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On Wednesday 12th
September 2007, V/Line unveiled their new colour scheme
and a refitted H set and Sprinter railcar at a
ministerial and media launch held at Southern Cross
Station.
Attended by
invited V/Line, Department of Infrastructure and EDI
Rail, along with invited guests and the Minister for
Public Transport, Ms. Lynne Kosky, the launch
proceedings took place between 11:30 and 12:00.
Staff and
guests were invited to walk through and look at the
refurbished interiors of both sprinter 7007 and four car
H set FSH25.
Prior to the
launch, 7007 and FSH25 were transferred to Southern
Cross ex Newport Workshops:
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N452+FSH25
arrived into Platform 4 North at 10:41. Following
arrival, N452 cut off and ran to EDI Rail’s West
Melbourne Depot, whilst N453 arrived and coupled up
to the east end of FSH25, before pushing the set to
the buffers of Platform 4 Central.
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7007+7008
arrived into Platform 3 Central at 11:13, with 7008
uncoupling from 7007 at 11:18 and running to the
railcar depot.
Unlike previous launches and unveilings, no speeches
were given; however, Ms. Kosky spoke to WIN News who had
exclusive rights to the launch.
Platforms 3 and 4 were closed during the time of the
launch, with the general public unable to access them –
the Collins Street and Bourke Street bridge entrances
being guarded.
Following the
launch, 7007 departed for EDI Rail’s West Melbourne
Depot at 12:33, and a special train consisting of
N453+FSH25 for invited V/Line staff and guests ran to
Sunbury and back. Times for this special are listed
below:-
Train 8095 –
Special train to Sunbury for invited staff, guests and
media
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Southern Cross Platform 4
depart |
12:36 |
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Footscray |
12:41* |
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Sunshine |
12:49* |
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St. Albans |
12:53* |
|
Keilor Plains |
12:55* |
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Watergardens |
13:01/13:02 |
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Diggers Rest |
13:09* |
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Sunbury Platform 2 arrive |
13:13 |
At Sunbury, the
trains eight passengers disembarked with N453 taking
FSH25 into the sidings to run around at 13:16. Once the
run around was completed, the train returned into
Platform 2 at 13:24.
Local media,
believed to be from the local Advertiser
newspaper, took the opportunity to take photographs of
the train and ask passengers waiting on the platform
their opinion of the new colour scheme.
The train made
an early departure back for Southern Cross at 13:34
Train 8096 –
Return of special train ex Sunbury for invited staff,
guests and media
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Sunbury Platform 2 depart |
13:34 |
|
Diggers Rest |
13:37* |
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Watergardens |
13:42* |
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St. Albans |
13:47* |
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Sunshine |
13:51* |
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Footscray |
13:57* |
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Southern Cross Platform 4
arrive |
14:07 |
Upon arrival
into Southern Cross, Y129 coupled up to FSH25 and
departed for the Pass. Yard at 14:32.
V/LineCars.com would like to thank V/Line for the invite
to this event.
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