TROLLEYBUS IS NOT SLOW! 🚎 {Part 1}

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  • čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
  • Hello everyone, this video is meant to show that trolleybuses aren’t slow, they can also be fast at turns, as well as through wire intersections . The video is from cities I have visited in Europe before.
    Also can donate the desired amount to me and contribute to my travels. Big thanks!
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    Timecode:
    0:00 - Intro
    0:20 - Czech Republic , Plzeň
    1:20 - Czech Republic , Brno
    2:20 - Czech Republic , České Budějovice
    2:38 - Austria , Linz
    4:00 - Austria , Salzburg
    4:46 - Bulgaria , Pleven
    5:13 - Estonia , Tallinn
    5:56 - Slovakia , Banska Bystrica
    6:26 - Czech Republic , Chomutov
    7:13 - Czech Republic , Jihlava
    7:42 - Hungary , Szeged
    9:38 - Switzerland , Bern
    10:28 - Switzerland , Luzern
    11:05 - Czech Republic , Zlín
    11:33 - Czech Republic , Ostrava
    12:52 - Germany , Eberswalde
    13:15 - Poland , Tychy
    13:49 - Hungary , Budapest
    14:40 - Poland , Gdynia
    15:18 - Slovakia , Bratislava
    15:55 - Lithuania , Kaunas
    18:09 - Czech Republic , Pardubice
    18:45 - Latvia , Riga
    19:13 - Poland , Lublin
    19:40 - Slovakia , Žilina
    19:57 - Switzerland , St. Gallen
    20:09 - Switzerland , Zürich
    21:27 - Outro
    #trolleybus #trolejbus #publictransport #Solaris #vanhool #linz
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Komentáře • 343

  • @lionec226
    @lionec226 Před 3 lety +230

    For those who care for environmental issues, Trolleybuses are the best. I'd say more than electric buses on battery. ( when you know how is battery made of ).

    • @MrGintaras
      @MrGintaras  Před 3 lety +52

      There is currently a shortage of batteries in the world and the price of electronic buses is rising

    • @user-df3ty8ei2u
      @user-df3ty8ei2u Před 3 lety +5

      Some trolleybuses still have lithium ion batteries so what you said is not that true. Others also have diesel engines in case of outages

    • @lionec226
      @lionec226 Před 3 lety +19

      @@user-df3ty8ei2u sure but you may have noticed I never said 'perfect'.

    • @user-df3ty8ei2u
      @user-df3ty8ei2u Před 3 lety +1

      @@lionec226 yea, so?

    • @lionec226
      @lionec226 Před 3 lety +8

      @@user-df3ty8ei2u so I'm not wrong.🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @garryej
    @garryej Před 3 lety +122

    I had a friend who was a bus mechanic in Vancouver BC. He could always tell when the trolley bus drivers had been racing, since the motor brushes would be heavily arced. Usually took place in the wee wee hours between the bus and some kid in a muscle car. The kids were always shocked at the massive instant torque these buses could create from the 550v wires!

    • @Wpdhsx
      @Wpdhsx Před 3 lety +6

      600v

    • @trainrover
      @trainrover Před 10 měsíci

      @@Wpdhsx must've been facilitating whistleblowing...

    • @rykmat2542
      @rykmat2542 Před 7 měsíci

      Busses in this video operate under 600 V or 750 V. And they have asynchronous (induction, brushless) motors. Solaris Trollino 15 (the world's only 15 metres nonarticulated trolleybus, you can see it at time 11:33) has a 175 kW six-pole asynchronous motor with a torque of 4500 Nm.

    • @MDCrabTank
      @MDCrabTank Před měsícem

      @@rykmat2542 It is not only in the world, škoda 28tr is also 15m long trolleybus

    • @Computer895
      @Computer895 Před měsícem

      But isn't the solrais 15 and skoda 28tr the same thing

  • @GalenlevyPhoto
    @GalenlevyPhoto Před 3 lety +67

    Seattle, Wa still have the trolley buses. They’re not getting rid of it anytime soon. They are great for the hills. They accelerate fast going uphill!

    • @lzh4950
      @lzh4950 Před 3 lety +3

      Think trolleybuses make engineering sense for the Nat'l University of Singapore (NUS)'s shuttle buses too, given it's rugged terrain (the main campus is built on Kent Ridge). Only possible challenges I can think of is justifying the cost of the overhead wires (since bus utilisation drops sharply during weekends and university vacation (Dec & mid May-Aug)) & figuring out how to maintain the buses (the diesel shuttle buses we currently have are serviced off-site at the operator's (ComfortDelgro) HQ some ~10km away, and extending the overhead wires to there probably won't be cost effective) but given how far away the HQ is (& thus the length of dead mileage needed by the buses to go there for servicing) & the substantial fleet size of the buses (32x), I guess there can be enough justification to set up on-site maintenance facilities too (also as trolley buses have simpler drivetrains than diesel buses)

    • @janpavelek2097
      @janpavelek2097 Před 2 lety

      Yes, i write IT in aby other answer, DC electric motors have ideally componed Force avd visit , matematically P = F x v, thé in all mountains they have many force, when all diesel! And those do not eat aby oxygen, what Is on thé mountains problém fór diesel. I hope Good future fór trolleybuses. And with dually trolley And battery power iare still more using.

    • @mikegaskin5542
      @mikegaskin5542 Před 2 lety +1

      @@lzh4950 Battery backups are good enough these days that they can easily propel the trolleybus over the 10km needed to get to the maintenance facility

    • @michalandrejmolnar3715
      @michalandrejmolnar3715 Před rokem

      @@lzh4950 Trolleybuses can have small batteries for going into the depot or other routes. Can be charged while driving on trolley wires.

    • @CZpersi
      @CZpersi Před 2 měsíci

      That is actually, why some hilly cities chose trolleys over trams.

  • @billtuckwell1399
    @billtuckwell1399 Před 3 lety +88

    On hills Trolley buses give formula 1 performance that beat any diesel bus. Pollution free, and also the advantage that on route extensions duo vehicles do not need new overhead. Electric traction at its best. Thank you for the video.

    • @randomweeb6997
      @randomweeb6997 Před 3 lety +3

      You don't need to be on hills. Just give it some distance between the stops and a clean road.

    • @janpavelek2097
      @janpavelek2097 Před 2 lety +1

      Yes, IT Is in thé technical power in electric motors, what Is ideally componed fór thé vehicles. Matematický power Is combination od thé visit And force. In the everyday regulared power in thé Hills Slow visit generare more force in thé rotor And car have more force. In Otto And Diesel motorest IT Is NOT And driver must change thé feat gtade! In this fact Trolleybus Is BETTEER to formule F1 in accelerate feom all stations And stop points!!!

    • @automation7295
      @automation7295 Před 2 lety +1

      Trolleybus can still make pollution, but less than battery buses. But I agree, trolleybuses are better than battery buses, trolley buses are generally better for the environment.

    • @FASr7
      @FASr7 Před rokem

      Exactly czcams.com/video/iTd_jkR_mgA/video.html

    • @keithparker1346
      @keithparker1346 Před měsícem

      I assume they are the best form of public transport for hilly areas. I used to live near Lausanne, Switzerland and they are used there and the whole city seems to be in a huge hill

  • @warmike
    @warmike Před 3 lety +193

    If you show this to the Moscow mayor he'll have a heart attack

    • @niol_vserio
      @niol_vserio Před 3 lety +3

      yes

    • @albertbenajam4751
      @albertbenajam4751 Před 3 lety +27

      If you research MOSCOW situation where largest TB system in world eliminated. All regular service TBs were less than 8 years old. See articles on internet about Moscow corruption.

    • @edward28051989
      @edward28051989 Před 3 lety +5

      Sao Paulo (Brazil) desatictived half TB system

    • @diterbolen9301
      @diterbolen9301 Před 3 lety +1

      @@albertbenajam4751 И правильно сделали! Через 5 лет будете только на электробусах ездить

    • @trainzandplanes522
      @trainzandplanes522 Před 3 lety +1

      LMAO

  • @ricktownend9144
    @ricktownend9144 Před 3 lety +27

    What a great video! You made your point...
    It's a shame trolley-buses are sometimes seen as old-tech; this selection shows that's not true. I've heard it said that they are limited to the wires, so are inflexible, but that's not true for new trolley+battery buses. In any case, sticking to the wires is great in at least one way - you know it's not going to divert from the route (e.g. late at night). And people like trolley-buses! I think the main disadvantage is political - companies and city councils will not save up for replacement of wiring etc., but wait until someone (the European Commission etc.) will give them a dollop of money to do it - otherwise they scrap the system.

    • @MrGintaras
      @MrGintaras  Před 3 lety +2

      Big thanks! Exactly said.

    • @michalandrejmolnar3715
      @michalandrejmolnar3715 Před rokem +1

      Please don't permit them to scrap it, especially if they're just going to replace them with diesel or gas powered buses.

  • @kacper_k6866
    @kacper_k6866 Před 3 lety +17

    Trolleybuses in Linz look like as trams.
    Insane.

  • @TTan666
    @TTan666 Před 3 lety +35

    Didn't know there are these even longer double-articulated trolleybuses out there in this world before I saw this. Thanks for uploading.

    • @iamclinicallysick6505
      @iamclinicallysick6505 Před rokem

      Love it

    • @markusstudeli2997
      @markusstudeli2997 Před 10 měsíci +2

      The double-articulated ones are indeed impressive to watch. I see the Hess model in Bern regularly on my commute. They have almost the same capacity as the trams.

    • @himbourbanist
      @himbourbanist Před 8 měsíci

      The double-articulated buses are a sight to behold. Really cool feats of engineering, and their impressive capacity is absolutely welcome to the commuter. Combine that without overhead wires and they're a wonderful transit addition to any city.

  • @hilldoggydogg635
    @hilldoggydogg635 Před 3 lety +21

    Eastern European bus drivers go Mach10. It's in their blood, when I worked for Translink I also went mach 10, but so did almost everyone else. Only problem with new trolleys is they govern out at 60km/h or lower, older ones you could do 75 downhill.

    • @justaguy9224
      @justaguy9224 Před 2 lety +5

      Yeah exactly. I’m from Hungary and I ride trolleybuses regularly. In some sections they accelerate from standstill to 70 km/h in seconds and then brake hard for the next station, and the stations are spaced 300 meters apart.

    • @williamhuang8309
      @williamhuang8309 Před 2 měsíci

      Translink BC?
      I remember being quite curious about the trolleybus wires and how they worked. They look quite cool

  • @ELC2024
    @ELC2024 Před 3 lety +18

    Best video on trolleybuses in CZcams...I love trolleybuses

  • @darleydasilvamonte5024
    @darleydasilvamonte5024 Před 3 lety +32

    In São Paulo (Brazil) there is also a trolleybus system, especially in the central region and in the eastern part of the city. Some of them have autonomous gait. On route 2290 you are having a detour and are using batteries.

    • @MrGintaras
      @MrGintaras  Před 3 lety +9

      Great, Maybe I will visit this distant land in the future

  • @himbourbanist
    @himbourbanist Před 8 měsíci +2

    man trolleybuses are so cool, we have them here in the US in Philadelphia. There used to be a lot more routes that ran them but a lot have been replaced by diesel over the years.

  • @TheCzolgista123
    @TheCzolgista123 Před 3 lety +13

    Nice video :) Here in Lublin trolleybuses move with considerable speed especially when going back to bus depot without passengers :p

    • @MrGintaras
      @MrGintaras  Před 3 lety +7

      Oh yes, on the way home you need to get back to the park as soon as possible. It’s a shame in my city, even when we drive to the park, we have to stop at schedules.

    • @TheCzolgista123
      @TheCzolgista123 Před 3 lety +1

      @@MrGintaras Here we have some "linie zjazdowe" - exit lines when going back to the depot, also for trolleybuses, but not every vehicle realises it. I often see buses and trolleybuses with no line sign on display or with "zjazd do zajezdni" - "on the way to depot" in the city going fast ;)

    • @MrRatchet12661
      @MrRatchet12661 Před rokem

      @@TheCzolgista123 Szkoda że nie spotykane jest to w Gdyni lub Sopocie.
      Nie wiem jak w Tychach ale jeżeli są przystanki przy bazach autobusowych czy nawet zajezdniach tramwajowych (np. w Gdańsku do Nowego Portu linia chyba 6 właśnie jedzie do zajezdni) to czemu nie tak? Może to służyć jako linia ekspresowa na żądanie.

    • @user-df3ty8ei2u
      @user-df3ty8ei2u Před rokem

      @@MrRatchet12661 w gdyni są linie zjazdowe (710 i 723)

  • @user-yw2vm1ej1f
    @user-yw2vm1ej1f Před 3 lety +18

    For big cities with traffic,trolleybuses are actually better than regular busses(im not talking about zero emissions of CO2)
    As trolleybuses have better acceleration

    • @MrGintaras
      @MrGintaras  Před 3 lety +6

      Really yes! Many European cities are planning to build a trolleybus network from 0, or replace buses with trolleybuses

    • @fidenemini111
      @fidenemini111 Před 3 lety +5

      They also are better for uphill ride.

    • @jakubadamczyk1523
      @jakubadamczyk1523 Před 3 lety +2

      For big cities with traffic trams are being used ;)

    • @janpavelek2097
      @janpavelek2097 Před 2 lety +1

      Hallo, more od thé cities have aby trolleybus lines more 100 years And they was still modernised. And when thé concrently city publicista transport systems take to peoples good And often connecting, them they must NOT také own car. And in this fact easr cities in the Europa was better. And I know cities, where Oldřich trolley systems was destroyed And after many years thats was built AGAIN!

    • @rykmat2542
      @rykmat2542 Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@jakubadamczyk1523 Prague builds both new tram and partial trolley bus routes. Prague lies in a system of canyons so there are a lot of steep hill climbs that destroy batteries in battery buses and are too steep for trams so there are overhead wires an absolute necessity.

  • @eblechman1
    @eblechman1 Před 2 lety +5

    Thanks for the video. I love trolley buses! They're eco-friendly and quiet. I'm sure that my opinion here is most unusual, but I actually like the overhead wires, particularly in suburban tree lined streets; I suspect that the wires suggest ("unconsciously" to me ) that the city iwhich operates the trolley bus network is "advanced", having good educational, health and cultural facilities. In New Zealand, where trolley buses were found in most cities in the middle of the 20th century, Wellington was the last city to cease operating them in 2017. In South Africa, trolley busses opearted in Cape Town, Pretoria, Durban and Johannesburg which was the last city in the country to end trolley bus operations in the late 80s.

  • @majlo4430
    @majlo4430 Před rokem +2

    Last year when i was in Lublin, Poland it was so much fun to see Trollino 18 was faster than BMW when the lights has changed from red to green:D The face of the driver was speachless haha:D

  • @JohnnyOU08
    @JohnnyOU08 Před 7 měsíci +2

    I wish we had more of these in the U.S. It seems like it would be a cost-effective way to tackle a lot of our transit and environmental issues that integrates well with our existing infrastructure.

  • @jorge121272
    @jorge121272 Před 3 lety +22

    I think, it's very good idea to do this video, to see the recently and speed trolleybus !
    Thank you.

    • @MrGintaras
      @MrGintaras  Před 3 lety +6

      And from different countries and cities

  • @Adrenaline_chaser
    @Adrenaline_chaser Před 2 lety +5

    When it comes to mobility, the level of sustainability goes like this:
    1)electric train (the most sustainable)
    2) electric tram/streetcar
    3) trolleybus
    4) diesel train 5) electric bus 6) normal bus etc..
    Trolleybuses come off 3rd! These wonderful machines deserve more attention!!

  • @tigrovica8417
    @tigrovica8417 Před 3 lety +9

    This is the *EPIC* content I watch youtube for!
    Thanks for the upload *Gintaras*

  • @lineboss58
    @lineboss58 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Its an absolute scandal that some cities are getting rid of trolley buses in favour of battery buses, when we all know the dangers involved with batteries as well as reduced efficiency at extreme temperatures.

  • @andyhughes5885
    @andyhughes5885 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Europe never gave up its trams and trolleybuses unlike here in Scotland. Yes, trams are back but, only in Edinburgh and limited at that. We do now have battery buses.
    I would love to see the old trams making a comeback even trolleybuses and those ones in Switzerland look more like trains than buses.

  • @zaferyurt7703
    @zaferyurt7703 Před 3 lety +7

    In Malatya city in Turkey, TRAMBÜS (Trolleybus) the test because they are going-to 70% faster than the highway.

  • @camotech1314
    @camotech1314 Před 2 lety +5

    I wish there were trolleybusses in the UK

  • @YelonkyPL
    @YelonkyPL Před 2 lety +3

    Wow. It's always a great pleasure to watch your videos. And you've visited and filmed so many cities! Thanx for your proffesional work at these materials.

  • @twinvideoproduction9662
    @twinvideoproduction9662 Před rokem +3

    Excellent video to show the advantages of trolleybuses in many aspects of view. Based on my personal experience, the worst are the obsolete, not properly maintained or installed overhead wires, switches and crossings. Running a modern trolleybus under these circumstances would defeat all positive aspects. There are still places where this is visible and where the modern overhead technologies originated in Switzerland did not find its place.

  • @BanBootlicking
    @BanBootlicking Před 2 lety +6

    In my city they had trolleybusses in the past, but the oil lobby pushed those out and now we have serious air pollution issues -- not to mention its effect on climate change.

    • @MrGintaras
      @MrGintaras  Před 2 lety +2

      saaad.......

    • @BanBootlicking
      @BanBootlicking Před 2 lety

      @@MrGintaras It gets worse, now they make a PR-stunt to push for battery busses, which cause serious environmental pollution and waste plenty of clean water. But I guess, most people don't care, when the pollution happens in the global south, but then they are appalled, when people emigrate from said south all the sudden. 🙄

    • @MrGintaras
      @MrGintaras  Před 2 lety

      @@BanBootlicking money rules people ....

  • @greenleafyman1028
    @greenleafyman1028 Před 2 lety +3

    Is it a train?,
    no!
    A tram?
    No
    What is it?
    It is a spiderman version of a bus

  • @KoichiFirst8092
    @KoichiFirst8092 Před 3 lety +3

    I was born in Murmansk, a Russian city with the northernmost trolleybus system in the world. I also remember the trolleybus ride in Tallinn, which was on 2 August 2017. The trolleybus type was the same as at 5:15, but with number 344 and on line 5.

    • @MrGintaras
      @MrGintaras  Před 3 lety +2

      I visited Tallinn in 2018

    • @Lorens4444
      @Lorens4444 Před rokem +1

      Murmansk is the "Northernmost Everything" of the world. XD

  • @Moses_VII
    @Moses_VII Před 3 lety +4

    I see why people call the cables ugly. In a busy street like a commercial street in London they would actually be a welcome sight, but not between those cute houses in Brno, Czechia.

    • @CreatorPolar
      @CreatorPolar Před 2 lety

      Interesting definition of cute you got there

  • @AlexShutyuk
    @AlexShutyuk Před 2 lety +3

    Nice video) Watched with pleasure)

  • @MaxRaptorMax
    @MaxRaptorMax Před 3 lety +3

    Thank you guy for video!

  • @flyhigh6088
    @flyhigh6088 Před 2 lety +3

    2:31 typical sound of Czech TB accelerating - I like it

    • @MrGintaras
      @MrGintaras  Před 2 lety +2

      Oh ye missing this sound. Video from 2018

  • @albertbenajam4751
    @albertbenajam4751 Před 3 lety +4

    The VIEWPOINT FROM BELOW, of a CK system starting at 2:00 after highway seguence is the "Money Shot" as it shows that poles tracking through complicated crossing at SPEED possible.
    CZcams also has view down Market Street where TB lines share the HOT wire with pole using PCC trams.

  • @Wpdhsx
    @Wpdhsx Před 3 lety +2

    In Vancouver BC Canada, the trolley buses go through switches at 8 km/hr and intersections with overhead at 15 km/hr to prevent overhead damage and/or pulling the overhead down.

    • @user-df3ty8ei2u
      @user-df3ty8ei2u Před 3 lety +4

      Damn thats slow af. In my eastern european city they just go full speed thru it

    • @MrGintaras
      @MrGintaras  Před 3 lety +4

      Yeee minimum 30-35km/h

  • @RomaniaOverpowered
    @RomaniaOverpowered Před 2 lety +1

    Awman, I recognized so many models we have/had! Amazing!

  • @Juliukas101
    @Juliukas101 Před 17 dny +1

    Yes, the trolleybuses in Zirmunu g are very fast, particularly past Tuskulenu p, Minties and Siaures Miestelis. The road is very straight and generally quite fast. It gets a bit slower after the round concrete paminklas.

  • @haroldomiyaura912
    @haroldomiyaura912 Před 3 lety +2

    gorgeous trolleybuses

  • @trainrover
    @trainrover Před 10 měsíci +1

    I remember Canadian trollies taking thrice as long at negotiating junctions than similar fleets did around CRAZILY hilly Frisco...

  • @renaultlp
    @renaultlp Před 2 lety +3

    I love Brno, i love our very old old old OLD trolleybuses :)

  • @filipkotrba7418
    @filipkotrba7418 Před 3 lety +8

    very interesting and super video!

  • @CZpersi
    @CZpersi Před 2 měsíci +1

    Trolleys are actually much more nimble than regular busses. They have great acceleration, less need to switch gears and offer smooth ride when in top speed. The city only needs to maintain the roads very well, because the trolleys are much more sensitive to bumps and damaged sections. Too much vibrations may cause them to lose wire connection, forcing the driver to either switch to battery mode or go outside to reconnect.

    • @MrGintaras
      @MrGintaras  Před 2 měsíci +1

      in most Europe cities on wire parts can move about 30-50km/h (wire crossing , wire swiches)

  • @samantos
    @samantos Před 3 lety +6

    There are many areas with speed limits in Kyiv: slopes (steeps & gently), overpasses or slopes by overpasses.

  • @DanielixMK
    @DanielixMK Před 3 lety +9

    Nice 👍

  • @jesusse9757
    @jesusse9757 Před 3 lety +2

    El trolebus es un magnífico sistema de transporte. Muy buen vídeo Saludos. 👍👏👏👏👋👋

    • @MrGintaras
      @MrGintaras  Před 3 lety +2

      Muchas gracias! Espero que en el futuro sea más fácil viajar a España en unos años!

  • @samantos
    @samantos Před 3 lety +9

    Anyway the limit is 60-65 km/h. The speed of passing special sections (switches, intersections) is more important.

    • @MrGintaras
      @MrGintaras  Před 3 lety +11

      The most important thing is that the speed is close to the speed of the bus

    • @samantos
      @samantos Před 3 lety +6

      @@MrGintaras Buses can break the rules and move faster than the permitted speed.

    • @user-df3ty8ei2u
      @user-df3ty8ei2u Před 3 lety

      @@samantos depends where you live.

  • @holtovhond
    @holtovhond Před 3 lety +8

    You forgot about the Russia((( in Saint Petersburg we have trolleybuses that can actually move like a bus (i can give you a link)

    • @MrGintaras
      @MrGintaras  Před 3 lety +4

      Would be interested to see. I hope infuture visit some Russian cities , then it will be possible.

    • @holtovhond
      @holtovhond Před 3 lety +3

      @@MrGintaras ok then, here is a small video (btw, these trolleybuses have a very satisfying sound to hear) czcams.com/video/CcxcZEdYPAY/video.html

  • @tomasnordin9778
    @tomasnordin9778 Před 3 lety +9

    Very interesting vid as usual,i can travel without moving.

  • @traxx5612
    @traxx5612 Před rokem +1

    Here in Budapest, the hilly part of the city (Buda) has no trolleybuses, but instead, bus lines like 29 are suffering to start from the stops that are placed on the steep parts, drivers are flooring the buses but they still go like 15 until the end of the steep part... 29 could be better as a trolleybus, since they can start really powerful even on steep parts, and it sure is more efficient to use trolleybuses and start easier than flooring the Citaro (diesel bus, runs a lot on 29) and still suffering to get to 15 km/h

  • @VojtovySumavskeVlakyCZ
    @VojtovySumavskeVlakyCZ Před 3 lety +2

    Nice video like and subscribed from Czech Republic 🙂👍👍

    • @MrGintaras
      @MrGintaras  Před 3 lety

      Thank you , i realy hope in the summer again come back in Czech Republic!

  • @Yagunitto
    @Yagunitto Před 2 lety +2

    great video!

  • @theofficialgolyafekete
    @theofficialgolyafekete Před 2 měsíci +3

    The first one just straight up looks like a tram💀

  • @medwaymodelrailway7129
    @medwaymodelrailway7129 Před 3 lety +2

    Like the video very much .Hope there more .Take care

    • @MrGintaras
      @MrGintaras  Před 3 lety +2

      Thank you! I look forward to visiting new cities

  • @FiqFake157
    @FiqFake157 Před 3 lety +7

    Trolleybus should have their own dedicated lane like BRT, plus, it has "trolley" in it

  • @lrt_unimog8316
    @lrt_unimog8316 Před 3 lety +2

    Belfast missed an opportunity with the Gliders!

  • @autobusbymarcom4499
    @autobusbymarcom4499 Před 3 lety +1

    great!

  • @dancedecker
    @dancedecker Před 2 lety +3

    There were stories in UK back.in.the late fifties and early sixties, that certainly in London, a trolleybus would and often could, burn off an E type Jag from a standing start.
    Admittedly the Jag would soon catch it up, but whereas even a sports car has to build up its speed, the trolleybus's is all there, all the time, ready to go.
    Not sure how true it was, but I see no reason why it wasn't possible.
    And after seeing this, it could probably be even more true today.
    Perhaps a challenge for Mr May and Mr Clarkson? Lol.

  • @user-gk8gg1zt7l
    @user-gk8gg1zt7l Před 10 měsíci +1

    Very good video, like !

  • @Nazir-WalkAroundTheCity
    @Nazir-WalkAroundTheCity Před 3 lety +9

    Super widok, uwielbiam oglądać nowe miejsca 👍👍👍😘
    A u mnie spacer po mieście 😊☀️☀️☀️✌️✋
    Pozdrawiam serdecznie z Warszawy Polska 🇵🇱😘

  • @malbecmikegrey996
    @malbecmikegrey996 Před 10 měsíci +1

    This is not new. As a kid, I lived in North London near the steep Highgate Hill. I saw (and rode on) double-deck trolleybuses overtaking cars on the way up. By the way, this route was converted to diesel buses (which didn't have the pace) in 1960. and the trolleybuses dated back to the late 1930s.

    • @MrGintaras
      @MrGintaras  Před 10 měsíci +1

      I hope one day trolleybus will back

  • @allyreneepenny9447
    @allyreneepenny9447 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Beautiful 👍

  • @albertbenajam4751
    @albertbenajam4751 Před 3 lety +2

    Old style 0verHead creates NEEDLESS TURNING CHOKEPOINTS, apart from those created by othet causes.
    Trolly Bus shines in any Hilly areas, that motor buses forced to crawl up in low gear, and pure battery buses over drain. Modern combination TBs can use use
    Charge
    In
    Motion
    too permit routes that have lengthy 15 - 20 KM Wire Gaps in routes, but can be run all day due to CIM on each trip. The CIM system means no wires in Historic section, or residential area or highways. Battery operation also eliminated Tram crossing complication.
    Incidentally, one problem with Diesel buses TBs tint have is ROAD KNUCKLIN. Smooth electric acceleration from stops doesn't do it, but GEAR SHIFTING on motor buses leaving stops created a series of bumbs and depressions, resembling knuckes of hand

  • @HelloandMore
    @HelloandMore Před 3 lety +2

    7:42 my city is in the Video, I already can see, this is the best video :)

  • @peterkaloczkai9418
    @peterkaloczkai9418 Před 2 lety +1

    Trolleybuses are just perfect! And fast!

    • @CreatorPolar
      @CreatorPolar Před 2 lety

      Most trolleybuses go around 40mph (60km/h) which isn’t exactly fast but damn they have fast acceleration

  • @metsolainenpov8771
    @metsolainenpov8771 Před 3 lety +3

    During Soviet era trolleybuses were slow due to constant electricity shortages in the Eastern block. But that was long ago and those times are already gone :)
    Anyway, great vid, those VanHool things from Austria look a little bit weird :P

  • @LMB222
    @LMB222 Před rokem +2

    Slow? On the contrary, it has an amazing acceleration.

  • @sfperalta
    @sfperalta Před 10 měsíci +1

    I think they made their point in the first 3 minutes. You gotta be a real trolley fan to watch the whole thing! LOL!

  • @MrGintaras
    @MrGintaras  Před 11 měsíci +3

    Do you want a second part : Trolleybus is not slow? 😏

  • @povilasstaniulis9484
    @povilasstaniulis9484 Před 2 lety +1

    While they require infrastructure to support them, in the long run, trolleys are probably cheaper and more environmentally friendly to run than electric buses. At least right now, the situation may change in the future.

    • @Lolwutfordawin
      @Lolwutfordawin Před rokem +1

      Seattle has repeatedly had industry based audits claim that diesels would be cheaper, only to have an actually independent audit show the trolley busses are nearly 25% cheaper than diesels taking all costs into account. Not to mention the additional savings in health costs thanks to lower emissions. Only trams can beat trolley busses, and that's only the case on very busy routes.

  • @Shane-ln5zz
    @Shane-ln5zz Před rokem +1

    Those overhead cables are hideous tho, it still suffers from traffic issues and those accordion busses are. Nightmare for cyclists sharing the road.

  • @danielinnes8839
    @danielinnes8839 Před 3 lety +4

    While electric traction is a must, it would be better to use a electric bus over a trolly bus if the tech is a available. Trolly buses just have alot of overhead for what they are, all the maintenance and overhead of a tram with the chasis of a bus. The capacity of a light rail system is taken away, and the rote flexibility of a bus is also lost.

    • @Pyrochemik007
      @Pyrochemik007 Před 3 lety +10

      Flaw of electric buses is their cost - bateries will have limited life expectation, and they can triple the cost of vehicle. Plus during crash, if the batery gets damaged, the vehicle is totaled. I think there are trolleybuses with a battery system, which can go several kilometers without trolley, and then recharge from it. That solves the route flexibility issue you mentioned. I think Prague uses this technology (on very small scale as trams are historicaly dominant there). Theoreticaly this allows to enter historic centers without cables, or easily cross trainline/tramline, or even go on highway sections where trolleys are impossible to build.

    • @user-df3ty8ei2u
      @user-df3ty8ei2u Před 3 lety +1

      Trolleys have batteries. My city has 40Km lithium ion ones

    • @markusstudeli2997
      @markusstudeli2997 Před 10 měsíci

      @@Pyrochemik007 Most newer Swiss Trolleys have small batteries to bridge parts without overhead wires. I accidentally live right next to such a trolley bus line.

  • @shakeebchaudhary1573
    @shakeebchaudhary1573 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Those wires fuck up the beauty of cities

  • @Gabriellover911
    @Gabriellover911 Před 3 lety

    the linz ag bus in the thumbnail I like it bcs my grandpa works with these

  • @pyzdauskas13
    @pyzdauskas13 Před 3 lety +6

    Bet turbūt rečiau važiuoja taip greitai Kaune, arba nuo vairuotojo priklauso, nes kiek matau, tinklas yra modernizuojamas, bet dauguma važiuoja kaip ankščiau, arba tiesiog retas atvėjis, kad taip greitai važiuoja.
    Visgi aš manau, kad tai yra geras pavyzdys, kad troleibusai gali būti greiti.

    • @MrGintaras
      @MrGintaras  Před 3 lety +5

      Tai vairuotojai tikrai pripratę važiuoti lėtai arba minimaliai greičiau . Bet nauji vairuotojai važiuoja šiek tiek greičiau . Aišku reikia apmokyti vairuotojus arba informuoti apie atnaujinta vietą.

    • @pyzdauskas13
      @pyzdauskas13 Před 3 lety +3

      @@MrGintaras na, bet tikėkimės, kad dauguma vairuotojų važiuos žymiai greičiau greitu metu.

  • @pamisesm
    @pamisesm Před 9 měsíci +1

    Theres newer trolleybuses in Vilnius that has UNDU sign in their newer trolleybuses
    If you find a trolleybus with no UNDU sign. UNDU still owns it. It just a older model
    Those two trolleybuses routes that Has UNDU signs in it (if you find other route that has a UNDU sign in trolleybus using that route let me know)

  • @scottfaulds2645
    @scottfaulds2645 Před 2 lety +1

    I remember Toronto had trolleybuses but not anymore

  • @asiersanz8941
    @asiersanz8941 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Niretzat Kaunas onena / Kaunas, my favourite

  • @Majkl.
    @Majkl. Před 3 lety +3

    Guys, I dont know how about you, but my favorite trolleybusv is škoda 14tr and 15tr.

  • @spythere
    @spythere Před 3 lety +1

    One thing I don't like about trolleybuses are those ugly electrical lines above ground, at least in Poland. In case of trams they are more tidy and don't stick out. As long as I like trolleybuses as a transport mean, those line nets are polluting the view. In Poland we got three major cities where you can encounter them: Lublin, Tychy, Gdynia and Sopot (the last two come together as the Tricity with Gdańsk so I count them as one) and they are equally ruining how they look for me.

  • @RuiPlaneSpotter
    @RuiPlaneSpotter Před 3 lety +2

    Nice video

  • @krcprc
    @krcprc Před 8 měsíci +1

    Trolleybuses are obviously not slow. Looking at their schedule where they share road with regular buses shows very clearly they don't take more time than buses in the same route.

  • @strassenbahnfilmguy9306
    @strassenbahnfilmguy9306 Před 2 lety +1

    All the systems are nize ... but the Linz TB's are real kool .

  • @anfsabc_busotto
    @anfsabc_busotto Před 3 lety +3

    You should visit Italian trolleybus systems next
    Some cities have lots of old vehicles while other networks are relatively new
    I really suggest visiting Milan, as it's the most diverse trolleybus network in Italy, with 7 different models spanning 7 generations of trolleybuses.

    • @MrGintaras
      @MrGintaras  Před 3 lety +3

      I have plan this year visit Milan , but still didint know how will be possible to travel in the summer

    • @anfsabc_busotto
      @anfsabc_busotto Před 3 lety +2

      Yeah, it's really unpredictable especially when the government doesn't have a clue on what to do next with restrictions
      Which is a bummer, considering that Modena and Parma already withdrew their old trolleybuses while the lockdown was in place.
      So yeah, it is suggested to hurry up and see them all, but I really don't know when will foreigners be allowed to travel to Italy again

    • @MrGintaras
      @MrGintaras  Před 3 lety +3

      @@anfsabc_busotto I plan to travel during the summer if this is possible without quarantine as it will significantly shorten the list of my planned cities to visit

    • @flyhigh6088
      @flyhigh6088 Před 2 lety +3

      @@MrGintaras When travelling to Milan, don‘t forget the old trams (90 years old or so)!

    • @daliakyniene5550
      @daliakyniene5550 Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@flyhigh6088 Done :)

  • @bazoo513
    @bazoo513 Před 3 lety +1

    The fact that troleybuses share roads with other traffic is both an advantage (no need to lay track) and disadvantage (congestion). I think that their days are numbered, though, at least in new installations: they will be replaced by the combination of tram/light rail where it makes sense, and battery electric buses (the same thing as troleybuses, but without the need for catenary, with overhead charging contact or wireless charging at some stops).

    • @user-df3ty8ei2u
      @user-df3ty8ei2u Před 3 lety +2

      Poland has no intention of getting rid of them. Why would they? They invested a lot of money in their systems for them to be good

    • @user-df3ty8ei2u
      @user-df3ty8ei2u Před 3 lety +2

      @@bazoo513 gdynia is planning to expand in the small cities around the main one (and a bigger one too) and they are already doing progress. They are even starting to make lines without overhead wires and put trolleybuses in crowded lines during rush hour

    • @bazoo513
      @bazoo513 Před 3 lety +1

      @@user-df3ty8ei2u Interesting. So, the troleybuses used there are actually battery powered with charging from the catenary where available? That's more or less what I was saying - battery electric buses where tram/light rail is not practical or is too expensive, with some kind of convenient charging system.

    • @user-df3ty8ei2u
      @user-df3ty8ei2u Před 3 lety +2

      @@bazoo513 kind of, but they also can charge when you brake/slow down when using the overhead wires. then its 30/40 km of range without using wires. and in Poland they are both registered as buses and trolleybuses (only the ones with 30km range I think) but of course you can still use it without having the batteries charged, with the wires. If you found this interesting and wanna know more search for "gdynia super trolleybuses" (as they call them here)

    • @bazoo513
      @bazoo513 Před 3 lety +2

      @@user-df3ty8ei2u Mine was the first upvote of this interesting presentation: czcams.com/video/9hqkX3X3uP0/video.html
      I see that Gdynia system with range extended trolleybuses, supercapacitor banks in substations etc is considered interesting pretty widely - I found many articles online.
      With ~30km of off-grid range they are exactly what I had in mind. I really don't get why would anyone consider such a system "old-fashioned" or "obsolete" - perhaps a reflex reaction "if it was used in Soviet times, it cannot be any good", which, of course, is ridiculous.

  • @CoolTransport
    @CoolTransport Před 3 lety +6

    Why are all the trolleybuses in eastern Europe?

    • @MrGintaras
      @MrGintaras  Před 3 lety +1

      Thet are not fast.... Move very slow

    • @user-df3ty8ei2u
      @user-df3ty8ei2u Před 3 lety +1

      Because ussr thought they were cool and other countries did aswell

    • @CreatorPolar
      @CreatorPolar Před 2 lety +2

      Because it was a cheap alternative to trams for cities that were on a hella tight budget

    • @CoolTransport
      @CoolTransport Před 2 lety +2

      @@CreatorPolar yeah makes sense

  • @popescualexandrupaul
    @popescualexandrupaul Před 2 lety +3

    That picture at 0:17 is in Brașov Romania....

  • @Pizza144
    @Pizza144 Před rokem +3

    I live in Linz

  • @josefnikodemminibusdpmb
    @josefnikodemminibusdpmb Před 3 lety +1

    Like

  • @N-2008Cyborg
    @N-2008Cyborg Před 9 měsíci +1

    My PTS-12 are also Fast.

  • @Aaaaaaeeeeaaa
    @Aaaaaaeeeeaaa Před rokem +2

    2:50 thats just an tram with whells bro that looks no where near an trolleybus

  • @samuzamu
    @samuzamu Před 3 lety +2

    They're much quiter than trams. Here in Scandinavia, we should really consider trolleybuses. A lot of buses on diesel here, although switching to biofuels is progressing rapidly. Seems like electric buses in the inner cities would do wonders for air quality, athough road particulates would still persist. One advantage of trams, possibly.

    • @Moses_VII
      @Moses_VII Před 3 lety +1

      Electric buses don't have particulates, not even when braking thanks to regenerative braking

    • @samuzamu
      @samuzamu Před 3 lety +1

      @@Moses_VII What I'm referring to is that rubber tires, as opposed to train wheels, whip up particles from the road surface which become airborne and end up in people's lungs.

    • @user-df3ty8ei2u
      @user-df3ty8ei2u Před 3 lety +1

      @@samuzamu well inhaling small iron pieces from tram wheels can't be good long term also

    • @samuzamu
      @samuzamu Před 3 lety +1

      @@user-df3ty8ei2u True but based on the much lower rolling resistance of steel wheels on track, I think they would produce much less particulates than fast-wearing rubber tires on tarmac. Just an uninformed guess though.

    • @user-df3ty8ei2u
      @user-df3ty8ei2u Před 3 lety +1

      @@samuzamu maybe you are right idk

  • @LoovesJf.
    @LoovesJf. Před 2 lety +1

    Isn't it difficult to operate a trolleybus?
    I think it's amazing that it can't get off the overhead wire even though it don't have rails and it's feet are free.

    • @CreatorPolar
      @CreatorPolar Před 2 lety +1

      Most trolleybuses can also operate wire free where it needs to so for eg. When it goes into the historic city center or a place that isn’t served that frequently

    • @LoovesJf.
      @LoovesJf. Před 2 lety

      @@CreatorPolar , Wow! It's so great‼︎ Thank you so much for your information.

  • @samarendranathchowdhury8526

    Some might be dual mode buses

  • @jeremiahreal3525
    @jeremiahreal3525 Před 2 lety +1

    how tf does that trolley tram know how to go through a round about, when i go i feel like i’m gonna flip my car or wipe out a pedestrian

  • @peterisgoogling9998
    @peterisgoogling9998 Před 2 lety +1

    Solaris from Poland rules in most of these cities.

  • @mihaiiulianbendre
    @mihaiiulianbendre Před 2 lety +2

    picture from Brasov RO at the intro, but not the video :(

    • @MrGintaras
      @MrGintaras  Před 2 lety +2

      Brasov got modern trolleybus , but wires are very bad .

  • @TrolleybusMos
    @TrolleybusMos Před 3 lety +1

    Привет из бывшей троллейбусной системы мира! У нас в Москве только несчастный музейный "Т" и Химкинские 202 и 203

    • @MrGintaras
      @MrGintaras  Před 3 lety

      На самом деле очень жаль ....

  • @paulbartle8375
    @paulbartle8375 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Is it just to make up for the lack of any spoken comment that you have the sound of the busses (and all other vehicles) turned up to such unrealistic levels?

  • @soab2644
    @soab2644 Před 3 lety +3

    What happens when the driver takes a wrong turn?

    • @CreatorPolar
      @CreatorPolar Před 2 lety +2

      I mean it’s pretty hard to do a wrong turn when your job is to follow the trolley wires

  • @mccobsta
    @mccobsta Před 2 lety +1

    The ones in Austria are insane it's just a tram that's not on rails

    • @CreatorPolar
      @CreatorPolar Před 2 lety +1

      This tram-bus trolley is also found in Geneva although a little shorter