Welcome to Shenzhen metro.
But more importantly, welcome to the future.
I'm speechless.
This is Gangxia North Metro Station.
It connects quite a few lines here.
2, 8, 10, 11
and 14.
And there's been a lot of talk about this station.
It became quite famous in China, and so I had
to come down and check it out for myself.
And I must say, it's lived up to the hype.
It is amazing.
It's like something... something
out of a science fiction movie
and I know what you're thinking.
Look at... Look at the size of this place!
This is just one metro station.
This is not an airport.
Let me just clarify.
This is not an airport.
This is one single station
on Shenzhen's vast metro system.
I don't think I've ever seen this many people
taking selfies and taking photos
inside a metro station.
It's incredible.
I feel like I'm in the future once again.
Just like when I was on Chendu's metro system,
if anyone remembers that video.
Many, many cities throughout China
have a highly developed metro system.
It is just simply uncomparable to what we have
in the west, in the UK, in the US, in Europe.
You can't compare! Not only can you not compare
this to Western metro systems,
but this beats Western airports.
I mean, I remember once I
went to an American airport.
It was so outdated, right?
And we had loads of suitcases,
and we went over to get the little trolley,
the trolley thing for the suitcases.
And you had to pay to use the trolley.
Oh, my God.
America.
America's.
America's subway system.
New York subway system.
Don't even get me started on that one.
You're lucky to come out with your life.
You can see the glass covering
above the train tracks there.
Not only is it aesthetically beautiful,
but it also has practical uses as well.
It reduces noise and wind and obviously
stops anything falling down onto the tracks.
Right, let's stop talking
and let's get on the train.
Check out the train itself.
I've heard that you can charge
you can charge your phone on the train.
Let's go and try and find a charging seat.
That guy's using it.
Let's find another one.
Right, we found one here.
Let's pop our phone on.
Oh, look at that.
Charge while on the go!
Although I've got 92%,
I guess I don't really need to charge.
So I'm going to let some other people use it.
You know, maybe they need it more than me.
Let's hop out at this station.
Oh, my God.
I just hopped out a random station.
I don't even know where I am.
But just look at this.
It's massive.
What is going on?
What's the name of this station?
I don't even know where we are.
I'm just having a lovely time
riding along the metro.
Look at this.
This is just insanity.
Insanity.
How is China doing this?
Right, I'm just going to pop back on the train.
Now because I forgot to show you something.
Let's get back on the train.
Line 14 just arrived.
You can see that is completely autonomous.
There is no driver.
Just arrived at Luohu station now.
And I mean again, look at this.
Just got off at another random station.
I feel like I'm on a spaceship.
I feel like I'm in a Star Wars movie.
This is madness.
Shenzhen metro system is the fourth longest metro
system in China, and it's also
the fourth longest in the world.
Out of the top ten longest metro systems
in all the world, China ranks nine of them.
Nine out of ten of them is in China.
Number ten is the Moscow station in Russia.
Number eleven is my hometown.
The UK's Underground in London.
And number twelve, 12th place,
is the New York subway.
I mean, that's just crazy
to think about... The top nine.
It's all China, and most of them in the top
nine were built in the late 2000's.
I mean, like the UK, the UK,
London's Underground, it was built 160 years ago.
They've literally had 160 years to become the most
developed and the longest,
the most efficient metro system.
But they're not. It's the same with America.
It's more than 100 years old.
Their metro system, and look at the state of it.
Not only can they not maintain it,
but they cannot even improve it.
It shows you the difference
between China and the west.
I can tell you something now.
In a hundred years, this metro system,
not only it will be maintained,
but I can tell you this,
it won't even it won't look the same.
It will have vastly improved.
Look, you got a cleaner there, keeping it sparkly.
And then I'm going to get some American twit
commenting, saying, ''oh, well,
I prefer to drive my vehicle.
We don't use the trains.''
Well, let me tell you firstly that's because you
have no developed public transport system,
you don't have any high speed rail either.
So you're forced to use your car.
And when you're driving on the roads in a country
that has no developed public transport system,
the traffic is horrendous.
So you enjoy sat in your vehicle
for 2 hours just to drive 1 mile.
You enjoy that.
Americans.
Wow, look how the sun shines down there.
Let's go and stand in that.
That looks amazing.
I never thought a metro
station could be so much fun.
Just fun all around.
Lots of people taking photos,
selfies, family photo there.
Look at this.
It's like something...I don't know, what is it?
It's like seeing the sun shine down in the church.
This is crazy.
I'm speechless.
China made this for the people,
to be used by the people.
It's cheap, affordable, fast, convenient,
reliable, and you know...
That's why I love living in China.
And with that message, that is the end of this
video and I will see you in the next one.
Signing off from the fantastic futuristic marvel
that is the shenzhen Gangxia North Station.
And I will see you in the next one.
Signing off!
For the ticket.
You can use the token, you can scan your phone,
and you can also use facial recognition.
Let's take a look.
Yes, that message at the bottom there is
just saying that I am way too handsome.
Right.
Anyway, we're going to scan our phone.
Let's watch.
And there you have it.
Just had come back on camera
to say one more thing.
You may have noticed something
through this entire video.
Not one single piece of rubbish.
Anywhere, just outside the station now.
Immaculate.
All right.
Now I'm signing off.