Some of the Most Insane Tram Footage: Trams in Alexandria, Egypt 2022 ترام الإسكندرية

In all my travels I have never seen such an interesting system of old trams battling all kinds of vehicles, pedestrians, markets and trash for space. I applaud Alexandria for maintaining its tram network but some improvements are desired.
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[@amfm889]

Those trolley drivers must have a lot of patience!

[@bklynbubba]

I made the mistake of NOT visiting Alexandria when I was in Egypt. This video is like a dream, thanks Tim.

[@bolklyjack]

We're pretty proud of our tram system, mostly for cultural reasons, but as is evident in the video the whole infrastructure is rather worn down and poorly maintained. Unfortunately it seems parts of the tram line will be replaced by a metro system sometime in the next decade, which might fix a lot of the issues the trams faced but at the cost of a unique part of our culture in Alexandria. Worth noting that farther from El Raml station the tram lines are given more dedicated space as opposed to being part of the street, so they don't have to contend with traffic as much and are a much more pleasant mode of transportation.

[@timosha21]

Stay tuned for the video of the tram system that is more of a lightrail in Alexandria!

[@timosha21]

Posted that video!

[@CopenhagenRailProductions]

Did you know that some of these trams, are former Copenhagen and Düsseldorf trams? These trams were common to see during the later years of Line 5 in Copenhagen (The last original tramline in Denmark)

[@Lucius_Chiaraviglio]

They look like American-style (but narrower) PCCs with the rears replaced by European-style trailer segments. Also looks like it would be an incredible pain to get the pole back on the wire if it came off.

[@CopenhagenRailProductions]

@@Lucius_Chiaraviglio it was. At least in their Copenhagen days. 😂

[@Lucius_Chiaraviglio]

@@CopenhagenRailProductions So this splicing was done in Copenhagen and Düsseldorf, before they got to Egypt?

[@CopenhagenRailProductions]

@@Lucius_Chiaraviglio they originally ran in Düsseldorf, but many were sold to Copenhagen Tramways in the 60s. These were then sold to Egypt in the 70s, after the tramway closed

[@perhauberg7385]

@@Lucius_Chiaraviglio Yep ! And on the last night in Copenhagen, every car was so stuffed with passengers, that every time, we began to HOP, the pole went down. Party time - in a sad occasion.

[@argopunk]

Amazing! I know Toronto PCCs were used there from the late 60s to the 80s at least. There are some cool photos online of our old Red Rockets repainted in Alexandria's livery with Arabic destination signs etc.

[@perhauberg7385]

Impressing, they're still running, but sad to see they are not being held in anyway else. I know, fifty years has gone, since we had the last ride in these trams i Copenhagen, but obvious, it was fine, german quality, made to last. Fine video. Thanks for sharing !

[@hermanhuang9048]

Insane indeed! 2:08 to 2:42 - The newer tram and the more "orderly" street scene are quite the contrast to the other clips in this video. What are the buses like?

[@Whitebeard79outOfRus]

U better don't know ;)

[@totenham670]

love the Egypt series waiting for you to shoot in Indonesia 😊

[@michaelinlondon]

Great German build quality of the ex Copenhagen Duewags, still going strong in these conditions.

[@clsumjr]

WOW they do not know how lucky they are to have such a system.

[@MrBnsftrain]

There are a lot of cool vehicles in this city!

[@chromebomb]

you are the best Tim!

[@scottyerkes1867]

Insane yes!! Colorful array of trams! A few resemble PCCs. Thanks Tim😀😀💚💚

[@drdewott9154]

Yeah, they were built by Düwag in West Germany. Officially known as the GT6, these trams and their derivatives were really common across Western Europe, and quite a few still operate to this day, including in Norrköping in Sweden, Oslo in Norway, Krakow in Poland, and a few other cities. The ones in Alexandria originated from Copenhagen, Denmark, which ordered 100 that were delivered between 1960 and 1968. However by the time the last tram was delivered, the political decission to close the city's entire tram network had already been taken, so they sold these at the time almost brand new trams way below market value to Egypt as a third world aid measure, and they all 100 trams got shipped to Alexandria. 2 Have since been repatriated and are being renovated at the Danish tramway museum, but all the others have stayed down in Alexandria and fallen into quite the decay. Heck you can still see old Danish signage inside of many of them. If you want to see the work being done on one of the 2 repatriated trams, search for "KS 890" on KZbin and the top video should be one from earlier this year, showing the restoration work so far on it, on the day of the 50 year anniversary of the Copenhagen tramways last line closing and being replaced by buses.

[@scottyerkes1867]

@@drdewott9154 Thank you! Very interesting. I don't understand how many cities have ended rail service in favor of diesel buses

[@drdewott9154]

@@scottyerkes1867 Back then it was seen as more economical and easier to expand service with. Plus back then most of the political priorities were on cars rather than transit, which were often an afterthought. I mean the closure of the tram system was enacted by Urban Hansen, one of Copenhagens past mayors. That very same guy also put forward several insane highway plans, which thankfully didn't make it into reality for the most part, apart from a few blocks being demolished to make way for something that never came. Mikael Colville Andersen has a good video about these ridiculous highway plans if you're curious, he's a professional urban planner living in Copenhagen, who has also produced his own documentary series about it called "The Life sized city".

[@scottyerkes1867]

@@drdewott9154 Oh how true. Politics usually get into such things. And politicians usually drive cars. The car less folks be damned

[@skylinetravels]

Enjoying watching your videos

[@ДенисЧинченко-з2щ]

Интересно посмотреть трамваи в других странах👍🚃 ,я тоже снимал в Краснодаре наши трамваи .

[@LocutusDeer]

Poor old DUEWAGs dont deserve such an end

[@OgaugeTrainsplusslotCars]

Very nicely done ♐️👍

[@johndasey8427]

They look like squished pcc streetcars

[@PaulHojda]

They are Düwag GT6 trams, originally from Copenhagen. They have nothing in common with PCC cars other than some styling cues.

[@roberthuron9160]

Looking at the trucks- pure PCC! And if memory serves,Alexandria had ex-Toronto,and Washington(?),PCC'S,so using Tatra,or the German equivalent isn't too far off the mark,as the shipment would be extremely familiar with the motors,and running gear!! 🤔 (Correction-Shipment should read as SHOPMEN)Spellchecker,dumb!! Thanks,Tim,and you caught some very noteworthy scenes!! Thanks 😊!

[@trainasseen7838]

Cool tram

[@TheAETHER22]

This video made me depressed lol. I get it being a poor underdeveloped country. But i think having the mindset not to litter your own environment comes free :) Start disposing your garbage properly and others will follow example.

[@sivyh]

we have the same trams in Lodz, Poland

[@GojiMet86]

I see a bunch of Duewags, I saw many of them in Poland and obviously in better condition. It is unfortunate that there isn't a lot of information on the fleet and history apart from Wikipedia.

[@drdewott9154]

Well there is but its in Danish, since all of them came from Copenhagen, and were sent down there for dirt cheap as third world aid. By the time Copenhagen had the last of its 100 new Düwag trams delivered, the politicians of the day had already decided to close the whole tram network. In fact this year is the 50 year anniversary of the last tram running in the city. Nowadays trams are returning though... kinda. A new light rail line is being built out in the suburbs as a circumferential corridor to provide easier access by transit across the city's suburbs rather than needing to go through the downtown on the commuter trains. Still we could really use some trams again, and one project has been proposed and is being researched, actually on the very same allignment that the last line ran on. But it has not gone smoothly, with politicians from 2 different major right wing parties both comparing tram tracks to the Berlin Wall. Combine that with a general opposition to trams here in Denmark and such projects might be in trouble despite of how good they are.

[@QuarioQuario54321]

Did you go to Cairo on this trip?

[@timosha21]

Stay tuned!!

[@michaeldamiani3436]

Road rules? What are they?

[@ahmedsaadallah7832]

Which phone camera is this?

[@timosha21]

From a 4k point and shoot rather than a camera :)

[@NiceNToasty768]

And I though the traffic in Yew York was bad

[@skylinetravels]

may goodness

[@wailsefoula5594]

In algeria we have 7 trams in different cities talk about them

[@metropolitantransit7276]

The trams seem superior in these streets, too bad the rear coaches are empty.

[@lulutu34]

Trams do like a duewag gt8 and gt6

[@PaulHojda]

Poor old Copenhagen trams

[@andrewhay2241]

For people who don't pay to ride the tram, this is what's waiting for you in hell.

[@geovanne3602]

pretty bad

[@alymousa2232]

Egypt was strongly present in this field, as it started operating the Alexandria tram in 1863 AD and you were working in electricity in 1902 AD, and it spreads in the Alexandria tram network, two main lines are the Raml line called the blue tram and the city center line and the icon of letters in the branch lines such as the line West of the city called the yellow tram, the government e-mail the continuous development of the city's tram network. More information and pictuers for Alexandria tram: alymousa.blogspot.com/2019/11/blog-post_26.html