Drivers eye view, Bendigo to Southern Cross, VL, Feb 2024

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  • Travel with the train driver as we journey from Bendigo to Southern Cross in the north of the state of Victoria, Australia in a Vlocity railcar. Maximum speed for this service is 160kph. February 2024
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  • @martythemartian99
    @martythemartian99 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    While I generally prefer long trips that go from Melbourne (preferably all the way to the border somewhere), this one going to Melbourne was a hoot and a half.😄 It was wonderful the way the tall trees eventually gave way to the tall buildings, and mostly under a sky so invitingly blue, it would have given Jeff Lynne more than enough inspiration for another album, let alone a song.😎🎵🎸

    • @driver667
      @driver667  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nice to run towards the big smoke instead of just away all the time. 🤔🤔 Something different. 😀😀👍

  • @davidholder3207
    @davidholder3207 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Interesting trip and impressed by appearance of the stone bridges and tunnel portals built when this line was originally constructed.
    Tullamraine airport is a stones throw from Kielor and I would thought a link could have been built when all those billions have been spent on alieviating railwaay xings.
    Lastly I calculate that there are approximately 12 consists running the S Xross - Bendigo service which seems rather excessive for the volume of pax and the fact you don't carry frieght.

    • @driver667
      @driver667  27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@davidholder3207 the Bendigo line trains run during the day to an hourly schedule with more trains during peak hour. It's hard to get a seat a lot of the time as they are popular services as with the other corridors also. It is a well constructed line. Glad you enjoyed the ride. 👍😀

  • @philrichards6307
    @philrichards6307 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    good work. I just got back from a trip to Castlemaine . Very fast train this is the quickest . Then got a Vline to Trafalgar just had to wait 50 minutes. Grab some snacks from Woolworths Metro . Its a great service.
    Thanks to the starff of Vline for the help

    • @driver667
      @driver667  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I am very happy to hear you enjoyed your trip on vline and enjoyed the video. Thank you 👍😀

  • @robertnorman6443
    @robertnorman6443 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I've always wondered what a train trip from Bendigo to Melbourne would be like 😊

    • @driver667
      @driver667  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Now you've been able to experience it 👍😀

  • @hilarybadger1231
    @hilarybadger1231 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I have been to Bendigo on a Vline once, for a very stupid reason.
    I was there for work for 3 days and i was just about to leave when it started pouring down with heavy rain, and i was travelling with my bike, and i had to leave it there because cause it was to hard to travel with it and I didn’t want to get completely soaked, so i left it there and when the rain stopped i went back there on the Vline to get it, and then all the way back to Melbourne on the Vline as well just to grab my bike.
    It was a real pain!

    • @driver667
      @driver667  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Look on the bright side, you got to have a great train ride. 👍😀

    • @hilarybadger1231
      @hilarybadger1231 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You could say that, but it was still a very grey day!

    • @driver667
      @driver667  หลายเดือนก่อน

      😀👍

  • @tonypemberton4890
    @tonypemberton4890 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Most enjoyable video. Interesting countryside, quite unlike the UK. Looks like signalling follows American practice but signals on electrifed section inwards looks Italian in style! Generally left hand running but plainly bi-directional signalling installed. I assume VLine track gauge is 1600mm but I didn't see any ANR 1435mm in downtown Melbourne - perhaps there isn't any? I'll have a look at your other vids as they make a refreshing change from UK and European cab rides! Thanks again.

    • @driver667
      @driver667  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, the signalling is based on American style speed signalling. Outside the suburban area there is a lot of bidirectional running. The passenger system is predominantly broad gauge but we do run the Albury service on standard gauge. The third rail is visible in Southern Cross. Glad you are enjoying the videos 👍😀

  • @waynedafter
    @waynedafter 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Awesome...thank you.

    • @driver667
      @driver667  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed it 👍 😀

  • @katefromaust5627
    @katefromaust5627 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Always a pleasure!

    • @driver667
      @driver667  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Glad you enjoyed it 👍 😀

  • @hs7921
    @hs7921 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Top Video. Thanks.

    • @driver667
      @driver667  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You're welcome. Very happy you enjoyed the ride 👍 😀

  • @mels1811
    @mels1811 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Brilliant video

    • @driver667
      @driver667  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you. Very happy you enjoyed the ride 👍 😀

  • @Skorpi77
    @Skorpi77 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great stuff🎉😊

    • @driver667
      @driver667  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you. Very happy you enjoyed the ride 👍 😀

  • @suzannec4765
    @suzannec4765 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I’m watching this as a commuter from Kyneton to Melbourne. I notice you’re flying from Kangaroo Flat. Wish we could go that fast further down the line.

    • @driver667
      @driver667  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Our top speed is 160kph all the way down to Sunbury. Just the stops are closer together at the Sunbury end than the Bendigo end. Hope you enjoyed your commute. 👍😀

  • @philipsalmon2192
    @philipsalmon2192 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Holiday of a lifetime.❤

    • @driver667
      @driver667  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sounds like you enjoyed it. Good stuff 👍😀

  • @swipewrite
    @swipewrite 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Very interesting video. U.K. retired driver.

    • @driver667
      @driver667  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hello to a retired U.K. driver 👋 Very happy you enjoyed the ride 👍 😀

  • @gregthompson3274
    @gregthompson3274 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The journey almost covered my 10,000 steps on my walking treadmill,nicely combines my love of walking and railway's 🚶‍♂️🚆

    • @driver667
      @driver667  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Good job. Exercise and trains all in one place 👍😀

  • @robturner3065
    @robturner3065 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Beautiful country

    • @driver667
      @driver667  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes it is. Very happy you enjoyed it 👍 😀

  • @magpiesextreme123
    @magpiesextreme123 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Your videos are tops. Do you have any from the Echuca or Maryborough Lines?

    • @driver667
      @driver667  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I am working on that. They will come along in the future. Glad you enjoy the videos 👍😀

  • @ashleylazzaro5535
    @ashleylazzaro5535 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love the videos mate!
    1:47:17 - 1:47:40 is a great shot of the 6 car Velocity on the bridge!

    • @driver667
      @driver667  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you. Very happy to hear you enjoy them 👍 😉

    • @ConnorSmith-sx1zn
      @ConnorSmith-sx1zn 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Have you been on mernda line yet

    • @ConnorSmith-sx1zn
      @ConnorSmith-sx1zn 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Because bell Preston and reservoir station has a overpass now

    • @ConnorSmith-sx1zn
      @ConnorSmith-sx1zn 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      And do not stop at keon park station because it’s still closed until late June

    • @driver667
      @driver667  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ConnorSmith-sx1zn I have been to Mernda a few years ago in the DERM but not in a suburban train yet. 👍 😀

  • @philipsalmon2192
    @philipsalmon2192 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I was driven from Kangaroo Flat to Sunbury as the line was shut for maintenance then

    • @driver667
      @driver667  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's a bugger. Going by train is my preference whenever possible. 👍😀

  • @Shan9965
    @Shan9965 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Beautiful and thanks. I noticed most of the trains pull down the pantograph(Turn off the train) after being put into the sidings. Why do some of them leave the train on after being put into the sidings?

    • @driver667
      @driver667  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Sometimes the cleaners run through the trains after they are put in the sidings and need power and lights in the train. Glad you enjoyed the ride 👍 😀

    • @Shan9965
      @Shan9965 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@driver667 Oh I see. So cleaners are authorized to pull down the pantograph after the cleaning is done or does someone else do it? I am rail fan from Srl Lanka🙂

  • @martyn6792
    @martyn6792 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I rarely watch other country cab rides other than UK, quite a bit of single line

    • @driver667
      @driver667  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This used to be double line all the way. It was singled in the early 2000's. Hope you enjoyed the ride 👍 😀

    • @martyn6792
      @martyn6792 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@driver667 it was interesting, the signals baffled me a bit, I can 'read' UK signals

    • @driver667
      @driver667  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@martyn6792 the signals very basically are speed signalling. Top light is maximum speed for the area, the bottom light is medium speed (40kph). Green tells you the next is at proceed. Yellow, the next is red. This is very basically the idea. 👍😀

    • @martyn6792
      @martyn6792 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@driver667 ah understand, it was the upper and lower that confused me, I get aspect colour as same in UK

    • @driver667
      @driver667  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@martyn6792 👍😀

  • @mihailoarsic5716
    @mihailoarsic5716 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    👍

    • @driver667
      @driver667  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      👍😀

  • @ashpeake2426
    @ashpeake2426 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is such a zippy run until the urban area. What’s the difference between the blue 160 signs and the yellow 125 or 115 signs, they’re on the same part of track but seem to indicate two different speeds?

    • @driver667
      @driver667  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The blue 160 sign is the track speed. The yellow ones are the speed restriction around the curve they are placed at the start of. 👍😀

  • @Mediawatcher2023
    @Mediawatcher2023 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    @1:18 Sunbury the Terminus of the Melbourne electrfication

    • @driver667
      @driver667  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It is 👍😀

  • @philipsalmon2192
    @philipsalmon2192 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I sent to Kangaroo Flat back in 2005 visiting relatives

    • @driver667
      @driver667  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nice 👍😀

  • @mjmcb1
    @mjmcb1 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Big Hill Tunnel 8:50, Elphinstone Tunnel 29:26

    • @driver667
      @driver667  3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@mjmcb1 that one is actually 'Big Hill' tunnel. Elphinstone tunnel is the other one after Castlemaine. 👍😀

    • @mjmcb1
      @mjmcb1 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@driver667 Whoops!

    • @driver667
      @driver667  2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@mjmcb1 😀👍

  • @stephenkettle7733
    @stephenkettle7733 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I was on service (vline loco hauled) a couple of weeks ago and we went bang road for some distance. Is this normal?

    • @driver667
      @driver667  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      What do you mean 'bang road'?

    • @stephenkettle7733
      @stephenkettle7733 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@driver667 sorry it a Pommy term. If there’s two tracks, you expect to be on the left side one, but for some distance the train travelled on the right side.

    • @driver667
      @driver667  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@stephenkettle7733The tracks along there are bidirectional all the way to Sunbury. The right hand track in this video is the line that was rebuilt for 160kph running. The other is the slower track. From Sunbury the line is then traditional up and down lines (left hand running) 👍😀

    • @stephenkettle7733
      @stephenkettle7733 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@driver667 thanks. I understand now.

    • @driver667
      @driver667  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@stephenkettle7733 you're welcome. 👍😀

  • @brianmcmillan476
    @brianmcmillan476 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wat time does train depart bendigo arr at southern cross

    • @driver667
      @driver667  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's around a two hour run and departs every hour during the day. 👍😀

  • @brianmcmillan476
    @brianmcmillan476 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wat is the speed of the train in video

    • @driver667
      @driver667  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The maximum speed of the train in this video is 160kph (100mph) 👍😀

  • @ConnorSmith-sx1zn
    @ConnorSmith-sx1zn 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Southern cross to Echuca with long video

    • @driver667
      @driver667  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      👍😀

  • @piotrborzenda9723
    @piotrborzenda9723 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    extra

    • @driver667
      @driver667  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      👍😀

  • @ConnorSmith-sx1zn
    @ConnorSmith-sx1zn 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Have you forgot something

    • @driver667
      @driver667  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Have I?