Kraków Has So Many Tram Types! | Kraków Tram (Tramwaje w Krakowie) 🇵🇱🚋 | Urban Transport #15

The tram system in Kraków uses a bunch of different tram types, from the shiny new Lajkonik trams (Stadler Tango) to inherited E1s from Vienna. The tram ring around the center is a key feature of the system as well. Besides that, Kraków is building new pieces of infrastructure under the Kraków Fast Tram scheme (Krakowski Szybki Tramwaj).
This video is the 15th episode of the series Transport, which describes various public transport networks (for now in Europe).
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*Sidenote: Kraków did not provide a breakdown of the ridership between public transport modes.
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00:00 Intro
00:32 History
02:43 Network
06:30 Fleet
09:54 Future
10:28 Outro

[@elot360]

I miss in video an explanation about meaning of tram lines numbers. The lines from 1 to 2x are "normal line numbers". Lines 4x are kind of support lines, refers to normal line number (Like line 44 is support for line 4). Lines 6x are "night tram lines". Lines 7x are temporary lines, kind of refers to normal line number which it replace (Like 78 for line 18, 73 for line 3 etc). Lines 8x are special cementary lines, running only in "Wszystkich Świętych" period. The tram line numbers refers to bus lines numbers meaning. Lines 1xx are city lines, lines 2xx are "aglo lines" (Buses that goes outside the first ticket zone of Kraków to other small cities/villages in agglomeration of Kraków, which means outside the boundaries of city basically). Lines 3xx are "aglo express", speed up buses which skips specific bus stops. Lines 4xx are support lines, refers to normal bus line number (Like 469 for line 169 or 424 for line 124). Lines 5xx are "city express", speed up buses like aglo express, but inside city boundaries. 6xx are night buses, 7xx are temporary bus lines, in same way like tram temporary lines (So 744 for line 144 or for example 703 for tram line 3 as replacement for closed tram line). 8xx are cementary bus lines, like above, and 9xx are night aglo buses. Pretty simple, right? :P Moreover, I miss the explaination for P+R meaning, or I can't believe is such obvious information for tourist. It means Park and Ride for specific tram or bus hub. Furthermore, voice information inside the vehicles doesn't reading it litteraly "(P) plus (R)", but simply "Park and Ride". Which is great imo. And of course, chapeu bas for your willingness to pronounce the polish words as correctly as it possible! I found recently your videos about polish cities. If you keep that level of engagement, I really can't wait for more videos (Especially from Upper Silesia conurbation, which is my home soil). I wish you a "good career", your channel's popularity growth is just around the corner, I'm pretty sure. Good luck!

[@realdronthego]

Hi, first of all thank you for your comment with expansive addition! Local knowledge, as well as simply more information is always welcome! There is only so much you could capture in a youtube-video :) Most likely I will have my attempt at the Upper Silesia network next year 😁

[@DD-xg3xs]

After this, you maybe finally have some kind of chance to pronounce Hungarian names! I just hope Budapest will come soon. It may seem like Hungarian names are the final boss here, but anyway it is, each video you make is great so it doesn't really matter when it comes. Keep up the good work man!

[@realdronthego]

Thank you very much! Budapest is awesome, hopefully I’ll manage to be there soon!😁

[@niewiemjaknazwactenkana166]

As a Pole I love your pronunciation😂

[@realdronthego]

Haha thanks! 😁

[@Adrenaline_chaser]

I'm so happy that for once a city didn't just get rid of all of its elaborate tramway network in favor of buses! However 800'000 is a LOT of people, damn! Can they really all commute efficiently with these trams? It just doesn't feel right that there's not a single metro line in a city this big. they should definitely try to build at least one metro line in the most congested axis (though 2 lines would be more appropriate for a city of this size)

[@realdronthego]

Kraków has so far mostly focused on building out its tram network, under the Kraków Fast Tram project. I am currently not aware of any metro project..

[@vectronik]

6:17 i got frightened that the viedo ended 😂. Yes this is a truely complicated network, or should i say, "netwerk"😊. Fantastic vid! I'm waiting for Amsterdam! (Don't forget to include the Museumtramlijn 😅)

[@realdronthego]

Amsterdam will come for sure 😁 Thanks!

[@pafawag5b6b5b]

great video! i didn't know that kraków had a 43m long tram but now i do!

[@realdronthego]

Thank you!

[@MetroMark]

Awesome

[@realdronthego]

Thank you!

[@amantedabahia]

Great video! Hopefully more tram networks get build over here in Brazil as well. P.S.: Just subscribed :)

[@realdronthego]

Thank you! And yes, would be great! Trams seem to become a popular choice again across the world 😁

[@janbotimoriggusa7272]

Great video, they do say variety is the spice of life after all!

[@realdronthego]

Thank you! 😁

[@strassenbahnfilmguy9306]

Excellent .. !

[@realdronthego]

Thank you!

[@antaryjczyk]

Great video. Do another one about trams in Katowice and Silesian Metropolis...it dwarfs Krakow system

[@realdronthego]

Thank you! That one is definitely on the list 😁

[@jelle7]

That's a lot of trams compared to Ghent, haha

[@realdronthego]

Yes, indeed! 😁

[@scp-079inaczejeryk9]

Great job, but I was disappointed by the lack of more information about the modernization of the N8 wagons and their photos, the lack of information about the modernization of the GT8S wagons to the GT8C type, and the lack of information about the E1 car with rolling stock number HW101. There was also a small mistake because the wagons of type 105N (rolling stock number RT001 and RT002) are museum wagons, the wagons shown in the film are wagons of type 105Na.

[@realdronthego]

Thanks for your addition! There is only so much you can put into a 12-minute video 😁

[@mratp123]

I'M FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@realdronthego]

Good job!😁

[@KJSvitko]

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[@KJSvitko]

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[@KJSvitko]

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