V/Line trains at Little River; 2019 Avalon Airshow specials
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On March 1st - 3rd 2019 the biannual Australian International Airshow was held at Avalon Airport southwest of Melbourne near Geelong. To help transport thousands of people to the event V/Line runs extra trains to Lara station on the Geelong line, where patrons are then transported to the airshow using shuttle bus.
Filmed at the quiet Little River station on Saturday 2nd we see V/Line Vlocity DMU's operate the extra airshow trains, passing through the station at speed. We also see the regular V/Line Geelong line services, including N Class locomotive hauled services on Warrnambool trains. The first train we see is the down Warrnambool service which is the first train of the day from Melbourne towards Lara. Fun fact: the first weekend trains of the day towards Warrnambool are the only times Warrnambool trains stop at Little River.
The airshow trains used to be a mecca for railfans as V/Line would put on everything and anything to accommodate the large crowds. In the past V/Line would use push - pull N & P Class trains (with up to 8 H type carriages), 7 car N Class locomotive hauled trains with N type carriages, Vlocity and Sprinter DMU's. Here's a video from 2009 which demonstrates this large variety: • Avalon Airshow Trains ...
Unfortunately as more modern Vlocity DMU's entered service they progressively starting taking over the airshow specials, with fewer locomotive hauled trains each year. The last time V/Line used a locomotive hauled train was in 2015 when a single push-pull P Class train ran. From 2017 on wards all the airshow specials have been operated exclusively by Vlocity's. If anything this video is a testament of how a once great railfan event has become quite stale in terms of variety.
On the plus side though the Vlocities mean that V/Line can now run a faster service to and from the airshow. And there's no denying that the train is the best way to get to the airshow as the Princess Freeway clogs up with traffic. As I was driving home around 11:30am after filming this video the traffic had backed up all the way to Sneydes Road near Hoppers Crossing; well over 25km (15.53 miles) away from the airport!
I've also shared all the photos I took at the airshow on my Facebook page: pg/Thebusofd...
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I was on the train at 4:54 in the video!
Beautiful video of the behind the scenes of the Australian Air Show Thank you Peter Taylor of Lara, Victoria
yesterday i was at the train station at flinders street waiting for a train home after a day in the city with my mum and friends i saw a v line train they have people that let you on a quiet carriage and all that stuff it was so cool also unlike normal trains in melbourne v line trains run on petrol you can spell it when they pull up to the station which i never knew i thought they ran on electricity like the other trains
@justanaturalcarguy4031
Жыл бұрын
V/Line actually runs on diesel unlike the electrified Metro Trains, the one way you can notice that is by its sound and the smell, the metro doesnt have a smell since its electric but you smell a bit of smoke when you're near a v line train
I luv ur vids
I think I might have been on one of those trains, I took the train from Lara at around 4 ish on Saturday
@ThebusofdoomFSX
5 жыл бұрын
This was recorded in the morning so you wouldn't have been on one of those trains unfortunately, unless you also took the train to Lara in the morning.
@jonathanmarkos5526
5 жыл бұрын
@@ThebusofdoomFSX I did, It arrived at Lara around 8:30 ish, I'll check when it arrived at Little River
@jonathanmarkos5526
5 жыл бұрын
@@ThebusofdoomFSX It arrived Little river at about 8:20
7:25 some personal bookmarks, don’t mind it 9:13 11:22 11:30 7:15
I was on the Jetstar flight!
@ericliu7961
3 жыл бұрын
I was at that airshow and saw the A320 take off and also the fighter jets were fun
Did the Avalon Airshow trains go via Sunshine or Newport?
@ThebusofdoomFSX
5 жыл бұрын
Went via Sunshine
3:44 Why is there a Vlocity with a buffer or whatever you call it?
Did film the shuttle buses used as part of the airshow from CDC Melbourne?
@ThebusofdoomFSX
5 жыл бұрын
Nah I didn't film any of the shuttle buses this year, I couldn't be bothered. It was all Volgren CR228L and Optimus buses anyway so not much variety, if not less variety than 2017 so I didn't miss out on much.
@garbofan1019
5 жыл бұрын
@@ThebusofdoomFSX That's ok then, I was hoping they would have got some of the old Volgrens and coaches out but clearly not.
Which train is faster: Bombardier vlocity or the comeng?
@davidlian5177
3 жыл бұрын
@Cletus Johnson lol
VLocities everywhere
@ThebusofdoomFSX
5 жыл бұрын
So much high speed Vlocity foam
@AussieGunzel
5 жыл бұрын
Yep, I can’t get enough of them.
I'm confused as to why Victorian train lines haven't been electrified yet
@natemusiconyt
8 ай бұрын
They have but only surburban, plus it would cost to much money to electrify the hardly used lines (stony point, Albury etc)
Omg
I’m back
I hate the VLocity horn. Did CDC run the shuttle buses this year again?
@jonathanmarkos5526
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah they did, they always have
@ThebusofdoomFSX
5 жыл бұрын
@@jonathanmarkos5526 Yeah CDC ran it again. They've been running it since 2015. Prior to that Sita/Northern Transit Holdings ran the shuttles for a while, I have footage of them doing so in 2013. kzread.info/dash/bejne/o398qMRucpfFeaw.html
4:25 is it just me or do these trains sound like BR class 220/221s?
@justanaturalcarguy4031
10 ай бұрын
The 221 and the Vlocity is both made by Bombardier so they probably have the same engine
Why do you speed up the footage? Do you wanna make the trains look faster?
@ThebusofdoomFSX
3 жыл бұрын
This is recorded in real time; trains pass through the station at 160km/h. I haven't done anything to speed up the footage.
I mean do you love train
I like the vlocity at 4:22
@ChilternRailPhotography
2 жыл бұрын
ba dum tss
@toyotacamryboi6797
2 жыл бұрын
@@ChilternRailPhotography what do u mean
😅 Block trains