Why the World's Biggest Metro Only Runs 7 Days a Year

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[@hunter29486]

Trains in Tokyo definitely surpass this when they operate around 200% capacity

[@part-timebrock1126]

I guess you never heard about trains in Mumbai but they're not metros

[@FrostyLava]

You have definitely made Sam very angry.

[@erierierierierie]

>:(

[@vardhanarya]

@@part-timebrock1126 they run at 300% capacity

[@troytcarter]

they are better because they actually run year round too

[@marcfuchs6938]

I was lost until he put the 50,000 buses into perspective.

[@Thebreakdownshow1]

For me i as soon as he said Mecca i was like that makes sense.

[@debajitsarma6630]

After he put 50,000 busses into perspective everything fell into place

[@lookingforsomething]

I wish he had put that figure into cars after just to drive home how insanely efficient trains are compared to cars in the first place.

[@bienemaja4007]

same

[@57thorns]

@@lookingforsomething Let's do the math. 72000 people per hour. A six lane highway can carry about 6000 cars per hour (which is the same in people most of the time). So it could probably replace every single car passing a bridge or tunnel going into and out of New Yorks Manhattan island.

[@m.s.1067]

Munich has a similar problem. We have a population of 1,5 million and during the 16 days of Oktoberfest the festival has around 6-7 million visitors that need housing and transportation. It's a logistical nightmare.

[@nickwatson8641]

Yeah but where else will I get the privilege of paying 13€ for a maß?

[@Fayeluria]

Munich also has these super old trains on many lines which makes it so much scarier. Last time i was there for Oktoberfest the train was so full it couldn’t properly brake anymore. I ended up getting the hell out and walking the rest of the way to Theresienwiese

[@MrMoccachinoo]

I have been there a couple of times and its actually very well organized. So no logistic nightmare there. Of course, the U-Bahn could get crowded.. but its crowded any other day as well.

[@57thorns]

The fact that they can operate the metro at 200% capacity in Japan is in itself pretty impressive.

[@57thorns]

About the Mecca stuff: Imagine living in a small town with about 24000 inhabitants, and every summer about one million people come by, with the peak number of tourist being about 50 000. And Visby is by no means extreme as a tourist destination.

[@KyrieFortune]

@@57thorns ask Lucca Comics

[@vishalsyoutube]

Trust me when I say Mumbai's local trains are way more crowded than Tokyo's metro rail

[@Taurineg]

They literally hire people to shovel passages onto train so there’s that.

[@57thorns]

@@vishalsyoutube Mumbai's local trains are overcrowded and dangerous, Japan is efficient and safe, there is a huge difference there.

[@sheikchilli8670]

as a train nerd i am having a GREAT time identifying the stock footage

[@elliotw.888]

you gon convert to Islam to see this train?

[@arfan_hafiz]

@@elliotw.888 Lmao why is this funny

[@conorstapleton3183]

0:19 and 4:04 is Vienna (secund one is the U1 which uses the color red in it's stations) 4:39 is Budapest, as you can see for a brief Moment an hungarian add. Greetings from Vienna 🚂

[@buddyclem7328]

@@elliotw.888 Imagine my disappointment when I found out that having a beard, and general knowledge about Islam, wouldn't be enough to ride this train!

[@Turki-il9lz]

1:45 oman muscat

[@gargravarr2]

"Stampede" is a misnomer and most of those people didn't die from getting stepped on. The more accurate term is "crowd crush". When amount of people in an area becomes too high, people can no longer breathe since they're tightly sandwiched between each other, and die from suffocation. "Stampede" creates the impression that the deaths were caused by panicking humans callously stepping on others. But in a crowd crush, the people aren't at fault. Those in the middle where deaths happen are unable to even move individually due to the pressure of the crowd. And people at the edges freely moving towards the center don't know how bad the situation in the middle is. Crowd crushes are caused by organizers letting too many people into an area.

[@cjuice9039]

For example: the Hillsboro disaster

[@Leyrann]

@@seamusmckeon9109 This entire channel is designed to attract "um actually" people.

[@kellynolen498]

@@seamusmckeon9109 are you a child? this is legitimate interesting clearification

[@JurisKankalis]

Be careful. The Danish journalist who drew the Mohammed in slightly awkward pose was hunted for decades by extremists who... apparantly believe in their God... extremely... and, if I'm not mistaken, that guy's life was practically over. Wasn't he at the end finally killed by the extreme god lovers? So - remember, no ridiculing in respect to muslims, not even close, if you don't want to be haunted, that is.

[@AMalas]

@@JurisKankalis that's not how it works

[@Rubrickety]

Unfortunately, since Saudi Arabia never completed the other metro lines, pilgrims are still faced with a Hajj-podge of different transportation options.

[@fawziekefli2273]

Saw what you did there. 😉

[@Darkest_matter]

Ohh, you 🤣

[@edwardmiessner6502]

I saw what you did. 😏

[@diddlez2]

Hey did the 3 of you guys see what he did by chance?

[@s.a339]

Can you name that are not completed

[@lucystarlight8887]

I think it's worth mentioning that not every Muslim is obliged to go, but rather every one who is able to make the journey. Really cool video otherwise, I always love when you talk about trains.

[@cjuice9039]

Hope we see this in the next mistakes video

[@hedgehog3180]

It's more specifically everyone who is able to go, if you're too sick or something else prevents you from doing it isn't like a sin to not do it. But it's something you're supposed to put effort into doing.

[@12q8]

@@hedgehog3180 And if you die without doing it, someone else can do it for you.

[@sirius_b_13]

As a Muslim born person who's lived in the middle east and knows random trivia and historical facts about a wide range of useless topics, I feel like I should have known about this earlier 😅

[@Jenny-tm3cm]

That’s awesome glad this is the top comment rn!

[@Pyrus425]

“In Saudi Arabia” Oh it’s the Hajj it’s definitely for the hajj

[@qwertyTRiG]

I got there a moment before he mentioned the country. I'm so proud of myself!

[@hedgehog3180]

Mecca is the only place the Saudis are gonna build any kind of reasonable infrastructure. They're obviously still gonna build the stupid shit though.

[@b_alshammari]

@@kazisamir3411 lol it’s not even open yet, it’s in a trial phase still

[@YAR_original]

@@hedgehog3180 you mean like the big clock tower? You're right. Why would they build that shit to make people look at that rather than the holy Ka'aba?

[@fortnite-kq7ok]

@@hedgehog3180 yeah they also completely crumbled all the mountains that used to surround the Kaaba, why couldn't they have just made them outside and just have high speed rails travelling to and from, now you have that giant monstrosity just looming above

[@kelvinwan2646]

(Running out of plane topics) HAI: Let's go for trains!

[@benghazi4216]

Adam Something will be pissed! Or have a field day, I not sure which ^^

[@aryanraval3294]

@@benghazi4216 nah that guy loves trains...I'm sure he won't mind another train fanatic

[@ahmedchelly1253]

He can't talk about planes and Saudia at the same time

[@entized5671]

based, trains are lovely

[@superslimanoniem4712]

@@tabloosempakharhor5300 get out.

[@bonafidemonafide7810]

3:26 Saudi here‚ in 2015 the government halted all projects and began a mass corruption crackdown as many of the projects were found to be draining the states coffers and were involved in corruption scandals. All projects underwent a "balancing the books" period‚ a lot of projects that were deemed "unnecessary" were shut down Projects that were already or partially completed were changed to fit different (and more realistic needs) and those found to be necessary were completed or unhalted.

[@silversan9743]

What kind of idiot deemed metro lines for Mecca as unnecessary?

[@jeffbenton6183]

Sam: 'The best form of transportation is a train.' Planes: *"I THOUGHT WE HAD SOMETHING SPECIAL!!!*

[@Skyymon]

i mean like at least trains dont produce co2

[@user-1281]

@@Skyymon If they are electrically powered by renewable sources, then yes, they don't.

[@albertjordan3249]

Planes are great when trains are impossible/impractical (ie oceanic crossings, extremely rugged terrain, or very long trips). But for the every day movement of lots of people from where they live to where they work, study, shop, and recreate, if its too far to walk or bike, nothing beats a train at efficiency and capacity.

[@Bigheadguyfromsmolmovie]

lol

[@DonutOfNinja]

That's from Sam from wendover productions not Sam from half as interesting

[@saldan3985]

1:40 ok, Muslim here. Slight correction, it's not "every practicing Muslim is obliged to go at least once in their life" it's "every practicing Muslim is obliged to go at least once in their life IF they can afford it" (physically, mentally, financially, medically, basically if by every reasonable factor you *can* go then you are obliged to go at least once in your life).

[@javierm7087]

Thank you for clarifying, it always seemed odd to make a Muslim guilty just because they can't afford to travel to Mecca, especially if they come from far away countries such as Indonesia or Morocco.

[@Leyrann]

@@javierm7087 Yeah, it's something that's often forgotten, sadly even by many hard-line Muslims. In the same way, there are a ton of circumstances (pregnancy, weak health, etc etc) that leave Muslims exempt from participating in things like the Ramadan, but you never hear anyone about that either.

[@javierm7087]

@@ADuxk Dude, it's like more than 5000km of distance between Rabat and Mecca. It's like saying Vancouver and New York City are close because they are both in North America

[@mejhdhhicbfshihids652]

@@ADuxk It's quicker to get from morocco to oslo then from morocco to mecca

[@Quwertyn007]

@@ADuxk Morocco is in North-West Africa

[@adammarjanovic]

As a Green Bay resident, can confirm it is the capital of alcoholism

[@brianzmek7272]

True facts

[@adammarjanovic]

@@brianzmek7272 if you’re not getting hammered every weekend, who are you? 😂

[@blasuxru]

As an alcoholic, I’m now planning a pilgrimage to the newfound holy land of my religion

[@phillxor]

Mate, Have you heard of Australia?

[@adammarjanovic]

@@phillxor yes, born and raised in Sydney, moved to the States for uni and still there today

[@Sammie1053]

Absolutely dying with laughter at 1:13 where Sam says "a religious pyramid" Just a 200 foot tall pile of pilgrims

[@bluesquadron8667]

Its clearly a cube not a pyramid

[@jk1953]

So I didn't mis-hear him

[@scientificpeople02]

He was meant to say pilgrimage.

[@bluesquadron8667]

@@scientificpeople02 yes we got that

[@harunsuaidi7349]

I had to repeat that part to make sure I didn't mishear it.

[@c101vp]

"And most cities that care about their citizens" I'm looking at you, Belgrade

[@Covid-bv4hp]

Sorry they're too busy getting keyboard warriors to wage a war against people online on the legitamacy of Kosovo.

[@adisokolovic]

I'm looking at you, Sarajevo

[@luckerhdd3929]

"And most cities that have enough money" should have been mentioned 😂

[@danicic87]

​@@luckerhdd3929 Blegrade have money for metro but ATm there is debate where metro line should be built ... This is what this coment is about

[@miki_kimi123]

Sadly the metro funds had to be moved to the TikTok budget due to sićve reasons

[@OmnipotentPotato]

If anyone's wondering, the font at 3:43 is called Vivaldi.

[@zuniroa]

God bless all of the typography nerds of the world

[@ChilapaOfTheAmazons]

*Thank you,* I tried some of the font identification sites but had no luck. Then I thought about checking the comments! 😘

[@Shuker8964]

When you said Vivaldi I instinctively cranked the volume up and was surprised when I don’t here any violins…

[@Darkest_matter]

Like the browser

[@kyled2153]

@@Shuker8964 same

[@adrielsebastian5216]

So it's not "the biggest metro in the world", it's the "biggest metro LINE in the world." Those are 2 different things.

[@FrostyLava]

Let's see if he changes the title

[@ADuxk]

he has

[@kizza9321]

Yes. And this is both of them, since it's a metro that only consists of one line...

[@HirokaAkita]

Welp. We all know that you are granted to appear in the next HAI mistakes video.

[@Zaros262]

@@kizza9321 There are many metro networks larger than this. It can only claim to be the biggest single line

[@danieltheisland]

1:10 - I myself also love religious pyramids. Aztecs would probably be my favourite. Probably followed by Egyptians.

[@ZanHecht]

Especially the cube-shaped pyramids like the one being shown.

[@hedgehog3180]

@@ZanHecht Technically a cube is just 6 Pyramids where the tops point inwards.

[@auxencefromont1989]

@@hedgehog3180 or two pointing outward

[@KeithBab]

What an ignorant philistine. Mayan pyramids are better than Aztec. It's not all about size you know. /jk maybe

[@Zaros262]

@@auxencefromont1989 a cube can be made of two triangular prisms, but not two pyramids. The two opposing "peaks" have to be edges, not vertices An octahedron is two pyramids facing out, though

[@DiracComb.7585]

Actually, even though they have to operate at 200% capacity, some metro lines in Japan have surpassed Saudi Arabia’s best train lines. Also, raise your hand if you already knew before clicking this would be about the train used for the Hajj

[@briannem.6787]

Hand raised!

[@DeltaDarbyLiberator]

Yup, the first thing that occurred to me!

[@xxxl1n9xxxm0zxxxkg-umhio2]

me as well .

[@fawziekefli2273]

**sigh** As a Muslim, I'm embarrassed to say that my first thought was some Soviet-Era retro metro. 😅

[@muftiahmad3418]

When he said Saudi Arabia, that's the first thing came into my mind

[@Akofakofakof]

"Transportation: it's everyone's favorite way of getting somewhere else." My favorite way is drugs.

[@b.6603]

Have you tried drugs on trains, tho?

[@Ka0sNinja117]

Drugs in trains in VR though?

[@koboldparty4708]

I prefer sleep.

[@irishbob]

Welcome to the highland

[@harunsuaidi7349]

I prefer sleeping.

[@jr637-1]

A religious pyramid? I think pilgrimage was what you meant. Can't wait for All Our Mistakes 6: The Editor Strikes Back.

[@mysticondeflamme]

a chunk of black stone lol

[@erni2619]

A shiny polished pyramid would be kinda cool tho xD

[@prion42]

He means they spontaneously do cheer pyramids to praise Allah

[@someonejustsomeone1469]

The subs already struck back

[@nordicexile7378]

Religious pyramid schemes? I have heard of those.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

HAI: And Green Bay, the holy city Me: It has to be cheese, it's Wisconsin- HAI: in alcoholism Me: *...well I guess that too* If we count historically, the most infrequently used metro system would be Moscow's Metro-2, a system built that in case of mass chaos/protest/disaster war, was meant to spirit away high-ranking Communist Party members out of the city center and into the safety of military facilities in the outskirts. The rails were even drowned in concrete, so cars could move through the tunnels as well

[@ianhomerpura8937]

Where can we some of that sacred Green Bay beer cheese soup

[@harrisonofcolorado8886]

4:22 I can definitely imagine looking at a headline article saying,"Railfan converts to Islam to ride Mecca metro".

[@triangulumgalaxy1782]

Me: It's getting late I should slee- KZbin: Do you want to see Why the World's Biggest Metro Only Runs 7 Days a Year? Me: 'Sure'

[@runapan9622]

It's 2 in the afternoon , why do u want to sleep now?

[@equation1321]

Very original comment

[@aminelswefy1808]

@@runapan9622 it was actually 8 pm when you said that smh

[@user-xb9yv2ci4c]

You must live in Asia or Australia.

[@fosibro4951]

You asleep yet?

[@technicalamanullah7019]

Fun fact : Train in my city only runs 7 days in a week

[@tyapnekadegaming7997]

@@tabloosempakharhor5300 dating bots are taking over youtube now

[@lonesome3958]

Yeah mine too kinda sad tbh

[@SamAronow]

Lucky you. Trains in my country only run 6 days a week.

[@az0989ejdje]

Wow mine only runs 168 hours a week

[@sirBrouwer]

@@SamAronow you have trains that run? here trains ride on a rail. I have yet to see a train with legs.

[@thomaswalsh4552]

5:14 “before they sponsored my channels” “Channels”. Plural. He finally admits that he is Sam from Wendover

[@birdstudios978]

2:17 As someone from Chicago, I just wanna say, WE LIKE THIN CRUST TOO

[@61rampy65]

THANK YOU!!!

[@Mitch_Rogoff]

The Chicago style Philly cheesesteak sounds amazing and I want 12

[@jonjohns8145]

I mean we Already have Philly Cheesesteak Pizzas, why Not make them deep dish?

[@zeke6461]

pizza steak already exists

[@key-chain]

There’s this thing called a Philly Taco where people take a cheesesteak from Jim’s on South Street and put it inside a (giant) pizza slice from Lorenzo’s down the street which is pretty much that

[@jonjohns8145]

@@key-chain Nice!!

[@planefan082]

I'm sorry what the American is a cheesesteak and why does it sound like ten different crimes against culinary humanity

[@thatgreenbayguy]

As someone who calls Green Bay home, I couldn't agree more. 😂

[@mirzaahmed6589]

Can I join your religion?

[@frankpinmtl]

Now wonder why Aaron Rodgers forgot to get vaccinated - he was drunk all the time.

[@thenameisgsarci]

ALL HAIL GREEN BAY AND YOUR ALCOHOLISM!

[@packersdk]

I know, right

[@jamesnash5165]

FTP

[@ericemmons3040]

I can see that this metro line is a giant step forward in sophisticated Mecca-nization. . .

[@eavocado5890pppj]

as a muslim i approve this comment.

[@fawziekefli2273]

**slow clap**

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

China: What kind of transportation is best? Saudi Arabia: That's a ridiculous question China: *False, trains* Saudi Arabia, letting them build a metro: That's debatable... Also "religious pyramid", the only religious pyramid I know is the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, Tennessee. It is an Americana obligation to make the pilgrimage.

[@user-fl6yi6kt4t]

HAI: *talks about Mecca metro system* Some nerd guy from Russia: look, HAI uses footages of St Petersburg metro train on 3:46

[@majorfallacy5926]

And interestingly Vienna at 0:17. I mean it's a good metro system and all but pretty standard (apart from the price)

[@irushasansuka9884]

Interestingly in 2:53, it's a Sri Lankan bus. You can see the poverty

[@majorfallacy5926]

@Hernando Malinche Until we needed cheap labour and invited them back. Most of them came here pre Erdogan though, so they're cool

[@fhfthf]

@@majorfallacy5926 again at 4:03

[@Darkest_matter]

@@majorfallacy5926 aren't there are mnatives that revert?

[@azy83]

yo hai, you should get in touch with a guy called wendover and make a video called the logistics of the hajj. sounds like a perfect colab

[@MagierHuerde]

That the viennese metro system is shown as an example makes me really happy. Finally people recognise that Austria exists

[@ZZZzzzap12]

This legendary place called "Greenbay" sounds like a wonderful destination for a pilgrimage.

[@skurtzke]

Me waiting for the DC metro watching the whole video start to finish

[@moechinatsu]

Wait, Sam also talking about train now? Am I dreaming?

[@ElectriKong-]

I mean now that people have started invading Sam's territory (planes), I guess he figured he'd go invade Adam Something's territory instead.

[@moechinatsu]

@@ElectriKong- fair enough

[@SeanRPS]

Ground planes

[@maccrazy7335]

I love your use of clips of the Vienna subway. I found two with one possible that didn't show definitive enough signage...

[@entized5671]

same goes for me, I love our subway system!!

[@TheNehellenia]

Yessss U-bahn rules!

[@BoehmischerPrater]

4:04 thanks for using a stock photo of the U1 line in Vienna

[@A.Filthy.Casual]

A religious pyramid? ...pilgrimage? We're gonna see this in the yearly mistake video

[@freakout3516]

I was just about to ask if I had misheard that or if he really said pyramid.

[@jr637-1]

All Our Mistakes 6: The Editor Strikes Back

[@Finkelfunk]

Yearly mistake video? The next video that's gonna be uploaded here is most likely gonna be an execution video

[@jeffreyhill1011]

I enjoy that he leaves the mistakes in. A bunch are intentional as it drives engagement (see this thread as evidence) and makes for the potential for an additional video for mistakes, to drive further engagement... Works like a dream

[@androlsaibot]

I noticed that too, and only 5 seconds later, "different sites in the religion"

[@vidcas1711]

1:05 HAI: Green Bay is the number one holy city in... Me: The Packers HAI: alcoholism Me: Oh, makes sense

[@Jacks_Bad_Ideas]

I thought for sure it was lacrosse

[@joeygames2664]

@@Jacks_Bad_Ideas do you mean the sport or the city 🤔

[@mvemjsunp8]

Need a logistics of the Hajj Wendover video

[@faisalaziz5592]

I was in the hajj 2016 I waited 3 hours to get into the metro so walking became my best optaion its only one day that you have to use it also 4:16 the price is wrong its 300 riyals 80$ for the whole 7 days

[@RMbutItsO]

Thanks for clarifying. I was confused on why the price was so high

[@redaabualsaud962]

You used the picture of a very old version of the Saudi Riyal. The picture you used is of the third series of Saudi Riyal (which was used almost 50 years ago). The current series is the seventh series

[@nuzayerov]

I noticed the design too, I don't know much about Saudi Riyal history, but the old printing design of the note gave away its "oldness",

[@casmatt99]

Omg am I a bad alcoholic because I've never made the pilgrammage to Green Bay?

[@jamesharris7911]

As a Green Bay native I'm proud we finally got the recognition we deserve.

[@mrepix8287]

Let me guess: there’s some sort event that only happens seven days a year in this particular city, so they created a train just to increase transport capacity during that specific event

[@fyukfy2366]

1:13 is one for the next mistakes video. What the hell is a religious pyramid

[@edmundthespiffing2920]

Well... a pyramid...

[@xaifer2485]

LMAO

[@scarpfish]

Religious pyramid? That would be pretty much every MLM company.

[@freddy04123]

Sam thought he was making a joke but now I want to make a Philly cheese steak deep dish pizza 😅

[@invurret9533]

Dominos makes it

[@Ben.N]

@@invurret9533 😳

[@joermnyc]

Someone somewhere has probably tried to use a deep dish pizza as the “bread” for a cheesesteak. Not sure if that put them in the hospital, or just made them run for the toilet…

[@freddy04123]

@@invurret9533 that's disgusting lol

[@invurret9533]

@@freddy04123 What you said you wanted to make one what the heck

[@andrewdreasler428]

2:25 Oh no, you did NOT just insult Chicago Style Pizza! You obviously do not understand how passionate we Chicagoans are about our food.

[@clairemendoza5402]

Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."

[@monicamaria6101]

I owe my success to having listened respectfuly to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

[@brendacarla4657]

How do we get paid?

[@jennydave9666]

Is it through online investment platform?

[@patricksmith3896]

Yes through online investment platform

[@ahmedjoe4528]

i get paid directly to my bank account

[@jamiegill7832]

As a Packers fan I will accept your joke as a compliment thank you very much

[@maxg6040]

0:18 Shout out to Vienna.

[@alexb__4133]

+1

[@paoloplasenzotti7861]

Yes I just saw it too

[@jacktaylor6690]

As a wisconsinite i can confirm that Green Bay is a damn drunk town. Wisco drinking culture is wild, even in small towns. My 1.1k pop. town had 13 bars, or 1 per 85 people. Each one was packed and on each hour its custom to move bars if you arent in a game or something. So almost each hour i would see a stubling pack of drunks moving down about half a block to the next bar. Fun place

[@inventor121]

There's literally a town in my province that has 2 bars, a saloon, a tavern, and a pub, and there are only 20 houses in the whole town. I pass through the town every now and then and I wonder exactly how the heck they stay in business.

[@Sauvenil]

sounds like the hajj, everyone walking the circle of the bars instead of around a temple.

[@Noone-jn3jp]

Can i stay at your house during my required pilgrimage?

[@Sauvenil]

@@inventor121 It only takes a few regulars to keep a bar running.

[@BigMuhis]

03:10 the exact translation is Meccah trains for public transportation. Thank me now

[@kingsize127]

As soon as you said “Saudi Arabia” I knew where you were going with this.

[@BTownRailfanPNW]

4:25 Oh boy, guess I’m Muslim now

[@MichUsiris]

This line about alcoholism is the best joke I've seen today. I've laughed for real. Thx for that

[@uss_04]

Wendover should collaborate with HAI on transportation. After all they can’t possibly be the same person

[@tomrogue13]

Though sam from wendover sounds alot like the guy from half as interesting

[@Odysseus-st3wn]

@@tomrogue13 yeah ikr but im pretty sure its just a coincidence

[@bennetth7008]

Hey, Sam, so there's one metro line in Tokyo...

[@GyroCannon]

The statement about statistics is... 100% accurate! My family isn't Muslim but there's more than 4 of us and I was the one who was picked to go to Mecca. I even rode this exact train!

[@Darkest_matter]

How was it?

[@roteschwert]

If you aren't Muslim, how come you visited Mecca?

[@GyroCannon]

@@roteschwert (that was the joke)

[@itachi2011100]

0:41 Have you seen how many people can fit in one Mumbai local train?

[@margsproductions8829]

He talked about metro lines not train lines

[@centredoorplugsthornton4112]

Mecca is planning other metro lines that would be a day to day transit system. Possibly the biggest overcapacity was with South Africa's apartheid era township trains. 5000 riders packed into an 11 car train with maximum safe capacity of 2000. Hanging out doors and riding on couplers. Eased up by the late 1980s when South Africa deregulated transport and began breaking up its big monopolies.

[@dirkdutoit6644]

Really? Please come and see the overcrowding nowadays. And there are also hardly any trains left. Complete train stations being stolen. Inclusive of the brick and mortar. Overcrowding during apartheid? Pfft.

[@centredoorplugsthornton4112]

@@dirkdutoit6644 new record for crowded trains: coming out of Ukraine with 6000 on board.

[@Iraqi_TopG]

i sure do hope the comments arent controversial

[@Cragglerock93]

I get that it was specifically designed to serve pilgrims, but is there no demand at all for the route from locals for the remainder of the year even on a drastically-reduced capacity?

[@mra.prasetio]

You don't have to, especially if you are a local you must have performed Hajj. Also Hajj is an obligation that needs to be done only once, after that you can perform Umrah which does not go to these places. So, these places are especially visited by those who are performing Hajj for the first time.

[@juch3]

From what I can see in the Google maps the line basically runs from the place where half the pilgrims stay to another place where The other half of the pilgrims stay but this time within walking distance to the mosque, so it really doesn't take you anywhere if you're not a pilgrim.

[@fawziekefli2273]

The other (unbuilt) lines would have had some domestic demand; not so the "Mecca Metro." Imagine a line that goes from town directly to a stadium outside the city, but it's only ever used for the Superbowl; the rest of the year it's empty. No reason to use the metro otherwise.

[@Darkest_matter]

@@fawziekefli2273 that's one way to put it for godless heathens. I mean that in the most polite way possible.

[@FayeVert]

I would think that in the other 51 weeks of the year there would be people doing maintenance, cleaning, repairs, and that sort of thing.

[@ttvrs1059]

The shade being thrown in here is out of this world! xD

[@phillipreed6599]

When the Phillies won the World Series, we had our own hajj (Chicago coming to visit)

[@stavka6923]

The Type-A metro carriage in this line was imported from China and carries 310 pax per car at 100% capacity, while Japanese E235-0 series carries 1724 pax per train which gives us 156 pax per car. This means this Saudi "standard capacity" was already at 200% capacity in Japanese standards. The Chuō Line rapid service sends about 30 trains each carrying 3000 pax towards Tokyo per hour in the morning rush hours, which gives us 90000/hr(the actual numbers pre-pandemic is about 81000) so JR East still wins... Even if we don't take the peak 289% capacity rate reached in 1965 into consideration.

[@Tsirkon]

As soon as he mentioned mecca I immediately know why it's only open 7 days a year

[@adamsherinian9846]

love how 'logistical nightmare' comes up when a dc metro train appears

[@mrvesl2205]

absolutely perfect transition to sponsered segment

[@caydenlum]

in melbourne australia, there’s a train line that only operates once a year for melbourne cup day

[@DragRedSim]

Not quite one day a year; it also runs for other major race days at that club, as well as event transportation for events at the Showgrounds; and even when not used for that some off-duty trains will be stabled there overnight or outside of peak hours.

[@chronicallymeee]

"So why did you decide to convert to Islam?" "Well, I really wanted the opportunity to ride on the most efficient train on earth."

[@xerogue]

you can't convert to Islam, you can only revert

[@chronicallymeee]

@@xerogue Not everyone agrees on the terminology, I know plenty of reverts who prefer to call themselves converts. I used convert in this context because I'm assuming that most people reading this wouldn't know what revert means, since it's not in common use outside of the Muslim community.

[@kaldo_kaldo]

@@xerogue The word "revert" means "go back to". Not everyone began as Muslim.

[@xerogue]

@@kaldo_kaldo everyone is born muslim according to Islam - therefore when someone 'converts' they accept they reverted - hence no converts exist

[@kaldo_kaldo]

@@xerogue Did Allah just assume my religion?

[@awsomemodels]

1:04 I love it when he says stuff like that 😂

[@Fools_Requiem]

As soon as you said "Saudi Arabia" I knew exactly where this was going.

[@yoavravid7893]

I love how the people behave exactly like a liquid

[@Mausju]

underliked post!

[@jmchez]

Particles are particles no matter what the size. Get enough of them in a container and the bulk mass always behaves like a fluid.

[@jmchez]

Watch a physical wave go through a crowd; not the type that fans willingly participate in. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aICzYZqmbttojq8

[@pubcollize]

@@jmchez The only difference being that the interparticular forces between humans are way weirder, and thus create weirder instances of surface tension and other types of fluid behaviors.

[@jmchez]

@@pubcollize Yes, of course. But trying to explain it beyond what you said gets way too complex really fast.

[@aregularperson7573]

As some who is from Green Bay I can conform we are the holist city in the region of alcoholism

[@Berkana]

LOL at the Greenbay remark. I was not expecting that.

[@PeteJohnsMusic]

1.5m social distancing seems like it would be a challenge. 🤔

[@ilhamdarni6924]

When I heard the name of the train, I immediately realised it was because of the hajj

[@neonbunnies9596]

0:12 Wendover Production: *I strongly disagree!*

[@GufandFedGovt]

In Buenos Aires line B can get over this easily at rush hour. It is so packed that you don't feel the acceleration and stops of the train lol

[@vale.antoni]

4:37 Yaay! It's the Széll Kálmán tér station of Budapest Metro Line 2! HAI featured my hometown!!

[@thekingminn]

Do a video on the biggest book in the world or the Biggest bell.

[@RMTransit]

Great video as always! Buuuut I'm not sure if it's ACTUALLY the highest capacity metro in the world, and it might not even be Tokyo either!

[@kaldo_kaldo]

Which single metro line is in fact the highest then?

[@littleraeofsunshine]

@@kaldo_kaldo My guess would be somewhere in Moscow

[@billythorne]

@@kaldo_kaldo Hong Kong?

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

The Hong Kong MTR East Rail line has a capacity of 92950 people per hour per direction, which is far more than the Mecca Metro. Prior to the pandemic it operated 12-car trains (capacity 3712) at 25 trains per hour.

[@NATO4623]

@@littleraeofsunshineI don’t think it is Moscow

[@nathanbeaner928]

I always love how you transition into the video ad

[@DerGeogast]

"... but the answer is trains." I love it 😃

[@ladderman2255]

0:40 sometimes trains in Tokyo operate at like 200% capacity so it may not actually be the biggest.

[@ShreyasYD]

I am very very very curious where you got the stock video of that “pilgrim” holding the passport…

[@wraithcadmus]

I will wager up to $0.17 that it's stock footage shot by a company that helps organise people's Hajj that ended up public domain.

[@petrhajduk9955]

Fun to imagine that the equivalent motorway would be 42 + 42 lanes. (assuming about 1700 per lane per hour)

[@theodosius2978]

Man... this analogys are pure gold...

[@fluffyjello]

1:21 Hajj gameplay: stoning 3 pillars with stones Hajj lore: Satan and it's devils get tied into the pillars and people stone the hell out of them.

[@deanhuang6841]

4:05 love the circular reasoning lmfao. Chuckled quite a bit.

[@rd3l]

0:50 "To explain the problem" Shows footage of mecca 😂

[@refusist]

Normal transportation is NOT everyones way to get around. I mostly sit in a trance and hope to be teleported to my destination

[@chr1staki]

"Any decent sized city that cares about its residents" ...you do realise the residents elect those in charge of running the city 🤔

[@kareemyasser3590]

Do they tho??

[@chr1staki]

@@kareemyasser3590 well that's another subject altogether 😉

[@scarpfish]

Most of us who elect such people have been conned into thinking owning our own transportation (not to mention financing it for $500/mo over 5-8 years) somehow constitutes freedom, and that investing in public transportation equals socialism.

[@Locutus]

The logistics of the Haj sounds like a good video for Wendover Productions.

[@AttilaSVK]

Budapest metro line 2, Batthyány tér (Batthyány square) station escalators visible at 4:38 :)

[@vitalyvolkov1618]

Great video, but I have I kind of theological question. How do the Mecca locals do the haj? For the hadj, you have to go to visit Mecca from elsewhere, but going to 'visit' the city you already live in doesn't make many logical sence, since you technically alseardy visit it every day when you leave your home. Sorry if the question is stupid, but it just puzzled me

[@MudhaffarAdhwa]

There are certain places outside of Mecca you go to start your Hajj, so a Mecca local would need to leave the city, go to those start points then return

[@Ghost-tm5gw]

There are starting points, or mahrems, where people need to go to be in a state for hajj.