Travelling on every type of V/Line train in ONE DAY! Long-distance rail travel in Victoria
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- čas přidán 2. 06. 2024
- I'm now in Melbourne, Victoria. In the past 12 months, I reviewed regional trains in Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia, I have also travelled on Journey Beyond's luxury trains, namely the Ghan, Indian Pacific and Great Southern.
However, I didn't get to pay much attention to V/Line services here in Australia. Therefore, after a few hours of planning in front of my laptop, today I've come up with an idea of travelling on every type of passenger train in the current V/Line fleet in one day!
As of 4 May 2022, V/Line passenger train fleet include:
Broad gauge VLocity (3VL0-3VL28, 3VL30-3VL75, 3VR76-3VR79, 3VL80-3VL92)
Standard gauge VLocity (3VS93-3VS94)
Broad gauge Sprinter
Broad gauge N set
Standard gauge N set
Broad gauge H set
Z type carriage (incorporated into the N sets)*
My plan for this challenge is to catch 8 trains:
5:13am - 5:58am Melbourne - Bacchus Marsh (Broad VLocity)
6:19am - 7:14am Bacchus Marsh - Melbourne (Broad H set)
7:46am - 8:45am Melbourne - Geelong (Broad N set, First Class)
9:30am - 10:35am Geelong - Melbourne (Broad VLocity)
1:36pm - 2:59pm Melbourne - Seymour (Broad Sprinter)
3:09pm - 4:40pm Seymour - Melbourne (Standard N set, Economy Class)
5:33pm - 7:11pm Melbourne - Seymour (Broad Sprinter)
7:44pm - 9:45pm Seymour - Melbourne (Standard VLocity)
I'll start my day at4:30am, if everything goes smoothly, I'll be able to finish my day by10:00pm. How did I go? You can find out in this video!!
This video was filmed on 14 April 2022, a few footages were filmed on 13, 15, 26 and 27 April 2022.
00:00 Introduction - Southern Cross Station
02:30 Myki card vs. Paper ticket
04:46 Trip One: Broad Gauge VLocity (Unit 76-79)
10:07 Melbourne to Bacchus Marsh
12:37 Trip Two: Broad Gauge H set
15:22 Bacchus Marsh to Melbourne
21:50 Southern Cross vs. Flinders Street
22:50 Trip Three: Broad Gauge N set First Class
27:02 Melbourne to Geelong
35:14 Trip Four: Broad Gauge VLocity (Unit 00-75)
40:20 Geelong to Melbourne
42:18 Z type carriage
43:20 Trip Five: Broad Gauge Sprinter
47:04 Melbourne to Seymour
50:35 Trip Six: Standard Gauge VLocity (Unit 93-94)
53:29 Seymour to Melbourne
57:13 Broad Gauge VLocity (Unit 80-92)
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Hi Rory, the toilet announcing about locking the door is an accessability feature added after there were many issues with people not being able to know if the door was locked. It was a great thing to have come along, I was part of the group who argued for it with one of the conductors and a few other people.
Thank you for pointing it out Mel, now it makes sense. ☺️☺️
Great stuff. In NSW we also have new trains that were designed with the input of drivers, guards, and disabled passengers. The little details really make a difference.
Hi
Every Monday my son and I catch v/line for our trip to Geelong or to Ballarat ❤
38:15 Some people... c'mon, man. Glad you didn't engage him.
Thanks for everything you do, Rory! This American is hooked on your videos.
I know it's a year on Rory, but, unless it's staff member asking you not to film, don't be afraid to politely tell them to mind their own business. I also suggest making a complaint if he was a staff member. You have the audio as proof of his unprofessional behaviour.
The one sprinter that was built but isn’t in service is actually serving the Stony Point line, the only suburban train line that is not electrified.
I used to live next door to the stony point line. I spent a lot of time watching those sprinters go past every day. There's 2 units on the line, usually running as a set, though occasionally, they separate them and run them as 2 individual services essentially halving the wait time when travelling in the same direction.
did you know the band "The Little River Band" was named after the town Little RIver
I'm a ceo of a company lol. You certainly kept your cool Rory. Thanks for the video
.....and another great Rory Ding video. Well done. Love your videos and you seem like a really nice guy too! Thanks for sharing.
I just watched an hour review on trains and train lines that I have taken my whole life hahaha, no regrets, I really enjoy how thorough you are Rory! Also my guy, have you thought of another gofundme sort of thing, so travel out of Australia, I would happily donate for you to go to Europe or Japan!
Thank you Louisa!!
Already planning a 50 day trip to Europe to film the trains there
Though it won’t happen until early next year 😀
@@RoryDing THATS SO EXCITING! You should set up a buy me a coffee! So we can help you out
Thank you for being a channel member Louisa! It’s already really helping!!
Also thank you for watching my videos!
CZcams ads is my main source of income on CZcams ☺️
@@RoryDing I don't think that you should just rely on your CZcams ad income as they can easily decide to cut you off for all sorts of seemingly stupid reasons. There is nothing wrong with setting up a Patreon Account and/or Buy me a Coffee Accounts. The amount that you set for your Patreons can start at as little as a $1 or $2. Just call it your Gold Coin Patreons. Same goes for your Buy me a Coffee Friends. The only difference between the two is the amount that is deducted for service by the providers.
I’m on the Geelong line,and my grandparents are on the now dead Mildura line.BRING MILDURA BACK
I love that you captured just how LOUD Southern Cross is :D
I don't get a lot of opportunities to ride the V-Line, except when I visit a friend of mine out in Wallan, great video idea!
I had never been on a VLocity before filming this video, i enjoyed it!!
I live in Wallan hahaha
For routes longer than two and a half hours it’s progress that we’re seeing the VLocity finally getting kiosks, but I’m concerned about the assisted luggage check in options for folks who need it.
When I was younger, my grandparents would always take me and my older brother on V/line trips, just because we both used to be obsessed with trains.
It’s been years since I’ve been on one, and watching this video is bringing out the nostalgia. Makes me wish I could go back to the past and go on another trip with them
Hi Rory, I came across your video by accident and I have to say that it is a very impressive and well presented video. You have a nice calm presentation style and point out a range of features that everyone will eventually need or notice.
You could quite easily step into Corporate Promotional videos and product information videos. Heck, you may have already been asked. Anyway, as a Melbournian, I found this video very informative.
Mark from Melbourne Australia
the seats use to be super comfortable. Loved them when I lived in Geelong and had to travel to Melbourne pretty much on a daily basis.
Mean boys! Should have laughed back and said “Never seen a CZcams vlogger before?”
Just want to say that I really appreciate your videos, Rory! The format is so calming yet informative. When I have bad/stressful days, it's always nice to wind down and watch these beautifully long reviews!
Being born in Melbourne, way back in the 50's, I still call Southern Cross Station "Spencer St" 🤣
I am always amazed when I stay opposite Southern Cross, at The Savoy, just how many people use it every day. I quite often use either a suburban or V-locity train to travel around the state and see country Victoria.
And thankyou Report for such a comprehensive review
Wish I lived in those days when vline had sleepers 😀😂
@@RoryDing it would be nice.
I guess as Victoria is alot smaller than other mainland states, it might not be warranted as border towns are still relatively a short distance away via high speed trains
The Savoy is our preferred overnight if necessary, generally on return from OS. We get the bus from the airport, crash, them catch the train home next morning.
It reminds me of port authority bus terminal in New York
Amazing effort in fitting all that in a day. My commute has changed from taking metro trains to VLines and I’ve also appreciated the comfort and cleanliness of regional trains. After taking VLines for a few years though, I’ve never noticed there’s a water fountain! Nice to know.
Thanks for the great review. It was really useful to see the comparison between the different types of trains. I visit Bairnsdale a lot so looking forward to getting the new Velocity sets with power and buffet soon! I always enjoy your videos - well done!
The amount of effort you put into these is amazing. Great videos.
Really Enjoy it Rory. Love your in depth review no matter if its train or plane. Love the video were you do a lot of trips in a day its fun to see different experiences. Keep up the amazing work
Thank you ☺️
Hi Rory thank you for video very interesting. I'm glad your back .
Thank you Maureen!!
I never left 😆 videos of this length take a long time for me to edit 😂
Yet another great video with comprehensive coverage of the V-Line network. 😊
Thank you for watching 😊
Thanks for another great video. I have to say Melbourne and V/line has changed a lot since i was last there in the early 90's. Cheers for all the work you put in mate.
Great coverage as usual Rory. Cheers.
Thank you 😊
Very informative! Great video.
Very nice and heaps of information about Vline Services. Good on you Roy
Thank you 😊
Fantastic video Rory! Really cool to see all these different v/line trains all in a day! N classes have really nice horns however the Vlocitys are my favourite. Great editing, i love all the info. Keep up the great work buddy! You’ve by far earnt my subscription!
At Seymour, platform 1 track was broad Gauge with a straight through Standard gauge line right next to it, in the 2010s the line in platform 1 was converted to Standard Gauge and the original SG track removed.
Absorbing watch Rory! Thank you so much! 🥰👍🚂
Thank you for watching 🥰🥰☺️
Hi Rory, another great video! As a Melbourne local it was great to see such a different perspective of our lovely city. I’m curious, what do you do for a living? I’m jealous of your lifestyle that allows you to travel and see so much of Australia. Keep up the good work!
Thank you for watching Louise!
CZcams contributes to 2/3 of my total income, and I’m working on making it my 90%! 😀
Watched the whole thing start to finish. Great video!
Great video and very informative. I have lived in Melbourne and several countries around the world and had not appreciated our regional rail system ( I can say I have been on all types at some point, but before refurbishment) and this brought back memories of journeys to Bendigo, Geelong and other cool destinations.. the sounds of the different engines and rocking of carriages are great memories. Keep up the great content and thanks for sharing your experience.
Thank you for watching 😊
Oh, this looks like a fun one. Looking forward to watching it as I get time through the day :)
Great video! Very informative and learnt a lot, giving me confidence to once again travel on the Vline..thank you
Thank you!
Good to see you back Rory. Love how you cover everything. Seems like Victoria has so many different gauge railways.
Thank you Gordon
It’s not just Victoria, Australia has so many different gauge railways, most states have at least three different gauges of tracks 😂
I was just in Geelong! Great video!
What an awesome video. Thanks 🤠
Thank you for watching 😊
Yay!!! So glad that you’ve done this!! 😁😁
Awesome video Rory 👍👍👍
Lovely to see you in Melbourne Rory, great video 😁
Thank you 😊
Great day Rory! Much enjoyed. Cheers from Wagga.
Thank you for watching ☺️
You did something no one else has done! Bravo!! I'm a proud victorian!
Thank you for watching the video! 😊
Great information Rory👍
Thank you 😊
Rory, another excellent video. Love the fact that you challenged yourself to travel for a full day on V-line. I apologise for the bloke who should have kept his mouth shut. Love your videos and hope to see more.
Thank you. I really enjoyed your video.
Thank you for watching 😊
Absolutely awesome stuff! I subscribed recently as your videos never get boring. Your interstate train reviews are the best it makes me want to go one of them soon haha. Looking forward to the Great Southern review.
Thank you!!!
Working on the great southern right now 😁
@@RoryDing Awesome!!
You have got a new subscriber! Nice to see you out there travelling and having a great time. 👍 your channel is very interesting I will be tuned in for a while!
Thank you!! Glad you like my content 😊😊
Hey Rory Your videos are never and I say NEVER boring u give me information about where you are going so in the future when I go there I can know what to do in there and I appreciate that! I hope more videos will come very soon!
Thank you!!! Glad you enjoy my videos!! 😊😊😊☺️
Glad to be an subscriber for over 10 months!
Love this!
Love your videos
Good to see you back Rory. I've missed your videos mate.
Thank you 😊
Rory, this is amazing!
Thank you 😊
Also, dont listen to people like those girls, they don’t understand nothing, they are people who cause trouble. When I moved to a new school a few years ago, at the start of the year, my teacher handed out these cut out figures of a person made of paper, and we had two write on it our interests, what makes you happy. So, on the head, I drew “VR”. My class saw it and said “OMG you have a virtual reality headset??” Then I go “Uhh, you’d be surprised, it means Victorian Railways”. (I drew the old VR logo). My class seemed ok with it, in fact they thought it was different, but in a good way.
Well done . I learnt quite a bit.
Thank you 😊
I like the Sprinters as a kid they were the new shiny train on the victorian lines but i rarely got to travel on them, i remember catching one to school one day and it was a nice comfortable and smooth ride plus i could see out the rear window at the tracks.
Yay Rory, my favourite travel vlogger! 💜
Thank you Mel!!!!!! ☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️
Some of these lines are in line for conversion to suburban electric Metro service, namely the Ballarat line from Melbourne to Melton, and extending electrification of the Cragieburn line up to Wallan. There's been talk of converting the Geelong line to electric as well.
Just became a member Rory. Love your vlogs. Don’t worry about that horrible man I think you handled the situation perfectly.
Hi Rory, I loved this video..I used to live in Seymour and Melbourne and Warragul..now I live in North Queensland it was so good to see the old places .
I enjoy your reviews on the trains and stations along with the journeys you take what I do love is the USB is on some of the Seymour service's . Travelling too and from Melbourne makes it hard when your entainment isnt there to listen too or watching video, all in all Thank You Vline for the usb idea.
That’s true, hopefully when Albury line is completely replaced by the standard gauge vlocity, you’ll be able to have the option of catching the vlocity to and from Seymour! 😊
The N sets and H sets are great when you have nobody sitting beside you but when you do, you feel like a sardine in a can.
That’s true!
Great V/log, interesting how some of the locos , appear to be very clean, as are the carriages on the inside and outside, very informative video.❤️🦘🦘🦘
nice travel planning rory
Thank you 😊
Love your stuff !!! :-)
Thanks for this informative video. I would have liked to see the full trip to Warrnambool, maybe you could do that trip some time in the future.
Thank you so much for making this video as a vision impaired person I really appreciate your efforts and your commentary is great One day I shall meet you regards Peter. and the pooch
Thank you for watching the video Peter ☺️
Nice one Rory, I live in Qld so its fun to see trains from other states. I had to laugh at that man trying to tell you what you can and can't do sounds like he is trying to intimate you by stating race and his "job". What a tool.
hey Rory Ding great video, it would be great if you could make some more Perth W.A video in the future, keep up the great work
Thank you 😊 I’ll keep it in mind
Thanks for this video I'm from Melbourne and lived here my whole life and didn't know that Southern Cross station actually full shuts down and I've used the station late at night too I only thought it was the city loop that shuts down after a certain point. The last time I used a Vline was a trip to Bendigo and it was a bumpy and slow ride and hope they can improve for the upcoming Commonwealth Games that'll be held in regional Victoria. I really appreciate your videos they're informative and helpful and I learn something new each time.
There are actually 17 platforms at Southern Cross if you want to get technical. You have platform 1-8, 8 South and platforms 15 and 16 are Vline and then 9 to 14 Metro
STILL my guy on travel!!! thankyou for showing all of Melbourne's V-Lines...
Thank you 😊
Great video Rory. I have never traveled on a V/line service before. It's interesting to see what they all look like inside as well. V/line also have two P classes P12 and P15 they get used occasionally on shunting I believe.
Thank you for watching! I just searched up, you’re right about the P class! Shame I didn’t see any! I’ll keep an eye on when I’m in Melbourne next time! 😊
@@RoryDing They used to use two of the P class units with H sets.
Thanks Rory I’m also a rail fan ❤ I have watched several videos before traveling to Australia 😂 Now I’m staying up late to watch this video before my trip to Melbourne tmr🤪
I get these trains all the time But for some reason find this fascinating.
You should also do regional bus/coach trips aswell. It will be interesting
Great Video !
Thank you 😊
@@RoryDing No problem 😀!
You really did the N/H right, it’s great to see you appreciate them
Wendouree Ballarat 3355 is Amazing these days. Wow!
hey mate love the video keep it up
Thank you Lachlan 😀
Yet again, another wonderful video full of information and details about the Rollingstock and the ride,
Wondering if you might try one of the Heritage services in Melbourne 🤔
Puffin billy?
I did it in 2020 just didn’t film it
Maybe I should do it again? 🤔🤔
Also interested in the Q Train
@@RoryDing Thinking more on the mainline, with Steamrail or 707 Operations
Epic journeys back and forth! Weird that man complaint about your filming. 🤷♀️ Really enjoyed this video! Thanks
Yeah, if had been me I would've told him where to go. Great video Rory.
I loved travelling in Vlines from Ardeer to southern cross station during my Uni days 😍 I felt like I’m boarding a train to some countryside
Nice timing at flinders street getting the HCMT and Siemens trains at the same time
Thanks! I was there for about an hour 😁
These videos deserve a million+ views.
Thank you Dan 😊
Great vid, would of come and given you a shout out. Thanks Rory.
Awesome. I’m so familiar with all of that.
We used to frequently travel to Melbourne using the Warrnambool train, and I have often booked for group trips. It is great fun. We always book a First Class reserved seat on the train. It is literally only a few dollars more and so comfortable.
If we fly OS out of Melbourne it is easy to get to Southern Cross, catch the Airbus and continue travel.
I’m not sure if you mentioned that with a VLine paper ticket you can get an endorsement to allow you to travel free of charge within the Metro zone
Thank you for watching the video!!
I wasn’t sure about the free travel with the paper ticket, thank you for letting me know! ☺️
@@RoryDing just get it validated at the ticket office.
I'm going to do this!
this has got to be one of the best videos you have ever produced, hope you do something similar like all opal intercity trains in nsw both DMU and EMU trains
Thank you!! I’ll keep it in mind. 😊
Hi Rory, good to see you lost all that weight you put on during your indulgent trip on the Ghan
Thank you!! I’ve been exercising since I came back from the Ghan 😆
Wow man thats alot of rail time in 1 day. I had a flatmate who had a job he didn't like as a transit officer checking trickets etc. He said after awhile walking through a moving carriage became like having sea legs & he'd get headaches when sitting still haha
18:38, I heard the airport link project for trains has now sadly been scrapped, due to the high budget. 😔
thank you
Thanks Rory, it’s great to see a video that’s critical without just being kind of pro state patriotism. Very interesting. Hope you enjoyed Victoria!
Thank you for watching 😊
Melbourne has two “central” stations. Flinders st is the main hub for Metro services and all metro trains go there, and Southern Cross is the main hub for V/line or Interstate trains and all start and terminate there :)
Just got sent home from a city, public-transport based scout camp. I come from Pakenham so we got to catch a v-line train to southern cross via Geelong first (???) anyway, the district leader got us first-class tickets which was amazing.
Hi Rory, I just want to tell you some things about the H set.
1.As of November 2022,H sets operate select services to and from Bacchus Marsh and Geelong after VLocity trains replaced loco hauled services to Shepparton. V/line decided that once Vlocity’s start services on the Shepparton line it would be necessary to reinstate a morning up and evening down service operated by H set to Geelong and if you check V/line’s website you will see one service in each direction is rostered as Loco hauled service (H set) as otherwise people won’t have much chances of riding H set.
2. The H set you got were actually a refurbished H set because on the Vline website it shows that the seats on H set is the same colour as VLocity units 76-79.
3. The Shepparton line wasn’t the only long distance line operated by H set.In 2018 due to a lack of available N type carriages,H set was temporarily used on the Warrnambool line resulting cafe bars being unavailable which is far worse than VLocity units 76-79 operating long distance services.
Finally.Four H type carriages ran the last train on the South Gippsland line behind an p class loco which are similar to the Y class shunter
Another great video Rory, I wonder if you will ever do a video on the puffing billy dining experience.
I also remember you mentioned a while ago about doing a video on the heritage flights to King island. Would love to see that.
The king island flight is still not operating atm, i think they’ll recommence in September 😊
I might do the puffin billy 😁
@@RoryDing cool, I'd love to see the puffing billy video, your videos are awesome.
good video, and also Vlocitys are rated for at least 220kph but are legally restricted to 160kph at max.
Yeah it can definitely run a lot faster!!
Thanks for the video. My only complain about vline is that except 1st class tickets, the seats are non reclinable for long distance travel. I have to agree that vline is cleaner and more comfortable than other trains in AU. I rode the NSW XPT train from wagga wagga to Melbourne and it doesn’t feel that clean.
Hi, you forgot to mention that you can use Google Pay to purchase a Myki card (use your phone to touch on/off). Only works with Android OS.
I tend to get that on the odd occasion with teens or sometimes adults saying something or giving me weird looks when I’m filming the A series or the B series depends on where abouts I am or who’s around. I guess some people don’t realise that some of us are passionate about trains it’s a little annoying but I just laugh it off and remind myself that some people don’t really realise that different people have different interests or hobbies like train spotting or riding trains in general. I haven’t filmed in a while because I’ve been busy working and haven’t had the time but hoping that I’ll get a day off soon so I can get back on the A series and film some trains if I feel like it, keep up the good work mate! I enjoy your videos a lot and I’m differently going to be trying out quite a few trains you’ve reviewed in the future, the Australind being one I’ll have to do soon before the old Railcars are withdrawn from service :)