⁴ᴷ San Diego Trolley - Green Line

[@GirtonOramsay]

Didn't realize my local tram line was intriguing to so many people... especially nice that the Blue line extends to UCSD area now

[@youngspotter4451]

Wow, Great video! Fun fact: for my birthday I never had parties, I took the Amtrak train to San Diego to see the MTS Light Rail. It was fun.

[@AA-qt3ib]

bro same it was my birthday a few days ago and i legit did exactly that

[@Gleiswanderer]

Althought I never have been to the USA something looked quite familiar. Now I know why: Those vehikles are variants of german Stadtbahn-type. When I saw the typical Düwag-Falttüre at 3:39 I presumed it, and short research proofed. Nice, that those Stadtbahn-vehikles even run there. If there wouldn't be that strange noises of nearnly permanent warning sounds for everything, it could have been videos form somewhere in germany, too.

[@zeng6042]

I know I'm literally 5 years late but those are our railroad crossings. Whenever a train is anywhere near a crossing that goes off continuously. Annoying but probably necessary.

[@nathanielcoleman5694]

Technically those aren’t Siemens-Düwag U2s, they are Siemens SD-100s, which are based on the U2 design, but were built with slight differences for the North American market.

[@trainplanefan2358]

Love the look of those full length 3000 series S70s

[@alexisvaldez1819]

The trolley is passing just like an underground subway.

[@YoungGreenCard]

I LOVE THIS SONG 😭

[@TuukkaVarjoranta]

Very nice and mordern fast light rail line! Great video ;-D Best regards from Finland, Tuukka

[@nathanielcoleman5694]

Why did some S70s have different traction motors than the others? Are those an older model before the current traction motors came out?

[@paulwarner5395]

Nice video. Does it always run on reserved track or is there mixed trolley and road traffic as well??

[@jjxtwo1]

It runs on dedicated lines completely separate except from grade crossings. There are only a couple of areas that have what you might call street running. For example, in parts of downtown San Diego and out in Santee. But even in in those areas the trains are still largely separated from car traffic.

[@YukariAkiyama]

In the Santee area, right before Arnele Ave. station, the Trolley runs in the middle of the intersection

[@nathanielcoleman5694]

Outside of areas with high amounts of vehicle traffic, it runs entirely on its own dedicated ROW with grade crossings. Inside of areas with high traffic, it shares the road with cars and must stop at all intersections whenever necessary to maintain good traffic flow. Busier sections can’t have typical grade crossings because that would cause serious traffic congestion, so they use special lights to allow cars a chance to cross the tracks whilst simultaneously allowing trains higher priority.

[@TheGraceLifeVlog]

Oh I loved this. Thank you for sharing. 😍 SD

[@Theofficalmetrochannel]

The Charlotte light rail is going to test three car trains soon! I hope!

[@TheCloakedTiger]

Never knew that this tram went underground.

[@trainplanefan2358]

It does at SDSU only

[@42A7C5]

Also a short section near Cty. Ctr./Little Italy station.

[@LinxFox]

Does that thing close it doors one at a time all the time?, seems really slow and inefficient the way it closed at the beginning.

[@shaferkam3907]

SgtMays I don’t think so

[@kc3302]

Yes. Goes off a sensor or something, there is a timer from when someone passes through the door and if no activity is sensed for how many seconds, that door closes. Each door only opens if someone presses the button for it.

[@shaferkam3907]

Ken Chapman Unless the driver closes or opens all doors right?

[@ifrahadil9095]

Adil aiza

[@nathanielcoleman5694]

No. The operator controls them. When the train stops, the operator opens all the doors at once and sometimes closes them all at once (they don’t close all at once if there’s somebody blocking a specific doorway). However, even when they close, they remain unlocked and openable by passengers until they choose to depart, at which point they auto-lock.

[@Qboro66]

Must be nerve wracking to operate that trolley on the grade with vehicular traffic. I prefer my job, operating a NYCT subway train underground or on the El although the San Diego Trolley looks like a lot of fun but a little too comfortable.

[@CoasterProductionsTheCutegirl]

Great video

[@loureat_nob]

Thanks for the video

[@cubdukat]

What was that indoor station at around 1:50?

[@42A7C5]

SDSU Transit Center (a.k.a The Trolley Station At San Diego State University)

[@ryansrailfanning]

Yeah some parts of this light rail train go underground, this is the only underground station on the line

[@trainspottersforlife9182]

Wow sandiego california

[@tubblescousine257]

Nice saw this on some of the pics u posted

[@cbbnetwork2]

I’m trolley since 1981

[@kickliquid]

how much does it cost to ride from Old Town to Down Town San Diego? I plan on arriving there next week and from previous experiences downtown parking was horrendous but heard you can park in old town and then catch this trolley.

[@YukariAkiyama]

Null 2.50. This info probably useless now lmao but whatever

[@thericksterrick]

Did you move ??

[@MrSquareart]

nice video!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@gamingbrickfilmerboi3547]

Nice!

[@lizzsszzy7800]

YAAAAAS

[@Takeo.8827]

They sound like the new Muni trains

[@cbbnetwork2]

Light rail 🚈

[@CaseysTrains]

Beautiful

[@wilkinsrodriguez5703]

Nice

[@Gospodin_MURLO]

👍

[@cbbnetwork2]

MTS is the best brand

[@darrellwilliams5059]

Rode the trolley from San Diego to Mexico

[@YukariAkiyama]

Darrell Williams ._. The trolley doesn’t run through the border, you probably just rode the the blue line to Tijuana

[@pendrewluo8327]

I think this LRT line is perfect if they use Alstom Citadis Spirit as the train :)

[@cbbnetwork2]

I am 🚃trolley man

[@camilagonsalezhernandez379]

Oh mts área not amtrak

[@cbbnetwork2]

3006 slant

[@cbbnetwork2]

Duwag S70 Siemens

[@frederickpohl1096]

Sensible move older and newer stuff MUing

[@norbertfransewitz8486]

Man braucht keinen Spiegel

[@guadalupetorres8236]

647 Eudhwo

[@cbbnetwork2]

Ohio be like :(