If I'm correct, almost all Tallinn's Tatra trams are bought secondhand from German cities.

@@carleryk Former East Germany? Just like Estonia it was under occupation. So, no wonder.

@@LV-426...It wasn’t technically under Soviet occupation. It was more of a puppet state, but still a nation of its own.

@@hangingontheWildside A puppet state with puppet trams.

​@@LV-426...omg 😂 you are a serious shithole of a person. Its a video about trams for gods sake!!

In Poland in city Bydgoszcz

And greetings from Denver, Colorado USA

Fingers crossed! I too have been dreaming of having the Skoda Artic to be rushing around Tallinn’s streets. But in the meantime, the Pesa ufo is a fun little tram to have!

@@hangingontheWildside They had the opportunity to switch from the 1067mm track gauge to the standard 1435mm track gauge in 2014 when they were rebuilding the routes. This would have allowed for more compact routes without the need for balloon loops and would have also enabled bi-directional trams to run in both directions. However, they didn't make the change, so that's just the way it is now

It is pretty strange to say that “old” Tatra trams are replaced with these “new” Polish/Russian trams because the infrastructure is per se oudated so it does not make sense that something less or more older when the infrastructure as whole is outdated-I even do not focus on how old it is-I focus on how user unfriendly current infrastructure is, it is far away to be fast, isolated from other traffic participants to be safe, safe for boarding and exiting for all people including passengers with mobility issues to get on and off the tram. This is especially helpful for parents with strollers, as they can easily roll their stroller onto the train without having to navigate platform and tram steps or narrow doorways. BTW the bi-directional ELRON trams (yeah I know they are considered like trains but they are actually more looks like trams of high quality and match with I mentioned before) are much more what I would expect from city transportation, maybe they should just replace all TLT trams with ELRON trams instead of introducing “new” ones that still have the same old problems. The ELRON trams are a much better solution, and they would make a big difference in terms of speed, safety, accessibility, and overall user experience

@@ragnarlaine4065 The cost would have been prohibitively gigantic, since you would have had to rebuild EVERY SINGLE KILOMETER of the system AND replace ALL the trams. It would have also meant a 5-10 year pause in tram service. Unless you had unlimited funds and could carry it out in 1-2 years. Imagine the level of chaos, incomparable with the one that we had to endure the past couple of years due to the reconstruction works in the city centre.

@@ragnarlaine4065 I see that you are unfamiliar both with the infrastructure, the rolling stock and the principles on how they work.

Места для колясок есть. "Виви" писали в Твиттере что велоштативы будут установлены в ближайшем времени. Почему их изначально не было...............

Problem Is not Skoda but your historical tracks and infrastrukture.Modern train + normal infrastructure as in another Europe.

Really? Do You think, that frozen toilets, problems with door sensors, discharging train batteries and other issues are from Latvia's rail gauge and infrastructure? There are definitely Skoda quality control issues.

@@trainzcentral2173 the problem are only in Latvia, in the another countries where is this type are better tracks and better service from natonal transport companies. This problem is ONLY here( even your carrier and the Ministry of Transport have admitted problems with the infrastructure!).IThe carrier must realize that modern trains also include care for the infrastructure and maintenance in the depots - this is not Soviet technology.If you have broken tracks like somewhere in India, it is an incredible load on the frame of the car and no wonder it causes problems. If you neglect these two things, anyone can drive there and it would be a problem. ŠKODA cars are also driven in Germany, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and there have been NO such problems. Caring for tracks and maintenance in depots is standard there! I am not a citizen of the Czech Republic!I was in the Baltic beautiful areas, but the state of the railway infrastructure, but also the tracks in several cities and areas is des. It is not surprising that modern technology does not provide this.

Dutch colours are yellow and blue. Vivi colours are yellow and charcoal gray-black.

Потому что они не стоят 257 миллионов, Шкоде просто не на что было их собирать, сделали по дешману, и в Ригу, пускай дособирают из старых. Потому старые нельзя выпустить на линию, половина деталей в новых... Даже эпк образца 50х годов туда вклрячили.

Да, министр транспорта тоже сказал, раз половина сломана, вернём поезда Шкоде, наш о криштопанс спросил: а откаты тоже вернёте? На что министр ответил, а, ну тогда просто оштрафуем... Анекдот? Нет, так было. Оба наверное забыли что интернет помнит всё.

@@eduards5702 да блять причем здесь это? Какое анегдтот я просил есть ли у них поломки или нет а ты мне говоришь что какое-то анегдтот

Yes! The new one's are pretty good.

Well, they are not the quietest trains, but they are still way better than ER-2 :)

Really? The same old crap. Moreover, more bugs were added. They shaking, struggling, can't ride normally, because of less motors, and so on. The joints of vagons have abnormal geometry, and jumping even on the straight lines. In the 80th's, RVR announced same thyristor trains, but because of poor quality of thyristors they became unusable in a short time. Now, we payed for the same. Again.

​​@@eduards5702well it may be because of the infrastructure. When i hear that, theres no wonder, it would be shaky and noisy. (Reminds me of a train engineers, who worked on narrow gauge locos at ČKD. Their locos were perfect (still run in Czech Republic), but in eastern coutries, their bodies broke multiple times. Reason? Bad infrastructure. They told them, they would pay for repairs, but they have to repair their tracks.) And train not having problems at start is a miracle. Even Stadler has them. It just needs time and people.

Because most parts of the route from Vilnius to Riga are not electrified.

@@trainzcentral2173 That's a good reason . May this possibility change in the future?

I don't think, that it will happen in the near future. There are some electrification projects on Lithuania's side, but there are no such plans in Latvia.

It was very long way to this moment...

Usually on that road cars are very rare and now, during the constructions there is no way for cars at all. Do not worry about people, they know rules how to get on trams.

no they don't, neglect behavior and not following rules - typical post soviet country@@Yevgeshik

Sure, they don't. Passengers are allowed to step on the street only when tram doors are open.

@@trainzcentral2173 Passengers know rules, but behave according to situation, there is almost no cars running on that road and road is clearly visible. Believe me I know that area.

@@rubik777 Neglecting behavior and not following rules does not mean they do not know rules, they know, but acting unresponsible. Yes, this typical soviet people live in that area, believe me I know Kengarags's residents.

Yes, perhaps it could be considered, only it would require a better lens than I have right now, as fiming 50-60 FPS higher ISO would generate far more noise.