Driver’s Eye View - Dresden (Germany) - T4DMT ČKD Tatra - Heritage City Tram Tour
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- čas přidán 6. 04. 2023
- Dresden is the capital city of the State of Saxony located in the former East Germany on the banks of the River Elbe. It is an attractive city with a rich history dating back as far as the late 12th century, to a Sorbian settlement called Drežďany (meaning either "woods" or "lowland forest-dweller"). It is one of the most visited cities in Germany with 4.7 million people a year staying in its hotels and guest houses.
In this video we take a tour in T4DMT ČKD Tatra tram around part of the city’s tram network giving passengers the opportunity to see many of the historical buildings and sights that make this such a popular destination for tourists.
To learn more about the city, please click on this link - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dresden
The origin of the tram network can be traced back to 1872, when the first horse-drawn line opened between the city centre and the village of Blasewitz, now a borough of Dresden. Today’s network is approximately 134.0 km (83.3 miles) serving 154 tram stops. The tracks are built to a
unique gauge of 1,450 mm (4 ft 9 3⁄32 ins) sometimes called the ‘Dresden Gauge’.
To learn more about Dresden’s trams, please click on this link -
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams_i...
00:55 Hauptbahnhof Nord, 01:27 Walpurgisstraße, 03:02 Prager Straße, 04:09 Webergasse, 05:25 Postplatz, 07:16 Theaterplatz, 07:58 Augustus Bridge - Elbe River (Augustusbrücke), 08:46 & 09:20 Neustädter Markt, 10:02 Palaisplatz, 10:50 Anton-/Leipziger Straße, 12:45 Alter Schlachthof, 14:01 Alexander-Puschkin-Platz, 14:44 Oschatzer Straße, 15:43 Altpieschen, 16:46 Mickten, 17:30 Mickten turn-back loop, 19:18 Mickten, 20:39 Altpieschen, 21:19 Rathaus Pieschen, 22:16 Bürgerstraße, 23:17 Liststraße, 25:17 Großenhainer Straße / Fritz-Reuter-Straße, 26:58 Friedensstraße, 28:25 Bischofsplatz, 29:52 Bischofsweg, 31:16 Alaunplatz, 33:32 & 34:01 Görlitzer Straße, 35:28 Bautzner-/Rothenburger Str., 36:19 Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, 37:59 Albertbrücke (Elbe River), 38:58 Sachsenallee, 39:45 Güntzplatz, 40:50 Permoserstraße, 41:42 Trinitatisplatz, 44:10 Blasewitzer Straße / Fetscherstraße, 45:21 Gabelsbergerstraße, 47:04 Fetscherplatz, 48:22 Krankenhaus Sankt Joseph-Stift, 51:56 Comeniusplatz, 53:11 Fetscherplatz, 54:25 Mosenstraße, 55:32 Spenerstraße, 56:10 Bergmannstraße, 57:14 Pohlandplatz, 58:38 Gottleubaer Straße, 59:25 Altenberger Straße, 01:00:01 Ludwig-Hartmann-Straße, 01:00:42 Ludwig-Hartmann-Straße, 01:01:40 Gustav-Freytag-Straße, 01:03:24 Heinrich-Schütz-Straße, 01:04:27 Jüngststraße, 01:06:20 Blasewitz Schillerplatz, 01:06:46 Dresden Suspension Railway (Schwebebahn Dresden), 01:07:34 Dresden Funicular Railway (Standseilbahn Dresden),
Map - 00:26 - Google Earth/Maps
Dresden Tram Map - 00:32 -
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Track gauge - 1,450 mm (4 ft 9 3⁄32 ins) sometimes called the ‘Dresden Gauge’.
Operating voltage 600 Volts DC
This visit was part of a rail tour arranged by the “Railway Touring Company” - if it’s something you’d like to know more about, please click on this link - railwaytouring.net/europe
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Thank you Tim for yet another superb video, taken in one of my favourite cities. Thank you especially for the fact that on the bridges over the Elbe you briefly left the 'Driver's Eye View' to show us the old city in all its glory. The Dresden Frauenkirche is (inside) the most beautiful building I have ever visited!
Hi, I really enjoyed my time in Dresden and the tram ride is a great way to see the city. I have uploaded another video to be made public on Sunday showing more of the city, I wish I'd had longer to explore, it's certainly a place I'd like to return to.
I call trams A jar of jam hope you like it good video Tim thanks matr
❤DANKE für die schöne entspannte Fahrt durch das schöne Dresden ❤
Vielen Dank, ich freue mich, dass Ihnen die Fahrt gefallen hat 😊.
Another fantastic video. Thanks for sharing. Be safe on your travels.
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it 😊.
Enjoy all the different types of buildings and all the wide streets. And of course the smooth ride around the city.
It's a very nice city, with plenty to see and do. The people I met were friendly, they want visitors to enjoy their city and riding the trams is a convenient way to see some of the sights, there are also regular tour busses.
Fascinating city, Thanks Tim for a chance to visit it from Australia.
Cheers, I'm glad you enjoyed the video 🙂.
Hi Tim, fabulous Tram ride captured brilliantly around my favourite German city. Thanks Tim. It was great listening to Andrew's commentary. I hope he is on the Swiss Tour next month! Cheers Puf'n-Pete.
Hello Peter, Dresden is not only a beautiful city, it's a railway enthusiast dream with so many steam railways, oddball railways, museums and the park railway. I didn't get to see them all, I will almost certainly return at a future date. It's likely you will see Andrew on your Swiss tour. Happy Easter from Tim and Karen 🍺.
Witaj Tim ! Bardzo lubię wycieczki tramwajami, Dziękuję i pozdrawiam.😀
Witam, cieszę się, że podobała Ci się jazda tramwajem w Dreźnie.
Hi Tim! Dresden is a wonderful town 👍. You can see many old relics. Best regards from Hans and Cheers 🍻🇦🇹
Hello Hans, thanks for your help. I enjoyed Dresden, a beautiful city with plenty to see and do. 🍺🙂 Tim.
@@Timsvideochannel1 I agree ! cheers. 🥸
Bonjour, je trouve la ville de Dresde vraiment très belle, quel magnifique réseau de tramway! merci pour la visite.
Bonjour, je suis heureux que vous ayez apprécié cette visite en tram de la belle ville de Dresde, il est facile de comprendre pourquoi c'est l'une des villes les plus visitées d'Allemagne.
A really wonderful tram network & journey reminds me of the old Sydney network in the 50s lines going every direction, Dresden it's really a beautiful city & i was looking at pictures of the bombing in WW2 it was devastated & it's great to see the wonderful recovery of the city happy Easter Tim & Karen cheers Bob.⛪🏗🚊🚉🍾🍷🍺🥳🤠
Hello Robert, for me Dresden shows man at his most destructive and at his most constructive. I wish more UK cities had kept their tram networks, it would have been a much cheaper option than building new ones, I believe its a similar story in Sydney. Happy Easter from Tim and Karen 🍺.
They have put lots of money to raise Dresden up since 1990 united ! 🥸
Yes, nice ride! I really like these kinds of video!
Cheers Neil, I'm glad you enjoyed it 🙂.
@@Timsvideochannel1 I most certainly did, y'all! 😄
@@neilforbes416 well that was a compliment 😆
Thanks for this ride in the beautifull city of Dresden. Greetings from Apeldoorn (the Netherlands)
Hi, I'm glad you enjoyed riding the tram through the beautiful city of Dresden. I must visit the Netherlands to see the tram and train museums. Here in England we associate the Netherlands with tulips and windmills.
@@Timsvideochannel1 There's a trainmuseum in the city of Utrecht.
@@tonhobo8190 I'll ask the tour company I usually travel with if it is possible to cover the Netherlands in a future tour.
Very nice video. The 'tour' took in what was left of the beautiful 'old city', and showed what had to rebuilt quickly after WW2, together with the best of the latest development that was going up. If it hadn't been for a certain 'house-painter' there would have been a lot more beautiful old buildings, - WILL NO DELUSIONARY POWER MAD HUMAN ever learn from History. - All done in a lovely old Tatra tram. 😊👍.
Hello Christopher, Dresden was a pleasant surprise, it was the most beautiful city I saw in East Germany, showing it was a good decision to rebuild the old buildings as they were, rather than replacing them soul-less square buildings as happened in the UK cities of Portsmouth and Plymouth. The world would certainly be a better place without power mad lunatics screwing things up.
@@Timsvideochannel1 Thank-you for your reply. - - "WHEN WILL THE POWER MAD 'HEADS OF COUNTRIES' ", learn NO-ONE wins in WAR - only suffering, is the result on both sides. - Both physical, and for the families mentally. - - I thought those beautiful 'sandstone' buildings would have looked better for a 'clean up' especially since they were on the 'Historic Tram' route and as you say that's what 'draws' the tourists to the town.
@@christopherlovelock9104The city's elders are doing all they can to improve the way it looks and from what I saw they look to be doing a pretty good job and it's important to remember that before 1989 the city was still hidden behind the iron curtain. It's come a long way and I'm sure it will look better with every passing year. As for power mad tyrants, we are on the same page.
🇳🇱SUPER VIDEO 👍👍👏👏👏👏🍀
Thank you 😊😊😊👍.
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The good old indestructible Tatra. You can say what you like about the Eastern bloc but their hardware goes on for ever. (Worth bearing in mind also that the historic centre of Dresden was completely reconstructed under the DDR back to exactly how it was before it was destroyed during the war.)
Hello Andrei, there are still plenty of Tatra trams around, especially in Prague. Another East European company, Skoda also made robust trams and locomotives. Dresden looks awesome, it was a good decision to build it back as it was.
"everlasting" trams are not a particular eastern bloc thing, Dresden has a couple of much older heritage trams of german production running and around the world you will find countless tram types which ran for generations very much like the Tatra ... in the old days trains and trams simply were build differently, the frames were massive and the electrics/mechanics simple. Doesnt take too much effort to prevent those beauties from braking apart. Most trams which survive the first two decades in service without major flaws showing up can be kept around for many more decades with minimal effort. They then usually only fall out of service because the demands of the network and costumers change, not because they fall apart physicly.
4:18 We've got more ghosts! LOL😁 That car appeared out of nowhere!
Hello Neil, I'm sure you've got enough material now to do your own ghost videos 👻👽💀☠.
@@Timsvideochannel1 LOL
@@neilforbes416 look who's spooking (speaking) 😆
Great video! Thank you, I didn't even know that such tram tours exist. I have a question what are those blue pipes that are going around the city? (like at 5:53)
Thank you, I'm pleased you enjoyed it, the tour was a unique one off tour arranged by the company I was touring with. I can't be sure what those pipes are for, but I found this on the internet - www.alamy.com/above-ground-blue-painted-steel-water-pipes-in-central-dresden-saxony-germany-image335821031.html
These pipes carry groundwater to the river which is being pumped from constructions pits so they don't flood
@@komischeskind Thank you.
These pipes are used for draining ground water, mostly from construction sides. In some areas you can also spot pipes for district heating.
У нас в Самаре такие-же трамваи ходят, только техническое состояние на много хуже.☝😊 Very beautiful.👍😊
Привет, я искал трамваи Tatra в Самаре и нашел это фото - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tatra_T3_tram_under_1123_number_on_20_route_in_Samara.jpg
@@Timsvideochannel1 😆😆😆Это старое фото, сейчас трамваи в очень плохом состоянии, денег на ремонт нет. Да и рельсы на фото видишь какие кривые, не то что у тебя на видео.☝😊
@@user-pn7br5jn7b Для большей части моей жизни Восточная Европа была загадкой, потому что людям, живущим на Западе, было трудно ее посетить. Теперь я могу свободно путешествовать по Восточной Европе и исследовать места, которые когда-то были недоступны, чтобы открыть для себя такие места, как прекрасный город Дрезден с его увлекательными узкоколейными паровыми железными дорогами. К сожалению, сегодня я не могу приехать в Россию, но, надеюсь, скоро во всем мире снова воцарится мир, и я смогу приехать в Россию, чтобы своими глазами увидеть трамваи. С наилучшими пожеланиями. Тим. 🙂.
@@Timsvideochannel1 Да будет так. 👍😊
I think in Samara are full T3. The T4s were designed for tighter tracks and were quite a bit narrower than their adult versions.
Okay, a brief read tells me the track width is a bit wider than the regular Standard Gauge but narrower than the Broad Gauge on which Victoria's(Australia) trans run.
@neilforbes416 not all victoria is broad from melbourne to albury it's standard
@@top40researcher31 I wasn't referring to that track, I was referring to Victoria's own lines within the state itself.
@@neilforbes416 you seemed to be interested in rail guages can you explain
@@top40researcher31 Neil really loves his different rail gauges not only is it standard from Melbourne to Albury but there's a lot standard gauges in county Victoria cheers bob.
@@robertcoleman4861 yes neil forbes is so facinated with different rail gauges i dont know why but in australia we have different guages in comparison to the rest of the world
Aha! Wir haben jetzt eine *Stadtrundfahrt,* die mit einem klassischen Strassbahnwagen!
@neilforbes416 Es ist eine magische Mystery-Tour, halten Sie Ausschau nach dem Eiermann und dem Walross
@@top40researcher31 At least when I wrote in German, I wasn't using a translator, I was doing it from *memory!*
@@neilforbes416 that german class must have done you good
@@top40researcher31 Yeah, but it was over 30 years ago.
@@neilforbes416 30 years ago i was in radio then lol
2:50 Okay, back in English now. I assume the track is set to Standard Gauge(4ft, 8.5inch), but it looks like Broad Gauge(5Ft, 3inch) to me!
@neilforbes416 try 785 metres
@neilforbes416 sometimes the video doesn't do justice
It's actually unique Dresden gauge at 1450 mm (4ft 9 3/32 in)
@@komischeskind As Yogi Bear would've said: "Hey, hey hey, it's wider than the average rail gauge!" LOL😁
Check the descprition for the gauge in Dresden, Tim wrote it down. ;-)
How is it that Woolworths stores, 5:01, are still trading in Germany after closing down in the UK and elsewhere?
Woolworths is an American owned company with shops throughout Europe. The last UK shops closed on 6th January 2009. Another former UK high-street shop that still trades in much of Europe is C&A.
They're still going in Australia too
Totally different company in Australia.
@@AndreiTupolev That's interesting, I didn't know Tatra trams were running in Oz.
The sound is not right for Tatra T4, too smooth. Has the engine and the electric system been upgraded?
Hi, I believe the Dresden Tatra T4 trams were upgraded with new traction gear in the 1990's, although it's hard to find information about the upgrade on the internet. This is what I did find -
The modernization normally includes:
Restoration of the car body
Digital/Electronic destination sign installation
Acoustic information system
Installation of new traction motors
Thyristor-Controlled traction system for the motors.
Re-design of the interior, which varies by city and transit authority.
Pantograph replacements (also depends on the transport authority)
@@Timsvideochannel1, thank you very much! T3, T4 and T5 are the workhorse in my city, but I can't believe how smoothly and silently the Dresden tram moves. Ours rattle and clank all the way. Must be old chassis plus old rails.
P. S. Great video, I enjoyed watching the full length.
@@VioletGiraffe Hi, the trams were in very good condition, as was the track, all helping to improve the ride. I'm pleased you ejoyed the video.
Dresden was horribly fire bombed during WW11, but now looks like it has made a very nice recovery. It looks clean and pretty much graffiti free. 😎
Dresden was rebuilt as it was and now the stone work has had chance to age a little, it's hard to tell which parts are original an which parts were rebuilt. It's a lovely city with plenty to see and do.
😀 Piękny Zwinger, Frauenkirche i sieć tramwajowa. Bardzo podobają mi się linie tramwajowe 4, 7, 8, 9 i 13, wspaniałe trasy mają. Fajny przejazd bez stania ma wszystkich przystankach. Ładne kółka robi, czyżby linia zabytkowa? Pozdrowienia z południowo-wschodniego krańca Polski (Przeworsk).
49:30 Rusty rails!
Our tram covered some rarely used sections of track such as that you pointed out.
It's a shame that Dresden (and other German cities) couldn't handle the grown-up version of these iconic trams. T4 has always been perceived only as a smaller substitute for T3..
At least the T4 varient maintains the familiar outline of the once common tatra tram family.
@@Timsvideochannel1
no, no.
T4 is the same like standard T3. Only is reduced in the width. Bc of the request of German transport companies. Reason was limited profile of some parts of the tracks.
So T3 has stantard width as all other Tatra's trams (3,50 m) but T4 only 2,20 m
@@jardatridentone1859 Thank you, for explaining the difference.
I will try and visit Germany because it is the country of my husband.🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦😊
Hi, East and West Germany are noticeably different, even though may years have passed since the reunification of the country. The Saxony region is beautiful with plenty of quaint villages. Dresden is a great place to visit, especially the three steam worked narrow gauge railways radiating from the city because they are all pass through beautiful scenery, dotted with pretty towns and villages. I hope you get there some day 😊.