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

Also if you haven’t already, please subscribe to my YouTube Channel:

www.youtube.com/sydneytrainsvlogs

Thank you for reading!

I hope to see you all there.

Phil,

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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.

Thank you for reading!

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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).

Additional Opal Gates for Central Station

Hi all.

Central station is currently in the process of receiving extra Opal gates near the Grand Concourse to improve access to platforms.

The picture above shows the construction where the gates will be and the picture below is information for passing passengers.

Thank you for reading,

Phil.

Sydney Trains Delays - Trains over 4 hours (240 minutes) late

Hi all.

It looks like today definitely isn’t the day to be travelling on Sydneys Trains.

Due to an earlier breakdown at Town Hall and track repairs at Central some trains are over 100 minutes late.

The photo above shows a train that is 242 minutes late.

That’s just over 4 hours.

It’s probably best to avoid the rail network today (if you can).

Tomorrow is a new day.

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Cheers for reading!

Ciao :)

Eastern Suburbs Railway Celebrates 40th Anniversary

Hi all.

On Sunday 23rd June 2019 the Eastern Suburbs Railway (ESR) celebrated its 40th anniversary.

As part of the celebrations S Set S54, cars C3001, T4101, T4961 and C3862 ran a special service.

This service ran from Flemington Maintenance Centre to Sydney Terminal, from there it ran to Hurstville before performing a run to Bondi Junction where a photo op etc took place.

The photo above was of S54 at Bondi Junction during this event.

From Bondi Junction this S Set returned to Flemington Maintenance Centre after visiting Hurstville and Sydney Terminal again.

To watch my video on this event please visit the link below:

https://youtu.be/qlAaQSIDVf8

Thank you for reading!

Be sure to check out some of my other blog posts.

Until next time!

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