One thing I notice is how smooth they seem inside and very quiet, I have heard these come through wangaratta, and I am about 1 Km or less from the line and I cant hear any Diesel loco sounds at all or even rail noise. Unlike the normal Vline service or the Goods trains and I hear vibration in the house.
Caught the albury line today i must say they need 6 carriages on every service standing room after Wangaratta and fix mobile reception throughout the line usb ports are useful if you get a seat
So I had my first ride on a velocity today from Seymour (took the standard gauge) to Southern Cross - out of 10 Acceleration 9 Seat comfort 9 Ride 9 Noise 2 - they should issue ear plugs, wouldn’t want to spend 2-3 hours on one
I have worked on a laptop on the tray tables in the older VLocity sets before as some of the sets did have them fitted and they were comfortable enough for me personally, however looking at these new ones, they seems to be tilted slightly up, which might make using them slightly uncomfortable compared.
From what’s understood, they are building enough for 3 6-carriage standard gauge sets. That’ll bring the number up to VS98. After, a few more broad gauge sets will be made to operate as replacements for the long distance N-sets.
The train ran basically to timetable (mostly by arriving early at most stations) for the whole trip, so around 3 hours and 50 minutes. This is since the timetable is still setup for 115kph running. Once the rest of the VLocitys take over and they are able to travel at 130kph, it should cut the time to around 3 hours and 20 minutes to 3 and a half hours.
This was the first revenue service of V/Line's new VLocity, that is the first to be built for long distance services and the first VLocity on the standards gauge network. It marks the beginning of the end of the locomotive hauled service that have ran the line since first constructed.
It's the first non-locomotive [i.e. DMU] revenue service on the North East line. Locomotive-hauled trains currently take nearly 4 hours to make the 320-kilometre journey, whereas a VLocity at full track speed [160 km/h] should be able to do it in a little over 2 hours, if only the permanent way was up to standard.
Reserve seating was actually first two carriages on the first day of running. Carriages C and D. Carriages marked as B was unreserved which caused a little bit of confusion.
Would love to see these VLocitys operate on the Mildura line we need our passenger rail services re-instated.
Indeed, would be great to have trains back to Mildura. First thing they have to fix is the track work so trains can run at a better speed.
So long as they have a buffet!
One thing I notice is how smooth they seem inside and very quiet, I have heard these come through wangaratta, and I am about 1 Km or less from the line and I cant hear any Diesel loco sounds at all or even rail noise. Unlike the normal Vline service or the Goods trains and I hear vibration in the house.
The broad gage ones are very loud inside the carriage and I assume these SG ones will be too.
Caught the albury line today i must say they need 6 carriages on every service standing room after Wangaratta and fix mobile reception throughout the line usb ports are useful if you get a seat
So I had my first ride on a velocity today from Seymour (took the standard gauge) to Southern Cross - out of 10
Acceleration 9
Seat comfort 9
Ride 9
Noise 2 - they should issue ear plugs, wouldn’t want to spend 2-3 hours on one
Just looking at that seat, will it be comfortable to work on a laptop on those tray tables? Thanks for the vid
I have worked on a laptop on the tray tables in the older VLocity sets before as some of the sets did have them fitted and they were comfortable enough for me personally, however looking at these new ones, they seems to be tilted slightly up, which might make using them slightly uncomfortable compared.
So are all new trains going be on the standard gauge????
From what’s understood, they are building enough for 3 6-carriage standard gauge sets. That’ll bring the number up to VS98. After, a few more broad gauge sets will be made to operate as replacements for the long distance N-sets.
that's v line southern cross station
how long did the trip take from Melbourne to Albury?
The train ran basically to timetable (mostly by arriving early at most stations) for the whole trip, so around 3 hours and 50 minutes. This is since the timetable is still setup for 115kph running. Once the rest of the VLocitys take over and they are able to travel at 130kph, it should cut the time to around 3 hours and 20 minutes to 3 and a half hours.
So that is the first standard gauge train? Why is it so special?
This was the first revenue service of V/Line's new VLocity, that is the first to be built for long distance services and the first VLocity on the standards gauge network. It marks the beginning of the end of the locomotive hauled service that have ran the line since first constructed.
It's the first non-locomotive [i.e. DMU] revenue service on the North East line. Locomotive-hauled trains currently take nearly 4 hours to make the 320-kilometre journey, whereas a VLocity at full track speed [160 km/h] should be able to do it in a little over 2 hours, if only the permanent way was up to standard.
@@mjmcb1 Which it isn't...
Where is first class
Unfortunately there no longer is a first class. That is one of the few things lost with the introduction of the new trains.
no first class okay capt
@@Comeng998 Reserved seating in the first carriage, though.
Reserve seating was actually first two carriages on the first day of running. Carriages C and D. Carriages marked as B was unreserved which caused a little bit of confusion.
Tasteless interior :(. 80’s Football Club ?