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VLocity

VLocity train with DM(D)1143 leading approaching Southern Cross station, Melbourne, 20 December 2017.

Road numbers:

DM1200–28, DM1230–1299, DM2200–2241; DM(D)1100–28, DM(D)1130–DM(D)1199, DM(D)2100–DM(D)2141; TM1300–28, TM1330–92, TM1399, TM2300–2341; TMC1593–98 (Not all in service yet)

 

Operator:

V/Line

 

Gauge:

1435 mm; 1600 mm

 

Year of entry into service:

2005

 

Number built:

426 (Not all in service yet)

 

Manufacturer:

Bombardier Transportation

 

Manufacturing location:

Dandenong, Victoria

 

Engine:

Cummins QSK19-R

 

Traction power:

559 kW

 

Weight:

58.0 t

 

Length:

25.3 m

 

Seats:

1435 mm gauge: 66 (DM: Driver power car); 48 (DM(D)): Driver power car with disabled toilet); 34 (TMC: Trailer motor car with buffet)

1600 mm gauge: 74 (DM: Driver power car); 66 (DM(D)): Driver power car with disabled toilet); 82 (TM: Trailer motor car)

The VLocity Diesel Multiple Units entered service in December 2005. Their design was based on the Xplorer and Endeavour Diesel Multiple Units in service in New South Wales. Parts and components were manufactured at different locations, with assembly occurring at Bombardier’s plant at Dandenong in Melbourne. Initially they operated with two carriages in each set but were later converted to three-carriage sets. They have a maximum speed of 160 km/h. Further VLocity carriages are currently being built, which will bring the total fleet to 141 three-carriage sets. Broad gauge VLocity trains operate on the Ballarat, Ararat, Maryborough, Bendigo, Echuca, Seymour, Geelong, Warrnambool and Traralgon lines, with one service on the Bairnsdale line to Sale. Standard gauge VLocity trains operate between Melbourne and Albury. The standard gauge sets include a buffet.

 

 

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