Why the World's Biggest Metro Only Runs 7 Days a Year

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  • @hunter29486
    @hunter29486 2 года назад +9500

    Trains in Tokyo definitely surpass this when they operate around 200% capacity

    • @part-timebrock1126
      @part-timebrock1126 2 года назад +548

      I guess you never heard about trains in Mumbai but they're not metros

    • @FrostyLava
      @FrostyLava 2 года назад +399

      You have definitely made Sam very angry.

    • @erierierierierie
      @erierierierierie 2 года назад +187

      >:(

    • @vardhanarya
      @vardhanarya 2 года назад +191

      @@part-timebrock1126 they run at 300% capacity

    • @troytcarter
      @troytcarter 2 года назад +49

      they are better because they actually run year round too

  • @marcfuchs6938
    @marcfuchs6938 2 года назад +3790

    I was lost until he put the 50,000 buses into perspective.

    • @Thebreakdownshow1
      @Thebreakdownshow1 2 года назад +181

      For me i as soon as he said Mecca i was like that makes sense.

    • @debajitsarma6630
      @debajitsarma6630 2 года назад +78

      After he put 50,000 busses into perspective everything fell into place

    • @lookingforsomething
      @lookingforsomething 2 года назад +83

      I wish he had put that figure into cars after just to drive home how insanely efficient trains are compared to cars in the first place.

    • @bienemaja4007
      @bienemaja4007 2 года назад +2

      same

    • @57thorns
      @57thorns 2 года назад +37

      @@lookingforsomething Let's do the math. 72000 people per hour.
      A six lane highway can carry about 6000 cars per hour (which is the same in people most of the time).
      So it could probably replace every single car passing a bridge or tunnel going into and out of New Yorks Manhattan island.

  • @m.s.1067
    @m.s.1067 2 года назад +224

    Munich has a similar problem. We have a population of 1,5 million and during the 16 days of Oktoberfest the festival has around 6-7 million visitors that need housing and transportation. It's a logistical nightmare.

    • @nickwatson8641
      @nickwatson8641 10 месяцев назад +24

      Yeah but where else will I get the privilege of paying 13€ for a maß?

    • @Fayeluria
      @Fayeluria 3 месяца назад +10

      Munich also has these super old trains on many lines which makes it so much scarier. Last time i was there for Oktoberfest the train was so full it couldn’t properly brake anymore. I ended up getting the hell out and walking the rest of the way to Theresienwiese

    • @MrMoccachinoo
      @MrMoccachinoo 3 месяца назад +3

      I have been there a couple of times and its actually very well organized. So no logistic nightmare there.
      Of course, the U-Bahn could get crowded.. but its crowded any other day as well.

  • @57thorns
    @57thorns 2 года назад +742

    The fact that they can operate the metro at 200% capacity in Japan is in itself pretty impressive.

    • @57thorns
      @57thorns 2 года назад +47

      About the Mecca stuff:
      Imagine living in a small town with about 24000 inhabitants, and every summer about one million people come by, with the peak number of tourist being about 50 000.
      And Visby is by no means extreme as a tourist destination.

    • @KyrieFortune
      @KyrieFortune 2 года назад +3

      @@57thorns ask Lucca Comics

    • @vishalsyoutube
      @vishalsyoutube 2 года назад +8

      Trust me when I say Mumbai's local trains are way more crowded than Tokyo's metro rail

    • @Taurineg
      @Taurineg 2 года назад +5

      They literally hire people to shovel passages onto train so there’s that.

    • @57thorns
      @57thorns 2 года назад +22

      @@vishalsyoutube Mumbai's local trains are overcrowded and dangerous, Japan is efficient and safe, there is a huge difference there.

  • @sheikchilli8670
    @sheikchilli8670 2 года назад +3504

    as a train nerd i am having a GREAT time identifying the stock footage

    • @elliotw.888
      @elliotw.888 2 года назад +197

      you gon convert to Islam to see this train?

    • @arfan_hafiz
      @arfan_hafiz 2 года назад +64

      @@elliotw.888 Lmao why is this funny

    • @conorstapleton3183
      @conorstapleton3183 2 года назад +169

      0:19 and 4:04 is Vienna (secund one is the U1 which uses the color red in it's stations)
      4:39 is Budapest, as you can see for a brief Moment an hungarian add.
      Greetings from Vienna 🚂

    • @buddyclem7328
      @buddyclem7328 2 года назад +64

      @@elliotw.888 Imagine my disappointment when I found out that having a beard, and general knowledge about Islam, wouldn't be enough to ride this train!

    • @Turki-il9lz
      @Turki-il9lz 2 года назад +15

      1:45 oman muscat

  • @gargravarr2
    @gargravarr2 2 года назад +4607

    "Stampede" is a misnomer and most of those people didn't die from getting stepped on. The more accurate term is "crowd crush". When amount of people in an area becomes too high, people can no longer breathe since they're tightly sandwiched between each other, and die from suffocation.
    "Stampede" creates the impression that the deaths were caused by panicking humans callously stepping on others. But in a crowd crush, the people aren't at fault. Those in the middle where deaths happen are unable to even move individually due to the pressure of the crowd. And people at the edges freely moving towards the center don't know how bad the situation in the middle is. Crowd crushes are caused by organizers letting too many people into an area.

    • @cjuice9039
      @cjuice9039 2 года назад +139

      For example: the Hillsboro disaster

    • @Leyrann
      @Leyrann 2 года назад +525

      @@seamusmckeon9109 This entire channel is designed to attract "um actually" people.

    • @kellynolen498
      @kellynolen498 2 года назад +490

      @@seamusmckeon9109 are you a child? this is legitimate interesting clearification

    • @JurisKankalis
      @JurisKankalis 2 года назад +61

      Be careful. The Danish journalist who drew the Mohammed in slightly awkward pose was hunted for decades by extremists who... apparantly believe in their God... extremely... and, if I'm not mistaken, that guy's life was practically over. Wasn't he at the end finally killed by the extreme god lovers? So - remember, no ridiculing in respect to muslims, not even close, if you don't want to be haunted, that is.

    • @AMalas
      @AMalas 2 года назад +121

      @@JurisKankalis that's not how it works

  • @Rubrickety
    @Rubrickety 2 года назад +430

    Unfortunately, since Saudi Arabia never completed the other metro lines, pilgrims are still faced with a Hajj-podge of different transportation options.

    • @fawziekefli2273
      @fawziekefli2273 2 года назад +10

      Saw what you did there. 😉

    • @Darkest_matter
      @Darkest_matter 2 года назад +8

      Ohh, you 🤣

    • @edwardmiessner6502
      @edwardmiessner6502 2 года назад +4

      I saw what you did. 😏

    • @diddlez2
      @diddlez2 2 года назад +17

      Hey did the 3 of you guys see what he did by chance?

    • @s.a339
      @s.a339 Год назад +1

      Can you name that are not completed

  • @jeffbenton6183
    @jeffbenton6183 2 года назад +2496

    Sam: 'The best form of transportation is a train.'
    Planes: *"I THOUGHT WE HAD SOMETHING SPECIAL!!!*

    • @Skyymon
      @Skyymon 2 года назад +36

      i mean like at least trains dont produce co2

    • @user-1281
      @user-1281 2 года назад +105

      @@Skyymon If they are electrically powered by renewable sources, then yes, they don't.

    • @albertjordan3249
      @albertjordan3249 2 года назад +139

      Planes are great when trains are impossible/impractical (ie oceanic crossings, extremely rugged terrain, or very long trips). But for the every day movement of lots of people from where they live to where they work, study, shop, and recreate, if its too far to walk or bike, nothing beats a train at efficiency and capacity.

    • @Bigheadguyfromsmolmovie
      @Bigheadguyfromsmolmovie 2 года назад +2

      lol

    • @DonutOfNinja
      @DonutOfNinja 2 года назад +42

      That's from Sam from wendover productions not Sam from half as interesting

  • @Pyrus425
    @Pyrus425 2 года назад +943

    “In Saudi Arabia”
    Oh it’s the Hajj it’s definitely for the hajj

    • @qwertyTRiG
      @qwertyTRiG 2 года назад +39

      I got there a moment before he mentioned the country. I'm so proud of myself!

    • @hedgehog3180
      @hedgehog3180 2 года назад +32

      Mecca is the only place the Saudis are gonna build any kind of reasonable infrastructure. They're obviously still gonna build the stupid shit though.

    • @b_alshammari
      @b_alshammari 2 года назад +5

      @@kazisamir3411 lol it’s not even open yet, it’s in a trial phase still

    • @YAR_original
      @YAR_original 2 года назад +3

      @@hedgehog3180 you mean like the big clock tower? You're right. Why would they build that shit to make people look at that rather than the holy Ka'aba?

    • @fortnite-kq7ok
      @fortnite-kq7ok 2 года назад +1

      @@hedgehog3180 yeah they also completely crumbled all the mountains that used to surround the Kaaba, why couldn't they have just made them outside and just have high speed rails travelling to and from, now you have that giant monstrosity just looming above

  • @adrielsebastian5216
    @adrielsebastian5216 2 года назад +905

    So it's not "the biggest metro in the world", it's the "biggest metro LINE in the world." Those are 2 different things.

    • @FrostyLava
      @FrostyLava 2 года назад +18

      Let's see if he changes the title

    • @ADuxk
      @ADuxk 2 года назад +12

      he has

    • @kizza9321
      @kizza9321 2 года назад +26

      Yes. And this is both of them, since it's a metro that only consists of one line...

    • @HirokaAkita
      @HirokaAkita 2 года назад +2

      Welp. We all know that you are granted to appear in the next HAI mistakes video.

    • @Zaros262
      @Zaros262 2 года назад +19

      @@kizza9321 There are many metro networks larger than this. It can only claim to be the biggest single line

  • @lucystarlight8887
    @lucystarlight8887 2 года назад +2261

    I think it's worth mentioning that not every Muslim is obliged to go, but rather every one who is able to make the journey. Really cool video otherwise, I always love when you talk about trains.

    • @cjuice9039
      @cjuice9039 2 года назад +44

      Hope we see this in the next mistakes video

    • @hedgehog3180
      @hedgehog3180 2 года назад +243

      It's more specifically everyone who is able to go, if you're too sick or something else prevents you from doing it isn't like a sin to not do it. But it's something you're supposed to put effort into doing.

    • @12q8
      @12q8 2 года назад +66

      @@hedgehog3180 And if you die without doing it, someone else can do it for you.

    • @sirius_b_13
      @sirius_b_13 2 года назад +79

      As a Muslim born person who's lived in the middle east and knows random trivia and historical facts about a wide range of useless topics, I feel like I should have known about this earlier 😅

    • @Jenny-tm3cm
      @Jenny-tm3cm 2 года назад +3

      That’s awesome glad this is the top comment rn!

  • @bonafidemonafide7810
    @bonafidemonafide7810 2 года назад +34

    3:26
    Saudi here‚ in 2015 the government halted all projects and began a mass corruption crackdown as many of the projects were found to be draining the states coffers and were involved in corruption scandals.
    All projects underwent a "balancing the books" period‚ a lot of projects that were deemed "unnecessary" were shut down
    Projects that were already or partially completed were changed to fit different (and more realistic needs) and those found to be necessary were completed or unhalted.

    • @silversan9743
      @silversan9743 3 месяца назад

      What kind of idiot deemed metro lines for Mecca as unnecessary?

  • @adammarjanovic
    @adammarjanovic 2 года назад +850

    As a Green Bay resident, can confirm it is the capital of alcoholism

    • @brianzmek7272
      @brianzmek7272 2 года назад +3

      True facts

    • @adammarjanovic
      @adammarjanovic 2 года назад +5

      @@brianzmek7272 if you’re not getting hammered every weekend, who are you? 😂

    • @blasuxru
      @blasuxru 2 года назад +32

      As an alcoholic, I’m now planning a pilgrimage to the newfound holy land of my religion

    • @phillxor
      @phillxor 2 года назад +12

      Mate, Have you heard of Australia?

    • @adammarjanovic
      @adammarjanovic 2 года назад +15

      @@phillxor yes, born and raised in Sydney, moved to the States for uni and still there today

  • @Akofakofakof
    @Akofakofakof 2 года назад +380

    "Transportation: it's everyone's favorite way of getting somewhere else."
    My favorite way is drugs.

    • @b.6603
      @b.6603 2 года назад +22

      Have you tried drugs on trains, tho?

    • @Ka0sNinja117
      @Ka0sNinja117 2 года назад +6

      Drugs in trains in VR though?

    • @koboldparty4708
      @koboldparty4708 2 года назад +2

      I prefer sleep.

    • @irishbob
      @irishbob 2 года назад +1

      Welcome to the highland

    • @harunsuaidi7349
      @harunsuaidi7349 2 года назад +1

      I prefer sleeping.

  • @Sammie1053
    @Sammie1053 2 года назад +673

    Absolutely dying with laughter at 1:13 where Sam says "a religious pyramid"
    Just a 200 foot tall pile of pilgrims

    • @bluesquadron8667
      @bluesquadron8667 2 года назад +39

      Its clearly a cube not a pyramid

    • @jk1953
      @jk1953 2 года назад +24

      So I didn't mis-hear him

    • @scientificpeople02
      @scientificpeople02 2 года назад +35

      He was meant to say pilgrimage.

    • @bluesquadron8667
      @bluesquadron8667 2 года назад +12

      @@scientificpeople02 yes we got that

    • @harunsuaidi7349
      @harunsuaidi7349 2 года назад +8

      I had to repeat that part to make sure I didn't mishear it.

  • @c101vp
    @c101vp 2 года назад +380

    "And most cities that care about their citizens"
    I'm looking at you, Belgrade

    • @Covid-bv4hp
      @Covid-bv4hp 2 года назад +40

      Sorry they're too busy getting keyboard warriors to wage a war against people online on the legitamacy of Kosovo.

    • @adisokolovic
      @adisokolovic 2 года назад +5

      I'm looking at you, Sarajevo

    • @luckerhdd3929
      @luckerhdd3929 2 года назад +7

      "And most cities that have enough money" should have been mentioned 😂

    • @danicic87
      @danicic87 2 года назад +2

      ​@@luckerhdd3929 Blegrade have money for metro but ATm there is debate where metro line should be built ...
      This is what this coment is about

    • @miki_kimi123
      @miki_kimi123 2 года назад +14

      Sadly the metro funds had to be moved to the TikTok budget due to sićve reasons

  • @kelvinwan2646
    @kelvinwan2646 2 года назад +766

    (Running out of plane topics)
    HAI: Let's go for trains!

    • @benghazi4216
      @benghazi4216 2 года назад +11

      Adam Something will be pissed! Or have a field day, I not sure which ^^

    • @aryanraval3294
      @aryanraval3294 2 года назад +11

      @@benghazi4216 nah that guy loves trains...I'm sure he won't mind another train fanatic

    • @ahmedchelly1253
      @ahmedchelly1253 2 года назад +1

      He can't talk about planes and Saudia at the same time

    • @entized5671
      @entized5671 2 года назад +2

      based, trains are lovely

    • @superslimanoniem4712
      @superslimanoniem4712 2 года назад +1

      @@tabloosempakharhor5300 get out.

  • @jr637-1
    @jr637-1 2 года назад +653

    A religious pyramid? I think pilgrimage was what you meant. Can't wait for All Our Mistakes 6: The Editor Strikes Back.

    • @mysticondeflamme
      @mysticondeflamme 2 года назад +19

      a chunk of black stone lol

    • @erni2619
      @erni2619 2 года назад +6

      A shiny polished pyramid would be kinda cool tho xD

    • @prion42
      @prion42 2 года назад +12

      He means they spontaneously do cheer pyramids to praise Allah

    • @someonejustsomeone1469
      @someonejustsomeone1469 2 года назад +1

      The subs already struck back

    • @nordicexile7378
      @nordicexile7378 2 года назад +18

      Religious pyramid schemes? I have heard of those.

  • @danieltheisland
    @danieltheisland 2 года назад +243

    1:10 - I myself also love religious pyramids. Aztecs would probably be my favourite. Probably followed by Egyptians.

    • @ZanHecht
      @ZanHecht 2 года назад +19

      Especially the cube-shaped pyramids like the one being shown.

    • @hedgehog3180
      @hedgehog3180 2 года назад +9

      @@ZanHecht Technically a cube is just 6 Pyramids where the tops point inwards.

    • @auxencefromont1989
      @auxencefromont1989 2 года назад +1

      @@hedgehog3180 or two pointing outward

    • @KeithBab
      @KeithBab 2 года назад +7

      What an ignorant philistine. Mayan pyramids are better than Aztec. It's not all about size you know.
      /jk maybe

    • @Zaros262
      @Zaros262 2 года назад +3

      @@auxencefromont1989 a cube can be made of two triangular prisms, but not two pyramids. The two opposing "peaks" have to be edges, not vertices
      An octahedron is two pyramids facing out, though

  • @harrisonofcolorado8886
    @harrisonofcolorado8886 Год назад +4

    4:22 I can definitely imagine looking at a headline article saying,"Railfan converts to Islam to ride Mecca metro".

  • @OmnipotentPotato
    @OmnipotentPotato 2 года назад +291

    If anyone's wondering, the font at 3:43 is called Vivaldi.

    • @zuniroa
      @zuniroa 2 года назад +59

      God bless all of the typography nerds of the world

    • @ChilapaOfTheAmazons
      @ChilapaOfTheAmazons 2 года назад +5

      *Thank you,* I tried some of the font identification sites but had no luck.
      Then I thought about checking the comments! 😘

    • @Shuker8964
      @Shuker8964 2 года назад +6

      When you said Vivaldi I instinctively cranked the volume up and was surprised when I don’t here any violins…

    • @Darkest_matter
      @Darkest_matter 2 года назад

      Like the browser

    • @kyled2153
      @kyled2153 2 года назад +1

      @@Shuker8964 same

  • @triangulumgalaxy1782
    @triangulumgalaxy1782 2 года назад +744

    Me: It's getting late I should slee-
    RUclips: Do you want to see Why the World's Biggest Metro Only Runs 7 Days a Year?
    Me: 'Sure'

    • @runapan9622
      @runapan9622 2 года назад +7

      It's 2 in the afternoon , why do u want to sleep now?

    • @equation1321
      @equation1321 2 года назад

      Very original comment

    • @aminelswefy1808
      @aminelswefy1808 2 года назад +2

      @@runapan9622 it was actually 8 pm when you said that smh

    • @user-xb9yv2ci4c
      @user-xb9yv2ci4c 2 года назад

      You must live in Asia or Australia.

    • @fosibro4951
      @fosibro4951 2 года назад +1

      You asleep yet?

  • @DiracComb.7585
    @DiracComb.7585 2 года назад +195

    Actually, even though they have to operate at 200% capacity, some metro lines in Japan have surpassed Saudi Arabia’s best train lines.
    Also, raise your hand if you already knew before clicking this would be about the train used for the Hajj

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 2 года назад +22

    HAI: And Green Bay, the holy city
    Me: It has to be cheese, it's Wisconsin-
    HAI: in alcoholism
    Me: *...well I guess that too*
    If we count historically, the most infrequently used metro system would be Moscow's Metro-2, a system built that in case of mass chaos/protest/disaster war, was meant to spirit away high-ranking Communist Party members out of the city center and into the safety of military facilities in the outskirts. The rails were even drowned in concrete, so cars could move through the tunnels as well

    • @ianhomerpura8937
      @ianhomerpura8937 4 месяца назад

      Where can we some of that sacred Green Bay beer cheese soup

    • @Felix-fy4gq
      @Felix-fy4gq 2 месяца назад +1

      OMG ARE YOU REAL KIM JONG UN?!!!

  • @saldan3985
    @saldan3985 2 года назад +767

    1:40 ok, Muslim here. Slight correction, it's not "every practicing Muslim is obliged to go at least once in their life" it's "every practicing Muslim is obliged to go at least once in their life IF they can afford it" (physically, mentally, financially, medically, basically if by every reasonable factor you *can* go then you are obliged to go at least once in your life).

    • @javierm7087
      @javierm7087 2 года назад +100

      Thank you for clarifying, it always seemed odd to make a Muslim guilty just because they can't afford to travel to Mecca, especially if they come from far away countries such as Indonesia or Morocco.

    • @Leyrann
      @Leyrann 2 года назад +86

      @@javierm7087 Yeah, it's something that's often forgotten, sadly even by many hard-line Muslims. In the same way, there are a ton of circumstances (pregnancy, weak health, etc etc) that leave Muslims exempt from participating in things like the Ramadan, but you never hear anyone about that either.

    • @javierm7087
      @javierm7087 2 года назад +69

      @@ADuxk Dude, it's like more than 5000km of distance between Rabat and Mecca. It's like saying Vancouver and New York City are close because they are both in North America

    • @mejhdhhicbfshihids652
      @mejhdhhicbfshihids652 2 года назад +31

      @@ADuxk It's quicker to get from morocco to oslo then from morocco to mecca

    • @Quwertyn007
      @Quwertyn007 2 года назад +12

      @@ADuxk Morocco is in North-West Africa

  • @technicalamanullah7019
    @technicalamanullah7019 2 года назад +689

    Fun fact : Train in my city only runs 7 days in a week

    • @tyapnekadegaming7997
      @tyapnekadegaming7997 2 года назад +55

      @@tabloosempakharhor5300 dating bots are taking over youtube now

    • @lonesome3958
      @lonesome3958 2 года назад +7

      Yeah mine too kinda sad tbh

    • @SamAronow
      @SamAronow 2 года назад +13

      Lucky you. Trains in my country only run 6 days a week.

    • @az0989ejdje
      @az0989ejdje 2 года назад +8

      Wow mine only runs 168 hours a week

    • @sirBrouwer
      @sirBrouwer 2 года назад +17

      @@SamAronow you have trains that run? here trains ride on a rail.
      I have yet to see a train with legs.

  • @thomaswalsh4552
    @thomaswalsh4552 2 года назад +13

    5:14 “before they sponsored my channels”
    “Channels”. Plural. He finally admits that he is Sam from Wendover

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 2 года назад +20

    China: What kind of transportation is best?
    Saudi Arabia: That's a ridiculous question
    China: *False, trains*
    Saudi Arabia, letting them build a metro: That's debatable...
    Also "religious pyramid", the only religious pyramid I know is the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, Tennessee. It is an Americana obligation to make the pilgrimage.

  • @thatgreenbayguy
    @thatgreenbayguy 2 года назад +276

    As someone who calls Green Bay home, I couldn't agree more. 😂

    • @mirzaahmed6589
      @mirzaahmed6589 2 года назад +8

      Can I join your religion?

    • @frankpinmtl
      @frankpinmtl 2 года назад +8

      Now wonder why Aaron Rodgers forgot to get vaccinated - he was drunk all the time.

    • @thenameisgsarci
      @thenameisgsarci 2 года назад +2

      ALL HAIL GREEN BAY AND YOUR ALCOHOLISM!

    • @packersdk
      @packersdk 2 года назад

      I know, right

    • @jamesnash5165
      @jamesnash5165 2 года назад

      FTP

  • @Mitch_Rogoff
    @Mitch_Rogoff 2 года назад +214

    The Chicago style Philly cheesesteak sounds amazing and I want 12

    • @jonjohns8145
      @jonjohns8145 2 года назад +6

      I mean we Already have Philly Cheesesteak Pizzas, why Not make them deep dish?

    • @zeke6461
      @zeke6461 2 года назад +1

      pizza steak already exists

    • @key-chain
      @key-chain 2 года назад +6

      There’s this thing called a Philly Taco where people take a cheesesteak from Jim’s on South Street and put it inside a (giant) pizza slice from Lorenzo’s down the street which is pretty much that

    • @jonjohns8145
      @jonjohns8145 2 года назад

      @@key-chain Nice!!

    • @planefan082
      @planefan082 2 года назад

      I'm sorry what the American is a cheesesteak and why does it sound like ten different crimes against culinary humanity

  • @birdstudios978
    @birdstudios978 2 года назад +7

    2:17 As someone from Chicago, I just wanna say, WE LIKE THIN CRUST TOO

  • @MagierHuerde
    @MagierHuerde 2 года назад +5

    That the viennese metro system is shown as an example makes me really happy. Finally people recognise that Austria exists

  • @user-fl6yi6kt4t
    @user-fl6yi6kt4t 2 года назад +288

    HAI: *talks about Mecca metro system*
    Some nerd guy from Russia: look, HAI uses footages of St Petersburg metro train on 3:46

    • @majorfallacy5926
      @majorfallacy5926 2 года назад +20

      And interestingly Vienna at 0:17. I mean it's a good metro system and all but pretty standard (apart from the price)

    • @irushasansuka9884
      @irushasansuka9884 2 года назад +15

      Interestingly in 2:53, it's a Sri Lankan bus. You can see the poverty

    • @majorfallacy5926
      @majorfallacy5926 2 года назад +6

      @Hernando Malinche Until we needed cheap labour and invited them back. Most of them came here pre Erdogan though, so they're cool

    • @fhfthf
      @fhfthf 2 года назад +1

      @@majorfallacy5926 again at 4:03

    • @Darkest_matter
      @Darkest_matter 2 года назад

      @@majorfallacy5926 aren't there are mnatives that revert?

  • @A.Filthy.Casual
    @A.Filthy.Casual 2 года назад +182

    A religious pyramid? ...pilgrimage?
    We're gonna see this in the yearly mistake video

    • @freakout3516
      @freakout3516 2 года назад +5

      I was just about to ask if I had misheard that or if he really said pyramid.

    • @jr637-1
      @jr637-1 2 года назад +7

      All Our Mistakes 6: The Editor Strikes Back

    • @Finkelfunk
      @Finkelfunk 2 года назад +2

      Yearly mistake video? The next video that's gonna be uploaded here is most likely gonna be an execution video

    • @jeffreyhill1011
      @jeffreyhill1011 2 года назад +1

      I enjoy that he leaves the mistakes in. A bunch are intentional as it drives engagement (see this thread as evidence) and makes for the potential for an additional video for mistakes, to drive further engagement... Works like a dream

    • @androlsaibot
      @androlsaibot 2 года назад

      I noticed that too, and only 5 seconds later, "different sites in the religion"

  • @ericemmons3040
    @ericemmons3040 2 года назад +8

    I can see that this metro line is a giant step forward in sophisticated Mecca-nization. . .

  • @ZZZzzzap12
    @ZZZzzzap12 3 месяца назад +1

    This legendary place called "Greenbay" sounds like a wonderful destination for a pilgrimage.

  • @vidcas1711
    @vidcas1711 2 года назад +82

    1:05 HAI: Green Bay is the number one holy city in...
    Me: The Packers
    HAI: alcoholism
    Me: Oh, makes sense

    • @Jacks_Bad_Ideas
      @Jacks_Bad_Ideas 2 года назад +2

      I thought for sure it was lacrosse

    • @joeygames2664
      @joeygames2664 2 года назад

      @@Jacks_Bad_Ideas do you mean the sport or the city 🤔

  • @redaabualsaud962
    @redaabualsaud962 2 года назад +90

    You used the picture of a very old version of the Saudi Riyal. The picture you used is of the third series of Saudi Riyal (which was used almost 50 years ago). The current series is the seventh series

    • @nuzayerov
      @nuzayerov 2 года назад +11

      I noticed the design too, I don't know much about Saudi Riyal history, but the old printing design of the note gave away its "oldness",

  • @maccrazy7335
    @maccrazy7335 2 года назад +13

    I love your use of clips of the Vienna subway. I found two with one possible that didn't show definitive enough signage...

    • @entized5671
      @entized5671 2 года назад +2

      same goes for me, I love our subway system!!

    • @TheNehellenia
      @TheNehellenia 2 года назад +4

      Yessss U-bahn rules!

  • @jamesharris7911
    @jamesharris7911 2 года назад +33

    As a Green Bay native I'm proud we finally got the recognition we deserve.

  • @skurtzke
    @skurtzke 2 года назад +17

    Me waiting for the DC metro watching the whole video start to finish

  • @azy83
    @azy83 2 года назад +15

    yo hai, you should get in touch with a guy called wendover and make a video called the logistics of the hajj. sounds like a perfect colab

  • @faisalaziz5592
    @faisalaziz5592 2 года назад +6

    I was in the hajj 2016 I waited 3 hours to get into the metro so walking became my best optaion its only one day that you have to use it
    also 4:16 the price is wrong its 300 riyals 80$ for the whole 7 days

    • @RMbutItsO
      @RMbutItsO 2 года назад

      Thanks for clarifying. I was confused on why the price was so high

  • @jacktaylor6690
    @jacktaylor6690 2 года назад +9

    As a wisconsinite i can confirm that Green Bay is a damn drunk town. Wisco drinking culture is wild, even in small towns. My 1.1k pop. town had 13 bars, or 1 per 85 people. Each one was packed and on each hour its custom to move bars if you arent in a game or something. So almost each hour i would see a stubling pack of drunks moving down about half a block to the next bar. Fun place

    • @inventor121
      @inventor121 2 года назад +1

      There's literally a town in my province that has 2 bars, a saloon, a tavern, and a pub, and there are only 20 houses in the whole town. I pass through the town every now and then and I wonder exactly how the heck they stay in business.

    • @Sauvenil
      @Sauvenil 2 года назад +1

      sounds like the hajj, everyone walking the circle of the bars instead of around a temple.

    • @Noone-jn3jp
      @Noone-jn3jp 2 года назад

      Can i stay at your house during my required pilgrimage?

    • @Sauvenil
      @Sauvenil 2 года назад

      @@inventor121 It only takes a few regulars to keep a bar running.

  • @moechinatsu
    @moechinatsu 2 года назад +43

    Wait, Sam also talking about train now? Am I dreaming?

    • @ElectriKong-
      @ElectriKong- 2 года назад +5

      I mean now that people have started invading Sam's territory (planes), I guess he figured he'd go invade Adam Something's territory instead.

    • @moechinatsu
      @moechinatsu 2 года назад

      @@ElectriKong- fair enough

    • @SeanRPS
      @SeanRPS 2 года назад

      Ground planes

  • @freddy04123
    @freddy04123 2 года назад +96

    Sam thought he was making a joke but now I want to make a Philly cheese steak deep dish pizza 😅

    • @invurret9533
      @invurret9533 2 года назад +3

      Dominos makes it

    • @Ben.N
      @Ben.N 2 года назад +3

      @@invurret9533 😳

    • @joermnyc
      @joermnyc 2 года назад

      Someone somewhere has probably tried to use a deep dish pizza as the “bread” for a cheesesteak.
      Not sure if that put them in the hospital, or just made them run for the toilet…

    • @freddy04123
      @freddy04123 2 года назад +1

      @@invurret9533 that's disgusting lol

    • @invurret9533
      @invurret9533 2 года назад

      @@freddy04123 What you said you wanted to make one what the heck

  • @centredoorplugsthornton4112
    @centredoorplugsthornton4112 2 года назад +20

    Mecca is planning other metro lines that would be a day to day transit system.
    Possibly the biggest overcapacity was with South Africa's apartheid era township trains. 5000 riders packed into an 11 car train with maximum safe capacity of 2000. Hanging out doors and riding on couplers. Eased up by the late 1980s when South Africa deregulated transport and began breaking up its big monopolies.

    • @dirkdutoit6644
      @dirkdutoit6644 2 года назад

      Really? Please come and see the overcrowding nowadays. And there are also hardly any trains left. Complete train stations being stolen. Inclusive of the brick and mortar. Overcrowding during apartheid? Pfft.

    • @centredoorplugsthornton4112
      @centredoorplugsthornton4112 2 года назад

      @@dirkdutoit6644 new record for crowded trains: coming out of Ukraine with 6000 on board.

  • @BoehmischerPrater
    @BoehmischerPrater 2 года назад +5

    4:04 thanks for using a stock photo of the U1 line in Vienna

  • @casmatt99
    @casmatt99 2 года назад +13

    Omg am I a bad alcoholic because I've never made the pilgrammage to Green Bay?

  • @fyukfy2366
    @fyukfy2366 2 года назад +43

    1:13 is one for the next mistakes video. What the hell is a religious pyramid

  • @mrepix8287
    @mrepix8287 2 года назад +70

    Let me guess: there’s some sort event that only happens seven days a year in this particular city, so they created a train just to increase transport capacity during that specific event

  • @andrewdreasler428
    @andrewdreasler428 2 года назад +4

    2:25 Oh no, you did NOT just insult Chicago Style Pizza! You obviously do not understand how passionate we Chicagoans are about our food.

  • @jamiegill7832
    @jamiegill7832 2 года назад +17

    As a Packers fan I will accept your joke as a compliment thank you very much

  • @Cragglerock93
    @Cragglerock93 2 года назад +12

    I get that it was specifically designed to serve pilgrims, but is there no demand at all for the route from locals for the remainder of the year even on a drastically-reduced capacity?

    • @mra.prasetio
      @mra.prasetio 2 года назад +6

      You don't have to, especially if you are a local you must have performed Hajj. Also Hajj is an obligation that needs to be done only once, after that you can perform Umrah which does not go to these places. So, these places are especially visited by those who are performing Hajj for the first time.

    • @juch3
      @juch3 2 года назад +3

      From what I can see in the Google maps the line basically runs from the place where half the pilgrims stay to another place where The other half of the pilgrims stay but this time within walking distance to the mosque, so it really doesn't take you anywhere if you're not a pilgrim.

    • @fawziekefli2273
      @fawziekefli2273 2 года назад +8

      The other (unbuilt) lines would have had some domestic demand; not so the "Mecca Metro." Imagine a line that goes from town directly to a stadium outside the city, but it's only ever used for the Superbowl; the rest of the year it's empty. No reason to use the metro otherwise.

    • @Darkest_matter
      @Darkest_matter 2 года назад +3

      @@fawziekefli2273 that's one way to put it for godless heathens. I mean that in the most polite way possible.

    • @FayeVert
      @FayeVert 3 месяца назад

      I would think that in the other 51 weeks of the year there would be people doing maintenance, cleaning, repairs, and that sort of thing.

  • @MichUsiris
    @MichUsiris 2 года назад +6

    This line about alcoholism is the best joke I've seen today. I've laughed for real. Thx for that

  • @mvemjsunp8
    @mvemjsunp8 2 года назад +3

    Need a logistics of the Hajj Wendover video

  • @kingsize127
    @kingsize127 2 года назад +9

    As soon as you said “Saudi Arabia” I knew where you were going with this.

  • @stavka6923
    @stavka6923 2 года назад +7

    The Type-A metro carriage in this line was imported from China and carries 310 pax per car at 100% capacity, while Japanese E235-0 series carries 1724 pax per train which gives us 156 pax per car. This means this Saudi "standard capacity" was already at 200% capacity in Japanese standards. The Chuō Line rapid service sends about 30 trains each carrying 3000 pax towards Tokyo per hour in the morning rush hours, which gives us 90000/hr(the actual numbers pre-pandemic is about 81000) so JR East still wins... Even if we don't take the peak 289% capacity rate reached in 1965 into consideration.

  • @bloggs9876
    @bloggs9876 2 года назад

    0:18 Wiener Ubahn (vienna underground railway)
    4:03 (background) U1 Wien (vienna) and most like a V Wagen

  • @uss_04
    @uss_04 2 года назад +4

    Wendover should collaborate with HAI on transportation. After all they can’t possibly be the same person

    • @tomrogue13
      @tomrogue13 2 года назад

      Though sam from wendover sounds alot like the guy from half as interesting

    • @Odysseus-st3wn
      @Odysseus-st3wn 2 года назад

      @@tomrogue13 yeah ikr but im pretty sure its just a coincidence

  • @maxg6040
    @maxg6040 2 года назад +5

    0:18 Shout out to Vienna.

  • @GyroCannon
    @GyroCannon 2 года назад +4

    The statement about statistics is... 100% accurate!
    My family isn't Muslim but there's more than 4 of us and I was the one who was picked to go to Mecca. I even rode this exact train!

    • @Darkest_matter
      @Darkest_matter 2 года назад

      How was it?

    • @roteschwert
      @roteschwert 2 года назад +1

      If you aren't Muslim, how come you visited Mecca?

    • @GyroCannon
      @GyroCannon 2 года назад +1

      @@roteschwert (that was the joke)

  • @phillipreed6599
    @phillipreed6599 2 года назад +1

    When the Phillies won the World Series, we had our own hajj (Chicago coming to visit)

  • @vale.antoni
    @vale.antoni 2 года назад

    4:37 Yaay! It's the Széll Kálmán tér station of Budapest Metro Line 2! HAI featured my hometown!!

  • @bennetth7008
    @bennetth7008 2 года назад +19

    Hey, Sam, so there's one metro line in Tokyo...

  • @yoavravid7893
    @yoavravid7893 2 года назад +16

    I love how the people behave exactly like a liquid

    • @Mausju
      @Mausju 2 года назад

      underliked post!

    • @jmchez
      @jmchez 2 года назад +4

      Particles are particles no matter what the size. Get enough of them in a container and the bulk mass always behaves like a fluid.

    • @jmchez
      @jmchez 2 года назад +1

      Watch a physical wave go through a crowd; not the type that fans willingly participate in.
      ruclips.net/video/2OP0gp9v5XM/видео.html

    • @pubcollize
      @pubcollize 2 года назад +1

      @@jmchez The only difference being that the interparticular forces between humans are way weirder, and thus create weirder instances of surface tension and other types of fluid behaviors.

    • @jmchez
      @jmchez 2 года назад +1

      @@pubcollize Yes, of course. But trying to explain it beyond what you said gets way too complex really fast.

  • @GufandFedGovt
    @GufandFedGovt 2 года назад

    In Buenos Aires line B can get over this easily at rush hour. It is so packed that you don't feel the acceleration and stops of the train lol

  • @caydenlum
    @caydenlum 2 года назад +3

    in melbourne australia, there’s a train line that only operates once a year for melbourne cup day

    • @DragRedSim
      @DragRedSim 2 года назад

      Not quite one day a year; it also runs for other major race days at that club, as well as event transportation for events at the Showgrounds; and even when not used for that some off-duty trains will be stabled there overnight or outside of peak hours.

  • @Tsirkon
    @Tsirkon 2 года назад +4

    As soon as he mentioned mecca I immediately know why it's only open 7 days a year

  • @aregularperson7573
    @aregularperson7573 2 года назад +5

    As some who is from Green Bay I can conform we are the holist city in the region of alcoholism

  • @Iraqi_TopG
    @Iraqi_TopG 2 года назад +3

    i sure do hope the comments arent controversial

  • @mrc-17
    @mrc-17 2 года назад

    As an American I've riden a train once becuase it was free on the 4th of july. I went 7 miles, it stopped running at 9pm (before dark, before the firework show even started) and i ubered home. Ive been to train museums more than I've ridden them.

  • @ilhamdarni6924
    @ilhamdarni6924 2 года назад +3

    When I heard the name of the train, I immediately realised it was because of the hajj

  • @ladderman2255
    @ladderman2255 2 года назад +6

    0:40 sometimes trains in Tokyo operate at like 200% capacity so it may not actually be the biggest.

  • @mrvesl2205
    @mrvesl2205 2 года назад

    absolutely perfect transition to sponsered segment

  • @deanhuang6841
    @deanhuang6841 2 года назад

    4:05 love the circular reasoning lmfao. Chuckled quite a bit.

  • @ShreyasYD
    @ShreyasYD 2 года назад +4

    I am very very very curious where you got the stock video of that “pilgrim” holding the passport…

    • @wraithcadmus
      @wraithcadmus 2 года назад +4

      I will wager up to $0.17 that it's stock footage shot by a company that helps organise people's Hajj that ended up public domain.

  • @BTownRailfanPNW
    @BTownRailfanPNW 2 года назад +7

    4:25 Oh boy, guess I’m Muslim now

  • @fireballdungeonquest7956
    @fireballdungeonquest7956 Год назад

    12 car trains are needed as expansion lines of the Glasgow Subway and Tyne and Wear Metro in the UK.

  • @ttvrs1059
    @ttvrs1059 2 года назад

    The shade being thrown in here is out of this world! xD

  • @itachi2011100
    @itachi2011100 2 года назад +3

    0:41 Have you seen how many people can fit in one Mumbai local train?

  • @clairemendoza5402
    @clairemendoza5402 2 года назад +38

    Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."

    • @monicamaria6101
      @monicamaria6101 2 года назад

      I owe my success to having listened
      respectfuly to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

    • @brendacarla4657
      @brendacarla4657 2 года назад

      How do we get paid?

    • @jennydave9666
      @jennydave9666 2 года назад

      Is it through online investment platform?

    • @patricksmith3896
      @patricksmith3896 2 года назад

      Yes through online investment platform

    • @ahmedjoe4528
      @ahmedjoe4528 2 года назад

      i get paid directly to my bank account

  • @qingyangzhang6093
    @qingyangzhang6093 2 года назад +1

    4:34 about conversion 🤔
    > Al Mashaaer Al Mugaddassah line was constructed by China Railway Construction Corporation Limited
    > The project had high priority, and the Chinese minister of railways, Liu Zhijun, went on site for inspection
    > Liu *was a member of CCP at the time
    > His party requires him to be an atheist
    > ..?

  • @Wario512
    @Wario512 2 года назад

    lovely how you use so much stockfootage from vienna this episode ^^

  • @thekingminn
    @thekingminn 2 года назад +4

    Do a video on the biggest book in the world or the Biggest bell.

  • @adamsherinian9846
    @adamsherinian9846 2 года назад

    love how 'logistical nightmare' comes up when a dc metro train appears

  • @nathanbeaner928
    @nathanbeaner928 2 года назад

    I always love how you transition into the video ad

  • @vitalyvolkov1618
    @vitalyvolkov1618 2 года назад +3

    Great video, but I have I kind of theological question. How do the Mecca locals do the haj? For the hadj, you have to go to visit Mecca from elsewhere, but going to 'visit' the city you already live in doesn't make many logical sence, since you technically alseardy visit it every day when you leave your home.
    Sorry if the question is stupid, but it just puzzled me

    • @MudhaffarAdhwa
      @MudhaffarAdhwa 2 года назад +7

      There are certain places outside of Mecca you go to start your Hajj, so a Mecca local would need to leave the city, go to those start points then return

    • @Ghost-tm5gw
      @Ghost-tm5gw 2 года назад +5

      There are starting points, or mahrems, where people need to go to be in a state for hajj.

  • @chronicallymeee
    @chronicallymeee 2 года назад +20

    "So why did you decide to convert to Islam?"
    "Well, I really wanted the opportunity to ride on the most efficient train on earth."

    • @xerogue
      @xerogue 2 года назад +1

      you can't convert to Islam, you can only revert

    • @chronicallymeee
      @chronicallymeee 2 года назад +2

      @@xerogue Not everyone agrees on the terminology, I know plenty of reverts who prefer to call themselves converts. I used convert in this context because I'm assuming that most people reading this wouldn't know what revert means, since it's not in common use outside of the Muslim community.

    • @kaldo_kaldo
      @kaldo_kaldo 2 года назад +4

      @@xerogue The word "revert" means "go back to". Not everyone began as Muslim.

    • @xerogue
      @xerogue 2 года назад +1

      @@kaldo_kaldo everyone is born muslim according to Islam - therefore when someone 'converts' they accept they reverted - hence no converts exist

    • @kaldo_kaldo
      @kaldo_kaldo 2 года назад +3

      @@xerogue Did Allah just assume my religion?

  • @dantetre
    @dantetre 2 года назад

    4:38 footage is from Budapest Metro line 2 (red).

  • @alexdhall
    @alexdhall 2 года назад

    0:49, That "stock" footage really looks like a Washington DC Metro train....looks like a mix of pre 7000 series cars...

  • @fluffyjello
    @fluffyjello 2 года назад +5

    1:21 Hajj gameplay: stoning 3 pillars with stones
    Hajj lore: Satan and it's devils get tied into the pillars and people stone the hell out of them.

  • @alexbur6021
    @alexbur6021 2 года назад +2

    Go to Moscow Metro and Saint Petersburg Metro underground they are beautifully decorated it’s a great way to get around and it’s good as you get to see it as a tourist or local resident

  • @BigMuhis
    @BigMuhis 2 года назад +1

    03:10 the exact translation is Meccah trains for public transportation. Thank me now

  • @jojojorisjhjosef
    @jojojorisjhjosef 2 года назад +2

    I'd say the Tokyo one does fit the same criteria as this was specifically designed for over capacity :^)

  • @chr1staki
    @chr1staki 2 года назад +5

    "Any decent sized city that cares about its residents" ...you do realise the residents elect those in charge of running the city 🤔

    • @kareemyasser3590
      @kareemyasser3590 2 года назад +4

      Do they tho??

    • @chr1staki
      @chr1staki 2 года назад

      @@kareemyasser3590 well that's another subject altogether 😉

    • @scarpfish
      @scarpfish 2 года назад +4

      Most of us who elect such people have been conned into thinking owning our own transportation (not to mention financing it for $500/mo over 5-8 years) somehow constitutes freedom, and that investing in public transportation equals socialism.

  • @RMTransit
    @RMTransit 2 года назад +31

    Great video as always! Buuuut I'm not sure if it's ACTUALLY the highest capacity metro in the world, and it might not even be Tokyo either!

    • @kaldo_kaldo
      @kaldo_kaldo 2 года назад +4

      Which single metro line is in fact the highest then?

    • @littleraeofsunshine
      @littleraeofsunshine 2 года назад +1

      @@kaldo_kaldo My guess would be somewhere in Moscow

    • @billythorne
      @billythorne 2 года назад +1

      @@kaldo_kaldo Hong Kong?

    • @OntarioTrafficMan
      @OntarioTrafficMan 2 года назад +1

      The Hong Kong MTR East Rail line has a capacity of 92950 people per hour per direction, which is far more than the Mecca Metro.
      Prior to the pandemic it operated 12-car trains (capacity 3712) at 25 trains per hour.

    • @NATO4623
      @NATO4623 4 месяца назад

      @@littleraeofsunshineI don’t think it is Moscow

  • @tjejojyj
    @tjejojyj 2 года назад

    I’m pretty sure the stations in groups of three.
    There are only two tracks on the route.
    The line was build by Chinese firms.

  • @Berkana
    @Berkana 2 года назад

    LOL at the Greenbay remark. I was not expecting that.

  • @rolmaxify
    @rolmaxify 2 года назад +4

    Wow, I don't know why, but the fact that you used stock footage from the Vienna metro twice (0:20 and 4:04) in one video makes me very happy. And yes, I'm Viennese