How 🇭🇰 Hong Kong Built the World's Best Transit

[@PolyMatter]

This doesn’t count as another China video

[@firen777]

Oof

[@aranbear4852]

Winnie the Pooh would like to know your location

[@a.t.1011]

@UCEvHtoi-RGGJ_0fJzLt2GiQ You can't watch this video from China.

[@no_u]

But sir I will inform you in 20 years when Hong Kong is part of China

[@Pwn3dbyth3n00b]

China begs to differ against the protesters.

[@user-vs4it9rk8x]

As a Hongkonger, I get quite peeved off when I miss the train just to realize the next one comes in two minutes...sometimes I feel like I take the efficiency of the MTR for granted.

[@Warrior1754]

Wtf in Malaysia we have to wait for 6 mins (I mean metro not conventional train)

[@AAAA-yd4kz]

@@Warrior1754 be grateful, in sabah theres no things like MRT, LRT or Monorel. Here in sabah, we only have traffic jams

[@tzhongyan2]

@@AAAA-yd4kz at least if you live in the correct part of Sabah, you have the SSR option; meanwhile in Sarawak...

[@dennisthewalker]

In the US if you miss a train thats 30 mins...STFU about your 3 - 10 mins wait time

[@orangepiiko2946]

god i wish that were me

[@laopang91362]

As a visitor to HK, it's transportation system impresses me the most.

[@isaacwong1465]

well it is to you but not to hk people (News:MTR can't work Traffic Jam:so I just started coming)

[@jacobhuang1633]

when u visited

[@li_tsz_fung]

@vitamen d petting jelly bean whilefunnehiswatching I remember It used to be 3 minutes interval. It's just worse after covid. (I lived in Fanling for more than half of my life. I love Fanling so much. I wish there is some express train service.)

[@firerocket7343]

As a teenager in Hong Kong, I remembered that I can go anywhere just using one card with public transport. I don't need to have a car, I don't need to rely on my parent to drive me to somewhere, I can go out with my friends, I can go to school with bus in elementary. A good public transport network mean freedom for young teenagers.

[@vinitsoni3435]

Same thing is in delhi

[@roj22fetals6]

What type of card is that m8?

[@vinitsoni3435]

@@firerocket7343 same thing is in delhi bro we call it metro card i can use it in buses , metro and grocery stores but at last most of the tech of india came from japan and almost every metro is imported from japan and we are soon gonna buy bullet train too

[@roj22fetals6]

@@firerocket7343 cool i wish we had that type of card here in my country

[@karlweiser]

vinit soni lol

[@KentoBento]

I see my apartment in the video! (also, great video)

[@kishore369]

I am Kento Bento

[@blankblankpog]

Hey love from North Korea. Our dear leader loves you very much

[@adiabd1]

And i thought you are from Japan or Korea

[@CatholicWeeb]

Time?

[@Z1VA]

Damn what an crossover

[@cmonkey63]

I worked on the Australian team that installed the first smartcard transit ticketing system for HK in the late 1990s. I can still remember some of the LRT station names.

[@tailsmelv025]

That's awesome!! Share with us some of the names you remember :)

[@dawnnadir]

Name it!

[@cmonkey63]

@@tailsmelv025 The one name that stuck in my mind was Tuen Mun, and years later I read that station name in a Robert Ludlum novel.

[@cmonkey63]

@@dawnnadir The company I worked for, ERG, doesn't exist any more but I remember working on that project, including the ferry company that worked out of Tuen Mun Ferry Pier. Just north of that is the Melody Garden station, a signal of British influence in the city.

[@dawnnadir]

@@cmonkey63 British influence in Hong Kong is not a bad one. Far better than communist China influence. In fact, Hong Kong would not have been in existence on the map without the British given Hong Kong is the prime British colony so as the Portuguese Macau. Most people here prefer the Brits rather than the Northern mandarins as things have turned out. As a resident of Tuen Mun area, thank you for your work.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

My city has the world’s best transit. Our metro is beautiful

[@kishore369]

No joke but Pyongyang's metro is actually good though outdated.

[@duggg9019]

Yes sir couldn't agree more

[@CatholicWeeb]

True somewhat

[@blankblankpog]

Yes dear leader, our transportation system is the BEST IN THE WORLD. HAIL KIM JONG UN

[@edwardsnowden2313]

Dude i was uh thinking about to get asylum over there, in exchange for some US secrets, you in or i try iran?

[@ehstronghold]

I was in Hong Kong last month for the first time. The MTR makes BART in San Francisco look like a transit system in a third world country in comparison.

[@q0qcky753]

half the stations are getting closed now :/

[@case3177]

bart stations and trains are third world countries

[@walterwalter8607]

What do you mean? Cairo subway is better than NY

[@raps8691]

you should've seen how fast the next MTR train arrives at the platform during rush hour.

[@joserizal6773]

@@case3177 USA, Europe and Scandinavian countries with bart and trains are 3rd world countries too??...What 4th country you came from?...ahahahaha!!

[@ultraninja5783]

"strict no drinking or eating policy" as a person who was lived in HK for 3 years, it really isnt that strict

[@xwarped83]

There will always be outliers. It is still super clean when compared to any train system in the US.

[@fauzirahman3285]

No such policy is needed in Japan, but people only eat on the long-distance trains.

[@DonDadda45]

@@xwarped83 Because one has nothing to do with the other

[@tominglee3436]

Yeah no one really gives a fk, it’s just like “what a fking douche”

[@fauzirahman3285]

@H L I agree. No need for regulation on the trains there for eating.

[@PHCuber]

How Hong Kong built the worlds largest rally in a train station.

[@seabookarno123]

Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway is covering state murder by the police as well :-(

[@goldsilvervscrisiscollapse4320]

@@seabookarno123 murder? Lmao they must be covering it up really well, considering the hundreds of pro-HK reporters surrounding every officer, waiting for them to or goading them into making a mistake. Not one protestor died due to the police, while more than 10 died in the France Yellow Vests. One protetsor did fall from a height, but that was pure stupidity

[@ralphkai9594]

How Hong Kong built the Worlds Controversial Protest in a train station

[@seabookarno123]

@@goldsilvervscrisiscollapse4320 They are not covering the murders very well and there is evidence; there have been bodies were found in random places since September 1 and it is reported the physical appearances of the bodies do not fit to the reports; I don't know which sources you read from, there was a major violence escalated by the police on the Aug 31 and several people were still missing. People demanded the CCTV footage from MTR and they refused to show (MTR is a public entity but they are very untransparent).

[@goldsilvervscrisiscollapse4320]

@@seabookarno123 sigh. Not even the BBC or CNN dares to allege murder, and they jump all over any sign that a protestors even got a bruise . You get your news from the Epoch times?

[@jesusgonzalez6715]

Fun fact: most US streetcar systems historically operated the same way. Then the government decided to heavily subsidize motorcars and they could no longer compete

[@jimbabwe6529]

And the car companies bought the streetcar systems and dismantled them in order to remove competition

[@c.j.3404]

Except the government didn't subidize motor cars and land values in cities never did rise fast enough for this business model to work, by the time the car company's bought the street car system they where so in the red it was ither that or bankruptcy. Seriously what worked in hon kong would not work for the us.

[@SergejVolkov17]

@@c.j.3404 then why did they buy it in the first place? It would've gone bankrupt by itself, no need to spend any money

[@c.j.3404]

@@SergejVolkov17 combination of bad binzness (they didn't realize how bad a shape the street cars were in) And government subsidies for buying Struggling public transport because despite what people like to say the us government dose try to support public transportation a lot more then regular cars, its gust extremely hard to do in america because its not Europe or east asia.

[@thatrandomguyontheinternet2477]

Fun fact : car companies bought public transit to destroy it

[@Buroki]

Living in hk throughout my life, we just take this transit system for granted, it wasn't until I went to other places when I relaize how fast, simple and efficient our line really is. It's rarely down at all and the only times it's down you can just switch to another line to contiune your routine. Some of us don't even take buses because of that, since there's no traffic jams that would make you late to work.

[@JKMT]

Meanwhile Sydney metro is on track work 50% of the time

[@atelier7516]

As a Hong Konger studying abroad in Auckland NZ it really made me appreciate how amazing the MTR really is (Ps: Auckland public transport/ transport in general = literal hell on earth)😢

[@touhoufan7071]

Me and buses in the UK:

[@kaihang4685]

HKer immigrant in Australia. The most nightmarish thing about living here is the car culture and how shitty and looked-down upon the public transport is here. The second is the wildlife.

[@Floubadour]

Please use metric system as well! The square foots does not mean anything to us (rest of the world)

[@fatbadboy329]

Funnily, sq metres is about x10 of a sq ft, so you can actually divide sq ft by 10 and get sq metres.

[@cyzhouhk]

Actually in Hong Kong, most property is sold in square feet. Although I feel that because property is so expensive and small here, it's more of a marketing ploy. I mean 500 square feet vs 46 square metres.

[@DaveKeil]

No dude - if he gives two he messes up the units and will confuse the shit out of everyone

[@Banom7a]

Hong Kong use square feet though for property.

[@wwvvvvvww]

Hong Kong uses metric system in almost every single aspect, except for land and property (which still use hectare & sq foot)

[@dominicyiu8174]

the video sums up why Hongkongers rely heavily on the Mass Transit Railway system while hating the company at the same time

[@raymondchoon]

Hongkongers used to be very proud of their subway company until two months ago, and the subway company started to side with the Hong Kong police. Notably, on the night of August 31, Hong Kong riot police came down to subway cars underground at the Prince Edward station to use batons to beat passengers indiscriminately. After that, the subway station was closed for two days. The rumor is that people were killed inside the subway station. In the following weeks, corpses showed up in the harbor, and people committed suicide based on no reason. The subway company refused public's request to release August 31 CCTV footage. It's the reason why Hongkongers now hate the company.

[@AeDreamerz]

hhh why don’t you talk about what happened before all this police came in?

[@sunnychan1130]

and now there is a non-cooperation movement from locals where we will transit only by bus and will not shop at shopping malls owned by MTR. It is a big challenge but quite a lot of HK people are persisting to it.

[@Troyless]

OMG, IT'S MONOKUMA!!!

[@w8ingsim43]

@@raymondchoon dude,stop spread lies, there are literally videos of that day about what happened, I am gonna put a link here later to prove you are wrong.

[@chiaramattoli4602]

6:56 : "there is a strict no eating or drinking policy" HK students : *laughs in 7-11*

[@vyomeshdua240]

Not to mention the beers and soju drank by LKF peeps on the island line every Saturday night

[@amosfu345]

No eating or drinking in PAID AREAS and TRAIN COMPARTMENTS.

[@christopherchan5245]

“Eating and Drinking is not allowed on trains, or in paid areas of stations.” God damn that PA announcement is annoying.

[@hemlatabisnauthsing54]

uhm, seen many people eating and drink in the bus. People manners!

[@amosfu345]

Hemlata Bisnauthsing Where? Hong Kong? I seldom see people eating in the bus or train compartments.

[@jacklam6140]

Except when a train crashed on East rail line this week .

[@thinkingemoji5924]

Sugarfoot 007 What’s it like being paid by the Chinese government to post this shit?

[@StreetPeter]

Sugarfoot 007 tiananmen square massacre

[@henryyu8239]

thinking emoji what’s it like to no get paid to still have to lick off your wonderful western democracy

[@henryyu8239]

The Internet Tough Guy The great daily American neighbourhood shootout. The great American Dream also brought homelessness to millions of people in the Middle East:)

[@chunchoi4434]

@Hernando Malinche they are preteding to be the so called anti gov criminal to get the hker angry and the world to think what hk is happening is overwhelming

[@leunghoman1019]

Meanwhile in Hong Kong: Half of the MTR stations are closed

[@jacobsiebe696]

Rioters smashed all the metro stations

[@dearlover6725]

I'm afraid they are destroyed by underlying spies disguised by the HK Police

[@jacobsiebe696]

Dear LoVeR police disguise themselves to sabotage the metro when you can see the rioters are all young students who are 20 something and you call them police disguised .and police disguised themselves to be the rioters and real police caught them just to creat fear ,is this what you mean ?? You are insane and brainwashed

[@operatorjewski9450]

Hahaha dumb ass country destroying it's self for freedom. LOL probs the dumbest shit I've ever seen. In a war, HongKong would nuke itself bahajdjdndb what the fuckkkkkk

[@andromeda2308]

*All

[@jacthwakk8328]

When I started this video, I was like, "Damn, I gotta visit Hong Kong." Then I remembered current events. I guess I'll have to wait for a while.

[@laiyinwong4814]

Jacob Levin-Fay actually the city is quite safe except weekends

[@q0qcky753]

@@laiyinwong4814 kinda......

[@LeanBackNplay]

May be was the best transit, until it got destroyed by mobs last month lol

[@johnclark7966]

@@LeanBackNplay it still is the best transit system.

[@LeanBackNplay]

@@johnclark7966 When it is working then may be lol

[@hgos7211]

7:07 I literally visit this EXACT 7-eleven every other day. Never thought I would ever see it in a KZbin Video! Hang Hau Station, Exit A.

[@aser278]

Hgo S can i ask you questions about Hong Kong

[@hgos7211]

@@aser278 Sure. Born and raised.

[@TheErudite21]

@@hgos7211 How hard is it to find an apartment that is around 900 sq ft (80 sq meters), at $1500 (11K HKD) or less?

[@wekiwakawu]

@@TheErudite21 Don't think you can even rent it for half a month with this size

[@hgos7211]

@@TheErudite21 Would be very very difficult indeed, as Harry HK pointed out. 900sq feet go for around 25-30k HKD on average I believe.

[@travel9two557]

I've travelled to 30 countries and Hong Kong had the EASIEST transit system to understand out of all the metro cities. Unreal. Need to go back 🙌🏾

[@vlee489]

The MTR also profits from running other country's services, such as TFL rail in London which is partly run by MTR

[@marcoroberts9462]

TFL has a 134% fairbox recovery. impressive

[@Cloudrak]

and SWR is also run by FirstGroup and MTR

[@kaihang4685]

Sydney Metro is also 60% owned by MTR and it's opened to great reception so far. If Americans can export their car culture, us Hong Kongers can export our public transport culture - which is more sustainable and healthier than what the Americans offer.

[@forevertrump3731]

It's funny how you talk about Hongkong transit at a time like this.

[@kevinlification]

he's getting in before the CIA and rioters make hong kong becomes the fishing village again

[@womas5316]

@@kevinlification Nah, the reason why Hong Kong is so special is because of its system. China ain't doing full capitalism and judiciary independence anytime soon, so, the Hong Kong people have every right to fight for freedom

[@someone-vw2ii]

@@kevinlification Just wondering, how do you get a city of over 7 million to become a fishing village again?

[@georgelabe-assimo4365]

some one This Grace person is some pro-CCP shill who thinks that the CIA is behind everything and that HK relies on China to be a world class when it’s really the other way around.

[@someone-vw2ii]

@@georgelabe-assimo4365 I hear you. Seems right.

[@barateza16]

5.894 rounded to 5.8... that hurts

[@jizzlecizzle1388]

Truncated.

[@rohankhtrapal7889]

Still better than in my country, India. 1339.2 million gets rounded off to 1.33 billion 😂

[@presidentjiang6762]

What about 5.89

[@shalyfemusic]

@@rohankhtrapal7889 bruh

[@Fiilme]

I studied abroad in Hong Kong from January until May this year and the public transit was by far one of my favorite parts, especially because I came from the US. Getting everywhere so quickly in a city is something Americans will never understand.

[@jordanchristley1306]

No we understand. We may never experience, but we understand 😢

[@greenandred1158]

Next video: "How Hong Kong has a mass traffic jam when MTR has a technical difficulties." Yes it happened. I an a hongkonger.

[@someone-vw2ii]

@El Bottoo The East Rail Line track betweeen Hung Hom and Mong Kok East was never affected by the protesters. Actually, protesters didn't really go into those stations at all. So in what way are they related?

[@someone-vw2ii]

@@KS2996 slight clarification: not confirmed how it happened but it definitely is a possibility.

[@someone-vw2ii]

@El Bottoo Don't mean to be overly annoying (maybe) but what's a "cohroach"? Second, what evidence do you have that proves the MTR workers were "nervous"? Third, "waited fro MTR personnel at night after work?" Sorry, but I don't follow that. Fourth, you happen to have evidence of MTR personnel getting harassed? Just wondering. And fifth, yes, the MTR workers' work "is affected just like any other [person's work] would." But isn't fighting for democracy also affecting their own work, many for the better so to fight for a better Hong Kong? Everything has tradeoffs, "cohroach" (which I will just assume is "cockroach").

[@jeffreylmAu]

@El Bottoo I like how you can't even spell cockroach. And I am pretty sure this word isn't a thing in youtube and it only appeared here. Thus to someone who can only see the superficial manifestation of an event and refuses to dig into the causes and reasons behind it I have nothing to say.

[@CPL02Victor]

I just hate people who like to turn a simple comment into a political argument. Look the original comment doesn't even have any relationship with the current crisis at all. HK is very dependent on public transport, especially MTR. If it breaks, traffic standing still is inevitable. The roads just dont have the capacity to handle all the commuters travelling to different places.

[@thisistotallyfine]

Out of all the cities I've lived, nothing beats HK. If the apartments are not so expensive, this city would be heaven.

[@austinbyrd4164]

Imagine a bigger country with the policies of Hong Kong. Plenty of land to build and maximize on.

[@austinbyrd4164]

@@wengefu5335 *was

[@usernowhere4292]

And the city is hell because the apartments are outrageously expensive.

[@yunzensal5466]

was* now is becoming mainland china. bye bye personal freedoms.

[@seeforkat]

haha.... Imagine that.

[@CubeRazn]

31 Minute Delay equals a Fine Me: *Laughs in Melbourne Metro 40 Mins per train*

[@madsstefansen9811]

0:55 '(...) a steep 370-meter, or 12,000-foot ascent (...)' Minor correction: 370 m is equal to ~1,200 feet, not 12,000.

[@harrytsang1501]

6:44 That is no longer true. That was a valid policy until the two major metro companies merged into MTR, which is nowadays largely disregarded. In the past year, there have been three major delays which the public announcement, news outlet and their mobile application failed to disclose within an hour. 1. The time they just had signalling error, no signal or warning until you are already in the paid area and saw a sea of people 2. The day after a T10 typhoon where fallen trees blocked some major roads and forced everyone underground. Once again, no special warning in or outside of the station. 3. 5th August, disobedient protest. They refused to admit their inability to move passengers for well over 2 hours.

[@jch_sn]

Harry Tsang thanks to our govt

[@My_Name_Suc]

Thanks to our “great” government and “great” country

[@LugowuMatthew]

The start of Tuen Ma line is very delightful for Mr Lau 羅先生

[@PatheticTV]

屯馬開通真的很興奮

[@LugowuMatthew]

@@PatheticTV exactly

[@himyaus2e08kwok6]

Haha haha I remember

[@sashathepotato3467]

LMAOOOOOOO

[@randomplayer3826]

LOL YES

[@tomrosenjacobson80]

It's a job well done (again)! You guys always manage to put 2 and 2 together and blow my mind every single time. Keep at it!!

[@Madtrack]

I went to Hong Kong and I was more confident in their system in 2 days and could travel anywhere. My own city is a lot harder to use and I’m less confident on it.

[@smallestdude99]

Exactly the same lol, I’ve been here a week and I’m confident travelling anywhere around here. I still struggle with London, where I’ve lived for so long 😅😂

[@Clement2015]

As someone who lives in Hong Kong I’ve never realised how great Hong Kong is until now

[@blankblankpog]

Hongkong : Report delay that longer than 8 minutes to the goverment Everyone : Wow that's amazing. Japan : pfft, we issue written explanation if we late by a minute North Korea : pfft, we execute everyone involved in that particular train if they're late by 10 seconds

[@SomeoneCookAChicken]

Blank Blank USA: pfft we don’t even care

[@becsterbrisbane6275]

Brisbane: Commuters get punished by their employer!

[@wastedoxys]

Zimbabwe : holy shit a train

[@0000-z4z]

Deutsche Bahn: A train is not delayed, when you cancel it completely.

[@imnothere3107]

Japan: We held a press conference because we were 30 seconds early

[@clouhhd6232]

0:56 A steep 370m or 12,000 ft climb, not sure about that one chief.

[@adiabd1]

Yep, it's supposed to be twelve hundred, not twelve thousand

[@jeffyeung7767]

this is the best and the fairest video explaining the MTR i have ever seen! good work and glory to Hong Kong

[@Benziiish]

0:17: "...99.9 % arrive on time." 7:00 "They arrive so often there is no need for a time table." Haha well played MTR, well played!

[@frederickasa98]

Maybe there is a timetable but there's no need to look at it

[@someone-vw2ii]

It's kinda hilarious that the Airport Express has its own timetable. I went to Hong Kong some time ago, and on the back of this system map I got, there was the full Airport Express timetable, even when the entire thing could have been summed up as "trains about every 10 minutes from 5:50am to about 1am"

[@canto_v12]

It doesn't matter when the next train is coming, because it's already here.

[@presidentjiang6762]

When the train takes longer than 3 minutes to arrive the station it’s late.

[@Arkiasis]

In any good subway system trains arrive about every 3-4 minutes. At that point yeah you don't need a timetable since you just show up and a train will be there soon.

[@thesubscriber660]

The transition to the advertisement is so smooth

[@kaiwut]

Singapore: **sad noises**

[@lzh4950]

The Singapore government has reminded it's banks & other financial companies not to practice too much _schadenfreude_ though by luring clients away from HK amid it's political unrest

[@rose-vg5es]

Kiasu country...jk

[@joshuachan6317]

0:18 Yeah, as a Hong Konger, I am state that it’s true. The train always come on the time as same as the estimated time. 0:32 I think it’s mainly because of lack of parkings/ the parkings are expensive. 4:32 The video here is actually commercial area. Mainly include office or wareroom for storage. 7:49 A portion of the place in HK is not developed, mainly because of brownfields and country park. (Hope my comments here stays impartial and true 😂 tell me if I am wrong) However, I am still appreciate how much work/ research/ time have you used to prepare for this video! Most of the information is right! You’ve gained a sub from Hong Kong now 🤣🤣🤣

[@jamesc0503]

Hong Kong have light rail system in the New Territories too.

[@mt_xing]

Can we talk about how clever the dual station cross platform interchange that the MTR uses is? On their busiest lines, to remove the bottleneck that transferring lines creates in stations, they'll run the two trains from the two lines people transfer between onto two sides of the same station platform so to change lines you just walk across the platform. Of course there's two directions you could want to interchange in, so they'll run the lines parallel to each other for two stations so there's one station per transfer direction. It's brilliant and I can't believe no other network on the planet has stolen this idea yet.

[@priscillayoga4040]

Taipei has!

[@SGZStudios]

Singapore:

[@diegobuenrostro1921]

Your transitions into the ad read are actually incredible. 😂😂😂

[@OmniCausticInfidel]

i love how obvious poly matter is that kid who loved trains a little too much but also never grew out of it

[@huterspeen007]

4:07 Disabled only needs 2 HKD for every ride including bus & mini bus

[@lyhthegreat]

should had just made it free for them in that case..

[@Ca11mewhatever]

@@lyhthegreat $2 hkd not usd

[@lyhthegreat]

@@Ca11mewhatever yea, so more reason to make it free for them

[@aleximay9480]

Ok, everyone, I think he's obsessed with trains and China and Hong Kong

[@jimmyhaotran123]

Absolutely agreed! Even though he is not admitting it in this video.

[@PrograError]

just like how wenover and half as interesting in obsessed in planes

[@Deciant]

Too bad HK is not a part of China

[@anson4924]

Nope, Hong Kong is not china

[@aleximay9480]

@@anson4924 there u go

[@continuousimprovement8961]

Octopus card is so convenient! You can recharge in convenient shop like 7/11 But MTR is very expensive in Hong Kong. At least they do not have strike in transportation, not like RATP in Paris... :D

[@PrograError]

wait till the CCP slam the brakes on them

[@lbc2013]

Like an IC card in Japan (suica, pasmo, etc.)

[@frankun8755]

They don't have strike but they are strike by rioters in recent times

[@soledad9527]

@@PrograError CCP won't do that, till now most Hong Konger is happy with violent, if you anti-China, you can do anything you want. if you support China, they will punch at your face

[@afunguynamedkawhi7959]

You obviously have not heard Alipay and WeChat pay.

[@KSLau]

Hong Kong, a place that once made us Hong Kong people proud, now has more than a million people emigrating like refugees due to political factors.

[@austinbyrd4164]

Nuke china

[@riccoli1424]

Thanks for the support polymatter. Cheers from Hong Kong. We fight for freedom and justice

[@TheKyato]

By sabotaging normal HK citizens lives and rights

[@SimpleSteve5]

-Ok, so what are you teaching toda... -CHINA -ok and any other than Chi.. -HONGKONG

[@griffinrails]

"the only double decker tram in the world" *bruh*

[@wanitooo]

Britain: That's my boy

[@PatheticTV]

Why do you say bruh? It’s the only full double decker system in the world.

[@wogga8]

That footage is amazing. My wife and i are going to Hong Kong next month for the first time. I hope things have calmed down by then. The city looks amazing.

[@NoobehPvP]

Darryn Waugh how was it?

[@wogga8]

@@NoobehPvP we dont arrive until Wed so not sure yet.

[@NoobehPvP]

@@wogga8 Don't worry too much about the protests. Im a local. Life goes on normally. Stay out of the protests and you'll be fine :).

[@wogga8]

@@NoobehPvP cheers. We did debate about whether we would go but the city needs people to keep going. We think we would be unlucky to even see the protests.

[@NoobehPvP]

@@wogga8 It's still really nice. The media obviously only shows the violent side. Life is still the same. HKers are workaholics after all. Protest would only make your stay a little more inconvenient. Download the MTR app by the way :)

[@jdsonical]

love it how you merged Tung Chung Line (the orange one) and the Airport Express (the green one) as they go on the same route and I use the orange line everyday!

[@PlanesTrainsEverything]

HK certainly has a superb transit system. It puts many other cities to shame. Great video.

[@NateNate60]

4:02 You'd have to be stupid to take that route. The Airport Express (teal) costs five times as much as the Tung Chung line (runs paralell) and saves about two minutes of time.

[@ArchOfWinter]

Please, if you can afford Airport Express, you'd be flying at worst business class. That line wasn't designed for us who flies couch.

[@NateNate60]

@@ArchOfWinter The Airport Express is for tourists who want to spend the money anyway and are willing to pay extra for comfort. You can also take a bus from Chek Lap Kok to Cheung On Bus Terminus and change buses there or walk the extra 500m to Tsing Yi Station if you want to save money.

[@Vlasov45]

@@NateNate60 as a multi-visit tourist to HK I can attest to that. It's largely offset by the fact that I can buy the 3 day unlimited Oyster card, and get the trip to and from the airport included in the price, plus unlimited travel around HK. I've found it's worth the price for the convenience.

[@andison627]

The AEL is for tourists. The TCL is for tourists on a tight budget or HK residents who know better. Alternatively, there is always the A11 and E11/E11A bus, for those who are super budget conscious.

[@Chicken_o7]

True, but the Airport Express always has discounts for stuff like taxi or parking so sometimes it makes sense to use it.

[@q0qcky753]

PolyMatter: Makes good videos PolyU: Makes a homemade slingshot

[@alexlo7708]

Lower than college.

[@lzh4950]

My friend: "Is PolyU a polytechnic or a university? Can it make up it's mind?"

[@chengmichael6815]

As a born in HK teen, yout introduction to the sponsor is superb 😂 Didn't expect that while watching

[@rea8585]

A.K.A. how Hong Kong made it to my bucket list! 😀

[@GearZNet]

You're going there to ride trains?? lmao 😂

[@sblue3964]

HK is wayyyy overrated tbh

[@unassumingaccount395]

@@sblue3964 Better than singapore lmao

[@sblue3964]

@@unassumingaccount395 Are you on drugs? SG is no longer at the same level as HK. It's stable, clean, orderly, and most importantly, people don't have to live in cages lol

[@sblue3964]

@@supawathorsuwan9306 I'm comparing HK to people's perception of HK. That's what "overrated" means :)

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

You’re right about Detroit, they spend more on their PeopleMover to keep it running than the amount people spent to ride it. The Detroit PeopleMover is considered a white elephant

[@Token_Nerd]

@@tarkfarhen3870 If all infrastructure was private, we'd be spending 60$ a day to commute by freeways into cities and public transit would cost over 2 dollars per mile. Source: look at Japan. It's fast, clean, and efficient, but expensive as hell.

[@mortkebab2849]

Probably because of crime and dirtiness. Jail or execute the criminals and vandals, ala China, and problem solved.

[@Token_Nerd]

@@mortkebab2849 We have these things called Human rights, and what you just described doesn't adhere to them.

[@mizanulhaque8476]

Avery the Cuban-American that’s true anytime I go on it, there’s barely any people. If Detroit had its pre decline population it would of made sense

[@mortkebab2849]

@@Token_Nerd "Human Rights" is a made-up term to destroy our traditional societies.

[@benyuen7054]

The First Train in Hong Kong is KCR in 1910 with 1 Line at the Time with 6 Stations and the first Subway/Metro in Hong Kong is MTR(Metro Transit Railway) in 1979 with 1 Line with 8 Stations at the Time

[@ItzKKPlaysYT]

Yeah

[@zacharyoschmann8714]

2:38 I dont usually hear my towns name except when talking about transportation and poverty

[@ChardonnayWest]

This is a great video! I kept telling my American friends that the HK problem is not a problem of ideology but of survival and that is largely to do with the housing crisis. Thanks for elaborating it.

[@shop_88]

u misinformated u friend indeed

[@roywalker4K]

I live in hong kong for 12 years. Everyday, I can feel the magic moment of hong kong. And I also learn to record hong kong by dji pocket 2.

[@sxli3340]

7-11 d

[@rebucato3142]

3:58 No one goes to Central with the Airport Express from Lo Wu. Instead you’d change to the Tsuen Wan Line in Tsim Sha Tsui, which connects to Tsim Sha Tsui East station on the West Rail Line through a pedestrian tunnel.

[@vincentwei9869]

depends on how much luggage you have, east to west is a 6 minute walk ish without being encumbered.

[@dyncisco2020]

Hong Kong was our first family trip outside of the country, and as a first time international traveller, you'd think that we'd rely on taxis, etc. but during the whole duration of our stay, we only used their public transport. I loved and enjoyed commuting for the first time, and ended up hating my country's public transportation system even more 😅

[@vincentyuen8307]

As I am Hong Kong, I know Cantonese the worlds hardest language

[@mohrms9623]

A beautiful and wonderful channel 😍😍

[@TigaDanYT]

I've been to HK and the trains there are so good. Unlike where I live (NYC)

[@Andrew-bn7rr]

Can confirm. Rode it in 2019 and was supremely jealous. To be fair, the NYC subway did receive some major signal updates during the pandemic

[@Domhnall_A_Ghalltachd]

I just wished America would have greater public transport. The fact you can't get trains from major cities as well as some cities like Cape Coral or Arlington Texas have no public transport astonishes me. It would cut emissions would wide so easily if there was a decrease in the amount of car travel.

[@israellai]

I'm willing to bet a good portion of car emissions in the world belong in 'Murica...we keep being taught to use public transport more often, when we aren't even the problem

[@TheOwenMajor]

Passenger rail service doesn't make sense for the vast majority of USA, air travel is far faster and cost-effective.

[@Domhnall_A_Ghalltachd]

@@TheOwenMajor That's not the point, it's about trying to reduce the amount of carbon emissions as America has one of the highest with car to people ownership. The fact I believe commuting from cities like Dallas to Houston or Miami to Orlando which is prime train commuting roots is almost impossible is astonishing.

[@chunchoi4434]

America, the king of emissions

[@TheOwenMajor]

@@Domhnall_A_Ghalltachd Miami to Orlando is the next phase in one of the few successful private HSR projects in the US. And Dallas to Houston is in the planning stages. So I'm not quite sure what your point is. These are large projects with minimal impact, of course they will develop slowly.

[@akbaer60]

I think Hong Kong property developer should learn a thing or two about building houses on hills from our friend the minecraft villager.

[@julianwong6780]

Akbaer Villagers: let’s build a house on top of this cliff even tho it’s impossible to get up there Also villagers: let’s build houses right next to raiders

[@malikbramble2474]

i have so much respect for you sharing your sources compared to a major of KZbin channels

[@Kylelongwest]

It's perfect. I went there 9 times and I'm still amazed by how they did it

[@isaacwong3337]

Really appreciate your video!! As a HongKonger I could say that all the information and analysis shown in the video are sooo accurate (I live in Lohas Park and all the footages are correct!!). Can't imagine it to be so updated especially in illustrating how MTR has limited the movement of people during protests. Thank you and please may the world stand with us while we fight for our freedom!

[@thadiussean9133]

so if you were a taxi driver, and criminals wanted to use your taxi to get away from the scene of the crime, you would drive them? Not only that, they've been smashing and ripping up your taxi, and refusing to pay the fare whiel they're at it.

[@nimnim4467]

As someone who has used metro in Hong Kong, Paris, NYC, Delhi, Singapore, Thailand etc i can confirm that nothing beats the HK MTR system. Or in fact, all of HK public transportation

[@railgun.__.7055]

When where you live doesn't have MTR: Inconvenient yet cheap

[@Jhuang114]

5:33 MY FAVORITE APPLE STORE 🥰

[@YananoBere]

That transition into the sponsor shout out was PHENOMENAL 🙆🏾‍♂️

[@kishore369]

Polymatter and China , still a better love story than Twilight.

[@jimmyhaotran123]

The more I see Polymatter the more I ship them XD. It's basically the only western propaganda that is fun to watch

[@goldsilvervscrisiscollapse4320]

@@edwardsnowden2313 seems you have taken Snowden's name in vain. I believe that the term mouthbreather would be appropriate for you, but that is assuming you had the mental capacity to hold your mouth open while simultaniously inhaling air.

[@kishore369]

@@jimmyhaotran123 I don't think that this is propaganda lol however for the mainstream Western media they suck.

[@AFlyingCookieLOL]

@@edwardsnowden2313 China doesn't bomb 3rd world countries like the west. Dictator? You should stop speaking when you don't know much.

[@thastayapongsak4422]

@@AFlyingCookieLOL china however occupy 3rd world countries' land and business with unfair debt and project. It's the same as bomb, except it is too quiet for you dumb people to notice and spread fake Chinese propagandas.

[@hollowedseas]

I miss Hong Kong’s transit system now that I live in a place with a very small amount of public transit

[@pinayinarizona2654]

Same feeling.when I was in HK I can go wherever I want.even if that place not familiar to me yet .so easy to go places in this lovely city.while here in the place where I am right now ,omg.no public transportation,not even a mini bus .its very frustrating for me .I always rely on my husband to drive me from home to work or to go grocery shopping.i feel like I lost my freedom in this huge country were freedom is originated.

[@zaksk-zhj77]

I used to live in Hong Kong, and its amazing public transport system influenced the way I look at transit forever. It's truly spectacular and it will always have a special place in my heart.

[@jasono-o7418]

It's $2 HKD for eligible elderly wherever they go in HK ;)

[@Brick-Life]

in Guangzhou they travel for free. They have an elderly card and use for bus and metro

[@Kaebuki]

Brick Life Well Hong Kong’s one is privately run so they have to make profit somehow. The subsidies by the government does help keep the prices down, though.

[@iamhorny4542]

That's for buses

[@rdrive2000]

@@tarkfarhen3870 privately run not privately owned. there is a difference. U may not understand that because u don't see any example in the U.S.

[@shanettequao9043]

I’m so jealous of how fast those trains are. uk trains are always delayed! Anyway, great video!

[@haha-eg8fj]

Well I guess Australia just copied that from the UK and made it worse.

[@jeffreylmAu]

...And theyre comparatively super expensive too.

[@riskie2773]

The bus is even worse, every 10 mins? Nah every 10 mins late

[@newspacia]

I’m Chinese and Live in the UK :p

[@brianne4215]

genuinely the MTR is one of the best things about Hong Kong. and even the bus system is so so good as well.

[@alexwong8851]

Love the HK metro. TTC needs to implement this system

[@Saint9723]

The entire point of this was the rail system, while cheap, had more control over people than necessary. Do you want TTC to further drive up housing prices? Also Toronto is no where near as densely populated as Hong Kong

[@canadiancrafter5100]

yo the ttc is shit yrt is trash too. it makes sense but man is it unusable id rather bike than bus

[@YogendraKalavalapalli]

Waiting for a TTC comment 🤣

[@canadiancrafter5100]

the ttc is why canadians ride polar bears and moose instead of the buses and trains.

[@chocolate8876]

Many Hong Kong people are dissatisfied with the performance of the MTR but they just have no alternative choices :(

[@aaronp2542]

May I ask what problems people have? I been there in hk and live in the U.S. so I desperately wish for it to be here instead of what we call a public transportation system.

[@barriewright2857]

It's really nice to see how someone else, solve problems, that could help someone else.

[@monmister]

The metro MTR was great, but it’s getting more and more problematic in every aspect

[@imranomar9847]

Why?

[@peterlam7625]

imran omar one of the reasons being its linkage with the Chinese companies that make unusable (dangerous) stations and railroads despite being insanely overbudge

[@greatjoshfightloser-0290]

@@imranomar9847 Constant delays and accidents have been dragging down MTR's reputation for at least 5 years, still the company thinks MTR is the best metro company in the world while ruining one of its overseas services: Sydney Metro

[@alexlo7708]

@@peterlam7625 China has MAGLEV train. Don't compare HK tech to China. They lead HK far far away.

[@yurusan721]

@@alexlo7708 The Shanghai Maglev is purely German technology. So no, China haven't developed it's own maglev.

[@KyleLi]

I lived in hk for 8 years, can never go back to using any other public transport system the same.

[@ccktravis4128]

Maybe that’s why us Hongkongers get so pissed when somebody is late 😂

[@takigan]

1. 4:14 You mixed up the square mile/square km conversion 2. 4:40 - You mixed up the NYC Subway and London Underground map placement.

[@aaajamesbond2995]

Okay Mr. perfectionist. Thank you for your vivid observation

[@aswler]

So interesting! I love HKG, consider it the most btfl city in the world due to the islands, beaches, hills and forests. I am sorry for their freedoms being reduced. What a surprise that the govt. is responsible for the unaffordable housing, though.

[@austinbyrd4164]

I'm a hardcore free marketer, but that's not entirely true. The entire country of hong kong is the size of a city. It's impossible to bring down prices while still maintaining this good of quality with such high demnd and so little space to expand. If they were the size of china with their policies, then they'd be a utopia.

[@aaditbhandari5232]

Hong Kong is actually not that bad rn, western media makes it look a lot worse than it is, I support the protests but I think the government handled it not too bad, it's over now anyway

[@weidee5245]

@@aaditbhandari5232 Could you explain to me what has happened in hong kong recently regarding the protests (links to videos will do! :)? I stopped following news about it since the pandemic outbreak, I'm really curious about how hong kong is doing right now.

[@vanessawong140]

@@weidee5245 basically since the pandemic outbreak, the national security law happened. Meaning no political freedom anymore. Unions are now forced to close one by one. Basically no freedom anymore + eliminating any objections sounded by the public. Also now a lot of people are trying to emigrate out of hk.

[@nosiakul434]

I have experience living in NYC and Hong Kong, and indeed, there's not much traffic jam in Hong Kong, rarely happened unless there's car crash or some of the tunnels having bottle neck in peak period.

[@TomBieber3]

I wish one day Hong Kong could have someone make good contents on KZbin like you do.

[@Amelia_-qy9nz]

There are, but they all spoke Cantonese

[@ChipperFoxtrotVA]

Thanks for another interesting video and I like how you mention the caveats of it as well. As wonderfully managed the public transportation system is, it also shows shows that common limitation: What to do when the system isn't in working condition and you are not prepared with a plan B, like a car.

[@rochelimit55555]

I never seen or heard such smooth transition from movies to advertising

[@tonyy.8852]

I live here, and I love Hong Kong. If we ignores the crazy things that's going on right now, It is still a beautiful city :D

[@alanlau3948]

Google Image search "Central MTR crash". That's an outrageous incident happened earlier this year. MTR might have been the best, not anymore.

[@sbeve7445]

Well that is the better one as no one is onboard. The east rail line carrying a lot of passengers derailed with serious Injuries (I mean just look at the photo: img2.chinadaily.com.cn/images/201909/18/5d819c55a310cf3e979cc0a8.jpeg). There is another derail later on in Tsuen Wan. MTR has become a shithole in just matter of months

[@MCHuang]

And how many people died or got hurt during this outrageous incident? How long did it take to open the station back up?

[@sbeve7445]

@@MCHuang Well no one died as the train is moving at 30 kmph, And it took around 2 days to reopen

[@jaredwynnepadron3000]

Seoul Subway System is the best. Add their BRT and Inter Seoul Trains. Their just no. 1, an extra is they it is convenient for tourist because it has English in all signs.

[@canto_v12]

Remember, a KCR (East Rail) train also derailed in the 1980s. Don't look on the past with rose-coloured glasses.

[@miguellgeorge9869]

PolyMatter always has the smoothest brand plugs. He always connects the topic of the video to his sponsor and their product smoothly.

[@dosmastrify]

So would this mean the mtr is actually like Amazon? The retail subsidizes the transit the same as web services subsidizes retail?

[@itchylol742]

But Amazon retail is profitable

[@uhohhotdog]

itchylol now it is but it hasn’t always been. They used their web services money to grow much much faster than they otherwise would have been able to.

[@louisazraels7072]

Not really, the transit is what makes the locations valuable, it isnt a case of an unrelated business subsidizing another, not only do people pay fares to use it, but they also become the product

[@metal_brrr_2005]

MTR is basically a land developer, using the profits to subside the train services.

[@benw3864]

@@metal_brrr_2005 The company makes profit off of the rail lines though, and them providing their service to an area is what's making their real estate investment so powerful.