Who knew Amsterdam had a SUBWAY!!?? 😲 I was watching your previous video when you began with the subway pulling into the station and I was like "No Way there's a subway in Amsterdam...he must be in New York or home in Toronto."....lol I was hoping you'd make a video about it and I'm glad you did!!....To have something as modern as a subway and then to see you get out of the subway and see canals and old houses and buildings is fascinating to me.... 🤔 Great video Johnny! 👍
The absense of protecting doors is mainly because there are no express trains in the system. Every metro train stops at every station so its not that dangerous because there are no trains passing the station at full speed. Its certainly not because of costs. The North-South line (blue) was extremely expensive, 3.1 billion euro for only 7 stops. This was the case because it runs right underneath the old town. As you know the buildings are constructed on long wooden poles to provide a solid foundation. This ment they had to tunnel underneath the deep sand layer to prevent buildings from collapsing. Peope were really afraid that this would happen anyway, so they installed motion detectors along the route to constantly measure if buildings were showing an unusual tilt. Fortunately, but at great costs and 15 years of construction, it all went according to plan. Because of costs, the other lines are not tunneled but rather dug out or run above ground, much cheaper, but clearly this wasnt an option considering the route of this line.
Hell no it did not all went according to plan. Did you forget about the Vijzelgracht disaster with the homes that basically got wrecked due to displacement of the foundation? That same displacement that 'would absolutely not happen and if it did, very sensitive displacement detection systems would already notice a 2 mm shift' (or something) Did you forget how the data from the displacement-detection system was ignored by workers who should have supervised the whole operation while 'simple' workers rang the alarm that things were going south and the data clearly showed it? Oh yeah, a worker died during construction, just like a civilian lost his life because of an accident during construction. And if I remember it right, the whole busstation at the south-east side, where the Connexxion (and later Arriva) buses used to terminate, at some point had to be shut down as a retaining wall had severely shifted. And here again, the people who were supposed to ring the alarm miserably failed: it was a civilian who saw it and thought something was off, went home to get his distance-meter (a model anyone could buy at a general home improvement store) and indeed found out that things had shifted something like 13 centimeters in 30 minutes or so. He called in the fire department and basically plunged the city into chaos due to all the divertions that had to be thought of in an instant. Fire department later said it was a testimony on how good consumer-grade measuring equipment had gotten, as they had measured very close to the same values as that civilian. I don't know what your definition of 'according to plan' is, but this project does not fall into that category.
I like this discovering by the seat of one's pants video. Traveling is learning, and the key to that isn't always in knowing beforehand, but in knowing how to handle one's uncertainty. Thanks for that!
Fun fact Metro station Weesperplein, has a decommissioned Fallout shelter beneath the tracks as well as an second metrostation for a never build metro line, the whole station could be sealed. The white rectangles on the sealing of the station are upside down tables, not sure if those tables are still there. The use of the fallout shelter at present is unknown.
The Amsterdam Subway looks really interesting, I like the modern design in the stations. Although I do see that the system is wheelchair accessible, I'm just curious how things would work there if I used that subway system and stations on a daily basis.
This metro line 52 only opened four years ago after a painful construction period (way behind schedule and over budget, an almost 20-year political headache). The other lines are several decades older and not nearly as shiny.
Great video! Things are only getting better because soon you will be able to use any debit/credit card to tap in and out using any form of public transportation throughout the whole country!
A bit late, but for anyone who wonders: No, that's not allowed. One has to tap in and tap out: travelling back to the station where you tapped in, is not allowed and can attract a penalty.
Hi Johnny, like you, I’m also on vacation right now but instead of Europe, i’m in the US West Coast (Las Vegas, Los Angeles and San Francisco) so far, based on what I see I can tell you that LA doesn’t have a great transit system compared to Amsterdam.
Last time I was in the Dam (Dec 2015) no-one - & I mean no-one - wanted this Metro to happen. The Rokin looked like a bomb-site. It'll be interesting to see the finished thing when I next visit.
9:45-What is it with the Netherlands and it having graffiti on its regional, national, and municipal mass transit trains? North America may not have as good a national passenger railway system like the Netherlands does, but we sure as frak _don't_ have graffiti on our trains (even New York City doesn't have that problem anymore.)
Uh, NYC definitely DOES have this problem. I can show you tons of videos and pics of whole trains that have been painted, litterally from the first till the last car, top to bottom. And also some smaller paintings. All in the last 2 years. Difference is that MTA chooses not to have them go into service (which would be the case too in Amsterdam if it were a massive painting). But as for the smaller paintings: Amsterdam and Europe in general has a big train painting "community", if you will. If all painted trains were to go out of service, you'd have a big issue. It's also cheaper to just clean the graffiti than having to massively upgrade security on every single train yard.
The stuff you see around 2:26 is everything interesting they found while constructing this line.
Who knew Amsterdam had a SUBWAY!!?? 😲 I was watching your previous video when you began with the subway pulling into the station and I was like "No Way there's a subway in Amsterdam...he must be in New York or home in Toronto."....lol I was hoping you'd make a video about it and I'm glad you did!!....To have something as modern as a subway and then to see you get out of the subway and see canals and old houses and buildings is fascinating to me.... 🤔 Great video Johnny! 👍
@@__Jordan_ all capitals in Europe have subways
You can find a lot of other sandwich places in Amsterdam :)
@@hakohito Ahem... Belgrade, Skopje, Vilnius, Tallinn, Riga, Luxembourg, Bern, Ljubljana, Zagreb, Tirana, Podgorica, ...?
I like how you say that despite Amsterdam metro being a country mile better than any metro system in North America lol
I honestly couldn't imagine a cleaner, artisier, well planned station. Bravo Amsterdam! This is pure ART!!!!
The absense of protecting doors is mainly because there are no express trains in the system. Every metro train stops at every station so its not that dangerous because there are no trains passing the station at full speed. Its certainly not because of costs. The North-South line (blue) was extremely expensive, 3.1 billion euro for only 7 stops. This was the case because it runs right underneath the old town.
As you know the buildings are constructed on long wooden poles to provide a solid foundation. This ment they had to tunnel underneath the deep sand layer to prevent buildings from collapsing. Peope were really afraid that this would happen anyway, so they installed motion detectors along the route to constantly measure if buildings were showing an unusual tilt. Fortunately, but at great costs and 15 years of construction, it all went according to plan. Because of costs, the other lines are not tunneled but rather dug out or run above ground, much cheaper, but clearly this wasnt an option considering the route of this line.
Hell no it did not all went according to plan. Did you forget about the Vijzelgracht disaster with the homes that basically got wrecked due to displacement of the foundation? That same displacement that 'would absolutely not happen and if it did, very sensitive displacement detection systems would already notice a 2 mm shift' (or something) Did you forget how the data from the displacement-detection system was ignored by workers who should have supervised the whole operation while 'simple' workers rang the alarm that things were going south and the data clearly showed it? Oh yeah, a worker died during construction, just like a civilian lost his life because of an accident during construction.
And if I remember it right, the whole busstation at the south-east side, where the Connexxion (and later Arriva) buses used to terminate, at some point had to be shut down as a retaining wall had severely shifted. And here again, the people who were supposed to ring the alarm miserably failed: it was a civilian who saw it and thought something was off, went home to get his distance-meter (a model anyone could buy at a general home improvement store) and indeed found out that things had shifted something like 13 centimeters in 30 minutes or so. He called in the fire department and basically plunged the city into chaos due to all the divertions that had to be thought of in an instant. Fire department later said it was a testimony on how good consumer-grade measuring equipment had gotten, as they had measured very close to the same values as that civilian.
I don't know what your definition of 'according to plan' is, but this project does not fall into that category.
I use the local transit whenever I travel. So informative! Nice to see how easy it is in Amsterdam.
I hope you had a great trip johnny
I like this discovering by the seat of one's pants video. Traveling is learning, and the key to that isn't always in knowing beforehand, but in knowing how to handle one's uncertainty. Thanks for that!
Good morning Johnny sorry we missed the premiere this morning. Just watching the Reply now looks like a very nice Metro system
thanks. rokin is going to be our main Metro and tram point near our hotel
Fun fact Metro station Weesperplein, has a decommissioned Fallout shelter beneath the tracks as well as an second metrostation for a never build metro line, the whole station could be sealed.
The white rectangles on the sealing of the station are upside down tables, not sure if those tables are still there. The use of the fallout shelter at present is unknown.
Thanks for the tour!!!
Have relatives in Holland but have not visited in many decades. Love that. Want to go soon
Thanks so much !
The Amsterdam Subway looks really interesting, I like the modern design in the stations. Although I do see that the system is wheelchair accessible, I'm just curious how things would work there if I used that subway system and stations on a daily basis.
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Hello Johnny loved the train journey
This metro line 52 only opened four years ago after a painful construction period (way behind schedule and over budget, an almost 20-year political headache). The other lines are several decades older and not nearly as shiny.
Nice ride. The footage looks really smooth. What are you filming with?
Pressing the button is nice since you don't get cold air in the winter if no one needs to get in or out at that section
Great video! Things are only getting better because soon you will be able to use any debit/credit card to tap in and out using any form of public transportation throughout the whole country!
even your phone with NFC chip will work.
Those girls at 8:32 were looking at Johnny the way I look at popcorn.😊
In Venezuela we have a train of Alstom and the sound of our train sounds similar in metro los Teques
it would be nice one day in the future to talk about your experience in Amsterdam
Really good, agree some videos are to smooth stations can be daunting if you are not confident or unable to see or read signage.
So Cool!
Will I be fined if my metro journey takes too long? I want to take the whole line and maybe check out at the station where I start, Is it allowed?
Where have you been off to?
A bit late, but for anyone who wonders: No, that's not allowed. One has to tap in and tap out: travelling back to the station where you tapped in, is not allowed and can attract a penalty.
Hi Johnny, like you, I’m also on vacation right now but instead of Europe, i’m in the US West Coast (Las Vegas, Los Angeles and San Francisco) so far, based on what I see I can tell you that LA doesn’t have a great transit system compared to Amsterdam.
You don't say 😮
Did you ride the BART?
Last time I was in the Dam (Dec 2015) no-one - & I mean no-one - wanted this Metro to happen. The Rokin looked like a bomb-site. It'll be interesting to see the finished thing when I next visit.
Alstom s9 metro los Teques Venezuela sounds similar
Amsterdam subway looks way cleaner than Toronto
Not with the graffiti on its subway trains, it doesn't (at time index 9:45).
@@Neville60001 I’ve seen worst in Toronto
Was this recorded on pride month?
9:45-What is it with the Netherlands and it having graffiti on its regional, national, and municipal mass transit trains? North America may not have as good a national passenger railway system like the Netherlands does, but we sure as frak _don't_ have graffiti on our trains (even New York City doesn't have that problem anymore.)
Uh, NYC definitely DOES have this problem. I can show you tons of videos and pics of whole trains that have been painted, litterally from the first till the last car, top to bottom. And also some smaller paintings. All in the last 2 years.
Difference is that MTA chooses not to have them go into service (which would be the case too in Amsterdam if it were a massive painting). But as for the smaller paintings: Amsterdam and Europe in general has a big train painting "community", if you will. If all painted trains were to go out of service, you'd have a big issue.
It's also cheaper to just clean the graffiti than having to massively upgrade security on every single train yard.
Grafitti is not always seen as a bad thing. In some places it is considered as urban art. As long as it is not some gang symbols
Pride concert? Pride of what?
Wait why do people have LGBTQ flag