More new Series 2 Waratah B Sets On The Way!

Hi everyone!

I hope everyone is staying safe during these crazy times.

A friend sent me some interesting photo’s of the first of the second batch of Series 2 Waratah B Sets at the CRRC ChangChun Railway Vehicles Company in China.

We will be getting 17 new sets which will be numbered B25 through to B41.

These photo’s mainly show B25 however in one photo we see another set in the background which at a guess is B26.

Here are some interior photo’s.

Photo credit: CRRC Chanchun Railway Vehicles Company
By the looks of things we will see the first of the new sets in Australia ready for testing in the coming weeks.

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Sydney Light Rail: L3 Kingsford Line Now Open

Hi all.

The final piece to to the Sydney CBD & South East Light Rail Project is now open.

The L3 Kingsford Line includes stops at E.S Marks, Kensington, UNSW Anzac Parade, Kingsford and ends at Juniors Kingsford.

Trams run from Juniors Kingsford right into Circular Quay.

Passengers in Kingsford wishing to travel to Randwick via Tram need to change to the L2 line at Moore Park.

Thank you for reading!

Remember to #stayhome and stay safe.

Phil,

Sydney Trains Vlogs.

B23 Has Hit Something?

Hi everyone!

I hope you are all doing well.

It thought i‘d make a quick blog post about something I noticed on Series 2 Waratah set B23, carriage D1123.

It seems to have hit something as the skirting is now yellow like an A Set Waratah instead of the silver/grey like B Set skirting usually is at the front under the ditch lights, horn and coupler.

Anyone know what happened?

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Sydney’s New D Sets (NIF) Start Testing

On the night of Wednesday 8th January and morning of Thursday 9th January 2020, NIF D Set D102 set out on the first night of NIF testing between Mount Druitt and Doonside.

This video shows D102 loco hauled by SSR locomotive 44206 at Central then St Marys before we went to Mount Druitt to see D102 run under its own power for the first time on the mainline.

We also see D102 going a decent speed in the video below.

https://youtu.be/3SYGllBNqSE

D102 was also out testing the following two nights.

The NIF (New InterCity Fleet) will replace the V Set fleet.

They will also replace the OSCar H Sets on Outer Suburban runs making the H Sets suburban trains.

Currently we have 4 NIF sets delivered.

These are sets D2, D3, D102 and D103.

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Sydney CBD & South East Light Rail Open Date Revealed

Hi everyone.

The Sydney CBD & South East Light Rail L2 Line from Randwick to Circular Quay will open on Saturday 14th December 2019.

The stops on the L2 are:

Randwick

UNSW Hight Street

Wansey Road

Royal Randwick

Moore Park

Surry Hills

Central Chalmers Street

Haymarket

Chinatown

Town Hall

QVB (Queen Victoria Building)

Wynyard

Bridge Street

Circular Quay

For videos of the testing and commissioning of these trams and the line please check out the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-OFdIVf0YcapSyChlZYr8STzW9bBeukO

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Thank you for reading!

I hope to see you all there.

Phil,

Sydney Trains Vlogs.

Sydney Trains: Passenger Information Screen Update

Hi all.

As some of you may have seen, there has been an update to the PIDS (Passenger Information Display Screens) at Sydney Train stations.

Instead of showing the next train and the following train, it now shows the next train plus the following two trains.

The photo above shows the updated screens.

Taken from the concourse at Sydenham station.

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Sydney CBD & South East Light Rail

Hi all, most of you would have noticed by now that trams have started testing between Central and Circular Quay during the daytime.

The photo above shows Alstom Citadis X05 units 015 and 016 on Eddy Ave on their return run to Central from Town Hall.

Below is a link to my videos showing Sydney CBD & South East Light Rail testing and driver training at various locations.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-OFdIVf0YcapSyChlZYr8STzW9bBeukO

Thank you for reading,

Phil (Sydney Trains Vlogs).