I mean great idea, but seems like they should have just used a (relative) small battery as it surely doesn't have to go that far before reconnecting with the overhead lines?
The aesthetics argument against overhead wires is so stupid. In my historic cities they've been there for over 100 years and i've never heard anyone complaining.
London used to have a similar system in most streets. Rather than overhead wires, a conduit was built between the rails that was buried into the road surface to reduce the visual impact of the wires. The system was much more expensive though because the conduit could get filled with leaves or street rubbish and if it needed to be repaired, maintained or altered, you needed to dig up the whole road surface. They were still popular though and were still in use when London idiotically got rid of trams during the 30s-50s (thanks for nothing Marples)
It surprises me that while Luxembourg has one of the wealthiest population per Capita in the world, they also have very low taxes. How the F do the keep the public transport free? Meanwhile in sweden, we have super high tax, and in Stockholm we pay almost 100 bucks per month for the public transport.
Overhead wires can be done in the historical center in a way that they either become almost invisible or that they genuinely complement the street. I cannot imagine cities like Prague without trams and their wires. They are part of the panorama.
I didn't know it was so unusual. Have you seen the trams in Birmingham (UK!) where they have no wires through the city centre? Similar reasons of aesthetics, low tunnels/bridges etc., but crucially they use BATTERIES iirc, for a far longer run through the city centre. The charging happens when the pantograph re-engages on the other side, as I understand it.
I had assumed it was something that happened in a number of locations, and didn't think it was so very unusual… maybe it is!
In Sydney we have a very similar third rail system on the L2 and L3 light rail lines, they run on overhead wires over the majority of the line but switch to a continuous third rail system for the section of line through the main city CBD! The lines are operated by the Alstom Citadis X05 trams 🙂
Man, I love you channel, but to say roads are ugly it's simply an opinion. I like cars, I love mass transit and cityscapes. There may be a place for all of them
Luxembourg really doesn't have particular wide roads, there are basically no 3×2 roads in country, besides the Luxembourg-France highway currently under construction, and the 3rd lane is a Bus/Car-pooling lane. The biggest problem with Luxembourg City is that it's a small 150,000 population city made up of plateaus separated by sheer cliffs and deep river valleys, that receives 400,000+ commuters every day. Unfortunately a great number of those commuters come from across the borders of the country, where public transport options are sadly suboptimal because these regions are comparatively poor, so most people end up commuting in their cars. What Luxembourg is doing, and needs most, is to collaborate with these regions to build more new rail lines and create more bus lanes to give those commuters more time efficient transit options.
We have the same system on the tram in my hometown of Newcastle, Australia. Really space age & efficient, but unfortunately the entire light rail is only 3kms long. The rest of the public transport is contracted to a French company, Keolis, which is at a 3rd world level.
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Was it athletics or economics? Did they do it to save the cost of installing and maintaining additional infrastructure in an extremely crowded areas?
I like wires. <3
We have those in Moscow too.
I mean great idea, but seems like they should have just used a (relative) small battery as it surely doesn't have to go that far before reconnecting with the overhead lines?
Trams can be wireless?! Oh my giddy aunt! 🤩
The aesthetics argument against overhead wires is so stupid. In my historic cities they've been there for over 100 years and i've never heard anyone complaining.
Same thing in Bordeaux, France, except it's not free at all…
We have these on our trains in Norway
in rio they also dont put the overhead wires
Give me ugly transit idc I just want transit that works
Some people think it's crazy for public transit to be free, but then I tell them that Freeways are a thing. They're literally called "Free" ways!
If public transit should have a small access fee to keep the riff raff out, well then why not the freewys
That's really cool. Although I think the tram wires have their own kind of charm in a way
WOW!
London used to have a similar system in most streets. Rather than overhead wires, a conduit was built between the rails that was buried into the road surface to reduce the visual impact of the wires. The system was much more expensive though because the conduit could get filled with leaves or street rubbish and if it needed to be repaired, maintained or altered, you needed to dig up the whole road surface. They were still popular though and were still in use when London idiotically got rid of trams during the 30s-50s (thanks for nothing Marples)
Tbh the "futuristic look" harms the historic aesthetic far more than a tram line would've
We have similar light rail here in Sydney too
Neat
It surprises me that while Luxembourg has one of the wealthiest population per Capita in the world, they also have very low taxes. How the F do the keep the public transport free? Meanwhile in sweden, we have super high tax, and in Stockholm we pay almost 100 bucks per month for the public transport.
Overhead wires can be done in the historical center in a way that they either become almost invisible or that they genuinely complement the street. I cannot imagine cities like Prague without trams and their wires. They are part of the panorama.
I didn't know it was so unusual. Have you seen the trams in Birmingham (UK!) where they have no wires through the city centre? Similar reasons of aesthetics, low tunnels/bridges etc., but crucially they use BATTERIES iirc, for a far longer run through the city centre. The charging happens when the pantograph re-engages on the other side, as I understand it.
I had assumed it was something that happened in a number of locations, and didn't think it was so very unusual… maybe it is!
yea why are tram wires considered "unsightly" but the entirety of roads and cars and all that crap doesn't even register??
In Sydney we have a very similar third rail system on the L2 and L3 light rail lines, they run on overhead wires over the majority of the line but switch to a continuous third rail system for the section of line through the main city CBD! The lines are operated by the Alstom Citadis X05 trams 🙂
We have the same in Cardiff. Tripowered trams for unner city travel as well as to nearby towns
Good point. But honestly, overhead wires aren’t even that ugly.
Man, I love you channel, but to say roads are ugly it's simply an opinion. I like cars, I love mass transit and cityscapes. There may be a place for all of them
Sydney trams on george street do a similar thing
I like the overhead lines but I am an odd one.
This is outdated technology, you need to see what china is building
Looking like star trek technology
Same system in Nice, France where i live. I love it, it doesn't ruine the views.
Luxembourg really doesn't have particular wide roads, there are basically no 3×2 roads in country, besides the Luxembourg-France highway currently under construction, and the 3rd lane is a Bus/Car-pooling lane. The biggest problem with Luxembourg City is that it's a small 150,000 population city made up of plateaus separated by sheer cliffs and deep river valleys, that receives 400,000+ commuters every day. Unfortunately a great number of those commuters come from across the borders of the country, where public transport options are sadly suboptimal because these regions are comparatively poor, so most people end up commuting in their cars. What Luxembourg is doing, and needs most, is to collaborate with these regions to build more new rail lines and create more bus lanes to give those commuters more time efficient transit options.
Can they not recharge trams via track infrastructure?
We have the same thing in Birmingham, UK (but we only have one tram line)
Pretty cool
Was in Luxemburg last year and I didn't even notice that they didn't have wires but now that you mention it…
basically Fzero
need to explore about this. and also the system to make the public transport is free for the people.
We have the same system on the tram in my hometown of Newcastle, Australia. Really space age & efficient, but unfortunately the entire light rail is only 3kms long. The rest of the public transport is contracted to a French company, Keolis, which is at a 3rd world level.
What happens if a tram loses power midway through for some bizarre reason?
But things like that are impossible! – my American red state leadership
Supercapacitors instead of batteries is a fantastic choice.
1st time i saw that in Spain Sevilla it looked so nice
Free transit is better for the economy and pays for itself, anyone telling you otherwise has another competing interest