Comments on: Sprinter trains and V/Line platform heights https://wongm.com/2024/02/sprinter-trains-plug-doors-vline-platform-heights-incompatible/ Marcus Wong. Gunzel. Engineering geek. History nerd. Sat, 24 Aug 2024 00:42:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Marcus Wong https://wongm.com/2024/02/sprinter-trains-plug-doors-vline-platform-heights-incompatible/#comment-911973 Wed, 14 Feb 2024 23:43:24 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=21866#comment-911973 In reply to Jalal Akbar.

Thanks!

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By: Jalal Akbar https://wongm.com/2024/02/sprinter-trains-plug-doors-vline-platform-heights-incompatible/#comment-911971 Wed, 14 Feb 2024 23:24:32 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=21866#comment-911971 Really good read Marcus; thank you! I like the way you have laid out the story.

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By: Marcus Wong https://wongm.com/2024/02/sprinter-trains-plug-doors-vline-platform-heights-incompatible/#comment-911969 Wed, 14 Feb 2024 22:56:43 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=21866#comment-911969 In reply to m. l..

They haven’t run Sprinters on timetabled services through Deer Park for a few years now, but they did occasionally show up on the Melton shortworkings if a VLocity was not available. This example was from 2020.

Sprinter 7003, 7001 and 7004 lead a down Bacchus Marsh service into Caroline Springs

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By: Marcus Wong https://wongm.com/2024/02/sprinter-trains-plug-doors-vline-platform-heights-incompatible/#comment-911966 Wed, 14 Feb 2024 22:50:07 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=21866#comment-911966 In reply to PAUL MC CONVILLE.

The signal diagram says Deer Park has a 215 metre long platform – longer than the 180 metre minimum standard, but short of the 250 metres requires for a 9-car train to safely use.

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By: Marcus Wong https://wongm.com/2024/02/sprinter-trains-plug-doors-vline-platform-heights-incompatible/#comment-911965 Wed, 14 Feb 2024 22:48:53 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=21866#comment-911965 In reply to Billyp.

V/Line’s H sets are noisy at speed thanks to their doors – they just have suburban style sliding doors, as they were originally built as Harris suburban trains back in the 1950s.

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By: Marcus Wong https://wongm.com/2024/02/sprinter-trains-plug-doors-vline-platform-heights-incompatible/#comment-911964 Wed, 14 Feb 2024 22:47:53 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=21866#comment-911964 In reply to Warwick Brown.

The Victorian Rail Industry Operators’ Group Standards (VRIOGS) from a few years ago state platform height should be 1080mm +10mm / -0mm – they make distinctions between suburban and regional train platform lengths, but not height.

https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/45360917/vriogs-0021-railway-station-design-standard-and-guidelines

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By: PAUL MC CONVILLE https://wongm.com/2024/02/sprinter-trains-plug-doors-vline-platform-heights-incompatible/#comment-911953 Wed, 14 Feb 2024 20:57:24 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=21866#comment-911953 Did they happen to measure the the length of the platform while they were there?

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By: m. l. https://wongm.com/2024/02/sprinter-trains-plug-doors-vline-platform-heights-incompatible/#comment-911806 Tue, 13 Feb 2024 09:55:56 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=21866#comment-911806 didn’t realise sprinters still ran through deer park!

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By: Billyp https://wongm.com/2024/02/sprinter-trains-plug-doors-vline-platform-heights-incompatible/#comment-911785 Tue, 13 Feb 2024 05:27:30 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=21866#comment-911785 I’m sure hacking the bottom of the door off won’t lead to any issues. I note the noise monitor, I bet they howl now with a crosswind.

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By: Warwick Brown https://wongm.com/2024/02/sprinter-trains-plug-doors-vline-platform-heights-incompatible/#comment-911755 Mon, 12 Feb 2024 22:44:54 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=21866#comment-911755 Is V/Line’s height different to MTM’s height?

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