VLH32 contains five toilets - one in each
car, with VL33 containing three toilets, one each in the
BCH,
BH &
BTH
cars. Seats are fixed, and carpets are red,
as is the tactile surface within the
doorways. The curtains are brown with orange
streaks, and each carriage contains rubbish
bins and a drinking fountain.
Access to the
carriages is by sliding side doors, four per
carriage, excluding the
BCH cars (which
have
conductors vans) - they have two. All of the
sliding doors are controlled by a key switch
by the conductor of the train. This switch
unlocks the doors for them to be manually
opened at stations, and also closes and
locks doors as the train departs. Doors at
the end of each carriage enable access to
the other carriages.
Wheelchair
accessibility is available in each carriage,
as all of the passenger access side doors
are wide enough to take them.
There are two VLH
sets, with both of them being in the current
V/Line Red/White/Blue livery with the
present V/Line logo.
Interesting to Note:
In the mid 1980's, LH33 (the original form
of FLH33, and now VLH33), was fitted with
160kph Socimi bogies for high speed test
running with a re-geared A85. When the BIH
carriage was added, the Socimi bogies were
replaced with the normal H car bogies. |
