Drivers eye view, Flinders Street to Camberwell

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  • Опубліковано 11 лют 2025
  • @Travel with the train driver as we journey from Flinders Street, via the city loop out to Camberwell on our way to Blackburn in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in an X'Trapolis train. June 2023
    #train #driverseyeview #traindriversview #driversview #metro

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  • @Aviumkeeper
    @Aviumkeeper Рік тому +10

    Watching these videos from the Driver's point of view has taught me a lot about rail gradients. They're almost impossible to see from a passenger's point of view, but seeing lines like the City Loop where ascents and descents are more obvious brings a new perspective to it all.

    • @driver667
      @driver667  Рік тому +2

      Yes, tracks are not flat all the way. Glad you enjoy them 👍 😀

    • @carisi2k11
      @carisi2k11 Місяць тому

      What gradient? If you want to see true gradients then you need to look at the Sydney trains underground or the Sydney Metro. Now those are gradients.

  • @ESPSJ
    @ESPSJ Рік тому +2

    Great video thank you

    • @driver667
      @driver667  Рік тому +1

      Glad to hear you enjoyed it 👍 😀

  • @multiranger748
    @multiranger748 Рік тому +2

    Thanks for the upload!

    • @driver667
      @driver667  Рік тому

      Happy to hear you enjoyed it 👍 😀

  • @angelmessenger8240
    @angelmessenger8240 Рік тому +4

    Thank you for this wonderful view of the city. These great videos allow me to travel when it's impossible for me to do otherwise.

    • @driver667
      @driver667  Рік тому +2

      Very happy to help you virtually travel the country 👍😊

  • @RGC198
    @RGC198 Рік тому +2

    Wow!! Great video. Thanks for sharing. I have ridden this train route many times, though I have never seen it from the driver's perspective before.

    • @driver667
      @driver667  Рік тому

      Very happy to be able to bring this to you and you enjoyed it 👍 😀

  • @mce_AU
    @mce_AU Рік тому +7

    Good to see the Bob Hawke / Gough Whitlam indicator working well at Burnley.

    • @driver667
      @driver667  Рік тому +2

      Yes, it's still referred to the same after all these years 👍😊

  • @margaretcampbell2681
    @margaretcampbell2681 Рік тому +6

    It’s so interesting to see the drivers view of the loop stations 😀

    • @driver667
      @driver667  Рік тому +1

      Glad you enjoyed it 👍 😀

  • @longdongjohn6588
    @longdongjohn6588 6 місяців тому +2

    Will we get to see a full trip to Lilydale, Belgrave or Alamein?🤞

    • @driver667
      @driver667  6 місяців тому +1

      They are on my list to do. 👍😀

  • @ClownWorldSurvivor_Cass82
    @ClownWorldSurvivor_Cass82 4 місяці тому +1

    So cool seeing the city loop.

    • @driver667
      @driver667  4 місяці тому

      @@ClownWorldSurvivor_Cass82 glad you enjoyed the ride around the loop. 👍😀

  • @mels1811
    @mels1811 Рік тому +2

    Brilliant video

    • @driver667
      @driver667  Рік тому

      Glad you enjoyed it 👍 😀

  • @nyamuonguandong685
    @nyamuonguandong685 9 місяців тому +2

    I love train’s

    • @driver667
      @driver667  9 місяців тому +1

      Trains are great 👍 Glad you enjoyed it 👍 😀

  • @KotaruKun91
    @KotaruKun91 Рік тому +3

    Great vid, is there any HCMT videos in the works at all?

    • @driver667
      @driver667  Рік тому +1

      No HCMT video in the works. 😔 Glad you enjoyed the video 👍 😊

  • @Classicalツ
    @Classicalツ Рік тому +2

    Loving it still

    • @driver667
      @driver667  Рік тому

      Glad to hear you are loving them 👍😊

  • @peterredfern1174
    @peterredfern1174 Рік тому +1

    Great run cept for the underground,still looks the same,👋👋👏👏👏👍

    • @driver667
      @driver667  Рік тому

      Yep, it hasn't changed much 👍😊

  • @vlinenclasstrains
    @vlinenclasstrains 9 місяців тому +1

    This is on the All Stations Service to Blackburn on Weekdays

  • @vlinenclasstrains
    @vlinenclasstrains 9 місяців тому +1

    Metro X'Trapolis Trains to Blackburn is only on Weekdays, Monday to Friday.

  • @squeaksvids5886
    @squeaksvids5886 Рік тому +1

    The traction equipment sounds almost identical to the 1996 Tube Stock on London Underground’s Jubilee Line.

    • @driver667
      @driver667  Рік тому +1

      I've never travelled in England, yet. One day I'll check that out 👍😊

  • @bobm5500
    @bobm5500 Рік тому +2

    First time I have seen the city loop . Reminds me of New York only a lot less people .

    • @driver667
      @driver667  Рік тому

      Happy to bring it to your screen 👍😊

    • @ChannelReuploads9451
      @ChannelReuploads9451 Рік тому +3

      And a lot less dirtier, decrepid and falling apart.

    • @driver667
      @driver667  Рік тому

      @@ChannelReuploads9451 😀😀👍

    • @bobm5500
      @bobm5500 Рік тому +1

      It has been 40 plus years since I was there it wouldn't surprise me . @@ChannelReuploads9451

  • @KerrynB-w1s
    @KerrynB-w1s Рік тому +1

    Tell me something pls? Why is the clock on that big mirror for the driver changed from 24 hour to 12 hour clock? Was that confusing a lot of them there? Were they not able to read the 24 hours time those young ones? Ahhh dear me! ☺🤭

    • @driver667
      @driver667  Рік тому +1

      I don't know. 🤔👍😊

  • @neilforbes416
    @neilforbes416 Рік тому +2

    Camberwell, ay? Will we see Dave & Grace Sullivan, Kitty, Terry, Tom and John Sullivan, and not forgetting Uncle Harry and Mrs. Jessup next door? LOL😁

    • @neilforbes416
      @neilforbes416 Рік тому

      Thought you'd like that one! Showing my age though! LOL😁

    • @driver667
      @driver667  Рік тому

      I watched and collect a lot of aussie made tv shows as I think they are great not only to watch but are also a good time capsule but I can't say the Sullivans was one of them I watched. 🤔👍

    • @top40researcher31
      @top40researcher31 Рік тому

      @@neilforbes416 you really know your research even though the series was set in camberwell the actual house where the sullivians live is in the Melbourne suburb of Canterbury

    • @neilforbes416
      @neilforbes416 Рік тому

      @@top40researcher31 The "house" was a prop. All internal scenes were shot at the Richmond studios of Station GTV-Melbourne.

    • @top40researcher31
      @top40researcher31 Рік тому

      @@neilforbes416 what did you think of the video itself

  • @RichardFelstead1949
    @RichardFelstead1949 Рік тому +1

    18:24 approx junction for former Kew branch.

  • @therealsammyvee888
    @therealsammyvee888 Рік тому +2

    Nice! Is this your first video featuring the City Loop? And I can't wait to go through the (semi-)new Union Station in the next part.

    • @therealsammyvee888
      @therealsammyvee888 Рік тому +2

      Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought stopping all stations Blackburn trains didn't run via the Loop and went through the Burnley Local track directly out to Richmond from Flinders St. I learned about that from Taitset's video about Richmond junction so am a bit confused here.

    • @enochliu8316
      @enochliu8316 Рік тому +2

      @@therealsammyvee888 Taitset also showed you the crossovers at East Richmond, which allows Burnley Through Trains to crossover to the local tracks. Between 3 and 4pm, Blackburn and Alamein services run via the City Loop and Burnley Through, changing to the Burnley Local to use East Richmond.

    • @therealsammyvee888
      @therealsammyvee888 Рік тому +1

      @@enochliu8316 Yeah I do remember him talking about the crossovers and how trains can switch. I knew Glen Waverley trains ran through the loop in the afternoon, but didn't know Blackburn trains did as well between those times. Thanks.

    • @driver667
      @driver667  Рік тому +1

      Looks like all has been answered here. This was not the first video via the loop. Check out Sunbury to Flinders Street. Glad you enjoyed it 👍 😀

    • @therealsammyvee888
      @therealsammyvee888 Рік тому +1

      ​@@driver667All good, and thanks.

  • @justinwright4833
    @justinwright4833 Рік тому +2

    What is that at 14:30 ?

    • @driver667
      @driver667  Рік тому +1

      That would be the rail grinding machine. Grinds the head of the rail to a desired shape. 👍🙂

  • @wayneburns210
    @wayneburns210 Рік тому +1

    Like your videos a question regarding the camera could it placed behind and be able to see what happens as your driving and the gauges reacting as you brake/speed up, is this against company rule
    Cheers😊

    • @driver667
      @driver667  Рік тому +4

      I can show the forward facing vision but I can't show the controls due to security concerns, as nice as that would be. 👍😊

    • @wayneburns210
      @wayneburns210 Рік тому +2

      Thought as much thanks for the heads up

    • @driver667
      @driver667  Рік тому +1

      @@wayneburns210 👍😊

  • @stealthninja1919
    @stealthninja1919 3 місяці тому +1

    What is the Kew line?

    • @driver667
      @driver667  3 місяці тому

      @@stealthninja1919 that was a short line that ran out to the suburb of Kew years ago. 👍😀

  • @xuantuanminhnguyen7093
    @xuantuanminhnguyen7093 Рік тому +1

    Hey there, your video is fantastic, I have just wondered when I stand on front cab of the train, I heard the chime sound that is familiar to the ETCS-ish sound when the driver set up the train , is there anything that is related to the train protection system or is it just the same sound as the ETCS ?

    • @driver667
      @driver667  Рік тому

      The only chime sound I hear is the doors closing chimes. There is no ETCS on these trains. Very happy to hear you enjoy the videos 👍😀

    • @xuantuanminhnguyen7093
      @xuantuanminhnguyen7093 Рік тому +1

      @@driver667 so do we have any kinds of Auto Train Control systems in these trains ? (except for the HCMT)

    • @driver667
      @driver667  Рік тому

      @@xuantuanminhnguyen7093 no. The HCMT is the only one. All the other trains require a driver to control them totally. 👍🙂

  • @TheNthbeach
    @TheNthbeach Рік тому +2

    I know that it is rare, and it is usually a signallers error with VLine trains occasionally being sent through MURL. How are you as a VLine driver trained for this occurrence? I wouldn’t expect that you’d have active route knowledge of these tunnels.

    • @driver667
      @driver667  Рік тому

      You are right, as much as I remember everything about running through the underground, I officially am out of qualifications in the underground. 👍😊

  • @MinhNguyen-lv4it
    @MinhNguyen-lv4it Рік тому +1

    hi sir, I am just wondering what is the permitted speed inside the loop ?

    • @driver667
      @driver667  Рік тому

      Maximum permitted speed in the underground loop is 60kph 👍😊

  • @starktravelss
    @starktravelss Рік тому +1

    What is the speed limit in the city loop?

    • @driver667
      @driver667  Рік тому +2

      60kph is the limit in the city loop. 👍😊

  • @chuckmaurice3646
    @chuckmaurice3646 Рік тому +1

    Nice Putty Cat

  • @jschap712
    @jschap712 Рік тому +1

    Funny what difference a POV can make. Totally familiar, yet simultaneousy unfamiliiar.

    • @jdf9387
      @jdf9387 Рік тому +1

      Oh, absolutely! I have loved having Driver667 taking me along achingly familiar paths to and from places I have lived in (Kerang 17 years, Bendigo 3, Camberwell 13). I was intrigued to see that he drives suburban electric trains as well as country diesels. He might enjoy also the wonderful 220+ km/hr electric trains where I now live in Austria.

    • @driver667
      @driver667  Рік тому

      220kph is a little faster than our 160kph. Glad you enjoyed it 👍 😀