toilet…

    • @freddy04123
      @freddy04123 Před 2 lety +1

      @@invurret9533 that's disgusting lol

    • @invurret9533
      @invurret9533 Před 2 lety

      @@freddy04123 What you said you wanted to make one what the heck

  • @skurtzke
    @skurtzke Před 2 lety +17

    Me waiting for the DC metro watching the whole video start to finish

  • @mvemjsunp8
    @mvemjsunp8 Před 2 lety +3

    Need a logistics of the Hajj Wendover video

  • @BoehmischerPrater
    @BoehmischerPrater Před 2 lety +5

    4:04 thanks for using a stock photo of the U1 line in Vienna

  • @moechinatsu
    @moechinatsu Před 2 lety +43

    Wait, Sam also talking about train now? Am I dreaming?

    • @ElectriKong-
      @ElectriKong- Před 2 lety +5

      I mean now that people have started invading Sam's territory (planes), I guess he figured he'd go invade Adam Something's territory instead.

    • @moechinatsu
      @moechinatsu Před 2 lety

      @@ElectriKong- fair enough

    • @SeanRPS
      @SeanRPS Před 2 lety

      Ground planes

  • @azy83
    @azy83 Před 2 lety +15

    yo hai, you should get in touch with a guy called wendover and make a video called the logistics of the hajj. sounds like a perfect colab

  • @centredoorplugsthornton4112

    Mecca is planning other metro lines that would be a day to day transit system.
    Possibly the biggest overcapacity was with South Africa's apartheid era township trains. 5000 riders packed into an 11 car train with maximum safe capacity of 2000. Hanging out doors and riding on couplers. Eased up by the late 1980s when South Africa deregulated transport and began breaking up its big monopolies.

    • @dirkdutoit6644
      @dirkdutoit6644 Před 2 lety

      Really? Please come and see the overcrowding nowadays. And there are also hardly any trains left. Complete train stations being stolen. Inclusive of the brick and mortar. Overcrowding during apartheid? Pfft.

    • @centredoorplugsthornton4112
      @centredoorplugsthornton4112 Před 2 lety

      @@dirkdutoit6644 new record for crowded trains: coming out of Ukraine with 6000 on board.

  • @jamesharris7911
    @jamesharris7911 Před 2 lety +33

    As a Green Bay native I'm proud we finally got the recognition we deserve.

  • @casmatt99
    @casmatt99 Před 2 lety +13

    Omg am I a bad alcoholic because I've never made the pilgrammage to Green Bay?

  • @fyukfy2366
    @fyukfy2366 Před 2 lety +43

    1:13 is one for the next mistakes video. What the hell is a religious pyramid

  • @jacktaylor6690
    @jacktaylor6690 Před 2 lety +9

    As a wisconsinite i can confirm that Green Bay is a damn drunk town. Wisco drinking culture is wild, even in small towns. My 1.1k pop. town had 13 bars, or 1 per 85 people. Each one was packed and on each hour its custom to move bars if you arent in a game or something. So almost each hour i would see a stubling pack of drunks moving down about half a block to the next bar. Fun place

    • @inventor121
      @inventor121 Před 2 lety +1

      There's literally a town in my province that has 2 bars, a saloon, a tavern, and a pub, and there are only 20 houses in the whole town. I pass through the town every now and then and I wonder exactly how the heck they stay in business.

    • @Sauvenil
      @Sauvenil Před 2 lety +1

      sounds like the hajj, everyone walking the circle of the bars instead of around a temple.

    • @Noone-jn3jp
      @Noone-jn3jp Před 2 lety

      Can i stay at your house during my required pilgrimage?

    • @Sauvenil
      @Sauvenil Před 2 lety

      @@inventor121 It only takes a few regulars to keep a bar running.

  • @mrepix8287
    @mrepix8287 Před 2 lety +70

    Let me guess: there’s some sort event that only happens seven days a year in this particular city, so they created a train just to increase transport capacity during that specific event

  • @jamiegill7832
    @jamiegill7832 Před 2 lety +17

    As a Packers fan I will accept your joke as a compliment thank you very much

  • @BTownRailfanPNW
    @BTownRailfanPNW Před 2 lety +7

    4:25 Oh boy, guess I’m Muslim now

  • @uss_04
    @uss_04 Před 2 lety +4

    Wendover should collaborate with HAI on transportation. After all they can’t possibly be the same person

    • @tomrogue13
      @tomrogue13 Před 2 lety

      Though sam from wendover sounds alot like the guy from half as interesting

    • @Odysseus-st3wn
      @Odysseus-st3wn Před 2 lety

      @@tomrogue13 yeah ikr but im pretty sure its just a coincidence

  • @stavka6923
    @stavka6923 Před 2 lety +7

    The Type-A metro carriage in this line was imported from China and carries 310 pax per car at 100% capacity, while Japanese E235-0 series carries 1724 pax per train which gives us 156 pax per car. This means this Saudi "standard capacity" was already at 200% capacity in Japanese standards. The Chuō Line rapid service sends about 30 trains each carrying 3000 pax towards Tokyo per hour in the morning rush hours, which gives us 90000/hr(the actual numbers pre-pandemic is about 81000) so JR East still wins... Even if we don't take the peak 289% capacity rate reached in 1965 into consideration.

  • @kingsize127
    @kingsize127 Před 2 lety +9

    As soon as you said “Saudi Arabia” I knew where you were going with this.

  • @maxg6040
    @maxg6040 Před 2 lety +5

    0:18 Shout out to Vienna.

  • @Cragglerock93
    @Cragglerock93 Před 2 lety +12

    I get that it was specifically designed to serve pilgrims, but is there no demand at all for the route from locals for the remainder of the year even on a drastically-reduced capacity?

    • @mra.prasetio
      @mra.prasetio Před 2 lety +6

      You don't have to, especially if you are a local you must have performed Hajj. Also Hajj is an obligation that needs to be done only once, after that you can perform Umrah which does not go to these places. So, these places are especially visited by those who are performing Hajj for the first time.

    • @juch3
      @juch3 Před 2 lety +3

      From what I can see in the Google maps the line basically runs from the place where half the pilgrims stay to another place where The other half of the pilgrims stay but this time within walking distance to the mosque, so it really doesn't take you anywhere if you're not a pilgrim.

    • @fawziekefli2273
      @fawziekefli2273 Před 2 lety +8

      The other (unbuilt) lines would have had some domestic demand; not so the "Mecca Metro." Imagine a line that goes from town directly to a stadium outside the city, but it's only ever used for the Superbowl; the rest of the year it's empty. No reason to use the metro otherwise.

    • @Darkest_matter
      @Darkest_matter Před 2 lety +3

      @@fawziekefli2273 that's one way to put it for godless heathens. I mean that in the most polite way possible.

    • @FayeVert
      @FayeVert Před 2 měsíci

      I would think that in the other 51 weeks of the year there would be people doing maintenance, cleaning, repairs, and that sort of thing.

  • @andrewdreasler428
    @andrewdreasler428 Před 2 lety +4

    2:25 Oh no, you did NOT just insult Chicago Style Pizza! You obviously do not understand how passionate we Chicagoans are about our food.

  • @bennetth7008
    @bennetth7008 Před 2 lety +19

    Hey, Sam, so there's one metro line in Tokyo...

  • @MichUsiris
    @MichUsiris Před 2 lety +6

    This line about alcoholism is the best joke I've seen today. I've laughed for real. Thx for that

  • @clairemendoza5402
    @clairemendoza5402 Před 2 lety +38

    Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."

    • @monicamaria6101
      @monicamaria6101 Před 2 lety

      I owe my success to having listened
      respectfuly to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

    • @brendacarla4657
      @brendacarla4657 Před 2 lety

      How do we get paid?

    • @jennydave9666
      @jennydave9666 Před 2 lety

      Is it through online investment platform?

    • @patricksmith3896
      @patricksmith3896 Před 2 lety

      Yes through online investment platform

    • @ahmedjoe4528
      @ahmedjoe4528 Před 2 lety

      i get paid directly to my bank account

  • @vale.antoni
    @vale.antoni Před 2 lety

    4:37 Yaay! It's the Széll Kálmán tér station of Budapest Metro Line 2! HAI featured my hometown!!

  • @yoavravid7893
    @yoavravid7893 Před 2 lety +16

    I love how the people behave exactly like a liquid

    • @Mausju
      @Mausju Před 2 lety

      underliked post!

    • @jmchez
      @jmchez Před 2 lety +4

      Particles are particles no matter what the size. Get enough of them in a container and the bulk mass always behaves like a fluid.

    • @jmchez
      @jmchez Před 2 lety +1

      Watch a physical wave go through a crowd; not the type that fans willingly participate in.
      czcams.com/video/2OP0gp9v5XM/video.html

    • @pubcollize
      @pubcollize Před 2 lety +1

      @@jmchez The only difference being that the interparticular forces between humans are way weirder, and thus create weirder instances of surface tension and other types of fluid behaviors.

    • @jmchez
      @jmchez Před 2 lety +1

      @@pubcollize Yes, of course. But trying to explain it beyond what you said gets way too complex really fast.

  • @GyroCannon
    @GyroCannon Před 2 lety +4

    The statement about statistics is... 100% accurate!
    My family isn't Muslim but there's more than 4 of us and I was the one who was picked to go to Mecca. I even rode this exact train!

  • @phillipreed6599
    @phillipreed6599 Před 2 lety +1

    When the Phillies won the World Series, we had our own hajj (Chicago coming to visit)

  • @mrvesl2205
    @mrvesl2205 Před 2 lety

    absolutely perfect transition to sponsered segment

  • @chronicallymeee
    @chronicallymeee Před 2 lety +20

    "So why did you decide to convert to Islam?"
    "Well, I really wanted the opportunity to ride on the most efficient train on earth."

    • @xerogue
      @xerogue Před 2 lety +1

      you can't convert to Islam, you can only revert

    • @chronicallymeee
      @chronicallymeee Před 2 lety +2

      @@xerogue Not everyone agrees on the terminology, I know plenty of reverts who prefer to call themselves converts. I used convert in this context because I'm assuming that most people reading this wouldn't know what revert means, since it's not in common use outside of the Muslim community.

    • @kaldo_kaldo
      @kaldo_kaldo Před 2 lety +4

      @@xerogue The word "revert" means "go back to". Not everyone began as Muslim.

    • @xerogue
      @xerogue Před 2 lety +1

      @@kaldo_kaldo everyone is born muslim according to Islam - therefore when someone 'converts' they accept they reverted - hence no converts exist

    • @kaldo_kaldo
      @kaldo_kaldo Před 2 lety +3

      @@xerogue Did Allah just assume my religion?

  • @Iraqi_TopG
    @Iraqi_TopG Před 2 lety +3

    i sure do hope the comments arent controversial

  • @bloggs9876
    @bloggs9876 Před 2 lety

    0:18 Wiener Ubahn (vienna underground railway)
    4:03 (background) U1 Wien (vienna) and most like a V Wagen

  • @Tsirkon
    @Tsirkon Před 2 lety +4

    As soon as he mentioned mecca I immediately know why it's only open 7 days a year

  • @ilhamdarni6924
    @ilhamdarni6924 Před 2 lety +3

    When I heard the name of the train, I immediately realised it was because of the hajj

  • @ladderman2255
    @ladderman2255 Před 2 lety +6

    0:40 sometimes trains in Tokyo operate at like 200% capacity so it may not actually be the biggest.

  • @ttvrs1059
    @ttvrs1059 Před 2 lety

    The shade being thrown in here is out of this world! xD

  • @deanhuang6841
    @deanhuang6841 Před 2 lety

    4:05 love the circular reasoning lmfao. Chuckled quite a bit.

  • @aregularperson7573
    @aregularperson7573 Před 2 lety +5

    As some who is from Green Bay I can conform we are the holist city in the region of alcoholism

  • @caydenlum
    @caydenlum Před 2 lety +3

    in melbourne australia, there’s a train line that only operates once a year for melbourne cup day

    • @DragRedSim
      @DragRedSim Před 2 lety

      Not quite one day a year; it also runs for other major race days at that club, as well as event transportation for events at the Showgrounds; and even when not used for that some off-duty trains will be stabled there overnight or outside of peak hours.

  • @adamsherinian9846
    @adamsherinian9846 Před 2 lety

    love how 'logistical nightmare' comes up when a dc metro train appears

  • @nathanbeaner928
    @nathanbeaner928 Před 2 lety

    I always love how you transition into the video ad

  • @fluffyjello
    @fluffyjello Před 2 lety +5

    1:21 Hajj gameplay: stoning 3 pillars with stones
    Hajj lore: Satan and it's devils get tied into the pillars and people stone the hell out of them.

  • @HelpFromAbove1
    @HelpFromAbove1 Před 2 lety +7

    1:14 - "A religious *Pyramid*" Lol. I was waiting for a pyramid scheme joke.

    • @Odysseus-st3wn
      @Odysseus-st3wn Před 2 lety +1

      Pretty sure it was a mistake and that he meant to say "pilgrimage"

  • @Berkana
    @Berkana Před 2 lety

    LOL at the Greenbay remark. I was not expecting that.

  • @Fools_Requiem
    @Fools_Requiem Před 3 měsíci +1

    As soon as you said "Saudi Arabia" I knew exactly where this was going.

  • @RMTransit
    @RMTransit Před 2 lety +31

    Great video as always! Buuuut I'm not sure if it's ACTUALLY the highest capacity metro in the world, and it might not even be Tokyo either!

    • @kaldo_kaldo
      @kaldo_kaldo Před 2 lety +4

      Which single metro line is in fact the highest then?

    • @littleraeofsunshine
      @littleraeofsunshine Před 2 lety +1

      @@kaldo_kaldo My guess would be somewhere in Moscow

    • @billythorne
      @billythorne Před 2 lety +1

      @@kaldo_kaldo Hong Kong?

    • @OntarioTrafficMan
      @OntarioTrafficMan Před 2 lety +1

      The Hong Kong MTR East Rail line has a capacity of 92950 people per hour per direction, which is far more than the Mecca Metro.
      Prior to the pandemic it operated 12-car trains (capacity 3712) at 25 trains per hour.

    • @NATO4623
      @NATO4623 Před 3 měsíci

      @@littleraeofsunshineI don’t think it is Moscow

  • @refusist
    @refusist Před 2 lety +7

    Normal transportation is NOT everyones way to get around. I mostly sit in a trance and hope to be teleported to my destination

  • @GufandFedGovt
    @GufandFedGovt Před 2 lety

    In Buenos Aires line B can get over this easily at rush hour. It is so packed that you don't feel the acceleration and stops of the train lol

  • @Wario512
    @Wario512 Před 2 lety

    lovely how you use so much stockfootage from vienna this episode ^^

  • @itachi2011100
    @itachi2011100 Před 2 lety +3

    0:41 Have you seen how many people can fit in one Mumbai local train?

  • @rd3l
    @rd3l Před 3 měsíci

    0:50 "To explain the problem" Shows footage of mecca 😂

  • @awsomemodels
    @awsomemodels Před 2 lety

    1:04 I love it when he says stuff like that 😂

  • @89vale
    @89vale Před 2 lety +9

    Some trains in Tokyo have actually surpassed that…

    • @ErelH
      @ErelH Před 2 lety

      I see someone didn't watch the whole video 😄

    • @GeeTransit
      @GeeTransit Před 2 lety

      ...when they're operating at like...

  • @thekingminn
    @thekingminn Před 2 lety +4

    Do a video on the biggest book in the world or the Biggest bell.

  • @AttilaSVK
    @AttilaSVK Před 2 lety

    Budapest metro line 2, Batthyány tér (Batthyány square) station escalators visible at 4:38 :)

  • @Samic05
    @Samic05 Před 3 měsíci

    "any decent city has metro" Cries in Bogota.

  • @anthonygosler7125
    @anthonygosler7125 Před 2 lety +3

    Mistake at 1:13. Can you spot it? 😉

  • @chr1staki
    @chr1staki Před 2 lety +5

    "Any decent sized city that cares about its residents" ...you do realise the residents elect those in charge of running the city 🤔

    • @kareemyasser3590
      @kareemyasser3590 Před 2 lety +4

      Do they tho??

    • @chr1staki
      @chr1staki Před 2 lety

      @@kareemyasser3590 well that's another subject altogether 😉

    • @scarpfish
      @scarpfish Před 2 lety +4

      Most of us who elect such people have been conned into thinking owning our own transportation (not to mention financing it for $500/mo over 5-8 years) somehow constitutes freedom, and that investing in public transportation equals socialism.

  • @DaroriDerEinzige
    @DaroriDerEinzige Před 2 lety

    Munich with its Oktoberfest in regards of Alcoholism City #1: I am a Joke to you?

  • @qingyangzhang6093
    @qingyangzhang6093 Před 2 lety +1

    4:34 about conversion 🤔
    > Al Mashaaer Al Mugaddassah line was constructed by China Railway Construction Corporation Limited
    > The project had high priority, and the Chinese minister of railways, Liu Zhijun, went on site for inspection
    > Liu *was a member of CCP at the time
    > His party requires him to be an atheist
    > ..?

  • @WestPictures
    @WestPictures Před 2 lety +8

    Wendover has joined the train team after years of going crazy talking about planes