Driving Sydney's Monorail

[@ryans413]

Feel like I just rode a train through City Skylines

[@Montabaurhood]

Ryan Scherbluk with 3000 mods*

[@burnttoastada]

True

[@MrReedling]

hugge4141 i have 60 mods on. Theres No limit

[@CutieRingoJoy]

Only this was then left abounded in 2013

[@garolys7022]

Like a rollercoaster over a city

[@ram64man]

It's a shame that they removed this instead of expanding to more areas and a second line, instead they replace it with a bus line to clog the roads more

[@AzAzMusic]

ram64man what happened to the ROW

[@shadowgaming6660]

Hey Man Shut the fuck up.

[@shadowgaming6660]

Hey Man your username really works in this context.

[@shadowgaming6660]

Bruno Kunda True but he's spamming it randomly

[@SethMethCS]

It’s a crime!

[@williamknight3927]

I was a little boy in 2013, and I still remember the time I rode the monorail in its last days. I was not living in Australia at that time, but the experience of riding a “coming to an end” transport way was cool and memorable.

[@DanielKing-dk5nr]

yeah but so HOT inside cause of no air con during summer. IT was horrible.

[@TheRealFry2024]

I was also a little boy in 2013 but my parents never took me to ride it there.

[@mustangfan5108]

I was a young boy but never got the chance to ride the monorail. Now i kinda wish i did. I remember waiting for my aunt with my parents at one end of piermont (I honestly cant remember how to spell that haha) bridge because she came by monorail

[@ellie8161]

**sees video** yooo nobody told me that Sydney had an entire monorail! **sees description** oh...

[@DeanandLisa1803]

I still have my HO scale model of the Sydney mono rail. I bought it from your museum back in 1995. Works perfect and must be so rare now as I never see any others.

[@Neoprimal]

Man... Living in the center of sydney having had to walk to work, I always enjoyed looking up at the Monorail lines and seeing one casually roll past, Even more so being in one, The views were amazing, You got a point of view you don't get in any traditional forms of Transportation, It truly was my favourite thing to do on a weekend, Buy the $2.50 Sunday Ticket and ride the Monorail for 3 Hours, Taking in the sights.

[@DanielKing-dk5nr]

BS lol your joking right, The views were amazing sure, but OMG how hot was it inside them, they had no air con during summer. It was bad when people crammed inside them.

[@mosesvillani651]

I remember when I was really young and going on this. I literally still remember the fear of the train just falling off the rail. Sad to see it go.

[@saminyasarridom1813]

Why is it going? What happened to it?

[@theslicefactor4590]

@@saminyasarridom1813 You're late to the party. It was demolished a long time ago now.

[@aussienik]

Sad to see the demise of Monorail in sydney. Why is that we are going backwards?

[@tou7331]

aussienik its actually very ineeficient

[@deanbombaderi1137]

Its up there with closing all the nightclubs after a certain hour... not many arguments left to visit

[@fridericusrex9812]

C. Lincoln LOL you should visit a Canadian city, Sydney will seem like paradise in comparison.

[@superblyrandom9630]

White Wolf Why? Care to elaborate? Seems the reverse to me.

[@44167]

C. Lincoln do your Canadian cities not have any of your list of criminals?, they sure do,name a city on earth that does not. Look at yourself in the mirror, if you can stand it.

[@adityarawat6433]

Monorail be like- Stop where there are no passengers

[@wiktorptaszynski2149]

m

[@b_atanassov]

And go where there are passengers

[@تشؤنسخى]

I saw heaps of passengers at every stop?..

[@leadharsh0616]

@@تشؤنسخى 0:48

[@fedde7232]

I just don’t stop anywhere

[@Account4096]

I have vague memories of 5-year old me riding this in 2000, watching the buildings blur by as I dozed off to sleep by my parents.

[@eugenetheg4724]

Deadset same bro

[@nivlick]

I’m a little older but still have very vague memories of riding it once or twice. In 2000 I would have been 13. I remember being in Sydney and realising I hadn’t seen or heard the monorail only to be told it had stopped permanently. Very sad.

[@WorksOnMyComputer]

Nice memory.

[@treypohe4593]

I miss the Sydney Monorail! A truly great piece of machinery! Oh, and at the start, I always wondered how that giant metal platform full of Monorails worked...and now I know!

[@iamaduckquack]

This seems to futuristic to me. I see in the comments this has been removed. Shame :(

[@kevindejesus8119]

True. Way better than overpriced light rail

[@lewitm4591]

No. This system was ineffective and not many people used it. It's good, now Sydney can focus on improving the light rail which is better than the monorail.

[@RyanHolliday211]

These one direction loops are unfortunately not very efficient. Many people will opt not to use it because the stop they want to go to is more than halfway around the loop, sometimes almost all the way back to where they departed. It's quicker to walk in that case and that discourages people from using the system. Detroit in the US has a similar elevated train downtown that does a single loop in one direction and it has the same problem with ridership. I'm surprised it's still in operation.

[@CityWhisperer]

@@kevindejesus8119 light rail is way more efficient and has less impact on the view.

[@rileyeminem7402]

It's sad that they are gone. Sydney Monorails R.I.P (1988-2013)

[@gosimons]

Thank you drivers that filmed this

[@willembruins9103]

Looks like there's almost only one way traffic in Sydney...

[@Montabaurhood]

Willem Bruins That can be good for traffic but also be confusing

[@dot8209]

There are a lot of one ways in the city... even in residential areas. It's really frustrating when you're catching an uber and it feels like the driver is taking detours. The public transport is fantastic in Aus cities though.

[@69mrnikolai]

its all one way streets. getting to a spot you can see across the street will take you a long time to get to

[@ixlnxs]

@@69mrnikolai Well, crossing the street is what walking was invented for...

[@69mrnikolai]

@@ixlnxs not if you have a work car full of engineering equipment and need to make it into a specific loading bay for a building.

[@wasiuuu1]

Sadly, it's gone now , i use to ride on it a lot in late 80s when it was just new and the full loop cost 2 dollars then .

[@MikMoen]

And yet in 2018 Seattle's Monorail with it's grand total of 2 whole stations is still running. :P

[@joermnyc]

Right, but one of the stations isn’t the original anymore (at the south end, it was moved up a block or so to accommodate the building it currently stops next to.)

[@thetheatreorgan168]

@@joermnyc and there are weird platform bridges that extend to the other track, since the platforms are only on one side

[@joermnyc]

@massimo garcia and the rails are closer together at Westlake as well, which led to an accident.

[@thetheatreorgan168]

@@joermnyc door got sheared off, if i remember

[@Coastal603]

I remember going on this monorail as a kid, And I miss this line. It was great while it lasted.

[@DanielKing-dk5nr]

It was horrible on a hot day, there was no air con to cool you down, it was like an oven when it was 30C

[@chaitanyarao5546]

Nothing's better than a genuine, bonafide, electrified, six car monorail!

[@echonomad94]

But a bus and tram is better than a so called genuine bonafide electrified six car monorail to the NSW transport minister back in 2013

[@Andres33AU]

I have fond memories of visiting Sydney and going around by monorail. Thanks for uploading this video, it's great to see it from the driver's perspective!

[@Antphoneigh]

More of a Shelbyville idea.

[@Mo-kv9hg]

Antphoneigh love your Simpsons reference

[@miguelangelortiztaberna8209]

Antphoneigh Tontos De Ostiacos

[@crazyforcoffee5950]

Antphoneigh MONORAIL MONORAIL MONORAIL!!

[@HenrysAviation]

Yep

[@jhuny]

@@crazyforcoffee5950 Mono... D'oh!

[@greeneyelove100]

wow in 2013? who watched to 2019?

[@geoffhill5903]

That'd be me ;)

[@SirKolass]

Your ugly mom

[@shy25]

I think there is a new train but on the floor

[@aymate3239]

Me!!

[@chrisjager2009]

2020

[@padlocktails26]

The stations were empty :(

[@uow513]

Weekdays yes, but on Sundays it's packed with elderlys and screaming children.

[@Haztagz]

Should have never been removed - I'm all for expanding the light rail and all but the monotail was unique and should have been preserved

[@leokimvideo]

Sadly a great idea that was done cheap at the start. Needed to go to Circular Quay to really connect the city. In its latter life it was starting to become unreliable and was showing signs of neglect.

[@WalkingPensioner]

Whilst backpacking Australia in 1997 and staying at a hostel in the city centre, I had the opportunity to ride the complete circuit of this monorail, boarding and alighting at the same station. It was fun. Pity, it's now gone, due to its loathing of it by the locals.

[@cronicd21]

0:33 almost a squashed bin chicken

[@Gold_AT]

Bin chicken 😂

[@fookerzGAKusa]

GOOD OL' MEMORY OF MY 1999-Y2K XP IN SYDNEY + Y2K OLYMPIC GAMES... SIMILAR TO SIM CITY SKYLINES AND SIMPSONS'S TAPPED OUT MONORAIL.

[@AheadMatthewawsome]

After 11 years, I finally got to see the Monorail again! The exact train that filmed this trip is now at the Powerhouse in Castle Hill!

[@Surrey360]

Would be nice to see this in regular speed. Great video, thanks for the share!

[@sant_vauls]

when i was like around 5 my family and i went to sydney and rode the monorail and it was such a fun experience for me. i was shocked to find out last year that they removed it in 2013

[@futurecanadian]

I first visited Sydney in 2007 and stayed at a hotel on Pitt St. I did take the monorail to Darling Harbour and thought it was cool thing to do. Returning next week to Sydney for the World Cup and I'm a big fan of the new light rail lines (which i rode on my last trip down under)

[@TheAxelay]

Back in early 2013 I couldn't even afford to go on the monorail trip as the tickets were on insane prices just before it was taken down. I wish I could've gone on the monorail back in the late 80's where it really mattered and it was like $2 a trip and not $20 to $25 in mid 2013! Belongs in the 80's.

[@jasonayres]

It was interesting to ride in, particularly if you just wanted to go in a large circle. It was a series of poorly planned ugly posts with a lengthy piece of metal on the top, looking at it from the ground.

[@AntonioF7]

KZbin recommending this video 8 years after its post

[@jamesfrench7299]

So glad I took a ride not long before it closed down. I had only ridden it about two or three times prior since it's opening in 1988.

[@jackpalmer4224]

A great feature that distinguished Sydney as a progressive modern city. Wish it would be re-installedm and extended, Jack Palmer

[@deanbombaderi1137]

Melbourne has some nice trams at least

[@allangibson8494]

@@deanbombaderi1137 So does Sydney now too.

[@MyDemon32]

@ shut the fuck up u fucking manchild

[@000Responses]

Daniel Eyre Lmao the irony when you say the monorail is “backwards” and “1950s” U do know that trams and underground railways have been around since the Victorian era right

[@peterw.8434]

We tried to build one in Berlin ages ago... but we didn’t continue the project 😔

[@SirKolass]

We? Were you part of the project? lol...

[@peterw.8434]

Koalas no 😅 I am just a person living in Berlin and referring to my ancestors.

[@massimookissed1023]

Didn't you try building an airport in Berlin, too?

[@peterw.8434]

Massimo O'Kissed oh we still are

[@MegaCyklops]

BER 2020 - lol.

[@DKriticos]

Sad it was taken down. I remember riding on it a few times with friends and family over the years. I now have young kids and I know they would've loved riding on it if it were still around.

[@DanielKing-dk5nr]

I wouldnt ride them on a hot day cause they didnt have air con inside the carriages. It was awful being jam packed.

[@johnphilipfosterdobson551]

Kind of got stuck on board.. jumped on board in the middle of the day and we were sitting in the sun. Then they closed the doors... sat there for 15 minutes no fresh air at all and getting cooked. Liked the trip but very happy to get off and cool down.

[@bababaghanoush]

I am impressed by how it combined buildings and stations. It seems to save space. But how is it in real life? Is it a good thing or not?

[@martinwallace5734]

It was a disaster.

[@mandrasaptakmandal636]

Wow its so much integrated to the buildings of the city

[@jackpalmer4224]

I continually regret the passing of the monorail, a wonderful feature of the city that I made a point of using on every visit.

[@antoy384]

Jack Palmer ...for $8 a ride? I lived 3 years in Sydney and thought I couldn’t afford it.

[@changliu2422]

Adrien Ragot Was it covered by the Opal daily/Sunday fare cap?

[@ZiFrenZie]

@@changliu2422 Opal didn't exist back then.

[@ishty_]

This is an incredibly compact system damn

[@ばなな-g5f]

線路でないから街の風景も壊すことなく いいアイディアだね！

[@aidswidjaja]

Okay banana

[@telebruel]

Just showed this to my son as my wife and I rode it all the time and to work in mornings from Ultimo and he’s like that’s awesome why on earth did they get rid of it. I have no reasonable answer as I loved it

[@nihari_pops4890]

The Sydney monorail was soo awesome👌👌I miss it a lot

[@DanielKing-dk5nr]

besides having no air con during hot days, it was fine. They should have made it go everywhere instead of the same route all the time.

[@nerfnerfification]

This monorail was fabulous and it went around the central Sydney CBD brilliantly - there were also plenty of people using it the times I rode on it (from 9am to 8pm). However the biggest mistake was the route did no go to the central bus hub OR the central railway station - either of those would have allowed easy interconnection. BUT lacking that interconnection and relatively high prices is probably what doomed it. Real pity though as it was great.

[@bunkerboy02]

Loved this video, I didn’t even know Sydney had a monorail.

[@sscfc1]

My son, my father and my son hold the record for one ride We went 32 times around My son was 6 About 14 years ago

[@ARSZLB]

i have an unreasonably strong desire to ride this thing through Sydney ASAP

[@shooterdownunder]

It's not around anymore

[@smophie6260]

Just get a Delorean

[@ukkari_senmu]

シドニーに行ったことがないので街並みが見れてよかった♪

[@saladtea9708]

people at that time must not have expected what a nightmare it could be of building the new light rails

[@electropart01]

Why was it not stopping where people was waiting for it and stopping at stations where no passenger was.?

[@poikakrichiey6063]

The monorail is closing I think.

[@harbymastopia9635]

That ride was not meant to fetch passengers the one filming the ride was given the ride in order to film it. I guess

[@brentsummers7377]

It probably displayed a 'not in service' type sign as waiting people didn't look suprised.

[@caley522]

Fun fact, half the stations are still standing but the line was removed years ago

[@smophie6260]

There was an event in one recently

[@henryg3146]

All the 123 people who rode on this over the years will miss it.

[@marcozolo3536]

More like 123,000,000 since debut

[@martinwallace5734]

@@marcozolo3536 Most of them were tourists. Regular Sydneysiders never used it because it was too expensive, uncomfortable, frequently broke down and didn't go where anyone wanted to go.

[@timtwoface]

Great video of the entire loop - not sure why it existed in the first place, since everything was very close together already, but what a nice sightseeing tour of the Darling Harbour district. Why on earth it didn't at least connect to Circular Quay in some way is beyond me. Either way, I only first visited Sydney in 2023 and was sad to see this was no longer in existence.

[@CentralObs]

This used to be one of the coolest things to do in Sydney as a kid. Thanks Clover, thanks Gladys. :/

[@Matthew_M11]

It was useless though. Only went one direction, crowded, hot and no intercarriage movement.

[@DanielKing-dk5nr]

@@Matthew_M11 yep, no air con.

[@IanR1205]

If Ogdenville, Brockway and North Haverbrook can have a monorail why can’t Sydney?

[@m4kkillottu]

Lmao 😂

[@massimookissed1023]

*_"There ain't no monorail here,_* *_an' there never was!"_*

[@username9175]

It put them on the map

[@JohnPap21]

I had no idea. Australia is gorgeous!

[@steeveedee8478]

My wife used to live in Sidney and remembers this. What an absolute shame they got rid of it.

[@colinpovey2904]

Rode this when we were in Sydney. Thought it was great. Saddened to learn of it's demise.

[@ROCKSTAR3291]

I work in the city so I really miss the sight of the Monorail.

[@elliot7753]

I didn’t even know this existed

[@AppleManiagaming]

Doesn't anymore :(

[@nicktorea4017]

@@AppleManiagaming aw what a bummer I was looking forward to going on it again. Its been 8 years since the last time.

[@AppleManiagaming]

@@nicktorea4017 closed down in 2013 I think.

[@C3840-g7f]

Amazingly some of the stations still exist in an untouched state. Harbour side and city centre are two of them.

[@andgate2000]

How old are u

[@mamaken7689]

I didn't even know that Sydney has a monorail, they're my favorite form of transportation! I'll have to ride it if I ever go!

[@mariusmika]

It has been demolished though.. sadly!

[@mamaken7689]

@@mariusmika WHAT, awwwww well at least Seattle STILL has one

[@Brickinof]

@@mamaken7689 Well, these kinds of monorails are still popular at larger amusement parks around the world. For example, Sea World Australia has one (type “Von Roll Mk-2”, very similar to the one that Sydney had). Also, Europa-Park in Germany has one (same type). So, if you happen to visit one of these locations, you can still ride such a monorail today.

[@williamdavids5915]

I went on this about 8 or 9 years ago....but my son who lives in Sydney said it was all pulled down and gone now....

[@brentsummers7377]

A lot of fun if you could actually get onto it! Super popular with tourists so it was often horrendously busy. Was on it one day it stopped between stations & seemed to lose all power including air conditioning - got very hot very quickly, luckily it only stopped for a few minutes. After that experience I never rode it again and relied on the trains and ferries.

[@yanqingwang5063]

This only exists in our memory now.

[@martinwallace5734]

And I am trying my best to erase that!

[@castcrus]

I migrated to Australia and have only started living in Sydney since 2018. I didn't even know there was a monorail, and it went along Pyrmont Bridge too? Sad.

[@joermnyc]

Had to check the date, we were in Sydney the winter after it was closed... the rail on that bridge over Darling Harbor was already gone.

[@bruh666]

Can someone explain to me why there's people waiting at stops, but the monorail doesn't stop at most of them?

[@smophie6260]

In Australia express routes exist, which basically skip some stations in order for a quicker service

[@goodyearspokane]

Even back then it was double the price of taking the light rail in the CBD today

[@LPJack02]

Mate, I miss the good old days when I was a kid living in Sydney.

[@ZiFrenZie]

Australia be like having a monorail, that reduces traffic congestion, frees up the roads, then they demolish it, and instead build a light rail that takes up road space. So backwards...

[@DMack6464]

FrenZie i got recommended this video again just to be reminded of how backwards the monorail removal was

[@CharlsonS]

It was a useless one directional loop that went from nowhere to nowhere and burned effectively money until they finally ripped it up. *muuhh so backwards* The key difference between the new light rail and your former monorail is that the light rail actually transports tons of people according to their demand and is not some tourist bullshit. Why should roadspace only be dedicated for cars and not also for transit vehicles anyway? I love how the main argumment of monorail defenders is simply muuhhh it takes up no road space, so it justifies to keep dumping money on it despite providing basically nothing but tourist service lol. Or also muuhh progress

[@DMack6464]

@@CharlsonS honestly if it was built with a bit more "mass transit" in mind, it could have been better

[@CharlsonS]

@@DMack6464 Agreed. The route was basically the main factor that made it so useless and inefficient

[@lewitm4591]

@@emmaisalone Monorails aren't per se bad but in Sydney they were poorly planned making them not too usefull. But Monorails are also in general not as good as other public transport, like trams or metro.

[@madhuhr9231]

I stayed in sydney between 2015 and 2019. Had no clue that sydney had monorail(would have known if i visited power house museum) but was wondering abt the purpose of the stations around the pier bridge as they had no tracks. Anyways now there is an extensive network of tramline in CBD. Hope that eases commute.

[@raisingflowers8018]

I remember riding this back in 2006 for my first time ever!

[@Chaos88996]

You can also find this kind of monorail train in Chongqing, China. 重庆也有这种单轨电车。

[@Loosak64]

Loved my entire life in Sydney and had no clue at all that this existed

[@ihsanh9816]

I dont know why but this is very satisfying

[@heinzbergner]

On my first visit to Sydney in 1996 I rode it, on my second visit in 2015 I wondered because I didn't see any more of it. But the light rail, which didn't exist in 1996, was running. 😀

[@normm]

I worked in Ultimo in 1987 and walked to Townhall Station after work each day so saw Darling Harbour and the Monorail being built but never did go on it 🤔

[@DiamondCrass]

俺こういうモノレールの線路配置好き

[@chikuwa_1017]

でも周りの住宅地の人迷惑やん

[@pingpongpung]

IN ENGLISH

[@onyxig710]

pingpongpung ? Shut the fuck up gronk

[@マジキチ-n8m]

外国人ﾆｷが何言ってるかさっぱり(◞‸◟)

[@artur3911]

unfortunately it was dismantled. I want to ask them Why?

[@tou7331]

Artur Kuharenko its actually really bad

[@nougatbitz]

A shame. Seems much superior than having busses in congested streets, trams that are more expensive to build and claim much more space on the road - both of these get involved in road accidents. The weirdest most awkward solution are those underground busses they have in ... Brisbane I think - so wrong on so many levels...

[@TheRIZKYRAMA]

monorail costs a lot to build and maintain, second, the capacity is super low. compared that to a light rail, it offers much smaller costs with higher capacity. in short, monorail failed because of simple economics principle. my suggestion? build a light rail(with fully segregated track) if the city is not really dense, and build a heavy rail if the city is reallly dense, sure, it probably cost more than monorails, but the capacity is really high.

[@AlmeersOV]

Lol. Claiming that a tram is more expensive to build is false. A monorail is more expensive to build. IMHO it's worth the costs though, but stil...

[@2012daffyduck]

It was relatively expensive and the services were infrequent, therefore people would choose to walk rather than ride it, which resulted in the dismantling of it.

[@ashish94821]

Superb ride lots of love from India❤❤

[@officialgkdean]

I’m from Switzerland and I wish that these could be in Switzerland:(

[@dotdankory]

THIS IS SYDNEY? If I didn't know where I am I would probably think I was in NYC

[@karmameranaam]

Instead of watching the city, my eyes were on the tracks.

[@saskiyoshiaki]

単線循環式のモノレールは日本では「舞浜リゾートライン」のみで映像と同じ様に楽しめますが、舞浜以外にも有るのは知らなかったでした。

[@alexssydneytrainvlogs9413]

I did not know the monorail was in Sydney

[@davidhonkstvorisit4811]

I think TriMet has got to get a monorail in Portland because holy cow that does look cool

[@taufiqutomo]

Bandung used to have a monorail... inside an indoor amusement park that sadly caught fire back when i was in college.

[@dmitriygromyshev]

I love it. I want to see this at least once!

[@angelplayz02]

Did this pop up in anyone else’s recommendation after seven years?

[@Agent44996]

Lol yes idk why

[@smophie6260]

Memories

[@McRocket]

Great stuff...thanks very much for this.

[@MrNaschkater1]

Looks like a special adventure

[@RichardsAdventures]

Had not relized there be one this big 😯 nice ride

[@pippoYT_]

it looked like a roller coaster😮😮

[@MT-qi9dj]

こんなに長いのに単線？って思ったら環状線だったか

[@AmadoDmwp]

山手線モノレール

[@wolfgang548]

Looks like a long roller coaster ride through the city.

[@chaz_dk]

Boss: Can you skip the next stop please? monorail: *yes*

[@bruh666]

yea but seriously why does it do that? I'm confused

[@DMack6464]

Pretty sure I remember catching the monorail and overlooking the trams sometime in 2010 or some shit, that was the first, and last time I rode it.

[@EmmaAppleBerry]

Same first and laat time in sydney for me too!