BRAND NEW X'Trapolis 2.0 Train | SSR Ballarat to Melbourne Transfer

[@iamthinking2252_]

I didn’t know the new X’Trap was even ready yet!

[@matthewciappara6506]

Interesting end to a great video, footage of Newport station, with the old and the new trains.

[@ThebusofdoomFSX]

I spot a wild Barge in its natural habitat

[@SonicbusterX2000]

Barged into the video...

[@TheCrazyOzzyAdventure]

Let's hope these new Trains don't get delayed like the New Intercity Fleet Trains in NSW for 5 years .

[@Merri-bekRailfan]

Reports say that they should be in Service in 2025.

[@emptycoffin]

In melb, our trains are never delayed. The price may double, though...

[@MrAljosav]

Given more than 60% of the manufacturing content is locally done in Victoria, global supply chain delays are less likely to impact its delivery. Furthermore, it’s being manufactured by a reliable rolling stock manufacturer with a well-established presence in Victoria - both in North Ballarat for previous Xtrapolis 1000 train and Dandenong (formerly Bombardier) for VLocity/A-city trains and E/G class trams. So, given the Victorian government continues to award Alstom/Bombardier train contracts, I’d say there’s a fairly high confidence in them to roll these out on time

[@potlerpup5869]

i forget how nice Ballarat station looks

[@DavidChadderton-g7d]

Great video. Thanks. My son will be driving that soon.

[@normandiebryant6989]

I didn't realise so much of the Ballarat line was single track! No wonder there aren't fast frequent services on that line.

[@jdillon8360]

Yeah it should really be double-tracked the whole way. As well as the Bendigo line.

[@xx.isabella]

@@jdillon8360 the bendigo line used to be dual-track, but then for whatever reason it was downgraded to single-track for most of the journey

[@jdillon8360]

​@xx.isabella Really? That's crazy. Such a backwards step. The Geelong to Ballarat line should be re-opened to regular passenger service as well. Currently you have to go into Melbourne then back out for that journey, which is absurd considering the existence of tracks between the 2 cities.

[@vjurs1801]

The X'Trapolis 2.0 trains consist of a permanent configuration in six-car sets unlike the Comeng, X'Trapolis 100 and Siemens Nexas trains, which are formed as three-car sets.Like the High Capacity Metro Train, the trains have a walk-through design.The trains' maximum capacity is 1241 people, compared to the 1127-person capacity of a six-car Comeng train. Top speed is 130 km/h.

[@ma3stro681]

Bet there’s no refreshments on board, so travelers can go 4 hours with nothing …

[@brokensuave]

@@ma3stro681 Chuck an old lady with a sandwich trolley on the train and get her to do her 10,000 steps up and down the aisles, that'll do it.

[@Samstrainsofficially]

An engineering achievement. An aesthetic disaster 😂

[@thisladsamystery]

I think it looks alright. I think the front might have caps that have been taken off to use the coupler so the front might look better with them.

[@jdillon8360]

I think it looks pretty good.

[@Samstrainsofficially]

@jdillon8360 parts of it look nice but it doesn't, to my eye, all blend into a nice design

[@jdillon8360]

@@Samstrainsofficially fair enough. Maybe it will look better once the cover is on the nose.

[@Samstrainsofficially]

@jdillon8360 it's also one of those things that just kinda becomes normal and stands out less over time, I'm sure a fair few people saw an XPT for the first time and found it a bit odd looking compared to the other things running around at the time but now they probably don't mind it. Main thing is does it function as a train and can it get people where they are going as long as it does this it could look like a large hotdog and still be a good train.

[@Jays22b]

one day a loco rocked up, filled with sand. The drivers luck to live, they hide in vestable compartment to suvive , the bullet proof glass for any size didnt break the main windows

[@Charl1e39]

Wish i was there, is there a list of when these happen or do they just appear at stations?

[@headbumb9022]

when and where will I see this train (even if it is in testing) up on the Mernda line?

[@MelbourneRailfan]

I dont know about the Mernda line as it is currently operated by X'Trapolis 100, which should stay around for another few years or so, as this is replacing the Comengs which have about 2 years of life left, it'll be on Craigieburn, Upfield and Werribee & Willamstown & Frankston lines

[@levonandonian7613]

I have had some metro staff mates of mine say the disc braked sets will be exiting service in the early 2030s so more that 2 years, more like 8.

[@graemekeeley4497]

Victoria's BRAND NEW X'Trapolis 2.0 Train are an Alstrom design Alstom is one of the world's leading French manufacturer of infrastructures for rail transport sector. The New Victorian-made X’Trapolis 2.0 trains high floors, single deck or double deck electric multiple units, which are part of Alstom's X'Trapolis, designed and built by Alstom. They operate in Melbourne, Australia, and Valparaíso, Chile.

[@kclassproductions]

They should make some X'Trap 2.0 named and indigenous sets! Nice video mate

[@Leanflare]

Why name them after cannibals

[@Techno-Universal]

We’ll probably see them running on the network empty over the next few months undergoing testing while also carrying out driver training at the same time! They might very possibly enter service in 6-12 months from now! :)

[@Jays22b]

as a service tech to the NR class loco's in the 90'[s . i seen so much stuff NR class loco's smashed into failing overpasses to hitting wheat trucks

[@Alzaar_The_Gunzel]

I missed out on witnessing this unfortunately

[@Jays22b]

and i was there when we victorians built the sprinter's

[@GokalpKarliova]

Do you know when the Xtrapolis 2.0 do testing on the upfield line?

[@Stephenkiernanbackup]

Possibly a stupid question but what’s the van for? Can’t they couple the locos directly to the train itself

[@ianmontgomery7534]

not 100% sure but I expect it maybe providing electricty for the xtrapolis and perahps hydraulics. The diesel would be a different voltage

[@vsetfortysevenproductions]

The van (truck) is actually an adaptor as the diesel locomotives don't have the couplers the ugly X'Trapolis has, and possibly the truck has a knuckle coupler at the front and a different one for the train.

[@bigman4225]

@@vsetfortysevenproductions What's a truck? They drive on Roads.. The BVDY Van is used for Braking purposes. The Transition Coupler can be put onto a Loco as well as the Van. Go look at the HCMT or Xtrapolis 100 transfers before commenting this plain rubbish kid!

[@vsetfortysevenproductions]

@@bigman4225 Mate being a nerd doesn't mean you need to be rude, and I'm 16 years old with limited learning, as my school is a disability school idiot!

[@TheLostProbe]

that's a power van providing power for the X'Trap's brakes

[@ComengProductions]

Is it a bird is it a plane is it a spaceship?!?

[@myplaylist0088panda]

Would the door spacings of the train be compatible with the Metro Tunnel platform screen doors?

[@Mizuuuuuu]

The xtrap isnt for the Metro Tunnel.

[@TheLostProbe]

it is not designed for use on the lines that will go through the tunnel, it is a replacement for the Comengs

[@jdillon8360]

Not sure, but it will never service the new tunnel so it doesn't matter.

[@matthewmclean1011]

Is this potentially going to be running on the hurstbridge line?

[@charliereeves1376]

It won’t be, I’m pretty sure it’s just replacing the comeng fleet

[@robert-brydson-1]

be nice if all the Melb public transport was green and yellow like the trams

[@sandrafowler6717]

The green and yellow on all forms of public transportation would be boring, like how to there's blue and yellow for trains, orange for busses, green and yellow for trams and the purple and yellow for regional trains and coaches.

[@TheLostProbe]

when The Met was still around, it was like that. but now, like Sydney, we give different modes of transport distinctive colour schemes

[@Jays22b]

and i have a few sad sorty's also

[@OfficalMelbourneGreenQuad]

👏👏👏

[@thex-wing]

I like the video mate I got no problem with that particularly don't like to design front end of the new train looks absolutely ugly

[@bluckfox]

HCMTS

[@levonandonian7613]

The Comeng and hitachi Outrun this monstrosity by x1000

[@bahn13223]

bye bye comengs

[@transportfanaussie]

Comengs aren’t being retired immediately once the Xtrapolis 2.0 comes out, all of them will be gone in like 2029.

[@matthewdempsey6583]

hope elecraril preserves one

[@Jays22b]

that's a simple comeng train, i gutted them and hitachi trains when i was 9 yrs old. in bendigo. good old fibre glass upgrades, so old. it's discrafeful we have such an old fleet

[@ianmcleod9088]

How come Victoria always has the ugliest trains on the planet .😢

[@thisladsamystery]

It looks ugly because the front caps are off for coupling.

[@jdillon8360]

These look pretty good. There are much uglier trains around.

[@nine8three310]

The livery is horrid!

[@jcitizen]

The whole train is horrid.

[@eddielong8663]

The livery is no different to the existing network's.

[@TheLostProbe]

it's the same livery the rest of them use

[@No_Use_For_A_Name]

I dunno. I do like trains. But I don't see the passion in metro trains. People don't make videos of filming current every day metro trains..... because they are a bit meh. I look at this and think "soon this will just be the meh metro trains. Being all shiny and new still doesn't excitement me. I prefer those front engines.

[@Jays22b]

straight up i asked why a electric desile is powering up a 60 yr old diselie train,, ther's nothing connect to train, or is it full diono fueled . looks like a sprinter pretending to be a hydrolic powered train, it's not even a sprinter we made in the 90's , I was there building them, they still try and hide the age from firbe glass spoiler