Posts Tagged ‘V/Line’
Photos from ten years ago: December 2014
December 31st, 2024
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Cooked next train displays at Southern Cross Station
December 24th, 2024
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It’s a hot summer day and you just want to get home, so you walk into Southern Cross Station to catch a train – only to be greeted by a failing wall of next train displays. Yep, it’s cooked Three out of the seven displays are barely visible – leaving the next seven V/Line departures […]
Photos from ten years ago: November 2014
November 26th, 2024
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Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is November 2014. A trip to Sydney I decided to make the trip up to Sydney this month, catching the XPT north from Melbourne. And being greeted by a light rail vehicle tram as soon as I arrived at Central Station. […]
Photos from ten years ago: September 2014
September 24th, 2024
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Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is September 2014. Regional Rail Link Yep, I’m at it again, following the progress on the Regional Rail Link project. At Footscray the widened railway cutting through Fordham Reserve had been partially reinstated. Right up to abandoned Franco Cozzo showroom. The […]
A history of nine car long V/Line trains
September 3rd, 2024
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I realised the other day I’ve never written a complete piece about the history of V/Line operating nine car long trains – so here goes. In the beginning The story starts back in December 2005, with the introduction of the VLocity trains to the V/Line fleet. Each set consisted of two carriages seating a total […]
