Comments on: Looking back at when V/Line ran longer trains to Geelong https://wongm.com/2017/08/vline-7-car-vlocity-trains-geelong-line/ Marcus Wong. Gunzel. Engineering geek. History nerd. Mon, 20 Nov 2023 20:32:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: First public HCMT services to Sunbury - Waking up in Geelong https://wongm.com/2017/08/vline-7-car-vlocity-trains-geelong-line/#comment-897609 Mon, 20 Nov 2023 20:32:35 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=8696#comment-897609 […] sign was added 15 years ago following the platform extension at the south end for 7-car VLocity trains running on the Geelong […]

]]> By: Photos from ten years ago: December 2011 - Waking up in Geelong https://wongm.com/2017/08/vline-7-car-vlocity-trains-geelong-line/#comment-807919 Tue, 28 Dec 2021 10:29:15 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=8696#comment-807919 […] was still running 7-car trains on express services to […]

]]> By: Photos from ten years ago: December 2008 - Waking up in Geelong https://wongm.com/2017/08/vline-7-car-vlocity-trains-geelong-line/#comment-490740 Mon, 10 Dec 2018 20:33:59 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=8696#comment-490740 […] September 2008 then Minister for Public Transport, Lynne Kosky, announced that longer trains would be deployed to the Geelong line, requiring platform extension […]

]]> By: Photos from ten years ago: October 2008 - Waking up in Geelong https://wongm.com/2017/08/vline-7-car-vlocity-trains-geelong-line/#comment-477645 Mon, 08 Oct 2018 22:02:32 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=8696#comment-477645 […] work was to allow the operation of 7-car VLocity trains in peak times, which commenced in November 2008 and continued operating until June 2015, when the […]

]]> By: Photos from ten years ago: June 2018 - Waking up in Geelong https://wongm.com/2017/08/vline-7-car-vlocity-trains-geelong-line/#comment-462424 Mon, 02 Jul 2018 22:46:14 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=8696#comment-462424 […] of 3-car sets allowed the creation of trains of any length from two cars up to seven cars – something once used on services to Geelong, until the final VLocity set was expanded from 2 to 3-cars in June […]

]]> By: Photos from ten years ago: September 2007 - Waking up in Geelong https://wongm.com/2017/08/vline-7-car-vlocity-trains-geelong-line/#comment-440956 Mon, 11 Sep 2017 21:34:14 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=8696#comment-440956 […] Made up of three 2-car VLocity sets, such a train is no longer possible – only 3-car long VLocity sets now exist. […]

]]> By: How V/Line could cater for future growth - Waking up in Geelong https://wongm.com/2017/08/vline-7-car-vlocity-trains-geelong-line/#comment-439989 Mon, 14 Aug 2017 21:34:08 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=8696#comment-439989 […] trains run by V/Line are six car VLocity train, at around 150 metres. Until 2015 V/Line used to run 7 car trains on the Geelong line: something impossible to do today given that VLocity trains only come in 3 car […]

]]> By: Marcus Wong https://wongm.com/2017/08/vline-7-car-vlocity-trains-geelong-line/#comment-439520 Wed, 09 Aug 2017 06:32:20 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=8696#comment-439520 In reply to Leigh.

Tarneit station is now the busiest on the V/Line network beside Southern Cross, so no surprise there!

https://www.vline.com.au/News-Alerts/News-Articles/V-Line%E2%80%99s-newest-stations-turn-one

]]> By: Marcus Wong https://wongm.com/2017/08/vline-7-car-vlocity-trains-geelong-line/#comment-439519 Wed, 09 Aug 2017 06:31:26 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=8696#comment-439519 In reply to Cam Reed.

I’m not a regular visitor to that side of Victoria, so missed it:

http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/2012116/plan-to-extend-vline-platforms/

Some photos here:

https://www.railpage.com.au/f-t11376674.htm

]]> By: Marcus Wong https://wongm.com/2017/08/vline-7-car-vlocity-trains-geelong-line/#comment-439518 Wed, 09 Aug 2017 06:30:00 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=8696#comment-439518 In reply to Steve.

I was out at Rockbank the other day and saw it for myself – conductor leaning out of an open door onto nothing, well clear of the end of platform 2!

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