Hong Kong Tramway POV Timelapse EXCLUSIVE! 香港電車

This is the first time lapse video on KZbin of the entire Hong Kong double decker tramway route. Nowhere else can you watch all of it in 8 minutes. First I hopped on a tram from Kennedy Town Terminus to Happy Valley Terminus. From there I hopped on another tram from Happy Valley Terminus to Shau Kei Wan Terminus. This has been a bucket list item for a long time, so I'm glad I finally got to do it. The footage is from November, 2015. The entire footage at real speed is 1 hour 50 minutes.
The map in the beginning of the video is showing the wrong map for the route I take. The map is the westbound map when I am actually traveling eastbound. For the correct map, click on the link below.
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香港電車

[@Speedbird1FLY]

Nicely shot... well done

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[@WanganTunedKeiCar]

This is the first time I've seen Hong Kong at street level...The traffic is much better than I expected honestly! Probably thanks to the trams.

[@MrAvancini]

I love how vibrant the city is!

[@Luke_Starkenburg]

Hong Kong is one of my favorite cities! The city is built on a hill, and there is so much nature, hiking so close to downtown!

[@failtolawl]

Not sure how the city can look really clean and really dirty at the same time

[@endercomt2380]

It's just that the buildings are old, most places on Hong Kong Island are extremely clean, same can't be said for Kowloon though

[@failtolawl]

@@Mofumo273 buildings don't have reproducing cells..

[@dreamsanity34]

Bro, trust me, this is miles better than what you see in thr Philippines. LOL

[@TerencePaull]

@@dreamsanity34 interesting.... but are u filipino just asking

[@louisaugustexvi4515]

its just hong kongs olde rbuildings/architecual style. incredibly clean streets and surprisingly like pretty normal inside or on the street level. they jus look sorta old and funky. vastly different than American buildings where ei live, but they r the equivalent of like nyc walkups

[@Kenobiii]

There seems to be a very well developed public transport system in Hongkong! At least 50% of the vehicles I saw in this video were busses or other trams. Very few cars, bikes, mopeds and parking spots!

[@volante8657]

HK got one of the very few public transport systems in the world that are for-profit and (nearly) dependent of government subsidies, that's some achievement that no one cares lol

[@ThePocketTravellerKr]

You need to pay alot of tax if you want a car so most hong kong people don't get one

[@Felatelist]

@@ThePocketTravellerKr Nonsense. It's the parking space that's so problematic, not the tax.

[@anindrapratama]

other than the HKT i think, most transport companies are at least part of/involved in property development

[@DanTheCaptain]

Hong Kong as a very fascinating transport system. From the unique trams, to the metro that doubles as a suburban railway network, and a compley bus system. You can tell there has been great thought put into all the transport infrastructure.

[@Milnoc]

I was there on vacation a couple of weeks ago and rode the tram a lot from Happy Valley and heading Westward! It got me to where I needed to go really cheap! It's only been two weeks since I've been there, and I already miss Hong Kong a lot!

[@pavementpounder7502]

Love those double decker trams, so unique.

[@jamesbradley7306]

This is a very valuable souvenir for anyone who loves / loved the HKT! Well done.

[@AirRaid77]

Wow! This video is a little scary! People cross the streets in the middle of traffic, and with this fast-paced video, it looks like an accident is imminent. I realized that both trams and buses have two floors. And I imagine that this was caused by English influence, from the days when Hong Kong was a colony of the Land of the Queen. I noticed that Hong Kong is very vertical and the streets seem cramped, with bus stops located on "islands" in the middle of the asphalt. It looks quite dangerous. Of course, I know that the video is accelerated in time lapse.

[@ErebosSan]

This timelapse brings back good memories. Good job!

[@lauramcellen139]

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[@吴晨轩-t7o]

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[@ignaciojoelnexlsoncanas29]

This is so chaotic, but so efficient at the same time

[@robertleifeld225]

That was fun to watch especially the little people scampering around. Good Job

[@benjaminkinggoldman5190]

Nice video! I am a tram fan without having been to Hong Kong. It is so clear from the video to make acquaintance with the tram route as well as the beautiful scenery. Anyway, thanks a lot !

[@Satters]

super system, they look just like the 3foot6 gauge double-decker trams used all over the Birmingham and Black Country area in England until the 50's

[@christianwong9491]

The trams used to be on the sea side, everything you see on the left is all new that are filled throughout the past decades.

[@Felatelist]

Loads of thanks for this amazing video! Really brings back memories, Trouble is that it looks like a Grand Prix race throughout, due to the speed up time lapse. Great job otherwise!

[@christophers.o622]

I first rode the Hong Kong trams on Saturday,January 25,1975 when I was in the U.S.Navy on my 5th. Navy cruise which was my 1st. Westpac Cruise. I was stationed aboard the USS Blue Ridge LCC-19 which was out of San Diego at that time. The Hong Kong tramways is a great way to see the city of Hong Kong itself and is very affordable. I rode the Hong Kong tramways in late 1984 & 1986 when on Navy liberty in Hong Kong. I also rode the double decker Star ferry over to & from Kowloon. I rode to Shung Shui which was the last stop on the Kowloon-Canton Railway before crossing into Red China. I seen the boundary which is a river that divided the New Territories from Red China.

[@stefanweiss4695]

Wooow Hong Kong seems to be an amazing town!

[@deanl4575]

Stefan Weiss Yeah a town with 7.3 million people in it. Sure...

[@alexleo172]

South Korea isn't better than Hong Kong Really? Annoucement installed inside a bus?

[@PatheticTV]

A town? Just, a town?

[@amosfu345]

@@alexleo172 Announcement is installed in every single bus in Hong Kong

[@MrSaemichlaus]

Never seen double-decker trams to be honest ... brilliant idea!

[@akronymus]

I wouldn't construct a double deck narrow-gauge tram, honestly. The hight is five times the gauge-width.

[@Adzcantsing]

They sort of look like milenium balloon on trams from Blackpool heritage tram fleet. Great video.

[@oronopolo]

Fantastic, i did not know this. It's wonderful

[@antonv.]

very nice, well done!!

[@larryrwendelljr4465]

At first I thought the Tram Operator was a "Speed-Demon" then I realized you had it on a Time lapsed video. Very well done. I've ever been to HK, my Great Uncle was, but that was in 1935, Yangtze River Patrol, US Navy, Greetings from Iowa, USA! :o)

[@thomasm1964]

Those trams were old when I lived there 30-odd years ago in the eighties! Lot less traffic than I remember - and I can't see many maxibuses. The taxis look exactly the saem though! Used to live in Lyemun Barracxks above Shau Kei Wan - and the squealing from the trams as they drove round the turning loop used to sound all through the day and night. What with that and the aircraft taking off from Kai Tak and over Lyemun Gap, almost directly over the barracks .... it all made for a very noisy experience.

[@Bruce-1956]

Been on the trams a few times, great way to see Hong Kong.

[@poooiz]

And those jerks are trying to scrap it... we hongkongers need to protect our treasure!

[@Luke_Starkenburg]

I hope the Hong Kong double decker tram stays forever!

[@arch9enius]

Absolutely, you'll pay in air quality if they go

[@tonytang5452]

Agree

[@kwokwing7502]

True. Very good video.

[@jimpikoulis6726]

we Bongkongers thank you

[@AbhinavLHB]

Superb ! Great timelapse !

[@ChinaAl]

So Cool! Really great creative editing. The film stays sharp and clear. Great work 👍👍👍👍

[@stcreation7650]

Nice editing and time lapse... great hong kong city.... now india is also under developing....

[@ormand3000]

India is a shithole full of people who wipe there asses with their hands

[@ArekSuroboyo1]

India? 🤮🤮🤮

[@MR-ml5ij]

India may need another century .here people spit , paan every where

[@Jesssmae1]

See got

[@petermende9002]

Thank you Luke. This is a very good impression of the whole ride :)

[@reho7387]

I like these videos...to see other places. Loved that you sped the video up. Still saw what I wanted to see.

[@antonv.]

nice video, well done!

[@Luke_Starkenburg]

Thank you very much!

[@Pidalin]

I thought it's from 90s when I saw it first time, that dirty buildings, closed shops, airconditioners randomly on walls etc...it looks like wild 90s in my country. :-D

[@louisaugustexvi4515]

the streets r still super clean lol, if u look most those shops look pretty nice and modern. its more just older buildings and the architectural style of asia or china. very organized and clean mess.

[@w_avor]

I love how hongkong has its london based trams and its trolleypoles.

[@bushyconn]

Phewww!! I'm worn out!! Wonderful ride. I love the way that HK has kept the old double decker tram design, even the newer ones look similar, though they have rounded off the corners somewhat.

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[@mmbmbmbmb]

I am surprised to see so few cars and pedestrians. Interesting footage! Thank you!

[@peterbutter2054]

The view is awesome. I feel like i'm on the tram when I'm watching it.

[@Luke_Starkenburg]

Thanks, thats what I was trying to do! The next step would be to make a virtual reality video (with those goggles you wear) to make you feel like you are REALLY there! I'm sure that is coming in the not too distant future!

[@hktramsculture]

I take trams everyday and recording. Old wooden trams have been replacing which i love most..

[@TimAndMatt]

Loved this video. Was a bit mesmerised by it! Good idea putting the place names down as the tram went by them. Subscribed 👍🏻

[@wahyufebriani8007]

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[@SMGJohn]

These are pretty cool to ride in if you ever visit Hong Kong.

[@bryan3550]

A brilliant way of encapsulating the ride! Well Done!

[@Luke_Starkenburg]

Thank you!

[@divox9pqr]

Double decker trams....we call them trolley buses....amazing

[@natalieanddoncoleman8880]

Thanks for the upload. I'll be in Hong Kong in April 2018 so will plan to take a ride on a couple of the double decker trams (and old one and a newer one).

[@timosha21]

camera quality is incredible!!!

[@NedPooleD818]

Reminds me of Blackpool 25 years ago- just missing Frank Carson on the Pier and Woolies at the base of the Tower:-))

[@rexluminus9867]

Nice trip. Clean transportation. Keep it. Thank you.

[@Luke_Starkenburg]

I think and hope they won’t rip out the system anytime soon. There has been talk of replacing it or scrapping it but there was so much backlash. People love the double decker trams!!

[@SpookyRooster135]

OMG, i think i said OO and jumped about 900 times, a few swear words when we almost hit a purple tram in the rear and my heart nearly stopped as 500 residents crossed the road in one go and nearly got squished. Need a heart tablet now. Was lovely to see the terminus tbh, i was expecting a bus station, that was simple, fast and effective.

[@ailinos]

It's so interesting that some of the stops have Irish names like O'Brien and Fleming. Great video.

[@TheMacValk]

What an awesome video!!! I always like youre video's but this one is really very nice :-) I want to go to Hong Kong asap. For now good luck with youre videos !

[@Luke_Starkenburg]

TheMacValk thank you very much! Hong Kong is an amazing city!! I love going there!

[@susique333]

Beautiful video!! Thank you

[@stevedoubleu99B]

Wow, what a system, what a place!!!

[@patrickkinney9643]

Nice video Luke!

[@trainluvr]

Your videos are refreshing.

[@ladyion171]

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[@steeveedee8478]

At 2:42 you can see where the track has been re-routed with parts of the old track still in the road.

[@Luke_Starkenburg]

Steve Dixon true.

[@vijaykumardilor5187]

How awesome is this. Superb.

[@Luke_Starkenburg]

Thanks!

[@kyah117]

Trafic looks quite smooth for such a big city !

[@jasmineyip5784]

Kevin Benoit Hong Kong has MTR, bus, minibus, taxi, ferry, but this video didnt show them. And Hong Kong is actually not that big.

[@weesky2000]

1:31 That Route 104 bus is the hybrid bus which is rare to see.

[@pokare]

I almost have motion sickness watching this 😅

[@tractorsmachinesro1405]

Great work....Epic images...Thumbs UP!!! Big like & subscribe from Romania

[@kajakkille]

Nice video, I'm curious how this would gave looked 50 years ago!

[@andyowens5494]

Simon Kefas : It looked pretty similar 45 years ago. I lived there for a few years whilst my dad moved the Post Office from Pedder St (one of those stops) to the current building next to the Star Ferry. A few more tall buildings, and different cars. I'm not sure the tram tracks were on concrete (I may be mistaken), but the rest of the scenery was very familiar, so not a lot different. Less crowds at the stops than I remember. Hong Kong chinese dont "form an orderly queue", its first on gets a seat.

[@kwokwing7502]

The tram looked the same 50 years ago (1968) , less advertisement graphic on tram side, and warning sounds besides Ding Ding now with normal car alarm sound also; and a safety device beneath the train has been removed away, a few trains have interior changed and planning to install air conditioners in some.

[@JawTooth]

Those double deckers are cool! do they ever tip over?

[@Luke_Starkenburg]

Yes, on April 6, 2017 a double decker tram hit a bus and tipped over. www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/2017/04/06/11-injured-after-hong-kong-tram-tips-over/

[@jgroenveld1268]

And there was one incident where a tram took a bend too fast and tipped over.

[@Luke_Starkenburg]

One tipped over this year in 2017 after hitting a bus.

[@jonathanng5218]

i think theyre designed to not tip over XD. There is a reason why people are not allowed to stand on the second level. However, if the driver decides to speed or turn vigorously, then thats another situation.

[@kwokwing7502]

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[@Richard_GIS]

Great job, catched me to watch the whole video! THX

[@shrichanddhingra1967]

High speed photography but Excellent work💼

[@shapo001]

Super video! Great ending ;) !

[@Luke_Starkenburg]

Thank you! I try my best editing videos to be interesting!

[@gravelpit1960]

This video smashing!

[@wojtekdobrowolski8084]

After seeing this video I think, I might actually visit Hong Kong some day.

[@thelastcommander8765]

Not now

[@gingerteddy618]

Wow. So many of them. Amazing.

[@tjejojyj]

Great video. Including all the station names was excellent. I was trying to visualise the map you showed but I got 'lost' about 1/4 of the way through. The epilogue was a nice touch, too. I'm not sure what the 'EXCLUSIVE' part was. Does that just mean no one has done it before? If it gets you more views I won't complain. I'll share it.

[@Luke_Starkenburg]

I wrote exclusive because its the first video (to my knowledge) that is a time lapse view of the entire route.

[@Luke_Starkenburg]

I didn't realize until I was making the video that there are two tram maps, one is an Eastbound map and ones a Westbound map. The one I put in the video is the Westbound map, when it should have been the Eastbound map (which I don't have any footage for). hktramways.com/images/googleMap/HK-tram-route-map-EB.pdf This is the correct map for the direction of travel.

[@daciatravel.647]

Nagyon jó videó Gratulálok! Magyarországról.

[@canman5060]

In the old days the tram rail is the water's edge for the most part except part of the Central District.

[@divox9pqr]

Correction....we actually used to call them street cars.

[@perrywong4929]

Rodney Morgan Brown u know u can edit right u don’t have to put another comment

[@josueuribe213]

Muy bonitos tranvias de Hong Kong.

[@canman5060]

The Ding Ding is being rushed more than 10 times faster !

[@themarshallstudios1000]

Trams are taller than double decker buses

[@james14joe]

did that in 1990 terrific ride

[@ayindestevens6152]

Looks amazing!

[@AddisonShiu]

Will you go to Hong Kong again in 2017 and record the metro,bus in HK? There is an automatic line called South Island Line,go and try it out!

[@Luke_Starkenburg]

Addison Shiu I was just in Hong Kong a couple weeks ago and rode the new line and it's fantastic! I took some footage so let see if I get around to posting a video of it.

[@AddisonShiu]

So which city you are in now?

[@Luke_Starkenburg]

I am back home in Chicago. I visited Changsha and Chongqing during my trip.

[@Harry_Ng]

Luke Starkenburg make sure to visit Yuen Long! My family's home town!!

[@Luke_Starkenburg]

I'll look into it next time I'm there!

[@imsamiurrahman]

Awesome footage

[@花ットoレイ]

huge velocities the trains re crashinggggg w/ the buses and the buses w/the cars and the cars rid over people and people bumped w/ the trainssss

[@KillerMachineGER]

very nice city!

[@kwokwing7502]

you must took this video very early in the morning ; so few people along the line were seen, so abnormal.

[@SBSL-bf8cq]

Now.....THIS YEAR IS CHAOS

[@enthusiastisch1922]

Oof

[@Hornhausen]

Very nice video.

[@Bo-uh9id]

I can't even begin to imagine living in a place that densely populated. Coming from country life in the middle of Ohio, Closest thing to a "city" is a few 6 story apartments lol

[@louisaugustexvi4515]

its actually small for asia, slightly larger in population than nyc but twice as many skyscrapers

[@57629589]

Didn't realize Hong Kong trams were single pole.😎

[@kmng7622]

Next time go on a normal speed video, it's nice to hear the sound and enjoy the slow side of the city

[@Luke_Starkenburg]

KM Ng I will next time. I love timelapses but I’m starting to like real time also.

[@keithlambert4323]

What a pity this video was ruined by speeding it up. Put it on again at normal speed.

[@contrazenca]

There is no Whitty Street MTR Station as of alot of construction workers mysteriously died while digging the tunnels n stuff.

[@trainstationsimulator6517]

Haha... amazing trams! :-))

[@howispov1937]

Not a timelapse.. am I right? Isn't a timelapse a video of many pictures?

[@thelastcommander8765]

Timelapse is technically a video but faster.

[@howispov1937]

@@thelastcommander8765 and I guess a video is technically many pictures shown fast haha

[@transitdude3352]

Great great video! 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@magnuschristianssen8999]

I hear that the Chicoms have replaced these quirky double decker trams. Oh well!

[@Thomas1980]

TOP Video!

[@giez.3261]

it reminds me when i was in hong kong too...good ride

[@evankeal]

Beautiful city.

[@l000kin]

WOW, nice video and interesting "double-decker" tramway, but I really cannot understand, how people can live in such place full of asphalt and without nature. It's like a big infinite anthill...

[@Luke_Starkenburg]

l000kin there is lots of nature, hiking, trails, water, ferry’s to small islands all within 1/2 hour away by train or so. Hong Kong is a big city, but just walking through the botanical gardens and zoo or other parks within the city is nice!

[@csyac10495]

The trams run through the downtown. Compare HK to other big cities, nature is close, 70% of HK land is suburb and 40% of HK land is country park. 7:20 on the right, there is the hiking trail entrance to Tai Tam Country Park. Many wild boar live from tram rail to Quarry Pass.

[@vlogfaizalramadhan1744]

Amazing ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@dayoptimizm9932]

memorable city...

[@jatinkumar9125]

Very Nice country

[@rahulrathod-vx6yv]

Well done