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Re: [Melb] 6 car trains



Which are the Hitachi sets in Melb,   Im abit interested ,as i am a bit of a
hitachi user of anything they make (irrelivent i know :p)  but also inQLD the
tilt train Was built by a joint venture of EMI  and Hitachi  < i think they
provied the tilting technology

just curious :p

Jimmm

Daniel Bowen wrote:

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> > > > dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au (Daniel Bowen) wrote in
> > > > <BDZ06.30026$xW4.234189@news-server.bigpond.net.au>:
> > > > >After all the fuss last week over 3 vs 6 car trains, and Mr Connex
> > > > >whinging to me about fears of vandalism if they run 6 car trains,
> what
> > > > >do I see last night (Friday night)? Bayside running at least one very
> > > > >empty-looking 6 car Hitachi up and down the Frankston line all night.
>
> > > This was Friday night. The cool change came on Thursday afternoon. There
> > > were plenty of other Comengs around.
> > >
> > > I presume it must have been an accident by Bayside, but I'm surprised
> they
> > > weren't more careful.
> >
> > Not necessarily, sometimes if a outstation off train is cancelled and is
> > needed later on, a six car train will be put on so that station will have
> a
> > full complement of trains when needed i.e. morning peak, special services,
> > whatever, it's not uncommon.
>
> I take your point, but this was Friday night - no 6 car trains until
> Tuesday. Plenty of time to shuffle trains about. And heck, if they're so
> paranoid about vandalism that they're giving us 3 car trains in the weekend
> before Christmas, you'd think they'd be in a rush to get a 6 car train out
> of night time service.
>
> Daniel
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