Comments on: First public HCMT services on the Sunbury line https://wongm.com/2023/11/first-public-hcmt-services-to-sunbury/ Marcus Wong. Gunzel. Engineering geek. History nerd. Thu, 23 Nov 2023 07:42:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: indigohex3 https://wongm.com/2023/11/first-public-hcmt-services-to-sunbury/#comment-897888 Thu, 23 Nov 2023 07:42:34 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=21677#comment-897888 In reply to Marcus Wong.

Last Friday, I caught a HCMT (Set 10) from Watergardens, and the train stopped at Platform 12 at Southern Cross, but saw a video on YouTube of the train stopping at Platform 13 at Southern Cross. So the comments could be attributed to a capacity thing.

]]> By: Marcus Wong https://wongm.com/2023/11/first-public-hcmt-services-to-sunbury/#comment-897772 Wed, 22 Nov 2023 10:19:16 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=21677#comment-897772 In reply to Russell.

The dumped the idea in January 2020 (paywalled link)

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/confusing-rename-of-new-north-melbourne-metro-tunnel-station-to-cost-thousands/news-story/7d8399305dc9afc47f923473e761435a

]]> By: Marcus Wong https://wongm.com/2023/11/first-public-hcmt-services-to-sunbury/#comment-897771 Wed, 22 Nov 2023 10:18:13 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=21677#comment-897771 In reply to Andrew Cee.

It was a fun morning to catch the first run, but I haven’t bothered since.

]]> By: Marcus Wong https://wongm.com/2023/11/first-public-hcmt-services-to-sunbury/#comment-897770 Wed, 22 Nov 2023 10:16:59 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=21677#comment-897770 In reply to Arfman.

The train I went on used Southern Cross platform 12 – I suspect they can either merge with the Caulfield Group before Southern Cross or after.

HCMT set 37 stops for passengers at Southern Cross platform 12, headed for Flinders Street

]]> By: Russell https://wongm.com/2023/11/first-public-hcmt-services-to-sunbury/#comment-897769 Wed, 22 Nov 2023 10:14:38 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=21677#comment-897769 Is North Melbourne still to be renamed eventually?

]]> By: Andrew Cee https://wongm.com/2023/11/first-public-hcmt-services-to-sunbury/#comment-897673 Tue, 21 Nov 2023 09:45:54 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=21677#comment-897673 The trip must have been quite exciting. The HCMT trains really are so nice for passengers. I love the sound of the motors as the train accelerates away from platforms, with a significant change of note.

]]> By: Arfman https://wongm.com/2023/11/first-public-hcmt-services-to-sunbury/#comment-897667 Tue, 21 Nov 2023 08:54:19 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=21677#comment-897667 I took one from Footscray a few weeks ago and when we arrived at Spencer Street Southern Cross station it ended up at platform 13 and got stuck for a few minutes there (while two HCMT coming out of the loop went past on 12) before finally getting the signal to get the right of way to switch tracks to end up on platform 6 at Flinders Street.

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