Melbourne's Electric Suburban Trains // 103 Years of History!

Melbourne has a large suburban railway network, which is 1600mm/5'3" broad gauge, and electrified at 1500v DC using overhead wires. This video follows the timeline of the many different types of train used on the network since the wires went live in 1919. These trains are all Electric Multiple Units (EMUs) that have seen regular suburban passenger service - I am not covering electric locomotives or non-passenger vehicles in this video.

*Ride the preserved Tait set!!* Check Steamrail's upcoming tours page here: https://www.steamrail.com.au/tours
Please note that the Tait set only operates occasionally, and there may not always be a tour listed. To keep up to date and get notified about newly listed tours, it's best to follow them on facebook:   / steamrail  

And visit the Newport Railway Museum to see Victoria's biggest public display of historic trains, including the electric cars mentioned in this video: https://newportrailwaymuseum.org.au/

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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:45 - The Tait trains
01:41 - The Swingdoor trains
02:25 - Tait/Swingdoor comparison
03:31 - The Harris trains
04:08 - The Hitachi trains
05:06 - The early 70s/Swingdoor withdrawal
05:44 - The Comeng trains
06:12 - Tait withdrawal
06:33 - Harris refurbishment/Grey Ghosts
07:21 - Harris withdrawal
07:45 - The 4D/Melbourne's double deck experiment
09:24 - Privatisation arrives
09:41 - The X'trapolis trains
10:15 - The Siemens trains
10:44 - Comeng refurbishment
11:02 - Hitachi refurbishment & withdrawal
12:22 - The HCMT trains
13:37 - Here we are in 2022
14:02 - Where are they now? (Preservation!)
15:48 - Conclusion/Some nice Comeng acceleration

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