Video summary
The video serves as a behind-the-scenes look at a traveler's extensive exploration of the tram network in Gdańsk, Poland, documenting both the successes and challenges of filming various routes. The journey begins at the airport station, where the narrator notes engineering work has reduced tracks to a single line, before heading into the city center amidst snowy conditions. A significant portion of the trip is dedicated to attempting to film specific tram lines, particularly Route 3, which requires a single-ended PESA swing tram to allow filming from the rear window. The narrator highlights the Polish-made nature of these trams and describes the process of navigating the system, often dealing with double-ended vehicles that prevent the desired filming angle or routes that terminate unexpectedly.
Beyond the trams, the vlogger takes time to explore Gdańsk's diverse landscapes, including frozen lakes, dense forests with lookout towers offering panoramic views of the suburbs, and the nearby Baltic Sea. The footage captures the unique atmosphere of a winter beach with snow-covered sand and ships in the Gulf of Gdańsk, as well as visits to local parks featuring water gardens and ducks on unfrozen ponds. The narrator also ventures to neighboring towns like Sopot and Gdynia via train and trolley bus, expressing a particular appreciation for the older trolley bus system over modern electric buses due to their lighter design and novelty.
The trip concludes with an ambitious plan to film several more routes before departing, though some attempts are thwarted by construction work truncating Route 8 or the approaching evening light making filming difficult. Despite missing the full loop on Route 8 due to bridge works and time constraints, the narrator successfully completes rides on Routes 10 and 12, noting that Route 12 is the longest journey undertaken during the visit. The video ends at the airport railway station after a final scenic tram ride over a flyover bridge, summarizing a trip that blended public transport exploration with leisurely walks through Gdańsk's historic old town, modern shopping centers built over railway lines, and its surrounding natural environments.
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Hello. Thank you for joining me. I'm at
Gadansk Airport Station in Poland.
There's the airport over there. And this
is the railway station. There'd normally
be two tracks, but they to be doing some
engineering work. So, everything's
working single line through this
platform. I just bought my ticket to
catch a train into the city center. This
is like a behind thescenes video of um
the tram bashing I do. So, when I travel
around, I like to make videos where I'll
usually film out the back window of a
whole tram route, but I thought it'd be
quite good to do a behind the scenes to
see all the other bits that go into
that. So, on this trip, I'm also going
to visit a couple of other Polish
cities. So, they'll have their own
separate tram bashing in whichever city
that is. So, I've just now got to wait
for my train to arrive. It's going to
come from that direction, which will
take me to Gansk City Center.
There's a statue of a cat waiting for a
train. Well, I'm on the diesel now. This
isn't going to the main station in
Gdansk. It's going to get to one of the
others. I'll put the name on screen now.
And when I get there, I'll catch another
train to the main station. Drop my stuff
off where I'm staying. And then it'll be
time for some traction. It's snow on the
ground outside.
>> Get my first view of the trams. Although
I did see some from the airplane, but
that's route 10. Just comes in here.
Ends at a stop terminus. So, probably
won't be doing a full video on that one,
but I will at some point ride it. I
might just catch a tram. I can't see any
in there. I'm kind of on the wrong side
of the train. I'm hemmed in by my
suitcase and books and stuff. So, uh,
but we'll hopefully come and ride this
line later on. I'm here in Gdans. The
next time I see the TR, we should go
over them. So, I'll try and get a view
out the window of that as we cross over
the tram network.
Heat.
Here
I am outside the main station. That's
the main railway station building there.
And of course, here's the tram. There's
plenty of trams here. My plan is tram on
route three will arrive from that way.
I'm going to take it to the other end
that way and then film the whole route.
So, that'll be a separate video. I just
got to wait for the tram now to arrive
on route three.
That's the tram I've just been traveling
on, number 1035. This is one of the pesa
swing trams. So, this is a single-ended
tram, so I can film out the back. That
one was very busy and I wasn't planning
to film this route. Anyway, it is a
commuter time. I'm in a sort of
residential area and transport
interchange. I believe they're also
building that might be what those cranes
are for in the background. A new esbar
line. It's quite an interesting place.
So, what I got to work out is um which
tram I'm going to take. And um like I
said, I'm going to film the whole room.
Nice seeing the Polish flags on the
front of the PESA tram, which of course
is a Polish product. So, I'm just going
to hang around here. Maybe have a little
wander around. I say it's mainly
residential, but I like to have a look
at see where I'm actually going rather
than just stay on the trams the whole
time. And then I'm going to ride
hopefully the whole of Route 3.
As I said, I like to explore a bit. So
before traveling on Route 3, I just came
for a little walk and I discovered this
frozen lake. It terminates. Route three
time. It's just up here. And and this
here, this could be something to do with
this new um espan line they're building.
You can see there's ice on the ground.
Doesn't feel that cold at all. It's
about 9°, but obviously had a lot of
snow and uh it's taken a while to melt.
So, made quite a pleasant walk around
this area here. So, I'm going to
continue walking around the lake and I'm
going to catch the tram.
Give Nice.
Yeah.
Heat.
Hallelujah.
Well, here we are back in the city
center. You got the old town over there
and you got this modern shopping city
here. Believe it or not, this is the
main railway line under here. They've um
built this shopping center on top of the
railway line. And down there, there's a
tram. I thought it was Route 4, although
that one says Route 11. Unfortunately,
attempts to film the trams today haven't
gone very well, and I've given up. First
attempt on Route 3, I got so far the
camera then fell over, stood it up,
carried on going, and then it turned
itself off a bit later on, and I'd
missed a couple of stops. I thought,
"No, that's not good enough to publish."
So, I went back and tried again and um
the tram I next went on terminated short
of its destination. So, and as you can
see, it's now starting to get stuck. So,
I've given up filming, but by the time
you watch this, I shall hopefully have
had um a whole ride on some of the
roots. It won't be all of them. It'll be
the single ended routes. That's
interesting. That's saying route 11 as
well. So, watch this one go by.
These are the oldest trams on the
network. I'll tell you more about
different types of trams tomorrow. The
other thing I will say is as for
pronouncing some of these names, I'm
probably just not going to try because
being dyslexic and you know uh yeah, I'm
just not going to try. So, most of the
names will have to be captions on
screens anyway.
We shall do some more traing tomorrow.
>> [music]
>> I'm in the forest. Still quite a lot of
snow which hasn't melted. And I still
haven't found what I'm looking for. It
seems to be the main path through the
forest. It's got street lights. Um it
seems like it's a bit of a thorough
affair. Ah, yes. I think I can see
through the trees what I'm looking for.
I need to turn off at this junction.
Don't you be able to see that. I've got
to go up a load of steps. And uh
probably isn't obvious on camera what's
up there. I'll show you when we get
there.
And here we are at the top of the steps.
Reach the summit, this little hill in
the middle of the forest. But I can go
even higher because we got a lookout
tower. And it's one of my favorite
things about coming to Central Europe is
quite often in forests or in various
places they have these lookout towers.
So, let's go up and see the view.
Here we are up at the top. Quite
spacious up here and get views over the
suburbs
of Gdansk.
So, where we were yesterday where that
lake was, that's just down there. So,
I'm probably not going to go and look at
that again today cuz I walked around
that yesterday. The port and everything
is out that way and the old town center
is just down the hill down there.
Yesterday, I sort of traveled through
part of that area on my way from the
airport
and um I believe this new Espan line
that's being built will serve some of
this area here. So, maybe one day we'll
come back and ride that. Now I need to
find my way down. But if you don't like
heights, I don't suggest going up here
cuz you can see straight through the
floor. And um I'm going to find my way
back down through the forest and we'll
hopefully have more success of filming
the whole of Route 3. Like I say, that
will be in a separate video. I just like
it up here though, sort of on top of the
trees. It's only me. It's just really
nice and pleasant. So I'm going to spend
a little bit longer up here just
admiring the views and then I'm going to
go down and we'll try and ride Route
Three again.
I finally managed to film Route Three.
This is a tram I've been on, number
1035, one of the PESA swing trams.
These, apart from one or two others,
seems to be the only ones that have the
one-ended one, which makes my form of
filming possible. So route three, it
terminates here on a large loop. So it's
come that way and then it will continue
on down there. So if you're thinking,
why am I not filming that? Well, what
happens? Route five goes out that way,
continues on down there, does another
loop further up, and then comes along
here. So this section of route three,
which is shared with route five, would
be filmed route five. So only route
three uses this platform here. So it's
like a triangular little stop here. So
it seems interesting little area. So,
I'm just going to have a little wander
around and then I should catch a tram on
route five from the platform over there,
make my way, and then at the start of
the loop, I'll film the whole of Route
Five, come back through here and go to
the end of Route Five. So, [snorts]
after a few um you know, not getting not
having the best of luck. And even with
this one, then the wrong sort of tram
came and double-ended one came. So, I
had to wait. I finally filmed Route
Three. So, I'm happy now.
It's a little way from the tram stop
before riding route five. I realized I
was very close to the sea. So I thought
better come and have a quick look. Be
rude not to. Never been to the sea in
Poland. I mean most European countries I
tend to visit tend to be the central
ones which don't even have sea. So and
when I've been to Poland before I've
been to the southern part of Poland
nowhere near the sea. So it's quite nice
to just come and have a look. There's
something nice about a beach in winter.
I don't know what it is. It's just um
just nice. It's nice to look very
different in the summer. I expect it's
very busy. So, here we are. This is the
Polish sea and the Gulf of Gdansk.
Now I've ridden route five. That was
probably one of the most interesting
routes I've done. It went all around
parts of the docks by the port and now
it's terminated here at this this um
circle. There's another tram just coming
in on route 12. Not sure which way he's
going, but that there's a single change.
Now, on this one, the driver's got to
get out and change the points. You can
just see over there, another pesa tram
over there. So, the line does carry on
up towards the sea. Now, there's the
driver. She's changing the points. Looks
like she's coming in over here. So, it's
quite an interesting section. So, what
I'm going to do, I'm going to catch a
tram towards the city and um then when I
get there, I'm going to pre have another
look and then um I've got it noted down.
I'm going to film another one of the
tram routes.
Yeah, it seems if you're not on the tram
that terminates here, you do actually
get to ride the whole of the route,
which I hadn't realized. And like I say,
they then go off. Interesting section up
there between two buildings, not really
on the streets. So, more like a light
railway. I'm going to go and decide
which tram I should get. And I probably
should get lunch cuz it's getting a bit
late.
I found this rather nice park to have a
walk around in between riding the trams.
There's like a long thinned pond there
with lots of ducks coming off the
nonfrozen section. It's all frozen back
there. And then it continues up here.
Look at this little garden. I really
like a nice water garden. This is
another lake up there. So, we'll go and
have a look at that. Have to do a bit of
research cuz admittedly I know nothing
about this park other than it does seem
rather nice. I always have a look in
park especially like if you get to the
end of the tram route and you see
there's a park. Having sat on the tram
sign is up for an hour. the ends of my
fingers can be quite numb from holding
the camera in one position. So, it's
nice just to go for a bit of a walk.
Also, I've been sat down sometimes in
very awkward positions cuz I'm kind of
twisted round to hold the camera. Not
sure what's going on here, but
it's going um but it still seems right
to walk around here.
So, um obviously doing something anyway.
Here's another lake here.
And uh he wasn't hooting at me. Look at
that. Still ice on it. So it shows it's
winter also. It's a lot colder in this
park than it was when I was out on the
streets. It's uh got a bit of a
microclimate. So here we are in this
rather nice park. But I'm going to now
go for a walk, get back on the trams,
and we might maybe even end up at the
sea again.
I've arrived now at this northern tram
hub of the city. Various routes start
here. So, plan is next to do route six.
This is how you can see on that one the
windows too dirty. So, I I wasn't going
to film anyway cuz I want to have a walk
around the area. Like I say, the sea's
not far away. So, they got all these
various trams waiting to form various
routes. And it looks like you get on
here and we'll get to ride the whole
loop. The other thing I should mention
is not far up the coast is the town of
Gadinia. But between Gadinia and here is
a town called Soprron. I'm not sure if
I'm stopp I'm probably not pronouncing
that right, but it's on screen now. And
the trolley bus route in Gadinia does
actually go down to there. So, we're
quite close to where the trolley buses
are. Now, if things hadn't gone wrong
with yesterday's filming, I'd be a bit
more ahead of schedule and I probably
could have gone there and done the tram
around the loop. could have gone there
to have a look, but um maybe another
day. You might be able to do it later on
while I'm here, but I don't think so.
So, look, now that one's gone. This one
moves forward. So, these Oh, that's 111.
I always like it when you get a tram or
four ones. When you get a tram where all
the digits are the same number. So, I'll
probably come back here to do, like I
say, route six once I have my walk. And
you'll be able to see what I'm saying.
The tram will go around the loop. It
should appear. Yeah, there it is. So,
that's what we'll be doing next.
So, that's a tram on route eight. So,
like I said, my next one I want to do is
Route Six. So, hopefully my next job is
to film Route Six. But, let's go and
have another look at the sea while we're
here.
How's this? There's some snow on the
beach. It's sort of been dug up and
it'll effectively form like a bank.
Well, you know, dug it up because
everywhere I go, there's piles of dug up
snow which is taking forever to melt
because although it's really sunny
today, it's cold. It's colder than it
was yesterday. So, up there is Gadina
and then you've got the trees here and
once you go through the trees, you get
to the residential area and it looks
like in the summer there'll be lots
going on here. I mean, I always think
it's really strange being on the beach
in winter cuz you know, you associate
beaches with summer. I did still see
just then I saw one bloke in his
swimming trunks. There's no way I'm
going. They're not even paddling. So,
some people are still going swimming
despite the the fact there's snow on the
beach. I just think it's quite nice to
come here and and just just enjoy the
sound of the waves and see the ships out
there. So, I'm going to do that for a
little bit and then I'm going to walk
back and hopefully ride the whole of
tram route six.
Oh, another dirty window. So, can't film
route six on this one. So, I shall get
off and wait for the next tram on Route
6 to arrive.
It's evening now and I'm not be filming
any more traum routes today. I've had a
more successful day than yesterday. I'm
just up at this area. This is the large
loop which routes five, Route 7, which I
rode route seven but didn't film it cuz
it was getting dark. And then route 10.
Route 10 is the smaller loop. Now I just
got on a route 10 tram and it went that
way into depos. The driver had to let me
out there. So I'm not quite sure how it
worked at Route 10 cuz the one before
the driver that time made sure everyone
go off. They seem to terminate that stop
over there before going round over
there. And then I said earlier they take
the smaller loop. So it's getting really
cold now. I don't know how much longer
I'm going to wait to get that smaller
loop in. I might give it one more go.
Tempted to have a walk up there though
and um see if I can see anything in the
depo. There's quite a few depots on the
system one of them there. Uh will I get
a route ride route 10? We'll find out
soon.
I thought it'd be worth having a look up
here at the depot. There's an old
console tram. I think that's what
they're called. Um remember seeing those
in Katavitza when I went there a few
years ago. I haven't seen any here.
There's a pesa tram just coming out. The
camera's probably not picking it out,
but there's clearly some trams that are
part of a museum fleet in the depo,
which is great to see. There's a another
tram about to form a route five service.
In fact, that's the one I was on when I
although that was my first attempt at
doing the loop. By then, I was cold and
just wanted to do it. Then the second
attempt it was route 10, but they both
seem to terminate here. Interestingly,
then going to the left
and there's another tram looking like it
might be about to come out. Now, if that
is a route 10 tram, sorry, I'm talking
of the noise of tram going around the
corner. That's a route 10 tram, which it
is. That could be my ticket to do the
loop. So, I'm going to go ahead and try
and get on that one. I made it and I'm
now doing the loop. This is the short
little loop. You're not going to see
much cuz it's dark, but um I'm going to
look out the window and see this. This
is the I think this is two built trams.
They've had a middle section put in. So
the middle section is is younger than
the rest of the tram. That's to allow
wheelchairs and push chairs to have low
floor boarding, but it's not a complete
low floor tram like the pess. Anyway,
I'm happy. I've ridden Route 10 and I'm
and I'm out the cold. It's nice and warm
in here. So I'm going to ride this now
back to city center and then see what I
find tomorrow.
It's day three of my tram bashing in
Gdansk video and uh I'm not really tra
bashing in Gdansk today. Well, it's
already nearly half 4 in the afternoon.
What I've been doing all day, I've been
to Albang and I've done some tram
bashing there. That's subject of another
video, same as this, behind the scenes,
and there'll be a video of all the roots
I filmed. I've got back now, and like I
say, it's 4, too early to um, you know,
call it a day, but at the same time,
it's a bit late in the day to go to the
end of route and film another route
here. So, I've still got more days to do
that. So, what I'm going to do, I'm
going to catch the local railway to the
next town um, on screen now cuz I'm
still not quite sure how you say it. And
then I I'm going to attempt to do one of
the trolley bus routes up to Gadinia. So
that's what I'm going to do for to for
the rest of today.
Heat.
I've just had a good ride on this
classic electric unit and I've arrived
at Sopot. I'm not quite sure how you
pronounce the second part that the name,
but it's not the main station, but it's
one of the the first station in Sopot.
The last one was still in Gid. So, the
train continues on north. So, I'm going
to go out here and try and find the
trolley bus sign. And I was going to do
it the other way, but it wasn't going to
work to do it that way because this
route finishes um certain time. That's
the main line there beside me. The old
signal box just there. And that's the
name of the station I'm currently at.
Trolley bus terminates over there
somewhere. So, I'm going to go and find
it.
I found the end of the trolley bus
routes and I expect this is the bus I'm
going to catch, but I have to catch it
on the other side of the road. It's
always always like the end of trolley
bus routes the the way the the wires go
around. There's just something about
them. I do prefer tramps, but there's
something almost more novel about
trolley bus cuz you don't expect, you
know, there's not that many systems
around. There's only three in Poland.
So, looks like number 3040 is my ride up
to Ginia. I need to get on the other
side of the road for that.
soft. My knees are soft.
There we are. I'm on the trolley bus. I
like the motifs on the seats. Got
pictures of trolley buses, which I think
is cool. So, I'm I'm not going to show
too much. It's starting to get dark, but
um certainly not going to film a trolley
bus route like I would a tram route, but
I'm happy to be on one. It seems they
stopped running fairly early on this
route, so I have to get this one this
time. But at least it's still daylight.
There's plenty of other electric buses
around which I have no interest in at
all. Um, trolley buses, you know, they
are to me they're better than electric
buses. Electric buses require a much
heavier chassis and everything to
accommodate the batteries. Most modern
trolley buses have some batteries to go
>> a distance away from the wire should it
be necessary, but they're not they don't
have they're not like electric buses.
So, to me, a trolley bus is a better
system and more novel. So, I'm going to
enjoy this now. Take me to the railway
station in Gina.
So perfect for black washed.
There we are. The end of the trolley bus
route. That was quite an enjoyable trip.
As you can see, it's got dark now and it
will soon be fully dark. So it was a
nice nice ride at dusk through the on an
into urban route. Goes around the circle
now ready to form.
>> I'm going to go to the station, get back
on those local trains and head back to
Gdans. And then um tomorrow I'm going to
another city. So there might not be any
tram bashing in Gdans tomorrow. Then day
after that I shall resume exploring the
tram network of Gdansk.
It's day five of my trip to Gdansk.
Yesterday I didn't actually do any tram
bashing or filming here. I went on the
train to Gonsk and um did the tram
system there. So that's a separate
video. Couple of churches here. Where's
churches everywhere in Gdansk? That one
over there is the one which I went to
the Shopan concert on the first evening.
And this one here, this one is the
basilica. It might almost sound a bit
inappropriate to say this outside two
churches, but my plan for today is not
to do much in Gdansk, but to go to hell.
Yes, you did hear me right. I'm going to
go to hell if you want to know what on
earth that's about. That will be a
separate video. So, you have to watch
that. Before I go to hell, maybe I
should go to church. So, um I've just
looked. It cost six zotty to go in this
one here, the basilica. And um so that's
not much more than a pound. Certainly
less than two. I probably won't talk
inside, but I'll try and get some
footage inside.
before taking the going to hell. I had
about an hour, so I thought I'd come and
have a walk around the harbor. And it's
really nice here. The tramstone actually
served this area, so that's why I
haven't been here yet. But some very
attractive buildings. The harbor is
still partially frozen over. You can see
it's a big ship down there. And just
down there on the other side of the
bridge, there's an old um old sailing
gallion, I think. come out. I don't know
too much about ships, but I'm just going
to pan around, let you see the view of
the harbor, and now I'm going to make my
way over to the railway station to catch
the train to hell.
Jimmy,
it's the final day of my trip in sunny
Gdans. I'm flying back to England
tonight. So, I'm going to do hopefully
two more tram routes today. I just
dropped off the luggage at the stations.
I had to be out of where I was staying
by 10:00. The place I booked online
didn't wait existed, but there was no
one there. So, I asked a couple of
Polish ladies and they didn't seem to
know. But then they came back 5 minutes
later say, "I don't think someone's
coming, but we'll show you another one."
Which was very kind of them. And then
two other nice Polish ladies um helped
me to use the system cuz it wasn't in
English. So, it's always nice when
locals help you when you're, you know,
somewhere in another country and you're
a bit confused. So, yeah, thank you very
much to those ladies. Right, so I'm
going to wait for a tram. My plan is to
get to the end of route two now. Uh,
that's a stub term and that's a no loop
there. So, I won't be filming route two,
but then I'm going to walk from there or
get a tram to the end of route 12. Plan
is to film whole of route 12 today and
the whole of Route 8 and then um finish
off by doing route 10. I can get a train
from the airport to the from there. So,
I've just got to wait for my there's a
tram on route 12 trails. That's the
route I intend to be filming. I'm glad
to see that's a one ended tram. So, be
doing that hopefully in the next hour or
so. I'll be passing through here on a
route 12 tram. I can wait for my tram to
arrive. Take me to Route Two.
Hello.
Heat.
Here
we are at the end of Route 2. So, I've
just come down here on this double-ended
Hessa tram. It's also the end of Route 4
and 11, but they only run Monday to
Friday, and today is a Sunday. The next
stop up the hill, Uchco, that's where
Route 12 starts. There's a loop there.
So, what I'm going to do, I'm probably
going to walk up there because I'll only
be going back on the next tram. I like
to stretch my legs in between the tram
journeys and I'll film Route 12. So,
although route 12 will also go back past
the railway station like this did. It
takes a completely different route. So,
there is a section up there served by
route 2 4 and 11, which um I won't be
filming a whole line video of. Like I
say, if there's a stub terminus, um then
I generally don't Yeah, I just like to
film out the back window because it's
the easiest way of filming. And uh
anyway, I'm going to walk up to Jessica,
which I guess I'd say might mean new
town, new something or other. Might have
a little quick look around here, but I
don't think there's a great deal to see.
It's just loads and loads of new flats
and things. And then over there,
nothing. A lot of development perhaps is
going to take place. I'll have a look if
I see anything interesting. I'll let you
know.
This is the return loop at Jesu where
route 12 starts. So there's the tram
waiting there. So I think the staff
probably have like a little mess in
there. I've just seen lady the driver
going into the tram. So she's probably
going to be our driver if I make it
because the stop is right down there.
Um, there's some, as I said, there was a
lot of work going on. I understand
there's plans to build another dep depot
here. And if you look, they've actually
put the track in crossing the road
already. It's not wired yet, but the
track is in. Now, if that tram over
there, number 103, if that suddenly
comes around the loop, I either start
running or I just know I'm going to miss
it. Look, that's the new line into a new
dep depot. Oh, and I think yeah, this is
the tram which I did route two on. I'll
let you watch that. Goodbye.
So, you can see it's not very far. In
fact, that I beat the tram here. Um, I
could have waited and come up on the
tram, but I actually went around the
roads over there. It's funny they showed
each roads on the maps, but there is
nothing on these roads. They're just
all, you know, being developed. We'll
have to see. Maybe come back in a few
years time, see how much this area
changed. Of course, they open new
routes. That's the reason for me to come
back. So, when trams on route 12
terminate here, they must go into a
platform there. Passengers get off and
then, like I say, they go and wait
there. There's a mesh room there.
tonight. So staff can probably use the
toilets. Have a quick cup of tea. I'm
not sure. Anyway, I think I have got to
we'll get to the stop in time. So, what
I'm going to do, I'm going to wait for
the tram to arrive and then I shall film
the whole of Route 12.
There we are at Zasper. I think route 12
is the longest route I've done. It took
um an hour and 14 minutes. This is the
tram I've just been on. Um it seems this
track is the middle track. So the tram's
just currently sitting there and the
driver's gone in to get a well earned
cup of tea by the look of it, which is
what I could do with. So, I'm going to
I've seen a shopping center a few stops
back. So, the tram will then go around
the loop. My plan is to catch a tram
down in the other direction. I might go
up a couple of stops. There's a shopping
center where I can get out, get a cup of
tea, and then hopefully go to the end of
Route 8 and film Route 8. So, I'll
continue through here and um continuing
the tram route back to Gdansk City
Center and hopefully beyond.
In between riding trams, I thought I'd
go for a nice walk in the park. I
discovered there's a very large park
here um which goes down towards the sea.
So I filmed that one very long route,
route 12. I don't think I'm going to be
doing any more now on this trip. Um I
might ride planning to ride route 8, but
it's truncated which I didn't know about
due to some bridge works. What I hadn't
realized was I was thinking it was
truncated to where there's a loop. So
they'd have been using the one- ended
tra. I realized it's actually truncated
to before the loop. So um it means I
won't be able to film it in my usual
way. So, I'll probably ride it for fun.
So, I'm sort of making my way through
this large wooded park. It seems uh it's
quite busy here, so there's a lot of um
there's a nice day, nice Sunday. Most of
Gdants seems to be here. So, I'm going
to enjoy a pleasant walk through the
park. You never know what I might find.
I find anything exciting. I'll show you.
I don't think there's going to be any
miniature and narrow gauge railways
here. It' be great if there was. Um
anyway, so and then I'm going to plan is
to ride Route 8.
might be very sunny in Gdansk, but just
look at the lake. Still completely
frozen over. Not I'm going to try
walking across it. And I'm glad to see
no one else is trying. Actually, you do.
I see that people trying to walk on the
lakes. But yeah, it just shows it's
sunny and I actually feel quite warm.
But it's only spring is only just
beginning.
After a pleasant walk through the park,
I have made it to this tram terminal
where I was the other day. And uh
there's a tram on route two coming in
there. I'm going to be probably on the
one in front of
cuz I'm not crossing his path. So that's
the tram I'm not getting. Looks like I'm
getting this one number 166. That's
going to be my ride in route too. Like I
say, I'm not filming the route. But what
I think about these ones is uh they're
quite good. They have quite a nice um
layout. bit more like a train like
really feels like yeah they're good for
traveling a long distance. Let's see if
I can show you. So here we are. Number
one 66. Can we get inside
folding these doors? Then we go when I
get on at the beginning at least I can
show you in two. I think I did show you
one few days ago. So if you look see
there's the low floor bit in the middle
for wheelchairs and push chairs. I just
like it. I can sit here like it's on a
train, you know, nice seat lined up with
the window which the pesa trams don't
really have so much. So anyway, I'm not
going to film much on this. I'm just
going to enjoy the journey.
Now I'm back by the main railway station
again. Unfortunately, I had to abort
Route 8. I got as fast here and I
realized I was running out of time. So I
went and had lunch and also as it wasn't
going all the way. Um I was hoping to
show you how they're terminating, but
yeah, unfortunately that's not going to
happen. But another time if I come back
here I'll get to do the whole of the
route. It's likely I will. There's no
other routes as far as I'm aware under
construction. I think there will be
extensions to the system in the future.
There's one more route though I can do
and that's route 10 and it happens to
finish on the line which goes to the
airport. So I'm going to wait for a tram
to arrive on route 10 and that'll be my
final tram ride of this trip.
Here we are. This is the end of Route
10. The tram I've just arrived on has
gone just down there. And as you can
see, this is a railway station. So, this
is the line to the airport.
going that way downhill that will take
me back into Gdansk. I've got a catcher
train I think from the other side and
continue on up the hill to the airport.
But this is actually quite a scenic line
in itself. So if you're ever in Gdansk
and you haven't flown, it's almost worth
doing this and I believe it does
continue on does a loop round to Gdinia.
So um maybe this is a line to do more of
another time. Maybe if I ever come to
Gdansky again, I might just have fun
catch train to Gdinia. So anyway, here
we are. the end of my tram bashing and
exploring of Gdansk. Oh, one other
thing. Quite a spectacular grand finale
of the tram lines. It came over this
bridge. You can just see this fly over.
So, it took it over the road. And I
didn't um film it, but there was the
shadow of the tram against the trees. It
was all quite spectacular. So, here we
are. This is the end. I hope you enjoyed
this video. And like I say, there's
videos of some of the roots in full. So,
uh do watch them. And this is like the
behind the scenes. So, thank you very
much for watching from Gdansk. Um,
please do feel free to like, share,
comment, subscribe. Goodbye.
Heat.