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V/Line commenced repainting their carriage fleet into a new grey, white and red livery in late 2007, the offical launch being on September 12th at Southern Cross Station. So where have they gotten up to since? It took a year for a final version to appear, with carriages being progressively...

V/Line rollingstock and railcar fleet effective as of 5th October 2009: Colour coded version (shows set/car liveries and statuses) Plain version (best for printing)

Two years on from the official launch of the new V/Line Mk3 livery, the following rolling stock has been painted in it:-

Since 2009 all V/Line carriage sets have had exterior doors leading into the passenger saloon have had an external locking mechanism, following the completion of the rollout of power operated doors to all N, Z and S type carriages.

March 24 2009 marked the final V/Line train to operate with manually operated passenger doors, thanks to the rollout of power operated doors to the N set carriage fleet.

December 2008 saw the end of alcohol sales on V/Line trains.

V/Line’s fleet of locomotive hauled carriages all conform to single numbering scheme.

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,...

On Tuesday 4th September 2007, N474 ran light engine from Southern Cross to Newport Workshops to collect recently repainted and internally refurbished H set FSH25, for a test run to Geelong and back. This is is the first set undergoing refurbishment as part of the $13m rollingstock upgrade program -...

In the mid to late 1980’s, high speed testing of speeds up to 160km/h was conducted with a re-geared A85 and H type set LH33 along a 20km section of track between Lubeck and Glenorchy (west of Ararat).