Posts Tagged ‘Metro Trains Melbourne’

How can you rescue a disabled suburban train?

Most of the time electric trains are pretty mechanically simple – a pantograph on the roof is used to collect electricity from the overhead wires, which is then used to power the train. But what happens if something goes wrong with the overhead, destroying the pantograph? A few weeks ago Metro Trains Melbourne had this […]

So why is the City Loop inefficient?

As the new Metro Tunnel in Melbourne approaches completion, the inefficiencies of the existing City Loop have began to get more attention, with a project called the ‘City Loop Reconfiguration’ involving two short tunnel connections flagged as a way to fix them. So why is the City Loop inefficient to start with, and how can […]

Photos from ten years ago: January 2014

Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is January 2014. Regional Rail Link Work on the Regional Rail Link project is an ongoing theme, and this month is no different. Over the Christmas and New Years break, rail access to the country platforms at Southern Cross Station was […]

Photos from ten years ago: December 2013

Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is December 2013. Regional Rail Link We’ve been following the Regional Rail Link project for some time now, and now it is ribbon cutting for the first stage. Friday, 20 December 2013 marked the last day that Geelong trains stopped at […]

First public HCMT services on the Sunbury line

On 30 October 2023 the first High Capacity Metro Train carried passengers on the Sunbury line, with two morning peak hour services running direct from Sunbury direct to Flinders Street and then through to Pakenham. I went out to ride it for myself. But first, some background The first High Capacity Metro Train carried passengers […]