"SH" Sets

 

Last Updated: Thursday, 21 September 2006

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SH Sets consist of three short 'H' cars- a BCH, a BIH, and a BTH car.

SH Sets contain 184 seats. All seats are economy, and the sets can be seen in operation primarily as push/pull sets with two P Class locos (marshalled as P Class+2xSH Sets+P Class), running peak inter-urban commuter services to Bacchus Marsh and Sunbury.

Power to the sets is supplied in the form of Head End Power (HEP) from a N or P class locomotive or a powervan.


Each SH set contains two toilets. 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 which has a conductors van- it only has 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.

Additional 'H' type sets can be added to them to increase seating capacity - however, it is very rare that a SH set is alone.

Set Alterations:-
Before April 2006, there was previously four SH sets in service, however, due to increased patronage on peak interurban services, SH34 (BCH134-BIH194-BTH174) was split, with BIH194 being placed into SH28 to create a new FSH set, FSH28.

BCH134 and BTH174 were added to FLH32 in late April 2006 to form new H type set VLH32.
 

There are two SH sets, with both of them being in the current V/Line Red/White/Blue livery- with the present V/Line logo. These sets operated exclusively with FSH type sets on Push/Pull services with P class locomotives.

"SH" Set Consists:

Set Number:

SH30

SH31

Car A:

BCH130

BCH131

Car B:

BIH190

BIH191

Car C:

BTH170

BTH171

Logo Type:

Seat Capacity:

184

184

 

 

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