Roxburgh Park to Craigieburn can be pretty fast in my experience.Not from roxy to craigieburn, go from craigieburn to roxy at 3pm, it is flying
Diggers Rest-Sunbury would have to be a contender as the only Class 1 track on the electrified network.Watergardens to Sunbury mate.
Watergardens to Sunbury mate.
Sydenham to SunburyDiggers Rest-Sunbury would have to be a contender as the only Class 1 track on the electrified network.Watergardens to Sunbury mate.
If we're talking purely track speed then Diggers Rest to Sunbury on the DOWN, and Diggers Rest to almost Watergardens* on the UP are both 160. Watergardens to Diggers Rest on the DOWN, Sunbury to Diggers Rest on the UP, Newport-ish to Werribee and Broadmeadows to Craigieburn are 130, Dandenong to Pakenham + Cranbourne is 115. Max speed for a spark on all these sections is 115.Sydenham to SunburyDiggers Rest-Sunbury would have to be a contender as the only Class 1 track on the electrified network.Watergardens to Sunbury mate.
I wonder how the Hitachis fared on a class 1 main line track at maximum speed when they ventured out to Sunbury.Probably not. All electric trains are limited to 115km/h in those sections. Also, would you really want different timetables for the same service but different train types?
Now the HCMT would be interesting, their top speed is 130km/h. Smooth ride maybe. But will they do that speed between Watergardens-Sunbury, Dandenong-Lynbrook and Pakenham-Cardinia Road/Officer/Dandenong?
I wonder how the Hitachis fared on a class 1 main line track at maximum speed when they ventured out to Sunbury.Probably not. All electric trains are limited to 115km/h in those sections. Also, would you really want different timetables for the same service but different train types?
Now the HCMT would be interesting, their top speed is 130km/h. Smooth ride maybe. But will they do that speed between Watergardens-Sunbury, Dandenong-Lynbrook and Pakenham-Cardinia Road/Officer/Dandenong?
In qld, we have several trains that have 100,130 and 140 km/h top speeds all with differing accelerations on several lines which have a speed limit of 140km/h which means the timetable has to be done to the slowest trains. A bit annoying but it means better on time runnign when the faster trains are used.I wonder how the Hitachis fared on a class 1 main line track at maximum speed when they ventured out to Sunbury.Probably not. All electric trains are limited to 115km/h in those sections. Also, would you really want different timetables for the same service but different train types?
Now the HCMT would be interesting, their top speed is 130km/h. Smooth ride maybe. But will they do that speed between Watergardens-Sunbury, Dandenong-Lynbrook and Pakenham-Cardinia Road/Officer/Dandenong?