As I rest in bed with terminal cancer you can have no idea how much watching this video has meant to me. The great Orme holds so many memories. Thank you.
I am so glad I could bring back some happy memories for you. I am glad I can play a small part in helping people who can't visit locations see the places they love, enjoy your memories 🙂
Thank you for the footage, as a local to Llandudno and the, fact that my Dad was born on the Gt Orme, it's so nice to see our Gt Orme Tramway on RUclips, we locals are immensely proud of it
You have every right be very proud of it, it is a really unique day out. The drivers are so passionate about the tram and the town I have thought about going back but doing a version with the drivers talking about each section and what they enjoy about the job.
I've never been but my kids have with school and can't stop goign on about it. Now I've seen it on here I'm definately coming over next year for a ride. Thats brilliant. I'd be proud of that too.
How utterly fantastic! This reminds me greatly of the cable cars we have in San Francisco: particularly the first, street running section. Of course, those cars have the ability to grip and release the cables to control their speed, and thus are able to make stops along the streets, but the tech is very, very similar - including the pulleys for the cables and rail design in general.
It does have a very San Francisco feel to it, it is on my bucket list to vet over to the USA and see for myself one day when the world settles down a bit. I am glad you enjoyed this, thank you for watching.
My dad's sister lived in block of flats opposite the tram station - only ever did the tram trip once though in all the times I used to go up to Llandudno.
Have walked up the hill a few times, love how quickly you get away from people!! Never been on the tram, your video going up the hill gives a good impression of how steep it actually is in places, photos never do it justice. Amazing that pro cyclists rode the entire thing in a couple of minutes.
I do a bit of fell running in Lancashire, I have thought about having a decent go at running up it when I am next there. Distance wise it's not actually that long, but the incline is just a constant slog
They are all provided with big thick modern coats these days branded up with the tram logo etc (I only remember this because I left my coat in the car not knowing how cold it would be at the top and spent half the day wishing I had one) but you are right, on a bad day I can't imagine that is a pleasurable experience.
This brings back memories, we spent a week in Colwyn Bay, one day, we drove to the Great Orm, caught the tram down to Llandudno, and back up, on the second stage of the journey it rained and the tram was open windows, Still a great way of travelling.
I think this video is one of the first times I made it up the Orme without it raining. I walked around the back of it recently, packed all of my waterproofs and it was so sunny and hot, typical
Have ridden this amazing tramway at various times since 1980 and even walked the line in one winter in the mid 1980s. I last visited it in August 2022 and its worth the 275 miles drive from home.
I love a location that has this impact on people, I have a few railways I would travel that far for time and time again (thankfully the Orme is only 100 miles for me) and it is always great to visit somewhere familiar
As good as any in the world or even better.. Had a good rail trip up the Conwy Valley line, taxi from the station (£3.80) and then on the tramway. Lucky with the weather on a rain filled week on the North Wales narrow gauge steam railways. Even just before the school holidays they were full and the improvements since the 60's and 70's were amazing. Of course, the EU helped.
One thing I will say, the drivers of these trams are very exposed in bad weather and they do a fantastic job. You really can't beat this corner of Wales for a lovely day out, it is amazing.
To be honest, I thought this was going to be lame. I am glad to admit that I was wrong in my premature assumption. It's actually really cool! Especially the second segment. I really dig those cables running on the spinners between the rails. Excellent scenery and views as well! Cheers😄
I really enjoyed this train 🚆 journey, quite a climb before you see a nice view away in front of you and the sea as well, - a first class video, so thanks to the person who made this video.
I am glad you enjoyed it, I definitely had as much fun making the video as people are having watching it, even if I did leave my coat in the car and freeze a bit at the top
On the first part of the descent, the driver in the corner of the screen looks like he's been superimposed like a presenter on top of his video presentation. How lucky there just happened to be a bit of dual track where the two trams met!
I have never noticed the angle on the driver but that is all I can see now! The trams always meet at the same point, they are attached to one big loop of a cable so always pass at bang on the middle
I'm glad I found this video -- and am sorry my wife and I (we live in Florida now) did not take it when we passed through on the way to Porthmadog. It helps me realize a few lines from my father's book Up to Mametz when in 1914 he transferred to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and had to storm up the Great Orme -- on foot!
Can I ask, is this Llewelyn Wyn Griffiths? I have just done a quick Google, I am not far from finishing my current book and I am always looking for something to read.
Llandudno stunning went on a coach trip from Scotland there in 2019. Did the tram,also the Alice in Wonderland trail,just not enough time to do everything,but need to consider driving ourselves down to get more time to see the place,we did see Caernarvon,Conwy and Portmeirion
This is lovely! My brother sister and I used to go on holiday to Llandudno with our parents in the late 1960's/early 1970's We loved going up the Orme on the tram - lots of happy memories- thank you 😊
@@TheTouristLine Thank you for your kindness 🙏🏻🙂 In fact, you make me think to Visit WALES IN my next Trip... I share this episode with my Mother 😁👌🏻🚂 She did enjoyed seeing it... Wish you the best.. be safe 🌴🚂
@@TheTouristLine it came about just as the Spanish package holiday began to grow, the summer season was always very busy, my dad had a hotel, the wyngarth
I did it on 14th Oct 2021 when it was cold and wet, it was a nice trip, but I was grateful for the very hot chocolate in the cafe at the bottom of the hill.
was on this tramway in september with my wife and friends .. i travel from ireland to llandudno quite a lot to see my friends , one of them has a business in llandudno on mostyn street a great place to have a meal and listen to irish music .. please all those peolpe that have never been her you must go its a brilliant place for a holiday and many of the hotels and businesses need your custom .. another brilliant video buddy thanks for posting ...j .turner
I couldn't agree more with your post here, covid hit the world hard but the pubs and hotels especially. I started filming these videos with attractions I can drive too but next year I plan on going all over the UK and I will be factoring in as many hotels as I can just to try and help out (and enjoy myself, who doesn't like a good Irish bar). I will be stopping in Llandudno with my wife at some stage next year so will look for the Irish bar mentioned above.
Great video, thanks for sharing. I used to go to Llandudno in the 1970s on holiday with my parents, this brought back some good memories. I actually remember there was a cable attached to the blue poles and the trams had pantographs. Do you know why this is no more? Also, at the very beginning of the video you'll see a square-looking white house up to the left distance. This was a guest house called Tudno House, and it's where my parents spent their honeymoon in 1958.
That's a brilliant story, I have just checked out the house and it's nice to know one of the memories attached to it. There used to be a cable but it was purely for communication (if there was an obstruction the pulley has to be stopped centrally). This has been replaced with modern mobile communication.
I could honestly live in Wales with the tram and all the railway lines they have! I am planning a full week away soon, just need to sweet talk my wife as I think she has seen enough railways to last her a lifetime.
@@TheTouristLine The latter of what you say is a all two familiar story for me to! I usually try and visit a railway along with a "nice place" on the same day and then we're all happy!
Great video! Only thing to comment on, would have been great to see the surrounding views etc especially from the top to get a feel for the area! Certainly will visit at some stage.👍🤓😄
You have stumbled upon my great dilemma when making these videos. I need them to look good, and I need them to show off a location, but I also need to leave people wanting to visit in person (as visitors keep these places open as we all know), without taking too much enjoyment away from the people who can never really visit for various reasons. It is a balance 😂
Excellent! Thank you for the video of the entire system and the last short section showing the cables and pulleys working. I would have liked to have seen the cable traction wheels in the engine house but I expect they were out of bounds? I’ve never ridden on the tramway but seem to remember that the trolley pole on the roofs of the trams were actually just used for the telephone between the driver and the traction cable controller? I didn’t see any of the famous goats…but that might be because numbers have been reduced by sending some to Bournemouth where, I can tell you, they’ve settled down on our steep cliffs and are very happy indeed. Magnificent animals and so relaxed! Thanks fir the video again, I really enjoyed it! Rob, in Bournemouth.
Thank you for your kind comment! The engine house in the middle does have a glass viewing section and you can see the big cable drums for each side. Sadly as I had to run between the two trams and attach the camera etc I didn't have the time to film the middle section. As I had to have special permission to attach my camera I had to keep to specific trams. You are 100% correct about the trolley pole, it was always purely for communication and electric lighting before batteries took over. The goats are a sore point, the drivers told me they had seen some earlier that day so I was full of optimism but sadly they didn't want to make an appearance. I have been lucky enough to see them on a previous visit with the family and they are magnificent animals. I was unaware some had been sent down to Bournemouth but if they have been sent to East / West cliff I can picture them enjoying it, you definitely get better weather than the Orme!
Trust me, there is so much to do in Llandudno, nobody could know everything there is. It is probably the only seaside town I could spend a full week in without getting bored.
I am glad you enjoyed it, the drivers are provided with big thick coats but I can confirm it is freezing at the top, I left my coat in the car and even though I am from the North of England, I was a bit cold!
Just come across this film. Went up on the tram last summer. Enjoyed the trip and the view's at the top were brilliant. Just think the direction signage in the town from the station could have been better.
Why did I read 'Johnny Cab' instead of 'Journey Cab', saw the thumbnail and thought "oh it must be a reference to Johnny cab in the original Total Recall" based purely from it is shot from a front view and Johnny Cab had an upfront driver, my next thought was before I clicked "I never knew that was a thing, viewing stuff from the point of view from a fictional taxi". Lol. Them hills are a bit steep eh. Nice video.
I was gutted that I didn't have time to film the middle section. You should have seen how quickly I had to move my camera from one tram to the other to keep my schedule. It is well worth a visit to see the big cable drums etc in the centre, I do hope to visit again on a more relaxed schedule so will hopefully get a movie of that.
Excellent impression of the tramway. Only lacking a view of a couple of wild billygoats trotting down to raid someone's garden. These sizeable animals fear nothing!
Muy bueno el viaje que se realiza con maravillosos paisaje, soy fanaticos de los trenes, no se de parte son, me gustaria saber, felicitaciones por el video. Robeto Quiroga de Argentina
Este tranvía es realmente encantador con hermosos paisajes. Está en Gales, que está en el Reino Unido. Es uno de los mejores ferrocarriles que este país tiene para ofrecer. Gracias por sus amables palabras.
I do believe it is now closed for the winter but opens in March. I will be one of the first ones on it as I have a few more shots and angles to film from!
Llandudno was the place for our annual holiday when I was a kid as my father was a tram fanatic. I’m sure the Great Orme Trams had a trolley then. I think the trolley was for lights and communication. When did the trolleys go and how is the lighting powered now?
When I went on it before they had a little read out that said "battery level" so I am assuming they charge them up over night, probably not much more than a car battery I imagine.
@@TheTouristLine Thank you. I suppose the lights are LED’s now that don’t need much power. I would be nice to know when all the overhead wires were dismantled. And when were the trollies removed from the trams or are they still there?
£8.50 for adults £6.50 for children and family tickets available that I think are valid all day. A beautiful pier with friendly staff a short walk away from the embarkation station, beautiful views from the summit and if you are travelling into or out of North Wales along the A55 some fantastic gentle family friendly, sandy beaches well worth stopping at along the way/way out. Each to their own but imo far better than spending £400+ for a family of 4 to take a 2minute zipline ride at Bethesda. Edit to say: Of course the fantastic copper mines near the summit as well!
It sounds like you enjoy very similar things to me on Holiday! Llandudno (and North Wales in general) is great for a really cheap holiday, we never had much as children but our 1 week in Wales was great, loads of fantastic memories!
Your English is amazing, never apologise for it! I am glad you enjoyed the video, I do hope to visit Japan some day to see what trams are like over there
My first trip on here was in 1957, I was on holiday from Nottingham with my mum and dad and I met a pretty girl from Manchester and we had a ride on here together, her name was Christine Baxter! Lovely memories.
I am so glad I can bring back lovely memories like this. When I was doing the filming it had been 20 years since I last went up and it just brought back every childhood holiday we ever had in Wales. It is a lovely timeless place
for a few minutes my brain couldnt work out the track arrangement for the rails and cable in the upper section of the lower half. but watching the tram come down the hill i was able to work it out. though a question still remains, the passing loops are not dead center between the halfway station and victoria station and halfway and the summit so is the cable continously moving and the trams can attach and detach from the cable, (similar to the ones in san francisco)
The trams are permanently attached to the cable, I have had my measuring tool out on Google Earth and all four sections are exactly 0.25 miles from start to passing loop. I checked the time stamps on the video and some sections do take longer than others, this can be because of more weight on one tram than the other, making tiny adjustments etc. Length wise, they are identical. I enjoyed looking in to that one!
Given that "The lower section is built in or alongside the public road and has gradients as steep as 1 in 3.8 (26.15%). The track throughout this section is laid as grooved rail within the road surface, and the cable lies below the road surface in a conduit between the rails. The bottom half of the section is single-track, but above the passing loop it has interlaced double track." I would kindly like to know who operates the switch (point) that leads to the "Interlaced double track". Grateful for the attention given to me, I would like to take this opportunity to extend cordial and sincere regards
Hi, the switch points are completely automatic, the tram will always take the left path. Because the trams are attached to the cable at a fixed point, they will always pass at the same point on each journey making sure they don't collide.
@@TheTouristLineThank you very much, but is the point (there is only one along the lower section) electrically operated? Thanks again for your availability and collaboration
Interestingly it has always been powered from the central cable drums. The old electric towers at the side of the track used to be used to power lights and communication only (both battery powered now)
It is clear that the tram cars of the Upper section must inevitably change the side to which they are attached to the drag rope which forms a closed loop on itself, before making the journey in the opposite direction to the previous one (going up or going down ), otherwise, once they reached the spring switches of the central loop, each of the two tram carriages would move onto the right track while the cable would continue along the other track of the central loop. I would therefore like to kindly know how the tram carriages in operation along the Upper section unhook from one of the two sections of the drag rope which forms a closed ring on itself and engage the other segment of the same rope. I hope I have conveyed the idea. Thanking you in advance for your availability, I would like to take this opportunity to extend cordial and sincere regards
Hi, I can answer this one for you. The cable isn't on a 'loop' as you expect. There is a drum one side of the tramway and they wind it so far to send the tram up to the top, and for the reverse journey they do just reverse the drum, meaning the tram uses the same cable up and down.
@@TheTouristLineThank you very much for the answer, but if each tram used the same cable used for the ascent to the top, on the way back, having reached the central loop, it would find itself on the other track, i.e. the cable would run along the top track. left, in the direction of descent, and the tram on the right track. This does not happen in the single-track funiculars with two balanced cabins that cross each other at the central loop equipped with switches without moving parts designed by the Swiss engineer Carl Roman Abt. In order to travel on this type of switches without moving parts, one of the two cabins has wheels with a double flange on the left side and without a flange on the right side, for example in the ascending direction; the other car is instead equipped with wheels with double flanges on the right side and wheels without flanges on the left side. Here in Genoa we have two funiculars with this type of wheels as well as a rack railway, probably the only case in the world of a rack railway equipped with switches without moving parts of the type designed by the Swiss engineer Carl Roman Abt. The horizontal / vertical lift of Monte Galletto is also equipped with an Abt type switch and the wheels of the two cabins are flanged as mentioned above.
As I rest in bed with terminal cancer you can have no idea how much watching this video has meant to me. The great Orme holds so many memories. Thank you.
I am so glad I could bring back some happy memories for you. I am glad I can play a small part in helping people who can't visit locations see the places they love, enjoy your memories 🙂
Really sorry to hear about your Cancer, my heart goes out to you. 😢
Sending big hugs your way🙏 ❤ 🤗
May the Eternal Tram give you a perfect ride.
Thank you for the footage, as a local to Llandudno and the, fact that my Dad was born on the Gt Orme, it's so nice to see our Gt Orme Tramway on RUclips, we locals are immensely proud of it
You have every right be very proud of it, it is a really unique day out. The drivers are so passionate about the tram and the town I have thought about going back but doing a version with the drivers talking about each section and what they enjoy about the job.
A wonderful thing
Wales is a beautiful part of the UK and I have had many fantastic holidays in you're amazing country 👍🏽👍🏽❤️🏴 best regards from🏴
I've never been but my kids have with school and can't stop goign on about it. Now I've seen it on here I'm definately coming over next year for a ride. Thats brilliant. I'd be proud of that too.
I am also local to the orme and the little orme it's a pleasure to see Llandudno on my suggested.
Great - Wonderful Views and Fantastic Quality Video - Thanks
Thank you for watching 🙂
My father photographed me on the Tramway when we were in Llandudno on holiday in 1940 & 1941. David M. Tolson. N. Yorkshire.
What a beautiful video, I have been up Great Orme many times on tram and the views are amazing, such a wonderful place thank you for sharing.
You are most welcome, it is easily one of my favourite places to be
How utterly fantastic! This reminds me greatly of the cable cars we have in San Francisco: particularly the first, street running section. Of course, those cars have the ability to grip and release the cables to control their speed, and thus are able to make stops along the streets, but the tech is very, very similar - including the pulleys for the cables and rail design in general.
It does have a very San Francisco feel to it, it is on my bucket list to vet over to the USA and see for myself one day when the world settles down a bit. I am glad you enjoyed this, thank you for watching.
I have just realised how this thing works, the one going up is being pulled by the one going down! That is BEAUTIFUL
It really is a work of amazing Victorian engineering
I remember riding this tram when I was about 10 and I loved it!
My dad's sister lived in block of flats opposite the tram station - only ever did the tram trip once though in all the times I used to go up to Llandudno.
Did you ever used to go up the Orme at all, on foot or car etc, or was it a case of because you have been up once you didn't need to go again?
Wow! Fantastic! very steep hill? from now on, it's on my bucket list.
It is well worth a visit, there is actually a cable car too, I always get the tram up and the cable car down, amazing views both ways!
Memòries of holidays in Llandudno as a child with mum and dad. Thanks for posting this.....
You are most welcome, thank you for watching
Have walked up the hill a few times, love how quickly you get away from people!! Never been on the tram, your video going up the hill gives a good impression of how steep it actually is in places, photos never do it justice. Amazing that pro cyclists rode the entire thing in a couple of minutes.
I do a bit of fell running in Lancashire, I have thought about having a decent go at running up it when I am next there. Distance wise it's not actually that long, but the incline is just a constant slog
Amazing and wonderful. I didn't know any of this existed. I've only zoomed around and then thru and under! Thank you for sharing this :)
Thank you for watching, I am glad you enjoyed it 😁
Really enjoyed that, thanks! Gradients are really impressive, a brilliant piece of engineering.
Isn't it just brilliant, so lucky to have something like this in the UK
Them victorians
It's so nice , very good transportation, for all , turist and local persons have a diary move for all , congratulations!!
Had 10 years of holidays at Llandudno, had many a trip on this and on the cable car, brings back some very good memories... Thank you.
You are most welcome 😁 this was a childhood destination for myself too so I really enjoyed going back recently.
I was on this tram only a month ago going up the Orme , i loved it ......
Will always be one of my favourite places in the world
Great Video Fantastic Tramway I Enjoyed It😊
Thank you for watching, I am glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Thank you for watching, I am glad you enjoyed it 🙂
I'm a train and I approve this video! :D Choo choo!!!
Thank you very much, Choo Choo indeed!
Aa a former long term resident of Llandudno this video helps me to keep in touch with my old home town. I really miss it.
I am really glad you enjoyed it, what a lovely town Llandudno is
Love the way the drivers have to stand out in the weather. So typical of the time.
They are all provided with big thick modern coats these days branded up with the tram logo etc (I only remember this because I left my coat in the car not knowing how cold it would be at the top and spent half the day wishing I had one) but you are right, on a bad day I can't imagine that is a pleasurable experience.
This brings back memories, we spent a week in Colwyn Bay, one day, we drove to the Great Orm, caught the tram down to Llandudno, and back up, on the second stage of the journey it rained and the tram was open windows, Still a great way of travelling.
I think this video is one of the first times I made it up the Orme without it raining. I walked around the back of it recently, packed all of my waterproofs and it was so sunny and hot, typical
Have ridden this amazing tramway at various times since 1980 and even walked the line in one winter in the mid 1980s. I last visited it in August 2022 and its worth the 275 miles drive from home.
I love a location that has this impact on people, I have a few railways I would travel that far for time and time again (thankfully the Orme is only 100 miles for me) and it is always great to visit somewhere familiar
This is fantastic for me, a tram fan from China.
Hi, it is great that people all over the world can enjoy my video. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment
Parabéns pelo vídeo e saudações de Sergipe no Brasil e abraços do professor Franquêta
Obrigado por assistir todo o caminho no Brasil, isso é brilhante!
done this many times love it
It is such brilliant place, one of my favourites
As good as any in the world or even better.. Had a good rail trip up the Conwy Valley line, taxi from the station (£3.80) and then on the tramway.
Lucky with the weather on a rain filled week on the North Wales narrow gauge steam railways. Even just before the school holidays they were full and the improvements since the 60's and 70's were amazing. Of course, the EU helped.
One thing I will say, the drivers of these trams are very exposed in bad weather and they do a fantastic job. You really can't beat this corner of Wales for a lovely day out, it is amazing.
I moved to Llandudno 18 months ago and only went on this tram for the first time in August. The views were amazing. Looking forward to doing it again.
I am glad you enjoyed it, it really is a unique experience for this country
To be honest, I thought this was going to be lame. I am glad to admit that I was wrong in my premature assumption. It's actually really cool! Especially the second segment. I really dig those cables running on the spinners between the rails. Excellent scenery and views as well! Cheers😄
This is going down as my favorite comment so far! I am glad you enjoyed it in the end.
I really enjoyed this train 🚆 journey, quite a climb before you see a nice view away in front of you and the sea as well, - a first class video, so thanks to the person who made this video.
I am glad you enjoyed it, I definitely had as much fun making the video as people are having watching it, even if I did leave my coat in the car and freeze a bit at the top
On the first part of the descent, the driver in the corner of the screen looks like he's been superimposed like a presenter on top of his video presentation.
How lucky there just happened to be a bit of dual track where the two trams met!
I have never noticed the angle on the driver but that is all I can see now!
The trams always meet at the same point, they are attached to one big loop of a cable so always pass at bang on the middle
Thank you very much for the "Fantasic Journey"!
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You are most welcome, I am glad you enjoyed it.
Very interesting - must be 40 years since I travelled on this tram!
It is an amazing day out, I am planning a return visit next year (along with some more Welsh railways)
Lovely reminder of holiday a few years ago, tramway & views are spectacular, as are the copper mines at halfway house. I will return.
The copper mines are on my to do list, it is about the only thing on the Orme I haven't done. The toboggan run was always my favorite!
I'm glad I found this video -- and am sorry my wife and I (we live in Florida now) did not take it when we passed through on the way to Porthmadog. It helps me realize a few lines from my father's book Up to Mametz when in 1914 he transferred to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and had to storm up the Great Orme -- on foot!
Can I ask, is this Llewelyn Wyn Griffiths? I have just done a quick Google, I am not far from finishing my current book and I am always looking for something to read.
Llandudno stunning went on a coach trip from Scotland there in 2019. Did the tram,also the Alice in Wonderland trail,just not enough time to do everything,but need to consider driving ourselves down to get more time to see the place,we did see Caernarvon,Conwy and Portmeirion
It has to be one of my favorite places in Wales, something for all ages!
LLANDUDNO,
MY HOME TOWN.
David Baxter.
Fabulous..many thanks...I won't make it there due to illness but this is the next best thing...greets from Aussie
I am glad you enjoyed it, and I am glad I could bring a little bit of it to you in Aus 🙂
passes my house everyday, steep part before the halfway station , great video
Easily my favourite section, especially on the way down when the view opens up.
thanks a lot, great video and just the sound of the tram or people, i love it
I am really proud of this one, I watch it back myself and find it really relaxing and slow paced
This is lovely! My brother sister and I used to go on holiday to Llandudno with our parents in the late 1960's/early 1970's We loved going up the Orme on the tram - lots of happy memories- thank you 😊
I am glad you enjoyed it, it was always Rhyl for a week with a visit to Llandudno when I was a child
Awesome and rare ride - video !!! Thank you! Cheers from Greece :-)
Thank you very much 🙂
A beautiful journey - thank you!
You are most welcome, I am glad you enjoyed it
wow . your rail system is deferent than us
It really is lovely isn't it!
@@TheTouristLine YES
Thanks for sharing this with us, if I ever get back to the UK, I'll will check this out.
You are welcome, and yeah I definitely recommend it if you get back over here 🙂
Such a great time to watch this episode 👌🏻🙂🚂
Amazing how it's work Quite well...
Thank you for Sharing this
Greetings from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦
I am really glad you enjoyed it, I think this is my first comment from Saudi Arabia. I am so glad my videos are being watched all over the world!
@@TheTouristLine
Thank you for your kindness 🙏🏻🙂
In fact, you make me think to Visit WALES IN my next Trip...
I share this episode with my Mother 😁👌🏻🚂
She did enjoyed seeing it...
Wish you the best.. be safe
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Very beautiful xx I love Llandudno xx 😘 big piece of my heart xx
It is a very lovely place indeed, I could spend weeks here.
@@TheTouristLine wish I could live there I am Welsh so belong in Wales 🏴 xx 😘
grew up in Llandudno in the mid to late 60,s. Great place to live & remember the cable car construction around 1967/68
Can you remember how popular it was at the start, I would love to know how it was received by the town.
@@TheTouristLine it came about just as the Spanish package holiday began to grow, the summer season was always very busy, my dad had a hotel, the wyngarth
What a great video, thank you for taking me on the tram up the Great Orme. Love all this area 😘
You are most welcome, it is a fantastic part of a beautiful country
I did it on 14th Oct 2021 when it was cold and wet, it was a nice trip, but I was grateful for the very hot chocolate in the cafe at the bottom of the hill.
I went only a couple of weeks before you and left my coat in the car, fair to say I regretted this move!
What a gloriously sedate way to travel.
I am glad you enjoyed it, thank you
Thanks for the video. The cab gets on the list for locations to visit after Corona.
I am glad you enjoyed it, and you will really enjoy visiting in person when possible too
This is great. I went on a tram ride in Llandudno since July
I am glad you enjoyed it, I had a brilliant day when I went to visit
was on this tramway in september with my wife and friends .. i travel from ireland to llandudno quite a lot to see my friends , one of them has a business in llandudno on mostyn street a great place to have a meal and listen to irish music .. please all those peolpe that have never been her you must go its a brilliant place for a holiday and many of the hotels and businesses need your custom .. another brilliant video buddy thanks for posting ...j .turner
I couldn't agree more with your post here, covid hit the world hard but the pubs and hotels especially. I started filming these videos with attractions I can drive too but next year I plan on going all over the UK and I will be factoring in as many hotels as I can just to try and help out (and enjoy myself, who doesn't like a good Irish bar). I will be stopping in Llandudno with my wife at some stage next year so will look for the Irish bar mentioned above.
Great video, thanks for sharing. I used to go to Llandudno in the 1970s on holiday with my parents, this brought back some good memories. I actually remember there was a cable attached to the blue poles and the trams had pantographs. Do you know why this is no more? Also, at the very beginning of the video you'll see a square-looking white house up to the left distance. This was a guest house called Tudno House, and it's where my parents spent their honeymoon in 1958.
That's a brilliant story, I have just checked out the house and it's nice to know one of the memories attached to it. There used to be a cable but it was purely for communication (if there was an obstruction the pulley has to be stopped centrally). This has been replaced with modern mobile communication.
@@TheTouristLine Thanks for the heads up. Really appreciate it. Keep up the super work. ANDY
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This is interesting super 8 film from the 70s of the tramway if you havent seen it already
Absolutely brilliant! cheers from Australia.
I am really glad you enjoyed it, it is great to see how far over the world this is being enjoyed now.
Another great video! I must get up to Llandudno and do the Great Orme Tramway sometime.
I could honestly live in Wales with the tram and all the railway lines they have! I am planning a full week away soon, just need to sweet talk my wife as I think she has seen enough railways to last her a lifetime.
@@TheTouristLine The latter of what you say is a all two familiar story for me to! I usually try and visit a railway along with a "nice place" on the same day and then we're all happy!
Thanks very much for the clear explanations. Fascinating.
You are most welcome.
very clear and high quality video! take me to a comfortable and sweet trip full of beautiful scenes.
I am glad you enjoyed it, thank you for your kind words
Great video! Only thing to comment on, would have been great to see the surrounding views etc especially from the top to get a feel for the area! Certainly will visit at some stage.👍🤓😄
You have stumbled upon my great dilemma when making these videos. I need them to look good, and I need them to show off a location, but I also need to leave people wanting to visit in person (as visitors keep these places open as we all know), without taking too much enjoyment away from the people who can never really visit for various reasons. It is a balance 😂
Das hat mir sehr gut gefallen! Thank you!
You are welcome, I am glad you enjoyed it
Love to see Wales I was born in Cardiff took a train from England to Wales what a view my wife did
I am glad you enjoyed it, the view really is something special
Very enjoyable footage. What a great little railway!
Thank you, I am glad you enjoyed it
Excellent! Thank you for the video of the entire system and the last short section showing the cables and pulleys working. I would have liked to have seen the cable traction wheels in the engine house but I expect they were out of bounds? I’ve never ridden on the tramway but seem to remember that the trolley pole on the roofs of the trams were actually just used for the telephone between the driver and the traction cable controller?
I didn’t see any of the famous goats…but that might be because numbers have been reduced by sending some to Bournemouth where, I can tell you, they’ve settled down on our steep cliffs and are very happy indeed. Magnificent animals and so relaxed! Thanks fir the video again, I really enjoyed it! Rob, in Bournemouth.
Thank you for your kind comment! The engine house in the middle does have a glass viewing section and you can see the big cable drums for each side. Sadly as I had to run between the two trams and attach the camera etc I didn't have the time to film the middle section. As I had to have special permission to attach my camera I had to keep to specific trams. You are 100% correct about the trolley pole, it was always purely for communication and electric lighting before batteries took over.
The goats are a sore point, the drivers told me they had seen some earlier that day so I was full of optimism but sadly they didn't want to make an appearance. I have been lucky enough to see them on a previous visit with the family and they are magnificent animals. I was unaware some had been sent down to Bournemouth but if they have been sent to East / West cliff I can picture them enjoying it, you definitely get better weather than the Orme!
Awesome place to visit
I am glad you enjoyed it, I agree, Llandudno is amazing
Thank you. Brought back many memories and may I say well presented.
Regards from Loutraki Greece
Thank you very much, I appreciate the kind words
This is cool, I never knew this existed and I have been to Llandudno a few times. I'm alittle ashamed of my ignorance 🤔
Trust me, there is so much to do in Llandudno, nobody could know everything there is. It is probably the only seaside town I could spend a full week in without getting bored.
cant wait to go again in a few weeks the weather looks dull and rainy as usual whenever i go anywhere
Thankfully Wales in the rain is still beautiful 😁
Excellent video. This looks like it would be a very special place to visit.
It is very lovely, I am glad you enjoyed the video.
I'm from Japan.
日本では坂のある街が多いので、ぜひこの様な乗り物を導入して欲しいです。
とても羨ましい！
いつか日本に来て、どんな電車や路面電車があるのか見てみたいです。
Unique Funicular!! Beautiful scenery!!
A must for any visitor!!😀😀
It really is well worth a visit, one of my favourite places
@@TheTouristLine Absolutely!!!😀😀
Great video love the great orm been up there many times
It is such a lovely place, I have a holiday booked there for the summer so I can't wait!
Great vid🏴♥️🏴
Thank you very much.
Thank you Enjoyed the video. Very Interesting. Think got to feel sorry for the Driver Open to all weathers Bet not a lot of Sunny days. Thanks again.
I am glad you enjoyed it, the drivers are provided with big thick coats but I can confirm it is freezing at the top, I left my coat in the car and even though I am from the North of England, I was a bit cold!
Just come across this film. Went up on the tram last summer. Enjoyed the trip and the view's at the top were brilliant. Just think the direction signage in the town from the station could have been better.
I admit, unless you know exactly where it is, it is in a bit of an out of the way corner. Thank you for watching
Hands up who visited North Wales, Great orme, Trawsfynedd, bets-y-coed, and Snowdon on their school GCSE/O Level geography field trip?
I am from Lancashire, so I just got Blackpool 😂 (nothing against Blackpool of course)
Why did I read 'Johnny Cab' instead of 'Journey Cab', saw the thumbnail and thought "oh it must be a reference to Johnny cab in the original Total Recall" based purely from it is shot from a front view and Johnny Cab had an upfront driver, my next thought was before I clicked "I never knew that was a thing, viewing stuff from the point of view from a fictional taxi". Lol. Them hills are a bit steep eh. Nice video.
And now I am going to have to go watch Total Recall again (original version of course) and 100% blaming this on you 😂
Very interesting, thank you. Would have been interesting to see the change over at the middle station.
I was gutted that I didn't have time to film the middle section. You should have seen how quickly I had to move my camera from one tram to the other to keep my schedule. It is well worth a visit to see the big cable drums etc in the centre, I do hope to visit again on a more relaxed schedule so will hopefully get a movie of that.
@@TheTouristLine Thank you.👍
Drove to the top in my 1979 mini, nearly killed it 🤣
I jogged up it a few months ago, I suspect the mini did better than my body 😂
Excellent impression of the tramway. Only lacking a view of a couple of wild billygoats trotting down to raid someone's garden. These sizeable animals fear nothing!
I was gutted about the goats, the drivers did say they had been spotted earlier that day but I must have run out of luck!
Un entrañsble recuerdo a Virginia Herbert🙏
Thank you for watching 🙂
Amazing ride! Great route and nice landscapes! Good work! Thumbs Up & Subscribe
Greetings from Romania
Andrew
Thank you for your kind words Andrew, it is greatly appreciated. This video is a personal favorite of mine
In my mind this is a must if you visit Llandudno.
I like to get the cable car up, and tram back down. That for me offers the absolute best of both worlds
とても興味深いケーブルですね。日本でもご紹介をしたいと思いまする。
楽しんでいただけてうれしいです、ありがとうございます
Muy bueno el viaje que se realiza con maravillosos paisaje, soy fanaticos de los trenes, no se de parte son, me gustaria saber, felicitaciones por el video. Robeto Quiroga de Argentina
Este tranvía es realmente encantador con hermosos paisajes. Está en Gales, que está en el Reino Unido. Es uno de los mejores ferrocarriles que este país tiene para ofrecer.
Gracias por sus amables palabras.
Fabulous, i didn't know this was running
I do believe it is now closed for the winter but opens in March. I will be one of the first ones on it as I have a few more shots and angles to film from!
Nice Video! 👍👍👍
Thank you, I am glad you enjoyed it
havent been up the great orme in years, think i went with my school once and we walked up it
I am hoping to visit again and I do want to walk it myself, the tram made it seem quite easy, I suspect my legs might disagree!
Just think of the stress on those side pulleys to keep the rope in line with the track , amazing work
I got the camera even closer on this vid and you can hear them groaning and pulling along: ruclips.net/video/tDKPOIPBvSM/видео.html
Llandudno was the place for our annual holiday when I was a kid as my father was a tram fanatic. I’m sure the Great Orme Trams had a trolley then. I think the trolley was for lights and communication. When did the trolleys go and how is the lighting powered now?
When I went on it before they had a little read out that said "battery level" so I am assuming they charge them up over night, probably not much more than a car battery I imagine.
@@TheTouristLine Thank you. I suppose the lights are LED’s now that don’t need much power. I would be nice to know when all the overhead wires were dismantled. And when were the trollies removed from the trams or are they still there?
Love hearing about the story
Sentimental
£8.50 for adults £6.50 for children and family tickets available that I think are valid all day.
A beautiful pier with friendly staff a short walk away from the embarkation station, beautiful views from the summit and if you are travelling into or out of North Wales along the A55 some fantastic gentle family friendly, sandy beaches well worth stopping at along the way/way out. Each to their own but imo far better than spending £400+ for a family of 4 to take a 2minute zipline ride at Bethesda.
Edit to say: Of course the fantastic copper mines near the summit as well!
It sounds like you enjoy very similar things to me on Holiday! Llandudno (and North Wales in general) is great for a really cheap holiday, we never had much as children but our 1 week in Wales was great, loads of fantastic memories!
Excuse me for poor English !! It's a very nice tram. I live in Japan, but I thought it was amazing to run on steep slopes unlike Japanese trams !!
Your English is amazing, never apologise for it! I am glad you enjoyed the video, I do hope to visit Japan some day to see what trams are like over there
My first trip on here was in 1957, I was on holiday from Nottingham with my mum and dad and I met a pretty girl from Manchester and we had a ride on here together, her name was Christine Baxter! Lovely memories.
I am so glad I can bring back lovely memories like this. When I was doing the filming it had been 20 years since I last went up and it just brought back every childhood holiday we ever had in Wales. It is a lovely timeless place
Sehr schönes Video 😀😀
Danke schön
Last time I rode that was about 50 years ago. Doesn't look like it has changed much, maybe a bit at the top.
I used to go around 25 years ago and I said exactly the same, it really is timeless magic!
for a few minutes my brain couldnt work out the track arrangement for the rails and cable in the upper section of the lower half. but watching the tram come down the hill i was able to work it out. though a question still remains, the passing loops are not dead center between the halfway station and victoria station and halfway and the summit so is the cable continously moving and the trams can attach and detach from the cable, (similar to the ones in san francisco)
The trams are permanently attached to the cable, I have had my measuring tool out on Google Earth and all four sections are exactly 0.25 miles from start to passing loop. I checked the time stamps on the video and some sections do take longer than others, this can be because of more weight on one tram than the other, making tiny adjustments etc. Length wise, they are identical.
I enjoyed looking in to that one!
Thanks for the ride 👍☺️❤️🇺🇸
You are most welcome
Given that "The lower section is built in or alongside the public road and has gradients as steep as 1 in 3.8 (26.15%). The track throughout this section is laid as grooved rail within the road surface, and the cable lies below the road surface in a conduit between the rails. The bottom half of the section is single-track, but above the passing loop it has interlaced double track." I would kindly like to know who operates the switch (point) that leads to the "Interlaced double track". Grateful for the attention given to me, I would like to take this opportunity to extend cordial and sincere regards
Hi, the switch points are completely automatic, the tram will always take the left path. Because the trams are attached to the cable at a fixed point, they will always pass at the same point on each journey making sure they don't collide.
@@TheTouristLineThank you very much, but is the point (there is only one along the lower section) electrically operated? Thanks again for your availability and collaboration
Interestingly it has always been powered from the central cable drums. The old electric towers at the side of the track used to be used to power lights and communication only (both battery powered now)
Jalannya nanjak terus dan nanjak banget
Itu sangat curam, saya sangat menikmatinya
@@TheTouristLine Woah, do yo can speak bahasa?
Greetings from Indonesia. Thank you for the video. Very beautiful view.
Love this thanks 4 sharing lovely footage road to 500 subs
Thank you, I am glad you enjoyed it.
It is clear that the tram cars of the Upper section must inevitably change the side to which they are attached to the drag rope which forms a closed loop on itself, before making the journey in the opposite direction to the previous one (going up or going down ), otherwise, once they reached the spring switches of the central loop, each of the two tram carriages would move onto the right track while the cable would continue along the other track of the central loop. I would therefore like to kindly know how the tram carriages in operation along the Upper section unhook from one of the two sections of the drag rope which forms a closed ring on itself and engage the other segment of the same rope. I hope I have conveyed the idea. Thanking you in advance for your availability, I would like to take this opportunity to extend cordial and sincere regards
Hi, I can answer this one for you. The cable isn't on a 'loop' as you expect. There is a drum one side of the tramway and they wind it so far to send the tram up to the top, and for the reverse journey they do just reverse the drum, meaning the tram uses the same cable up and down.
@@TheTouristLineThank you very much for the answer, but if each tram used the same cable used for the ascent to the top, on the way back, having reached the central loop, it would find itself on the other track, i.e. the cable would run along the top track. left, in the direction of descent, and the tram on the right track. This does not happen in the single-track funiculars with two balanced cabins that cross each other at the central loop equipped with switches without moving parts designed by the Swiss engineer Carl Roman Abt. In order to travel on this type of switches without moving parts, one of the two cabins has wheels with a double flange on the left side and without a flange on the right side, for example in the ascending direction; the other car is instead equipped with wheels with double flanges on the right side and wheels without flanges on the left side. Here in Genoa we have two funiculars with this type of wheels as well as a rack railway, probably the only case in the world of a rack railway equipped with switches without moving parts of the type designed by the Swiss engineer Carl Roman Abt. The horizontal / vertical lift of Monte Galletto is also equipped with an Abt type switch and the wheels of the two cabins are flanged as mentioned above.