2nd the Comeng. Best I have experienced in the electrified era ... alas I'm old enough to remember Vic Rail diesels and rattler carriages serving Werribee (now that was a whole other love affair as a 5 year old).
What people forget about the Comeng is, that they originally came with carpet and actually were a luxurious train that was very quiet. A bet a lot people don't know about the carpet. Also seats were very comfortable with a brownish and tan tan tartan upholstery.
@@Alexander_Dunncross city group will likely be 100% Siemens once the Comeng's are gone, I doubt they want to do the work on the Sandy line to allow X'Traps to run. Frankston will be 100% x'traps.
The tait sets are the greatest ever made. They were on the tracks for more than 60 years. Craftsmanship, beautifully made wood work. They were Edwardian beauties.
I think that having 6-Car suburban trains is probably better so it can accommodate more extra passengers and to make it lot more convenient. London could do with more trains especially 6-Car trains to operate on Southern’s suburban routes in South London. And new 5-Car or 6-Car trains for Scotrail to be used on the Glasgow & Strathclyde suburban lines. And to replace the Class 318 and Class 320.
The extra standing space will be good. Probably a good idea to ditch the first row of seats near the entrance though to allow faster loading and unloading.
I really would have loved to go see this. My dad works with a leading disability peak body and he was possibly gonna go see it for work but he didn't. Great video as always. Also, would you be able to do a video focusing on the Metro Tunnel and how test trains are now using it? I've been wanting to see any content from RU-vidrs featuring test trains in the tunnel but haven't yet, so I'm not sure if it's something people are able to capture or not but thought I'd ask nonetheless.
Thanks for the video. I find the front ugly as, and they remind me of a Vline train so that’s not great haha. Some bits are ok. But I like all our older trains more 😕. Thank for content 👍
1:27 the side destination board looks really bad it should be the same font colour and background like the front destination board. 1:33 I think the doors are a mix of siemens and and x crapolis doors
No siemens are only 20 years old, no need to scrap them for decades. probably will get rid of them on the Frankston Upfield and Craigieburn lines and displace onto the Werribee, Williamstown and Sandringham lines.
@@eetswaadlay2288 They are building the HCMTs for extra services needed to run the Metro Tunnel, the X'trapolis 2.0 will be replacing the last of the Comengs
@@justanaturalcarguy4031I dont reckon its because he hates them, i think its because these new xtraps are extremely modern, and when you look at the rest of our rail fleet (sprinters, n classes, comengs, G classes, a66 {heritage but still}) they just stand out, but like, not in a good way. The streamlined look doesnt fit melbourne, we arent known for long distance between stops, majority of metro is max trackspeed 60 or so, and their streamlined look sorta implies we’re a city like japan or something with super fast trains, and it just really doesnt fit. Honestly, i have no idea. Im not a big fan of their look either, but idk we’ll see what happens. Everyone was super excited for the HCMT roll-out and now it seems as though hardly anyone films/wants to see them. Maybe the Xtrap 2.0’s will be different in person, if you know what i mean. We’ll see what happens
I actually reckon these 2.0's look better. The HCMT looks too much like a try-hard high speed train. And I know its nose is specifically like that to deter idiots from going train surfing, but it's overdone.
