Re: Victorian Train Numbers

[Rita and Kevin Lawrence <KREL4203@NETCONNECT.COM.AU>]

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>>Thanks for the rundown on numbers. What then is the key to deciphering 
>>Vic. train numbers ?. Numbers 0-9 must (obviously) have different 
>>meanings in each slot. Where can the info on how to 'read' a vic. train 
>>number be found. 
>
>>Vic train numbers
>>1st = type of train 
>>2nd = line train runs on
>>3rd and 4th = train number
>>Cheers
>
>0 = light loco
1-6 = sububan electric
7 = ballast/sleeper/rail/works/plant trains
>8 = pass
>9 = goods
>
0 = Bendigo line
>1 =  Ballarat/Mildura Line
>2 = Warrnambool
>3 =  Albury line (BG)
>4 = Sale/Bairnsdale
>5 =  Stony Point
>6 =  Albury line (SG)
>7 =  Dimboola/Serviceton (ie western SG)
8 = thru SG between Wolsely and Albury
>
>even number = up train (ie towards Flinders Street station)
except thru BG train between areas have ) as a last digit 
for example thru services between the Warnambool line and the Gippsland line
are 9240 and 9420. (note third digit indicates destination in this case.)

Cheers

Kevin Lawrence


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