Inside the World's Most BEAUTIFUL Subway Train - The AZUR Train of Montreal Metro

[@HMTMelbournePTGal]

Wow, that train looks amazing. So clean and modern.

[@Technet9090]

Melbourne's Public Transport Gallery yeah they are since they were put on service last February.

[@TheGhostParty27]

Melbourne's Public Transport Gallery, im living in that city and generaly, in those trains you will see coffee Everywhere. Those trains are rare in the green line but the orange has 35 azur

[@slash350]

And extarior desing looks amazing.

[@jeanbolduc5818]

Montreal subway runs in rubber wheels like in Paris and 100 % underground with WiFI . The subway is connected to the Montreal underground city as well with more than 32 km of walking paths ( to Hospitals , Hotels , offices , condos and shopping malls ) you dont have to go outside during the winter

[@trwwn3804]

Not just the trains, but the artistic theme and architecture of the stations, the lack of graffiti, the cleanliness and smooth rubber wheeled rides. Bravo, Montréal.

[@2900405]

That's the train with the purest design. It's like if Apple's designers conceived this train.

[@trainrover]

2900405 Ahh! the blissful purity of top-notch plastic..

[@2900405]

trainrover It's a smart train btw and it's also very technological read about it on the internet

[@trainrover]

2900405 Were its performance telling enough, then maybe one'd be inclined to look it up on-line. It may be praiseworthy on paper - or on screen - but it's far from being up to snuff. Earlier this month, we dozens of passengers stiffened from becoming alarmed when the lead car of our unit clanged and seemed to be dragging something on its inter-station run at full throttle. Another unit clunked every time it set out from the platform. Its municipal operator lied for about 2 months, claiming they were reintroducing all the units after temporarily withdrawing them for at least 2 weeks. Dust-laden, incessant gale-force gustiness blight its interiors, although travelling in either the lead or tail cars skirt this crap of theirs. Along with many others already waiting on the platform, I've noticed passengers getting off an uncrowded Azur also choosing instead to wait for the following train. Welcome to typical bombardier symptomatic output..nothing the slightest bit new about its product..very much the same-old-same-old.

[@2900405]

trainrover Are you asperger? Stop this bullshit the Azur is amazing.

[@2900405]

trainrover And?

[@philipped.r.6385]

Je n'ai pas emprunté le métro de Montréal depuis un certain temps et la dernière fois que je l'ai fait, je ne suis pas tombé sur les nouvelles rames. Quoi qu'il en soit, elles sont très impressionnantes et silencieuses, mais il y a quelque chose qui me manque des bonnes vieilles MR-73: C'est le fameux dou-dou-doooouuuuu qu'on entend au départ. Pas celui qu'on a rajouté récemment pour immortaliser le fameux son à la fermeture des portes, mais le vrai son causé par les hacheurs de courant qui protégent le système électrique d'une surcharge. Quel son gratifiant et immortel!

[@Lodai974]

Oui la signature du métro de Montréal...le son des fréquences du Hacheur. Malheureusement on est passé des hacheurs dans les 70's aux GTO dans les 90's,puis IGBT dans les 2000's....Les Azur utilisent l'IGBT Alstom/Satee OptoniX ,plus efficaces mais avec moins de charme ^^ ;) ------ Yes, the signature of the Montreal metro ... the sound of the Hacheur frequencies. Unfortunately we went from choppers in the 70's to GTO in the 90's, then IGBT in the 2000's .... The Azur uses the IGBT Alstom / Satee OptoniX, more efficient but with less charm ^^;)

[@zaxtor]

Love those trains, they look like stuff you see in total recall, scifi movies etc.

[@TechNerdNolan]

THAT TRAIN IS EXTREMELY NICE!!!!!!

[@kk2ra982]

I live in Montreal and I’ve gotta say I skip the older train models to ride this bad boy 😅

[@NazmusLabs]

Haha nice... I remember doing that back when these were first rolling out and few and far between

[@leoli462]

Me too. Once I waited for an Azur at Lionel-Groulx and I needed to wait for five trains until it came.

[@mr51406]

Very nice of you to show how beautiful our new Azur cars are. So much nice design and especially the little details like the lights turning green around the door that’s about to open. There sound too of the doors reminds me of the Enterprise D. And the accelerator sounds like the Travel Tube in Space:1999. The algorithm fortuitously sent me here. ☮️❤️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⚜️

[@meandwhoism]

2:06 probably the happy face of a train/metro enthusianst taking his long-awaited first ride.

Nice big windows, led colors, pretty sweet!

[@larryphilby4918]

Very nice and clean. Wonder what they'll look like in fifty-five years?

[@Galastin]

I love that they kept the same door chime

[@ltaproductions7989]

haha! worlds best. Finally. Score one for Canada

[@NazmusLabs]

+LTA PRODUCTIONS yes! Canada ftw!

[@ltaproductions7989]

***** yeah, better than what we have in toronto

[@Galaxyshooter116]

lol relax!! definitely cool looking though. That wouldn't handle Toronto's traffic. BTW i know you're going to say Montreal is the busiest subway system in Canada and you're going to send me a wiki site saying so. You need to come down to Toronto and witness the half a million people ditching the turn cycle and getting on the streetcars for free and then say something lol. I've been to montreal and your subway system is cool and all but it doesn't beat the TTC fleet of new trains and streetcars or Trams whatever you want to call them lol.

[@NazmusLabs]

James Thomas well, the train's in Montreal are self driving, but...We are getting something even more epic here in Montreal. Fully, automated, driverless, above ground (and underground) subway system. With platform screen doors, and glass stations! I simply can't wait! :D

[@Galaxyshooter116]

our subways go above ground already. Toronto is constructing The cross town lrt. 1 of 3 new lines in the making that will bring torontos line total to 7. they are also building a relief line which will technically bring torontos subway/lrt lines to 8 with over 100 new stations. Big things are coming to Toronto.

[@felixdiorio8147]

I really badly wish more subway trains would look like this. (EX:Toronto, Vancouver) I live in Ottawa and there building a new lrt and I hope that it could potentially look like this.

[@mrrobot5963]

Not even close

[@felixdiorio8147]

Truuueee

[@BurnedNoodle]

The Toronto Rocket isn’t too bad in my opinion

[@BurnedNoodle]

Neither is the Mark III

[@mrrobot5963]

@@BurnedNoodle They are great trains! But a far cry from the Azurs.

[@cryptoenthusiast5579]

It has like 30% more space than the old cars....always hoping for a new one when Intake the subway.Although it seems they have switched to almost all new trains now, still a few old ones mixed in though

[@NazmusLabs]

Crypto Enthusiast yes they are now exclusively using the new trains on the Orange Line. The green line uses mostly the older second gen trains that used to run on the orange line but also runs several of these new trains. Blue and yellow lines exclusively run the old trains. All of the first gen trains have been retired.

[@hockeyyesterdayandtoday3342]

Very interesting. Like the blue chairs. I have started to take video of streetcar rides in my city (Toronto, Canada) but after watching your video will start doing subway rides as well. Also subscribed to you and looking forward to seeing subway rides of other routes.

[@eduardoblancas8452]

The Azur makes a similar sound as NM-16, the last Pneumatic model in Mexico City Metro.

[@mood4eva98]

Wow 😍🥺

[@Joeroganwithhair]

I live in Montreal and this is they are all located in the orange line. Sometimes they are on others like green.

[@leretourdenitendo6465]

For me the most beauty is MR-73 😍😍😍

[@transitnetwork3049]

I wish the Azurs have strong Jeumonts

[@Katrielle_Going_To_Quebec]

That's the thing I wished it had.

[@chicagoman58]

The chime is the same as the old SNCF chime.

[@what-di8yo]

Alright spill the beans who's that one disliker?

[@NazmusLabs]

+Fuad Awad I'm curious to know too! :3

[@mrrobot5963]

Must be from my hometown of Toronto. Sorry about that one disliker.

[@eduardoblancas8452]

Futuristical design. This don't see in another country

[@felixdiorio8147]

It's Montreal's LCD snowshovel 2016 train. Engineered by NASA and Canadian tire

[@eduardoblancas8452]

I live in Mexico and I skip the NM-79's and the NE-93 to ride the NM-16 and NM-02 xD. Ride in the newest model is cool.

[@marcleslac2413]

Whats fun is the orange line is 100% made of azur trains

[@NazmusLabs]

Yes, Alhamdullillah!

[@nic287]

I use STM to get to school everyday

[@NazmusLabs]

Nice!

[@alexanderip1003]

That is a LOT of Blue

[@devonmicheals3993]

This train would get destroyed in NYC because the system itself is harsh on equipment and a lot of people don’t respect public property.

[@Nicolas-zb9uw]

Camera is too high ! It is not the average user view.

[@STEVENVUEH599]

You are in my city

[@santinovp9471]

I prefer the old models The smell of burned tires is hard to imitate

[@patrickmarcoux8661]

The smell was not of burnt tires. The brake shoes on the old models were wooden, and soaked in banana oil. That's why the smell was so nice.

[@ccityplanner1217]

The old trains sound beautiful. These trains sound boring (although admittedly the old trains are a hard act to match)

[@NazmusLabs]

+ccityplanner12 each generation is unique in the noise they make. Curious how the 2030s trains will sound like and how the new 2020s trains will sound like!

[@CarvedParachute]

NazmusLabs there will be new trains in 2020 in Montreal ?

[@generalgrievous3066]

Orange's train sound like orchestral Green lines sound like alien spatial ship!!

[@youcanpunchmeintheface]

newer one always strives for quieter and more efficient motor

[@reubenyoung9424]

I don't really like that in metros (subways) in North America like the us and Canada have plastic seats. Here in Europe we usually have a padded seat. Also in England a subway is like an underpass which is used by cyclists and pedestrians they usually go under roads or railways

[@NazmusLabs]

Some subway systems in north america have trains with padded seats. In fact, Montreal metro had padded seats too years ago. They moved to plastic probably because too many people would spill drinks or whatnot, making cleaning plastic seats easier. That being said, even for plastic, these seats on this train are surprisingly comfortable! Btw, underpass is a badass name

[@BLACKSTA361]

Berlin underground is the best

[@one_step_sideways]

@@BLACKSTA361 Someone forgot Moscow Metro exists. And search for 81-765 or 81-765.4, the latest iteration of -765 trains. There's also an 81-775 train coming up.

[@thegalaxyon]

The seating position is not good. but the colors and tech look great.

[@NazmusLabs]

thegalaxy why do you feel the seating layout isn't good?

[@NazmusLabs]

thegalaxy yeah, they made the decision to reduce the seats by necessity. The underground tunnels are single tunnels for two tracks going opposite direction. This means the trains are very narrow. When there used to be more seats in the older trains, we observed that there was very little room for standing in the train cars and move about the car due to the seats raking up a large amount of space. Therefor, the designers of this train had to sacrifice some seats to allow more people to stand comfortably and move about the train. Hope this clears up the reasoning behind that decision, Insh'Allah (God Willing)

[@meandwhoism]

Amsterdam's big sister metro trains

[@Hugo-cn9no]

Paris* These métros are made by french companies such as Alstom who made also the new Paris métro system. Québec and France cooperation as ever.

[@djtoomuch230]

It's great, but I think it's overrated tbh... I'm so not jealous that we have bad trains here.

[@Technet9090]

TotalGamerNerd 9433 Why do you think it's over rated?

[@NazmusLabs]

+TotalGamerNerd 9433 lool you are funny! Your comment made me laugh! :)

[@thereal_turtle]

Rip me, old channel. Anyways, last winter (In January) I rode one of these for the first time, and I really don't think it's overrated. I thought these were fantastic to ride, but still no A/C, eh?

[@NazmusLabs]

He didn't think it was overrated. You had to click "read more" to see the sarcasm :P

[@EdPMur]

@@thereal_turtle No A/C because the subway is entirely underground and it would make the stations even warmer.

[@vincenta_2]

4:18

[@taki4240]

No English broadcasting?

[@NazmusLabs]

Calvin no, unfortunately. :(

[@juliansmith4295]

If by broadcasting you mean the station announcements, why would there be? Is there French 'broadcasting' on the TTC in Toronto?

[@NazmusLabs]

Julian Smith France has french AND English station announcement in their metro. Sorry, but Paris is more french than Quebec and even they have English announcements

[@juliansmith4295]

@@NazmusLabs I understand what you mean, but Paris isn't surrounded by a sea of English. This encourages the Anglos in Montréal to learn French, and these days most Anglos in Montréal do speak French. Stop signs in France STOP. Anglos in Canada know what a stop sign means, even if it says . NB: "Sorry, but Paris is more French than Québec." This video is about Montréal, not Québec City or the province as a whole.

[@taki4240]

Julian Smith People in Taipei or Tokyo don’t speak English, though there are English announcements in Taipei metro and Tokyo metro.

[@redphone1438]

Does this new train have air conditioning?

[@NazmusLabs]

No, they do not, but they do have excellent fresh breeze that you feel as the train moves. It's as if you are riding a bike on a cool evening.

[@one_step_sideways]

NazmusLabs Lolwut? No air conditioning? Is that because this train never gets crowded?

[@AllRequired]

You can rarely get a seat on the Azur.

[@KishorTwist]

But it's a bitch for contact wearers, faster drying.

[@dash1dash2]

Explain how an air conditioned train would work? They expel hot air. This would make stations unbearable considering everything is underground.

[@robertkurtbernardo]

Looks better than ttc

[@NazmusLabs]

Yup definitely; I do like TTC’s trams though

[@capitainebonhomme1609]

It's nice but definitely not the world's most beautiful Seoul Korea has been voted as no.1 Followed by Shanghai Montréal is no. 27 (2019) What keeps Montréal down: No AC No ambient lighting

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

Montreal being Montreal I doubt the trains will stay this clean for long. Denis Coderre will probably figure out a way to dump raw sewage into the cars.

[@alainouellet7794]

have to admit if theres one thing montreal does well its the metro

[@saulschlapik6818]

Nice looking train but not the most beautiful. That distinction goes to BART's (San Francisco)A-car.

[@NazmusLabs]

Really? Let me googled it and check it out... EDIT: are you taking about this? media.bizj.us/view/img/10195845/bart101616tj-3*1200xx7360-4140-0-386.jpg If so, it’s very nice looking, but it looks a lot like the modern European subwy trains.

[@crazyoncoffee]

NazmusLabs No he’s talking about the old style original train with the slanted front cab. It was very iconic of the era in which it was designed (60s, 70s)

[@vincenta_2]

This train made me wet

[@geraldwaldoluis6490]

the design and tech is great but the seats, pls renovate that..

[@Newslogger44]

Can't resist: Azure trains are nice, but compare them to Bombardier's C20 Metro cars running in Stockholm, Sweden with their well-padded seats. Who decided that Montrealers don't deserve a softer ride? See: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKfHnauHhd6imrs

[@trainrover]

Its suspension already needs to be replaced. Aside from the boa attribute, very little revolutionary about the appearance of this fleet, which always reminds me of another one designed and solidly built in the 1930s.

[@2900405]

trainrover Always negative...

[@trainrover]

2900405 Suit yourself, brain ache..for many, many years already, ⅞ of the world dislike riding this FAILING Canadien multinational's rolling stock..oh well.

[@northcanuck7387]

Can we hire the Montreal subway company to run Toronto's? TTC sucks.They punish residents of Toronto with old slow trains feels like we live in the 1930's, delays and closure are our daily suffering and the new street cars are so stupid and slow. Please Montreal help us!

[@mrrobot5963]

TTC= Take the car

[@molambo]

Montreal, this shit is smaller than my neighborhood here in Brazil!

[@Zeleznodoroznik1]

It's more modern in Russia

[@pbasswil]

Shiny and new. But still with those %#!$@ hard plastic seats! - just like the old cars. Try sitting in one, from one end of the line to the other. :^/

[@voicije]

easy to clean...also...dont get bugs

[@pbasswil]

@@voicije My boney @ss doesn't care about that, when it's in agony!

[@burntdirector5906]

I 100% agree that the azur is awesome but in 10 years the train is gonna look crap because it a very cheap train compare to the mr-63 and mr-73

[@NazmusLabs]

You are saying this without actual scientific evidence? I mean did you see the engineering documentation for this train to make such claim? Just making sure that whether you are stating an opinion or fact. :)

[@burntdirector5906]

NazmusLabs oh yeah can you show me the engineering documentation?

[@NazmusLabs]

That's the point. I never said the azur did or didn't have cheap materials. What I said was that you can't claim it to be cheap without evidence. All I can say is that I THINK the train is well made. I can't say for sure unless i have the documentation, which I do not. The same goes for you. You can't state that the train is cheap as fact. But I presume it was your opinion, to which I have to disagree.

[@burntdirector5906]

NazmusLabs I agree with you but at least the azur is 1000% more better made then the buses we have in mtl

[@NazmusLabs]

+Burnt director yes.

[@rimpompin]

Most modern metros are in china

[@Zeleznodoroznik1]

and in Russia

[@karineguerrier1300]

@@Zeleznodoroznik1and the REM

[@syed2194]

I wish NYC trains were like this. NYC subway cars are so fucking disgusting

[@TheRailLeaguer]

Not to worry. NYC will get 20 Open gangway cars alongside some close-ended cars (they are only ordering close-ended cars to expedite the delivery of the cars).

[@Newslogger44]

So, has anyone yet discovered a significant flaw with these otherwise-improved new trains? Here's one so far: passengers sitting in a wheelchair or pushing a stroller who enter at the END DOORS cannot proceed further into the train. Why? Because the space between the end-facing seats is TOO NARROW to allow this. Such passengers, therefore, should keep this in mind before boarding and instead enter by the center doors where a designated area has been allotted them.

[@dash1dash2]

huh? There are stadium-style folding seats near the connection between trains for that exact purpose. There's no issue at all. Have you even been on one of those trains?

[@generalgrievous3066]

I dont like the sound of azur

[@PreciousAlpschindler]

Gole Zozol all of the Montreal Metro have rubber Wheel

[@EdPMur]

Hard to compare to the sound of the mr-63

[@BoBo-su6bo]

Yeah, but think of the REALLY crapy sound of New York's Subway.

[@NazmusLabs]

Oh, yes definitely very creepy on late nights, with magnified echoes of nearly vacant stations! Even creepier is when it’s a transfer station and an express subway train from another line happens to zoom across a different station platform veiled by being just one above the one on which you stand. The sounds of the train is thunderous, seeming to be intent on subduing all other sounds, enough to make you struggle to hear your own thoughts. You see nothing, of course, as no trains are coming to your platform, just echos of the express train coming to greet you from above. And yet, you can’t help but feel almost as if the sounds are not from above but from, perhaps, a ghost train that just sped past you without stopping, leaving you staring at an empty platform, as the the sounds fade into the distant, becoming increasingly faint though no less majestic. And then it’s quiet. Maybe it’s a bit too quiet, with no sounds to keep you company save the monotonous chants of your own ears buzzing-like a bad vocalist singing carefree to an empty stadium. But your tranquility is brief Your tranquility is cut short by a roaring from another beast getting louder each second towards its grand entrance into the station. But the only thing on your mind is whether this beast is is your long awaited ride home. The train you’ve been waiting for and a long day of work so that hopefully it won’t be much longer. So that before you know it, you are snuggling in for the night, worm and cozy, inside your home sweet home.

[@michaeloverbeat7]

Nice, but not the most beautiful. Search Kuala-Lumpur or Singapore trains.

[@belaruspatriot8309]

Search new subway train Moskva. In moscow. I think he is prettier. To much blue en plastic right here

[@dedricthere]

I live in Montreal and I hate it. It looks like Mcdonald’s Kids section. Super tacky.

[@francoisdandurand]

LOL!

[@one_step_sideways]

It does. And not only that, but they forgot to make the trains actually reliable because they spent all the budget money on its gimmicky design.

[@francoisdandurand]

​@@one_step_sideways: They're freaky reliable compared to the older 40-plus year-old MR-73 trains! :P

[@shawnriker8099]

Nice but who cares if they don't even have air conditioning?

[@paname514]

Air conditioning the trains heats the stations. Pointless.