An Alstom-refurbished Comeng in Connex livery

EDI-refurbished Comeng

The Comeng train is a type of electric train that operates on the suburban railway network of Melbourne, Australia. 570 carriages (380 M cars and 190 T cars) were introduced into VicRail in 1981 to replace wooden rollingstock, and built by Comeng (Commonwealth Engineering) at their Dandenong factory. They also introduced air-conditioning to the passenger carriages (the older Hitachi trains having had driver air-conditioning only) [1]. The design of Melbourne's Comeng trains is closely related to that of TransAdelaide's diesel-electric 3000 class railcars. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (930x535, 181 KB) Summary Taken by Anthony Agius Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (930x535, 181 KB) Summary Taken by Anthony Agius Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata EDI_Comeng. ... Image File history File linksMetadata EDI_Comeng. ... Melbourne, capital city of the State of Victoria, Australia, has a long history of railway development. ... Melbournes Yarra River is popular area for walking, jogging, cycling and relaxing on the banks with a picnic Melbourne (pronounced either or [1]) is the second most populous city in Australia with a metropolitan area population of approximately 3. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dandenong coat of arms See also Mount Dandenong, Victoria for the mountain and a different suburb with similar name. ... A Hitachi train (left) and newer XTrapolis (right) at Flinders Street Station Hitachi on a Belgrave service The Hitachi train (often called Hitachis or Silvers) is a type of electric train that operates on the suburban railway network of Melbourne, Australia. ... TransAdelaide is a public transport company which previously operated the majority of the suburban bus network in Adelaide, Australia and currently operates the suburban train and tram network. ... A number of vehicles use a diesel-electric powerplant for providing locomotion. ... TransAdelaide’s 3000 & 3100-class diesel-electric railcars are the backbone of the suburban network The 3000 class railcar is the main workhorse of suburban passenger operations in Adelaide, South Australia. ...

Description

The Comeng trains are single deck and are semi-permanently coupled as M-T-M (motor-trailer-motor) sets, but spend much of their time coupled in pairs to make six-carriage sets. Comeng trains have power operated doors that must be pulled open by hand but are closed by the driver. This feature makes it more difficult for frail or disabled people to open the train doors. The newer X'Trapolis and Siemens trains have doors with push button door opening systems, which alleviates this problem. Melbourne, capital city of the State of Victoria, Australia, has a long history of railway development. ... The XTrapolis 100 is a single deck electric passenger train, one of Alstoms XTrapolis family of trains, used in Melbourne, Australia and Valparaiso, Chile. ... A citybound Siemens train at Newport station. ...

Refurbishment

From 2000 to 2003, the two train operators at the time, Connex and the now defunct M>Train, introduced a refurbishment program for the trains. Connex had Alstom refurbish their trains, while EDi Rail refurbished M>Train's trains. This article is about the year 2000. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... M>Train was the former operator of half of Melbournes suburban railway network. ... Alstom (formerly GEC-Alsthom) (Euronext: ALO) is a large French company whose businesses are power generation and manufacturing trains (e. ... EDi Rail is a rail company based in Australia. ...

These trains all had operator-specific livery applied. Later, Connex had the livery of former M>Train rollingstock replaced with their own, matching the livery of trains originally running through Connex. A livery is a uniform worn by a civilian person. ...

The Alstom and EDi Rail sets actually have a few differences, including:

• A different interior arrangement - The interior LED displays on the M>Trains were in the middle, as opposed to being at both ends of the carriage on Connex sets.
• Different upholstery - Seats in M>Trains were blue, while Connex opted for rainbow-textured seats.
• Different seating arrangement - Connex provided a different seating layout to M>Train.
• Different exterior front panels - Information on the train's terminus was displayed on top of the window on M>Train fleets, while Connex trains had them displaying on the left window (in the pre-refurbishment style).

Both sets had CCTV and emergency assistance panels added as part of the refurbishment program. CCTV can stand for: China Central Television Closed-circuit television This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Retired trains

Comeng 500M, burnt out

A damaged Comeng carriage can be seen in a yard close to the North Williamstown station side of the Newport railway workshops. Carriages 315M, 388M and 1165T were scrapped - 315M was burnt at Hurstbridge, 388M was hit by V/Line locomotive N457 and 1165T was burnt at Northcote. Image File history File linksMetadata Burnt_out_Comeng. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Burnt_out_Comeng. ... North Williamstown is a railway station (station code: NWN) in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Hurstbridge railway station is the terminus of the Hurstbridge line on the Melbourne suburban railway network. ... V/Line is the name of the regional train and coach service in Victoria, Australia. ... Northcote is a railway station on the Epping railway line. ...

Clients

• KCR

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External links

• Comeng trains at VICSIG
• Comeng trains "dead man" emergency braking system failures