Location: Werribee
First post but, I was just wondering but do Hitachi trains go on certain lines on certain days and certain times or do they only run on weekends? at certain times?
Hitachi train?
MrToastyy
Locomotive Driver
Location: Werribee
ChoooChoo
Chief Train Controller
MrToastyy
Locomotive Driver
Location: Werribee
http://www.railpage.com.au/f-t11367220.htmOops, I should've looked more, thanks!
mission_ridiculous
Station Staff
Hitachis now only run on the Burnley (Belgrave, Lilydale, Glen Waverley, Alamein) and Clifton Hill (South Morang & Hurstbridge) groups.
ChoooChoo
Chief Train Controller
Hitachis now only run on the Burnley (Belgrave, Lilydale, Glen Waverley, Alamein) and Clifton Hill (South Morang & Hurstbridge) groups.They also run on the Caulfield...
MrToastyy
Locomotive Driver
Location: Werribee
They also run on the Caulfield...What about Werribee?
ChoooChoo
Chief Train Controller
What about Werribee?http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-06/frankston-line-funding-flagged-in-budget/4671142?section=vic
They will soon run on the Frankston line after signalling upgrades.
Since Frankston services tend to form Werribee, I would say that line would follow as well
Westernport
Assistant Commissioner
Location: Not In Service
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-06/frankston-line-funding-flagged-in-budget/4671142?section=vicWhat do signalling upgrades to allow XTrapolis trains to run on the Frankston line have to do with Hitachi trains?
They will soon run on the Frankston line after signalling upgrades.
Since Frankston services tend to form Werribee, I would say that line would follow as well
Hitachi trains have run on the Frankston line for the good part of 35 years.
duttonbay
Minister for Railways
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-06/frankston-line-funding-flagged-in-budget/4671142?section=vic
They will soon run on the Frankston line after signalling upgrades.
Since Frankston services tend to form Werribee, I would say that line would follow as well
Gee, if I lived in Frankston and watched $100m spent on my railway line, I would be mighty unhappy if the result was running a Hitachi on the service.
I'm sure they ran down that line for years when they were new. The upgrade is going to mean X'Trapolis can be used, they having a central driving position and needing signalling (and mirrors and CCTV) adjustments but there's no reason I know of why a Hitachi couldn't be used now. But they choose, sensibly, to limit the number of lines on which they run.
Of course, I might be very wrong. I don't know much at all...
MrToastyy
Locomotive Driver
Location: Werribee
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-06/frankston-line-funding-flagged-in-budget/4671142?section=vicIts always bothered me that Werribee station has a small little food kiosk that has a poster of an X'trapolis train heading towards Werribee but now with the signal upgrades for X'trapolis trains on the Bayside lines it shouldn't bother me.
They will soon run on the Frankston line after signalling upgrades.
Since Frankston services tend to form Werribee, I would say that line would follow as well
Thanks for the help!
Gwiwer
Rt Hon Gentleman and Ghost of Oliver Bulleid
Location: Loitering in darkest Somewhere
Hitachi trains should run only as and when required to avoid the cancellation of a service if no other set is available. Only three trains remain available for service and the best chance of finding one is to wait at Flinders Street in the mid afternoon as the peak builds up.
They do appear on the Frankston line quite frequently as well as the others mentioned. I have noted two sets at Frankston in the past few days alone.
If you're troubled by the "wrong sort of train" being used on a poster at Werribee consider this - the refreshment kiosk there is built from part of crashed Comeng car 388M .....
They do appear on the Frankston line quite frequently as well as the others mentioned. I have noted two sets at Frankston in the past few days alone.
If you're troubled by the "wrong sort of train" being used on a poster at Werribee consider this - the refreshment kiosk there is built from part of crashed Comeng car 388M .....
Camster
Chief Commissioner
Location: Geelong
I was assuming if someone said they run on the Caulfield that that included Frankston. Pre 2007 (and the last few days of 06) and post about 2004 (when Connex took over the whole network), the Hitachis were the only trains that ran system wide.
MrToastyy
Locomotive Driver
Location: Werribee
There was an Hitachi on the Werribee line yesterday.
MrToastyy
Locomotive Driver
Location: Werribee
Does it run on Weekends at peak hour times? I'm dead set about getting on this train and riding it the whole day, I vagualy remember getting on it as a child.
Melbournesparks
Chief Commissioner
Location: City of Eltham
Typically they don't run on weekends, though it does happen on occasion. Your best bet to ride on one is to hang around Flinders Street on a weekday and wait for one to show up.
MrToastyy
Locomotive Driver
Location: Werribee
Typically they don't run on weekends, though it does happen on occasion. Your best bet to ride on one is to hang around Flinders Street on a weekday and wait for one to show up.Oh, I'll try see if one runs tomorrow around peak hour times.
thankss
Bills_Billboards
Chief Commissioner
Hitachi trains should run only as and when required to avoid the cancellation of a service if no other set is available. Only three trains remain available for service and the best chance of finding one is to wait at Flinders Street in the mid afternoon as the peak builds up.
There was 4 in service sets side by side at Epping yards a couple of weeks ago
MrToastyy
Locomotive Driver
Location: Werribee
Going to be at Flinders st station on friday at around 5:00-5:30 should I be looking forward to getting on one since its peak hour and they mostly run on peak hour?
Skipdaddyo
Chief Train Controller
Location: Living the dream
Going to be at Flinders st station on friday at around 5:00-5:30 should I be looking forward to getting on one since its peak hour and they mostly run on peak hour?A decent chance, I'd broaden your time range a bit though... There'll be a man on the Spencer St end of platforms 4/5 with a clipboard who will know more than most about where they are and when they should be arriving back at Flinders St...
They run everywhere, and can run at any time including weekends. I've taken one to Belgrave and Sunbury recently...
MrToastyy
Locomotive Driver
Location: Werribee
A decent chance, I'd broaden your time range a bit though... There'll be a man on the Spencer St end of platforms 4/5 with a clipboard who will know more than most about where they are and when they should be arriving back at Flinders St...Ill just have to go speak to that man, thanks for telling me that!
They run everywhere, and can run at any time including weekends. I've taken one to Belgrave and Sunbury recently...
MrToastyy
Locomotive Driver
Location: Werribee
Got on one at 7:50PM today and got off at camberwell!
Michaelje
Chief Commissioner
A decent chance, I'd broaden your time range a bit though... There'll be a man on the Spencer St end of platforms 4/5 with a clipboard who will know more than most about where they are and when they should be arriving back at Flinders St...
They run everywhere, and can run at any time including weekends. I've taken one to Belgrave and Sunbury recently...
Don't even bother. They can't tell you anything. Their resources are the same timetable that you use. And they can't even memorise it either.
They are just paid to look helpful, they are nothing of the sort.
Raichase
Captain Rant!
Location: Sydney, NSW
They are just paid to look helpful, they are nothing of the sort.Are you suggesting that they are not helpful to enthusiasts due to their lack of specific train information, or that they are not helpful to customers? As a frequent visitor to Melbourne who has no idea where anything is, I would be interested to know which.
MrToastyy
Locomotive Driver
Location: Werribee
Don't even bother. They can't tell you anything. Their resources are the same timetable that you use. And they can't even memorise it either.I spoke to that man and he told me there was an Hitachi on shunt, then an Hitachi doing a Ringwood service, he helped a lot and I got on the Ringwood service.
They are just paid to look helpful, they are nothing of the sort.
Gauntlet
Chief Commissioner
Location:
Raichase, I think Skipdaddyo is referring to a rail enthusiast who gets an unflattering mention in this thread.
http://www.railpage.com.au/f-t11360414.htm
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