Alstom now United Group LTD refurbished Comeng in Connex livery

The term 'Comeng' originally defined the company COMmonwealth ENGineering which, among others things, manufactured Melbourne's A, B and Z class trams, some Sydney R, L & S class double-decker trains and Brisbane buses, although now is popularly used to define Melbourne's Comeng Trains.

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 links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 412 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) A 1981 Comeng train, refurbished by EDI in 2002, pulls into Glenroy station on the Broadmeadows Line on a hot summers day. ... Alstom (formerly GEC-Alsthom) (Euronext: ALO) is a large French company whose businesses are power generation, railway signalling; and manufacturing trains (e. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Un Refurbished Harris Refurbished Harris Train The Harris trains were first introduced to the Melbourne metropolitan railway system in 1956 with the last of the unrefurbished trains seeing service in 1988. ... Alstom (formerly GEC-Alsthom) (Euronext: ALO) is a large French company whose businesses are power generation, railway signalling; and manufacturing trains (e. ... EDi Rail is a rail company based in Australia. ... Connex may refer to: a brand name used by Veolia Transport a ficticious energy company in the film Syriana an earlier name of Vodafone Romania a private operator of the suburban railway system in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Connex Melbourne Category: ... 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. ... The Commonwealth Engineering Company Limited (Comeng) is the brand name of a former Australian Engineering Company that designed Locomotives , Electrical Multiple Units (EMU) and Trams. ... 28 A1 Class trams were built by Comeng a manufacturing company in Dandenong, Victoria, Australia. ... B2 class tram were built by Comeng in Dandenong. ... A C class tram The city of Melbourne, the second-largest city in Australia, is home to the third largest tram network in the world, consisting of 245 kilometres of track, 500 trams, and 1770 tram stops. ... The R Set, S Set and L Set is the name given to the non-airconditioned stainless steel double deck suburban trains that operate on the CityRail network in Sydney. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Melbourne, capital city of the State of Victoria, Australia, has a long history of railway development. ... Melbourne (pronounced ) is the second most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 3. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... The Commonwealth Engineering Company Limited (Comeng) is the brand name of a former Australian Engineering Company that designed Locomotives , Electrical Multiple Units (EMU) and Trams. ... 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 tachis [] 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. ... The Siemens MOMO Train (Modular Metro, originally NEXAS, but more generally Siemens train) is a type of electric train that operates on the suburban railway network of Melbourne, Australia. ...

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. 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Connex Melbourne is wholly owned by French company, Veolia Environnement. ... 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, railway signalling; 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. Rather unusually, these Angels wear white hart (deer) badges, with the personal livery of King Richard II of England, who commissioned this, the Wilton diptych, about 1400 A livery is a uniform or other sign worn in a non-military context on a person or object (such as an airplane...

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

• A different interior arrangement - The interior LED displays on the M>Train Comeng trains were in the middle, as opposed to being at both ends of the carriage on Connex sets.
• Different upholstery - Seats in M>Train Comeng trains are 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 is displayed on top of the window on M>Train fleets, while Connex trains have them displaying on the left window (in the pre-refurbishment style).
• Different cab layout - The EDI Comeng trains retained a second full-size seat on the right-hand side of the cab, originally used for the guard, whereas the Alstom sets only have a small seat, the same size as the passenger ones. The EDI Comeng trains also have a windscreen-wiper on both sides, the Alstom sets only having one on the drivers side.

Both sets had CCTV and emergency assistance panels added as part of the refurbishment program. Surveillance cameras. ...

Concorde Program

On December 28, 2006 Both Alstom and EDi Refurbished Comengs were allowed to run system wide. The electronics of the EDi Comengs were altered to make them electronically compatible with the Alstom Sets. The PID voices were changed from the M-Train strong English-accented male voice over to the current female voice over (As seen in the Alstom sets). Both types of Comeng can run system wide and can run in Multiple Unit with each other. It is however, still common to see a six carriage, single type train. is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The term compatibility has the following meanings: In telecommunication, the capability of two or more items or components of equipment or material to exist or function in the same system or environment without mutual interference. ... M>Train was the former operator of half of Melbournes suburban railway network. ... A classic Belgian multiple unit of type 74 A multiple unit (MU) is a passenger train whose carriages have their own motors, either diesel (DMUs) or electric (EMUs), and do not need to be hauled by a locomotive, and can be coupled with other similar units to operate together, in...

Retired trains

Unrefurbished 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 ran the entire length of the Broadmeadows line and collided with 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 a regional passenger train and coach service in Victoria, Australia. ... Northcote is a railway station on the Epping railway line. ...

Accidents

Comeng trains have experienced a history of fatal accidents, though today accidents at that extent do not happen anymore. Accidents still happen, but it is mostly at the extent where road motorists refuse to take into regard active warning signals from railway crossings and pedestrians neglecting the risks of crossing tracks, even at a pedestrian crossing.

The most common form of colliding accidents between trains and cars are:

- Road vehicles zig-zagging through crossings - Racing to beat the gates - Unable to move the vehicle away from the tracks because another vehicle ahead is blocking the way and the gates are closed, fatally trapping the vehicle on the rail tracks.

Road rage problems and busy routes that most motorists take during rush hour are blamed for the repeating accidents.

A recent horrific and terrifying disaster at Kerang that involved a truck colliding with a V/Line train immediately prompted the Brack's government to upgrade level crossing and introduce tougher penalties for those who continued to disobey the signals from railway crossings.

Comeng Trains in Popular Culture

In the video clip "All Torn Down" by Melbourne band; "The Living End" The band is seen boarding an Unrefurbished Comeng. All Torn Down is the second single off The Living Ends debut self titled album. ... For other uses of the term, see The Living End (disambiguation). ...

Clients

• KCR - Light Rail

For other uses, see KCR (disambiguation). ...

External links

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