⁴ᴷ⁶⁰ Exploring Rome's Creepy Railway - The Rome/Viterbo Line (Urban Section)
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- čas přidán 20. 07. 2022
- The Rome-Civita Castellana-Viterbo railway is a regional railway line connecting Rome, Italy, with Viterbo, the capital city of the Province of Viterbo. The trains and physical plant of this line are in extremely poor condition, leading to the common online moniker, "Rome's Creepy Railway".
The line is split into urban and exurban services. Very frequent service operates close to Rome, and a much more infrequent exurban service operates to Civita Castellana and Viterbo. Enjoy this look at a very interesting operation!
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Taken in July 2022. - Věda a technologie
Apparently when they ordered train cars, they purchased the “variety” pack. If you ride these trains, you must be on your toes at all times to make sure you find the doors, car steps, and don’t get your arm chopped off in those guillotine doors when they close. The trains do get you there , but be aware of all the quirks.
Also the northern city line has 100% high level platform.
If you're used to ride the primitive trains in other parts of the word and you cant handle the complicated yet very interesting and efficient train system in Italy, either wake up and learn or go visit Ungafukjyesu land. Do not criticize what you do not know
😂😂😂
they are normal train cars
Wow, now i feel blessed that my city use ex-japanese commuter trains. Some of these trains looked as if they went through the garbage dump just to reach their destination
I'm from Rome and I used to take this line a lot from Flaminio to Saxa Rubra, where the national TV (RAI) offices are. It's amazing how that looks stuck in 1980 even in 2020. Oh, and it goes even better where this line goes outside Rome and towards Viterbo: single track, tight curves, barrierless road crossings and even mechanical signals. It's a rare piece of railway archeology, almost better than the narrow gauge Roma-Giardinetti.
Yes!!! It is such an interesting line. We published a separate video showing a ride on the suburban section to Riano :)
I feel that many prefer to take a bus from Saxa Rubra towards Viterbo rather than the clackety-clackety train 😁 At least the busses are often quite packed. Also there is a modern train operating the west side of Bracciano.
One of my favourite little lines in Rome, I always take this every time I visit! I don't really see it as creepy, more like an old friend who's seen better days!
Deutsche Bahn ist besser
@@collareddovepigeon5621 Verspätungen … hust…hust
"I don't really see it as creepy, more like an old friend who's seen better days!"
It's like saying "I don't see this excrement as a schiiit, I see it as a chocolate which had been digested by someone once already."
Immer noch besser
@@collareddovepigeon5621 Nederlandse Spoorwegen ist besser
To be honest, I love old trains more than new trains. They are just so fascinating
they're not even that old. I swear to god idk what it is about Comboios de Portugal but they have a knack at making 50s trains look decent
@@truedarklander heck, even the ex-Tokyo Metro 6000 commuter trains from the 70s looks more maintained here than the trains in the video.
Reminds me of NYC in the 70s and 80s.
But in the train isn't dirty, the NYC subway in the 80' 70' in the train is dirty.
In rome only the external part.
Those old trains with the folding doors and the folding stairs are fascinating!
I notice they don't even try to remove the graffiti -- they just paint the train info and stickers over the graffiti and leave it there, lol.
For the grafitti, it's just a useless fight to remove it. Here in Belgium we have the same issue and it definitely looks better with the grafitti than have the chipped off paint, it's really ugly ://
every train is a rolling art piece
@@myra0224 problem is when it's on the windows, that's quite annoying when you're inside and you can't see anything because the window's been painted
@@liszters8935 Yeah, that's true but they put on advertisements on the windows anyway so you can't see through 😭
@@myra0224 yes but that doesn't happen that often
When I visited Rome years ago our hotel was in the Parioli neighborhood which was not on the Metro line, so we had to take this train one stop down to connect to the Metro. Creepy, but in a fun way
This genuinely feels like a time warp, and it's still 1987 down there. Like surprised films aren't shot down there holy crap.
Oh how I don’t miss the NYCTA of the 70s.
DJ, thank you for these delightful videos. My only experience with Rome subways was when I was a boy of 12 in 1963 and I was so impressed with the precision of platform to subway floor clearances. I was familiar with Paris' metro and paying attention when you entered as there was more variability. You have a great ear and eye for the machinery which really brings these video experiences to life.
The rail system in Italy is awesome from my experience, the high speed lines are as good as anywhere in Europe imo, loads of really interesting regional lines too. It's a feast, love it.
The regional trains are chronically late and rides cancelled because of malfunction are common. They even catch fire frome time to time.
The italian rail way system is far from being decent
Horrible
@@fabiovezzari2895
Compared to where I live my comment is still true, in my limited experience.
In fairness I've only been on regional a few times and it was fine. I've been on the high speed several times and it makes me envious. Having said that none of us (in Europe) are much good compared to some places I've travelled. Look on the bright side we could live in America...
@@mickfromleitrim Enjoy your puny salaries and living spaces.
@@tonyodoul5679
LOL if only you know...
One of the things I've wondered about this network since watching Beno's video: Are there any stations on this network besides Flaminio which have low-level platforms? It seems kinda weird to have those built-in stairs open and close along with the doors (at every stop) if they're not needed at all but one station.
Most of the suburban stations have low platforms. Stay tuned for a follow up video on that!
They used to all have low platforms, but the urban platforms were (almost?) all redesigned with high platforms I want to say about 10-15 years ago?
@@DJHammersTrains in romania there is a station in north and platforms is worst
Is really low and there is not underpassage and... and... and... is not enough large
almost all of the line's stations had low-level platforms, they have since been upgraded in time.
Flaminio realistically can’t have higher platforms anyway so the stairs are here to stay
The original „Rome‘s creepy railway“ video by Beno (4 years ago, 700k views) totally fascinated me, and I’ve been wanting to go there and check it out myself ever since. Finally did so on a 2-week, 3000 km Roadtrip across Italy back in May - this was by far my highlight of Rome, possibly even of the entire trip 😍😂
your highlight of Roma and Italy was this line? so much for Michelangelo and Bernini
*German Perfectionist* I totally understand you. This line takes you back to the 1970's graffiti-covered New York City subway network with all its creepy grittiness. It's very picturesque and retro. I love it just as much as you do.
Great video! Really atmospheric.
Flaminio still has low platforms because the station was planned to be abandoned, and a new station for the railway and metro was planned to be built next to it.
As usually in Rome, construction works for the new station are going painfully slowly, and so the actual Flaminio station is here to stay for a while.
From the 1st of July the management of the line has passed from ATAC, the company that manages the urban lines (bus + Metro) of Rome to Cotral + Astral, that is the company that manages the Lazio Extraurban Bus transport + Company that manages the maintenance of the regional roads of Lazio. From the projects presented, both the fleet and a large part of the line should be renewed.
If she did the same report a few years ago she could have experienced the thrill of traveling on the wagon similar to the one used by Mussolini for the upgrade of the tramline to the railway line in 1932.
😀Very nice Video! Thumbs Up!👍
The way the doors closes theirs no way you could stop the train and hold the doors open before it leaves
Marvellous quality 😍
Most Italian regional trains look horrible on the outside with all the graffiti but on the inside it's actually really nice.
I agree
@Barry Andersen ~ Via Della Stazione Laurentina the newest regional are really good
No grafity
And good interior
@Barry Andersen ~ Via Della Stazione Laurentina I've been on many Italian regional trenitalia trains and inside the seats are really comfortable and have Air conditioning which helps especially during the hot summer months.
@@playerscobongameplay No grafity because they are new, but it won't take long... Very difficult to fight these vandals
@@asdc2076 is from 2 yars
As a NYC subway rider, NONE of this is even *remotely* creepy. *Laughs in Chamber Street at 2 am*
ok
😐
Those doors closing i imagine sound like the gates of hell closing with a clang!
This line is actually called "Roma Nord" railway, I'm a 39 year old roman and never heard it called "creepy", I don't think anyone in town calls it like that. Also because the majority of railways / metro lines in Rome qualify as "creepy". When I saw the video title I thought it was a report on the whole train/metro system.
It is very clickbait. With the thougt of creepy in mind, anything can be creepy.
This train line reminds me of the Northern City Line in London, GB, one which is very spooky and is not ever very busy outside of peak hours but at least the NCL doesn't have much graffiti...
Same plight applies to Athens train cars.
@Enmity the Kindhearted I mean they make the trains look more "unique" if done correctly lol
Essex Road vibes
@Enmity the Kindhearted Here in Belgium, trains get stored outside often and I guess it's just a useless fight to get rid of the grafitti as they'll get covered again anyway.
Plus, it looks 100% better with grafitti than it does with some paint still on there and chipped off paint of the train itself
@@myra0224 No, in most cases it's still simply ugly. Stop defending vandalism.
Apart from the trains exteriors, it doesn't look too creepy to me.
Interior seems well cleaned and maintained, stations are simple but tidy.
As a kid me and my frineds would ride it for fun for a few stations from Euclide to Saxa Rubra as it felt like going on a trip. Exciting and sligthly spooky.
These things make LIRR's soon returning M3s look brand new
Travelled this line a couple of years ago and you just wonder where the manangement has disappeared to! To turn out trains in this condition is inexcusable.
Its pretty common across Italy in Rome and south of it. Dysfunctionality, mismanagement, and some suspect mafia influence. But if you think this is bad, wait until you see the circumvesuvio in Naples.
@@drdewott9154 Indeed, went to Sorento on the same holiday and it's a very poor advert for Italian Railways! I am convinced that a motivated man/woman could sort it out given the will.
@@drdewott9154 I lived in Milan for 2 years and going south it felt like a different country 😂
Just keep in mind.The Italian railway service Trenitalia are on of the best in Europe.
@@lucad3869 Exactly it's the best right after Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Austria, Sweden, France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Spain, the Czech Republic, Norway and Belgium.
If you enjoy this, you should also try out Line 1 of the Kolkata Metro, Line E of the Buenos Aires Subte and the Philadelphia BSS.
I used to take that line to go in downtown with friends back in the middle school. Thanks for posting this video.
wild stuff... I was out there for awhile and saw some of this
Love it
At one time we had the same kind of painting on the outside and inside too
that reminds me why I love our Tram, Bus and Subway operator (BVG in Berlin) which has the slogan "Because we love you" ...
edit for clarification:
level entry, clean stations and vehicles, polstered seating, ...
Beautiful adorei favorite Rome
note that in italy the diamond pantographs are still very present... even the last locomotives of 2014 have them.
Maybe like Japan (which only used the 1-arm pantograph from 2007) they didn't want to pay faiveley's patent.
Otherwise the alstom uses the OniX and the firema, resistance control systems, probably Oerlikon (like the old Ms 61 of the RER A Paris)
Uhhh could you explain that in a way that a non-scientist like me could understand?
@@Funrollercoaster606 on which paragraph?
All of the paragraphs…
@@Funrollercoaster606 so we can see in Italia(and in this video) they use an old technology ,who is the diamond pantograph. In the 50's a french engineer(Faiveley) create the single arm pantograph.
It is of course patented, so you have to pay to use it or produce it.
Some countries not wishing to pay, because not seeing the advantages as interesting for the additional price, therefore use the old diamond pantographs until 2000's when the patent stops. This is the case of Italy and Japan.
the second paragraph speaks about the power control system .
@@Lodai974 Italian state railways R&D offices had developed a kind of diamond pantograph (named FS54) which proved to be good for speed until 250 km/h on first "Pendoino" series. For a long time "asymetrical" pantoghaph in Italy were trusted only on slower trains, local trains and tramways.
really interesting!
I used to take this train frequently to a town called Nepi. It’s been some 25 years at least though.
1:43 - It sounds like someone dropped a bomb. 😅
I love the rustic charm of the old trains with the graffiti ,it reminds me a lot of my time I spent in Athens . Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed the video! This line is incredibly interesting.
Hey! I took that train when visiting Rome in July!
Affascinante da un certo punto di vista...
OMG, those doors!
I genuinely could have believed this station was abandoned
even though they probably just put a sticker over tope i love the idea that the graffiti artist are courteous enough to not spray paint the handicap sign
I used this a bit when they still had the 1930's units with tram style controllers. I think they finally got rid of them about in the mid 90s.
Late 70's
@@herbertlavorano9863 my first trip to Italy was 1990. I think the old trains were only doing the suburban service by then, but there definitely were some there.
1:43 the door is a weak compare to Hong Kong ‘s CAF train ( V601 ) , the CAF train’s door closes very fast and powerful
I kinda like it like that though, it gives it a cool urban feel
Can you tell me please, why there is not third (contact) rail in Rome, even on metro lines?
7:46 Hey, it's engine sounds similar to the CP 2240 units!
I've travelled this line and it's far better than any local railway in Budapest.
How many arms are amputated each week by the doors closing like that?
None cos I think everyone gets the memo from rumors
Come on, those doors are 'armless. ;)
I used to take this line evry single day when I was at High School. I Live in a small village close to Rome which is connected to the city by this line. Iv'e alway hated it, the last train from Rome is at half past eight pm... After that there is no way to get home. I stopped to use it since I've got my driving license and it's been two years now. I'd rather be stuck all day in traffic and spend hours looking for a parking space than riding this train XD
I was living in prima ports for a month back then I used to take this train everyday to work and back.it was alright. Only thing was the way the doors close scared the shit out of me every single time
Lol the creepiest part are those living around those parts, especially evenings. I find quite sad to see in which state many of our train stations are. On the other hand older trains are way more efficient than recent ones. I still remember a regional train I was used to take during university. It was maybe for 50-60 passengers, of course not that fast, but it had leather couches in a perfect condition! Unfortunately it was later dismissed and replaced with a horrible new model.
here we call it "Il Trenino" it is a really bad line and the trains always have problems, i live near a station and sometimes it is really really noisy when it breakes. it must be renovated ah this line connects the suburbs of rome to the center, ro its really important and a lot of people go on it.
This is even worse then the 1970s-1980s in the MTA with those grafiti.
It's like the planners of that line couldn't decide if they wanted to have a subway, a tramway, or a suburban electric line. The least the transport authority could do is raise all the low platforms to eliminate the steps!
Someone said that the station and its route at 0:33 was a tramway once, before it was absorbed and converted to the metro lines
Until 15 years ago, almost all of the line's stations had low-level platforms. Then they upgraded several ones with new high-level platforms with the exception of the Flaminio Station.
underground sections straight up remind me of cry of fear
i used this a couple of times when i went to rome to see concerts at the parco della musica beyond the parioli neighborhood where i'd got a room. the euclide stop was the closest to my destination and the fastest way there. rather than creeped out (it's a little outdated but nothing that i hadn't already seen, living further north in the italian peninsula than rome) i was puzzled by the general lack of personnel and directions, kinda seemed like i was taking a random train. but at the end it worked fine.
Platforms are so low that it's more like a tram stop, not a railway platform... Staring direct at train's bogie and dark tunnel is creepy...
Low railway platforms aren't unusual at all in continental Europe.
Glad the train itself is clean but needs more lighting.
Some of those stations look quite depressing
The traction sound is really similar to the old Mafersa trains that used to operate at Brazil.
or BART in Bay Area. It's louder there tho.
same with many older rolling stock of the UK, I wonder if the traction motors were similar.
A pity that this rsil line has languished.
Thanks DJH Trains. 😀💚
Goes to show its the MTA that creates the delays and not the painted trains when they pulling them from service.
You think they keep up with routine maintenance?
hi whats the name on the song to beginning ?
Reminds me of East Germany trams of the 1960s. Thanks, DJ!
Those train doors are look scary.
wait the doors close to the inside, and have a handle on them... so theoretically, could you just hold on to the doors and ride outside of the train?
Why doesn't Flaminio have the high platforms like the rest of the stations?
The inside of the train looks better than the outside
for some it could be considered slightly creepy because of how abandoned it looks with all the grafitti and stuff
Im italian and i never saw a thing like this
Interesting
Мне понравился криповый поезд, у которого есть ручки с наружной стороны двери для езды на подножке. И ещё так колоритно разрисован. Рай для зацеперов. Ещё лучше, когда метро обслуживается дизель-поездами.
I wont not moan about the underground after seeing that ,and in Rome too ,I’m shocked to see it to be honest
You have to return in mid-2023 or 2024, as ATAC (the company running this line, Rome-owned) lost the contract and it was all passed under COTRAL (regional company that'll manage the train and the line) and ASTRAL (regional company that'll manage the infrastructure)
ottimisto
What I find very amusing is the fact that the trains are plastered with graffities - but the UIC number (plates) is as clean as a train can get.
music in intro pls?
The 2000s trains look much newer than built in 2000. They look like they're from around 2018
Wich beackrooms leavel is this?
59
Wow, I thought the Rome Metropolitana was scary already!
this is prypiat underground, im from italy
it's visually fasinating , almost cinematic , someone needs to make a backrooms game but it's just graffiti roman trains and abandon looking stations , with all of these exact sounds
It's out of a *Federico Fellini* movie.
Reminds me of the line I took from Naples train station to Pompeii. Probably the excessive graffiti.
Can you wash all the trains?
Looks like the Flushing New York 7 train in the 70s more or less.
the shape of the tunnels
Are all Rome trains dirty and vandalized?
no
@Barry Andersen ~ Via Della Stazione Laurentina okk
And they started clean them but is hard because city is big and i dont think there is enough personal to clean them and people make in grafity
@@playerscobongameplay Ok, I hope they clean all the trains, so they look better (•‿•)
@@playerscobongameplay The solution is to ban a train from entering service if graffiti is spotted on them.
That's how NYC combated vandalism in the 80's
Funny thing is that Euclide station is in the middle of one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Italy (Parioli)
rich people don't use public transport tho lol
Dang.
Looks like the train cars haven't been cleaned since before Vesuvius erupted and buried Pompeii
I fucking love it when people aren't scared of taking risks and keeping things dirty
They need to shut down this line and renovate it with new renovated stations and new modern anti gravity spray walls on the trains
Pretty cool
The platforms are really low
atleast the inside is clean
Oooh. Can't wait.