Trams on new Sydney Light Rail L2 | View from the sky | Surry Hills, Moore Park and Royal Randwick

[@railfanworld]

For photos about the new Sydney light rail, please visit railfanworld.com/photos/australia/2019/sydney-light-rail-opening-cbd-south-east

[@Xiaobooom1234]

This is really enjoying to watch... it feels like watching a tiny simcity.

[@railfanworld]

Thank you so much!

[@fuoco13]

Fantastic video. I don't think many people realise the amount of work that was done to get this project going. During construction all we saw was the work along George Street. Must make a journey soon.

[@railfanworld]

Thanks for that comment!

[@Divadosaurus]

So crispy...brings back memories of the hot drought conditions we were having just before covid and just before it started raining for almost three years.

[@hamiltonski]

We were done in Sydney from Newcastle and we caught the tram from Chinatown up to the Surry Hills station to go to the Belvoir theatre which was only a short walk - very good !

[@aussiejohn5835]

What a great job you did with this video. You answered many of my questions by using a drone. This is a unique experience. Thanks again for your wonderful content and may 2020 be good to us all

[@railfanworld]

Thank you so much for that heartwarming comment

[@mainohi5907]

Love from india Amazing infrastructure Nice tramways

[@railfanworld]

Thanks mate!

[@ThomasNing]

absolutely beautiful video, I'm sure many people can appreciate the time it took to get every shot and put it together.

[@railfanworld]

Thank you so much for that comment!

[@florencegomer7937]

Good to see this sort of infrastructure going in. A combination of elevated metro railways, ground-level light railways and tramways, cycleways and walkways, along with underground tube lines will be the future in many places. Maybe in a couple of decades, maybe longer, but the day of the car will eventually come to an end.

[@sparkleshyguy85]

Florence Gomer As a local to the city, the LR has been a complete disaster. It takes nearly an hour end to end to run. The trams themselves are fine, the actual infrastructure is fine... escept there’s literally no traffic light priority,, so it might as well have been a bus for all the good of it. The metro in Sydney has had its teething problems, but from what I’ve heard, it’s settling in fine, and the extension is underway already. Other than the already U/C Parrammatta light rail, which mostly just takes over an existing, low patronage rail line, I predict this will be the last LR expansion in Sydney for decades because of what a diasaster it’s been. It’s the city’s laughingstock right now.

[@florencegomer7937]

If changing traffic light policy and rerouting cars away from it will solve the problem, that is what they must do.

[@2712animefreak]

@@sparkleshyguy85 Is that really that slow? I think that it is just the speed at which trams go when going along streets. I live in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia. My city has a large tram network with 15 daytime lines and here is a comparison of what I've seen on the internet with my experience. From a few videos of this line the travel time seem to be around 45 min and the length of the line is about 8.5 km. In my city, an 8.9 km line (number 3) has the scheduled travel time of 42-45 minutes, and a 8.3 km line (with rather spread out stops) (number 8) has the scheduled travel time of 29 minutes. These lines don't go through the old city centre so they encounter more traffic lights, especially number 3 which is why it takes so long. We don't have any mechanisms of overriding the traffic lights, the trams follow the regular traffic light patterns except that they are usually in their own lanes in the median or along the sidewalks. The patterns are just scheduled in a way to help the trams moving. All in all, for me, your new trams are on the slower end, but are not horribly slow. There is certainly room for improvement. I hope that they can reschedule the traffic lights eventually in a way that they don't delay the trams too much. They could also increase the speed limit through the downtown. Also, regarding your remark about just using a bus line, the LR/tram has one important advantage over the bus. Since it takes just one person to operate it, as opposed to 5 or so people required to operate the equivalent amount of buses, the operating costs should be lower. I guess that this is also the reason for them to go for such long trains. Even though the maintenance is higher than for a bus line, it should still be less than the salaries of more than a hundred extra drivers. The maintenance should also not be too high given that Sydney doesn't experience a lot of harsh weather conditions that would take a toll on the tracks.

[@SirGregory]

Great work. Drones show context so well.

[@railfanworld]

Thanks for that comment!

[@astapic]

I’ve been watching a lot of video’s with regards to the new Sydney Light Rail and this one is by far the best,Excellently shot,which makes for timeless and repeated viewing many times over .

[@railfanworld]

Thank you so much for that comment!

[@dubbeh]

on mute though cause the tunes are terrible

[@TransportBuff]

Wow! Great video and drone footage of the new Light Rail. Great Music to accompany the footage. Very ambient and graceful, as the sounds of the light rail have been replaced with the music. It certainly creates a great atmosphere. :)

[@railfanworld]

Thank you so much for that comment!

[@TransportBuff]

No worries. Your very welcome. :)

[@tacitdionysus3220]

Very elegant. Well done!

[@railfanworld]

Thanks mate!

[@smitajky]

It is very funny. I can remember the trams serving Randwick Racecourse. Then they ripped them all up as "outmoded" and now? At considerable expense they are replaced. I wonder what else that has been destroyed by "progress" will need to be reinstated at great cost.

[@railfanworld]

Yep, there are still information panels around the Royal Randwick Racecourse explaining the old trams.

[@boppospage]

The luas in Dublin Ireland is the same

[@kcobley]

Great video high end drone camera work.

[@railfanworld]

Thank you so much!

[@rosscosan6647]

Looks fab. Must take a ride. Well done to the NSW Govt.. fab to see all the new transport infrastructure finally happening.

[@railfanworld]

Thanks mate!

[@daciatravel.647]

Very nice video!!!

[@railfanworld]

Thank you so much!

[@fuoco13]

Following your fantastic video I decided to take a trip on the light rail. Monday (30/12) afternoon, very few people on the tram, modern, clean but very slow. Almost an hour from Circular Quay to Randwick. One must take the full ride to appreciate what work has been done on this. Needles to say I took the bus back to the city, travel time almost half. Keep up with your great videos.

[@railfanworld]

Thank you so much for that great comment and letting me know about your experience!

[@rosscosan6647]

Great video 👌

[@railfanworld]

Thanks mate!

[@cityraildude]

Brilliant!

[@railfanworld]

Thanks mate!

[@Jesuis-qe8ql]

muy bonito very pretty

[@jacobweir1795]

You’re videos just keep getting better, I just donated some money on your website. I was also wandering if you could do a meet and greet?

[@railfanworld]

@Steakob Thanks mate, but I don't think the payment went through, as I haven’t received anything, sorry about that.

[@jacobweir1795]

railfan_be I’ll try again in the morning so is it possible if you do a meet and greet

[@geoffreymoore1510]

This was great. I was there before it alll opened. They were stil putting stuff together and then testing etc. Just one thing...would have liked you to stay with particular sections for a little longer. Was this prior to the Kingsford line opening?

[@MrSquareart]

nice video!!!!!!!!

[@railfanworld]

Thank you so much!

[@roberthead2408]

Wonderful

[@railfanworld]

Thanks mate!

[@RichardFelstead1949]

Great video.

[@railfanworld]

Thanks mate!

[@wishmaster7438]

I went to a Catholic Boys school in Sydney during the 1970s and we would have sports at Moore Park. I could still see the old tram tracks left exposed.

[@railfanworld]

Thanks for sharing that info!

[@elainelethborg491]

It's been quite a while since I was last in Sydney. She's a different city with trams.

[@railfanworld]

Thanks for sharing!

[@tressteleg1]

Welcome to Sydney! The .BE after your name suggested you are Belgian so I may have seen some of your videos there, maybe of the Coast line historic trams.

[@railfanworld]

Thanks, mate! No, I don't think that was me. I only started making weekly videos this year. Have a look!

[@tressteleg1]

railfan_be I did look and saw a video about Ostend so jumped to conclusions. .BE is the ending for Belgian emails, the country code. Anyway good luck with your work. I presume you are all up to date with drone flying regulations. Sometimes they seem over the top, but in a world that must also deal with idiots....

[@db4423]

transport fever 3 .....teaser trailer ....that graphic tho

[@Fonziedaz1]

Sydney NSW Australia 🙃

[@norbertfransewitz8486]

Es ist von Deutschland Sehr Toll 👍❤️ Anzusehen aber nicht meine Heimat. Danke für die sehr Beeindruckt en Aufzeichnungen.

[@railfanworld]

Vielen Dank!

[@cityplanner3063]

What drone were you using? Amazing footage

[@josemessiasrosa8856]

👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@railfanworld]

Thanks!

[@djesky1]

I wish they expanded the monorail instead.

[@railfanworld]

I think the monorail was more close to L1: Dulwich Hill than L2: Randwick

[@youtubeviewer7030]

brilliant

[@railfanworld]

Thanks mate!

[@spacyorspicy]

Nice video! I love the view! Also I want you to get to 1K Subscribers.

[@railfanworld]

Thanks!

[@WasfuereinSaft]

Please tell me, like honestly, why are the cars driving on the left

[@Brian3989]

Because in Australia they drive on the left.

[@ignacionacho4698]

Where's the people?

[@railfanworld]

Maybe in the CBD

[@charlesverge3707]

Please just make it run faster, cut the time spent at each stop, and give it priority at traffic lights.

[@williamdom3814]

This is a computer simulation! It's not real.

[@ProfezorSnayp]

Why are they moving in slow motion?

[@railfanworld]

Sorry, but that's their real speed :)

[@odemata87]

Where can I buy this rail sim... Freaking awesome..... Oh wait... 🤦‍♂️

[@railfanworld]

Haha, good one!

[@graemesydney38]

Nice vid. The trams are a waste of money. Buses are faster and get you closer to where you need to be.

[@Constantin2641]

Well, those trams are so slow. Do not know why.

[@karenmcnugget4551]

Transport 4 NSW

[@cliffleigh7450]

They appear to be only marginally faster than a bicycle - everything else overtakes them!

[@fordlandau]

Great video. But the tram is so damn slow ! Should be called snail rail !

[@railfanworld]

Thank you for that comment!

[@chartphred1]

No wonmder they call it 'light'rail', more like full on railway rather than a tram. Pity. The old trams that were a single carraige, running down the middle of a road need to come back - bit like Melbourne and other cities do. Little surprise thier budget blew out the infrastructure needed is far greater than the old traditional trams.

[@railfanworld]

I think this is mostly due to what is not visible by which I mean everything that was under the line to be built, like utilities. Imagine laying tracks in George Street... I think they had some unfortunate surprises there!

[@railfanworld]

@Peter Breis Amazing, I did not know. Do you have any pictures of that?

[@peterbreis5407]

@@railfanworld I don't live in Sydney any more and I assume it all got destroyed by the new trackwork, although the stretch that ran down George Street in The Rocks and around Millers Point is probably still there. They did a hasty cheap job of dismantling the huge Sydney tram network and basically just covered up the tracks with bitumen. btw The road surface underneath the bitumen is endgrain hardwood blocks. Extremely durable.

[@blueryan12346]

That’s too high

[@snuggles03]

It needs to travel A LOT faster for people to use it

[@deanl4575]

snuggles03 I know, but for some reason the trams in the city are packed. Let’s hope by March 2020, they consider upping speed limits once pedestrians and traffic are used to trams. I’ve seen people try and beat it. It never ends well for the tram or pedestrian.

[@originalwolf8297]

I can't help it, but without any dirt on them, the trains look totally fake.

[@railfanworld]

Maybe they also have "tram wash" like car wash?

[@Wog68]

10 coaches in light rail? This is train.🙄🤣

[@railfanworld]

Haha, but the length of a coach in a train is a bit longer than on this light rail, don't you think?

[@peregrinemccauley5010]

The area has been trashed . Wait till we get to 50 million people .

[@Constantin2641]

So slow!

[@jessicanolde7739]

What a waste on the light rail

[@binarysignals9593]

wiol all be burnt to tinders soon. shame.