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I think the Pacer is an example of how not to build a train, but at the same time was also the train that saved much of the Northern railways, and many of the underused Southern railways. Without it, there's a good chance the UK could've ended up like the US, where rails are bought by private freight companies and shun passenger services.

The only use the Pacer has ever been, and will ever be, is as a warning from history.

I think they preserve the Pacer as a warning to posterity to never repeat it.

MAN UP, Stadler are as much use as a wire netting watering can, three out of three systems mentioned were/are 3 - 4 years overdue

They look lovely

I agree

I think these trains look way better than the new Siemens trains for the Piccadilly line in London.

0:36 bro was so confused 😂

What I like at newcastle is when you stand at the castle end of platform 4 you can still see a forgotten about section of the old city wall

I know British Tubes are safe and reliable, I have worked in London (and visited Glasgow often) and have no bad experiences (with the transport itself). But they are quite small and cramped, bordering on claustrophobic and I have always wondered why. Does it have to do with the age of the tunnels?

Can you go around a few times just to pass the time with one ticket if you don't get off?

And where is Dublin in the Future

Thanks for this video. I particularly valued the description of the crossing and old bay suburban platforms. I can remember going to central station as a boy in the 1970s with my dad (to drop off my grandparents, enroute to London) and finding the hustle and bustle scary. I’d always subsequently thought this was just because I was a child, but wonder now whether it was because the station was actually much bigger and busier. I’d also like to visit those toilets! What a wonderful piece of heritage preserved.

Looking forward to the new trains. I moved to Newcastle under two months ago and while I love the look of the old ones (and have already taken the opportunity to ride in the front and pretend I'm driving) I've had my Metro cancelled 4 times, been stopped due to mechanical issues twice and can't count how many times I've been delayed. My parents almost missed their flight home because they had two cancelled trains to the airport in a row!

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Do you know when they removed the red and blue lines? I've recently spotted an old map in the Monument station that has the old yellow and green TW logo and the track extended to Airport, so I can only get it dated between 1991-2000 (since the TW logo swapped with Nexus in 2001). This map is on the head end of the line going toward south shields, and it's interesting since it's almost exactly like the one in the NRM, but without the red/blue lines (and contains airport).

Its very important to note that the train has to be small enough to fit in the hole made for it , sorry for being technical but when people whine about its size the a quick to forget this

different train changes i know about: Glasgow Subway METRO in Liverpool Tyne and Wear Metro

IM SO INPATIENT-

I’ve been in a Glasgow subway before and I knew about this

Wait a minute *THATS A TRAIN HAVING BUS DOORS*

you're so right about the interiors, they feel really spacious and clean

i worked on the new bridge st construction back in 1980?

Anyone having problems with insomnia, here's the cure

As predicted...another sunderland 'knacker trap'.

The pacers are ones of my favourite DMUs that have run on british railways, except the class 141.

Now modernize the tracks aswell

Bad idea to have upholstery seats. As well as being incredibly unhygienic, they will soon become threadbare and need constant replacement. They should have gone with metal seats like most modern metros do. Metal seats are easier to wipe off the Buckfast and deep fried Mars Bar vomit too.

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Aye INCREDIBLY shite, how they managed to make a 50 year old system worse in pretty much every way is somehow admirable

No they didnt

But why are they so bumpy?

What would the theme be for the green line though?

I think the only comparatively odd thing trivia wise than the footsteps is the Latin at Wallsend station. I always find that an awesome fact

Glasgow Underground is incredible, but the accessibility is absolutely ridiculous!

I'm Australian and used to live in Newcastle. My parents were from there, so I spent a few years there when I was about 19 getting to know my heritage (in roughly 2004 onwards for a few years). I really loved my time there, and what I wouldn't give for Gregg's to open here in Australia. If you weren't aware, you should have a look at Newcastle in Australia. A lot of areas of the Australian Newcastle are named after areas of the UK Newcastle; it has a Jesmond, a Wallsend, a Gosforth etc. The entire city was clearly developed by some homesick Geordies. The Australian Newcastle is also the world's largest coal exporting port too, taking over from the original Newcastle.

They should call it *"the McTube"!* for all its worth

go to the eu or asia than glasgow is a pile of waste of time and ends up like the rest of the rest of the uk transportation system dead and underfundet

As an American, who is used to giant subway/train cars, and as a 6’5 guy…I could feel my breath literally catching in my chest at the size of these things. 😅 Geez they’re tiny. I’d get a bit claustrophobic at first. But beyond that that, it’s amazing how clean, well-kept, and nice every thing is. The stations are beautiful, the train themselves look very nice - even the older models were miles better than what we have over here in most of our cities with train/subway systems. Very, very nice. Our train lines could take some cues and lessons from this!

With that amount of rocking and jerkiness, I doubt I could ride them.

I am a geordie, born on Stanhope St. In 1945, I remember Newcastle Station very well it was and still is the best station in the world, left from it to take my first job in the smoke with a lot of other lads Monday morning plat 10,at 6.30am , slept till York at least then went straight to work for half a day's holiday!

Old ones looked well better

Is there anything under the benches? Otherwise you could put bags under it

It’s Sunderland, it backs onto hendon..

They’re not incredible I got trapped in a broken down one for an hour never stepped foot on them since

Oh wow those are short! Looks like a person my height (6'0) could really only stand up in the very middle, if at all. But it also looks like widening or raising the height of the cars at all would basically require you to redo the entire system. What a unique artifact of that early age of subways.

Fabric seats are weird. In Asia they are all metal. Easier to disinfect.

It was an awful building and in my view the awards were a con trick. I walked through it every day in the 70s and it was a dead, litter strewn place. The new city hall makes a far better statement and the new housing on the old site looks great.

this guy talks like jeremy clarkson