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Reece (the RM in RMTransit) is an urbanist and public transport critic residing in Toronto, Canada, with the goal of helping the world become more connected through metros, trams, buses, high-speed trains, and all other transport modes.
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IT'S FINALLY HEREEEE!! I don't know what else can I say after watching this video evolve from concept to reality. I'm glad I was able to help you out with this one. Hopefully we can collaborate in another future project!
Each line was built for differently form cut and cover to TBM of eras. Live A is the closest to how NYC Subway was built
Happy to see more latinamerican metro systems in this channel.
Please make a video on São Paulo's Metro. São Paulo is the biggest city in all Americas and its public transport system has been considered the best in the world by 2010. São Paulo's metro, even though has less stations than Mexico City's Metro, if you include its extension with the train system CPTM It would be considered the biggest in All Americas. I lived in São Paulo for most of my youth and I cay san it is much better than Toronto's TTC for example…
Please talk about the max bogl maglev
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how do you have that much rail mileage and no connection to any airports!?
I've been all over it. It's mapped like a hand, with 4 fingers, a palm line and a line on the knuckles, kind of a different layout for a different kind of city. The only thing close to the layout that I can think of is Chicago.
Great job with the Spanish pronunciations. I greatly appreciate it. Great video!
Clearly extremely well-researched! Thank you so much for making this!
Hey Reece! Love your channel, I was wondering if you've ever looked into Gauteng's Gautrain? Doing an assignment on it at uni and would love to reference your work!!
Cómo dato ahora la línea B va a modificar todos los trenes por los Alstom M5, así que se estaría sumando un nuevo modeló a la flota
I visited Buenos Aires a few years ago (I'm Australian) – it is one of the most beautiful cities I have ever seen. Would you consider making a video on Tehran's Metro Reece? I was reading about it a few days ago and it's a really impressive, comprehensive system.
Hi Reese, just wondering, will you be doing the Seoul Metro someday?
Nicee!!
Fun fact: The old part of line A was built not by tunneling, but by excavation of the Rivadavia avenue.
Also, I remember one of the stations (Peru) I believe, having the walls decorated with old advertisements from the 1920s. And the old train cars took you back in time, like taking a time machine, but it was a train 🙂 Those were the golden years in Argentina, advancing fast like the US, which is why they built it earlier than many European cities.
I love the CNRs, they smell like lemon.
yo al ver que las imágenes fueron proporcionadas por Mati: 😱😱😱😱😱 (crossover épico)
You should do a video on the Osaka Metro
Please, make São Paulo next! 🙂
I'm from Argentina and while not a huge fan of my own country 😅 the Subte and in general trains are a glimmer of pride for me! While far from perfect i do think it punches above it's weight considering the economic situation that has plagued is with crisis after crisis for decades. I would love to the the subte expanded but even as it stands, Buenos Aires is one of the most navigable cities in south america in my opinion.
Please cover chennai metro 🇮🇳. It has 54km operational metro and 119 km under construction
Be honest, Reece…you were singing "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" while editing this video, weren't you? 😂Argentina may have been the first to get a subway in Latin America, but the first in the Spanish-speaking world to get trains in general was CUBA! During the colonial era, the Compañía de Caminos de Hierro de la Habana opened a 27.5 kilometers line from Havana to Bejucal in November 1837, before Spain itself got trains! Buenos Aires's buses are just as interesting as the Subte! There are over 100 city bus lines called Colectivos, and these lines are each managed by different companies, meaning liveries galore!
They have the frequency of subway systems, but colectivos do not have a fixed timetable, but run from four to several per hour, depending on the bus line and time of the day. Not to mention they're inexpensive! It's like how the jitneys in northern New Jersey steal business from NJ Transit by running more frequent along NJT routes and attracting Spanish speakers, although the fares are more than NJT. And then on top of these colectivos, there's the Metrobús BRT system you mentioned. It operates 24 hours a day and 365 days a year (like the NYC Subway), with 2-to-4-minute frequencies during the day and 10 to 15 minutes at night. It opened in 2011 with the Juan B. Justo Line at 12 kilometers long and 21 stations, and more lines have since been built.
Please can you do the Tyne and Wear metro system in Newcastle (and Sunderland)? It's an interesting light-metro that uses old abandoned rail network. Please!
Gracias
Waiting for RMTransit to discuss Jakarta's / Jabodetabek's Public Transport system
I was thinking all along, why don't the Buenos Aires authorities run a suburban electric line between the two terminals, creating a regional rail system? And at the end of the vid, you told us they plan to do exactly that!
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Finally, been waiting on this video for a long time, excellent as usual, please do consider doing a video on the suburban system, the love-hate relationship it generates with its users is something to be studied, and i really hope you do another collab with Mati, he's basically your spanish speaking counterpart in terms of quality in his content.
The RER plans depends of the National authorities due the railway network it is owned by the National State. But those plans are virtually cancelled due the current crisis and the priority in modernize and electrify all the commuter rail lines first. However, it is a shame that de Buenos Aires City Government has zero interest in expanding the underground network (the line H is not finished yet and the lines F, G and I have to be build by law since 2001). They say that the underground is not worth it and and instead build more BRT corridors. 🙄
And actually it is not the "subte card" is the SUBE (Sistema Único de Boleto Electrónico) card, which is a National Government political being implementing gradually across the country.
Here's some context for some of the names mentioned here: General San Martín is José de San Martín, who's an Argentine regarded as the Liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru as he was the main leader of the southern and central parts of South America's successful struggle for independence from the Spanish. Belgrano refers to Manuel Belgrano, who not only participated in the struggle for independence as well, but also designed what became the flag of Argentina. Plaza de Mayo was named in honor of the 1810 May Revolution, which sparked the war for independence when the Primera Junta seized the government, ousted the Spanish Viceroy, and launched a series of military expeditions.
A tip for the future: In the Rio de la Plata region (as in not just Argentina but also Uruguay), they pronounce "ll" as "zh" instead of as a y. So Caballito at 4:38 is pronounced "Cabazhito". This pronunciation of ll and y as sh is actually a linguistic phenomenon called yeismo rehilado, which is also common in Uruguay. Why is this a thing in the region? Because of Galician, French, Portuguese, and most importantly, Italian immigration. Loan words like champagne and chef from French for example. And Puerto is pware-to. This isn't just a Rio de la Plata thing, but an all-Spanish thing. Saying Puerto as "porto" is Anglicized
Incredibly, you've posted this video the day I was flying back from Buenos Aires! Great summary of the system, keep them coming. Would love to see more on the railways in BA!
Loved the video, thanks for talking about our subway system. The Subte may have it's problems like any other underground train system, but it has a unique and interesting history.
MI PAIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Remember being there for a month one winter in I think 2006 and seeing the wooden doors of the cars on one of the lines swinging back and forth, open and close as the train was moving along.
Make a video about Sao Paulo metro/train/monorail system. Its geting a lot of expansions (like the orange line in construction, or the green line expansion, or the monorails) in the last years and four new subway lines are planed for the next years.
The Once – waterfront tunnel already exists. It was built by the Western Argentine Railway (FFCC Oeste) in 1916 to allow freights to access the docks. The single-track line was once electrified, with a brace of Baldwin-Westinghouse boxcab locos using third rail in the tunnel and overhead wire in the docks. There were several at using it for passenger service, all of which petered out for lack of usage. The tunnel itself is located under the line A tunnel; its conversion for passenger use would require the construction of a parallel bore and several new stations to permit interchange with the Metro.
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You should do a video about the Dominican subway system and transportation in and around the capital city Santo Domingo
thank you very much! we don't hold our network in high esteem so it's been nice and moving when you highlighted its good sides!
Great video ❤
Been waiting this one too. For your own good, don't wait the expansions and the RER on your feet, won't be here any time soon. In the matter Urquiza and B line, the subway was an expansion of the railway made by the same company that own both, and it was intended to operate freight trains (which actually has been done until the fire in the freight underground terminal), but also long distance trains, a project never concluded by the company, and never took in consideration when both got nationalized; at the same time that the metro system. When the state bought the trains capable of running in both systems, the working and operating culture was too apart to reconcile. The overhead power supply put the last nail in that coffin.
I'm off to Argentina 🇦🇷 in February since despite being an Isla Malvinan (Falkland Island) Passport holder I get visa free travel. (Unlike Canada and the USA give me)
I'm really looking forward to discovering the Subte, Tren Surbubnos and the Premetro tramway.
I'm also looking forward to the little train at the end of the world in Tierra del Fuego.
Hopefully will be able to snap some video and photo shots.
took me 2 days to come up with a cool funny comment but really im just very thankful for the opportunity reece!
been waiting for a vid about my beloved system for such a long time and it finally paid off with a banger video 😍
Cool video.
Can you consider covering the newly opened Pune metro expansion (in India). The ridership jumped 2000% last week. It has also India's deepest metro station with two lines running on elevated and underground stations. Not to mention the exquisite architecture based on art deco, mediaeval maratha forts, traditional Maharashtrian interior design and brutalism. The expansion also includes the underground stations with full PSDs for the very first time.
There is loads of footage available from the internet as a lot of enthusiastic youtubers are covering the opening. Even the Pune metro is doing a fantastic job with regular video updates and timelapses being posted on their YouTube channel (I can try getting you some unseen footage too as my close relative heads the Pune metro Campaign). Even the architect firm designing some of the stations have been posting videos of unopened stations on their Instagram.