Drivers eye view, Flinders Street to Camberwell

@Travel with the train driver as we journey from Flinders Street, via the city loop out to Camberwell on our way to Blackburn in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in an X'Trapolis train. June 2023
#train #driverseyeview #traindriversview #driversview #metro

[@Aviumkeeper]

Watching these videos from the Driver's point of view has taught me a lot about rail gradients. They're almost impossible to see from a passenger's point of view, but seeing lines like the City Loop where ascents and descents are more obvious brings a new perspective to it all.

[@driver667]

Yes, tracks are not flat all the way. Glad you enjoy them 👍 😀

[@margaretcampbell2681]

It’s so interesting to see the drivers view of the loop stations 😀

[@driver667]

Glad you enjoyed it 👍 😀

[@nyamuonguandong685]

I love train’s

[@driver667]

Trains are great 👍 Glad you enjoyed it 👍 😀

[@mce_AU]

Good to see the Bob Hawke / Gough Whitlam indicator working well at Burnley.

[@driver667]

Yes, it's still referred to the same after all these years 👍😊

[@vlinenclasstrains]

Metro X'Trapolis Trains to Blackburn is only on Weekdays, Monday to Friday.

[@ESPSJ]

Great video thank you

[@driver667]

Glad to hear you enjoyed it 👍 😀

[@multiranger748]

Thanks for the upload!

[@driver667]

Happy to hear you enjoyed it 👍 😀

[@angelmessenger8240]

Thank you for this wonderful view of the city. These great videos allow me to travel when it's impossible for me to do otherwise.

[@driver667]

Very happy to help you virtually travel the country 👍😊

[@RGC198]

Wow!! Great video. Thanks for sharing. I have ridden this train route many times, though I have never seen it from the driver's perspective before.

[@driver667]

Very happy to be able to bring this to you and you enjoyed it 👍 😀

[@vlinenclasstrains]

This is on the All Stations Service to Blackburn on Weekdays

[@peterredfern1174]

Great run cept for the underground,still looks the same,👋👋👏👏👏👍

[@driver667]

Yep, it hasn't changed much 👍😊

[@mels1811]

Brilliant video

[@driver667]

Glad you enjoyed it 👍 😀

[@ClassicTrains905]

Loving it still

[@driver667]

Glad to hear you are loving them 👍😊

[@longdongjohn6588]

Will we get to see a full trip to Lilydale, Belgrave or Alamein?🤞

[@driver667]

They are on my list to do. 👍😀

[@squeaksvids5886]

The traction equipment sounds almost identical to the 1996 Tube Stock on London Underground’s Jubilee Line.

[@driver667]

I've never travelled in England, yet. One day I'll check that out 👍😊

[@bobm5500]

First time I have seen the city loop . Reminds me of New York only a lot less people .

[@driver667]

Happy to bring it to your screen 👍😊

[@ChannelReuploads9451]

And a lot less dirtier, decrepid and falling apart.

[@driver667]

@@ChannelReuploads9451 😀😀👍

[@bobm5500]

It has been 40 plus years since I was there it wouldn't surprise me . @@ChannelReuploads9451

[@xuantuanminhnguyen7093]

Hey there, your video is fantastic, I have just wondered when I stand on front cab of the train, I heard the chime sound that is familiar to the ETCS-ish sound when the driver set up the train , is there anything that is related to the train protection system or is it just the same sound as the ETCS ?

[@driver667]

The only chime sound I hear is the doors closing chimes. There is no ETCS on these trains. Very happy to hear you enjoy the videos 👍😀

[@xuantuanminhnguyen7093]

@@driver667 so do we have any kinds of Auto Train Control systems in these trains ? (except for the HCMT)

[@driver667]

@@xuantuanminhnguyen7093 no. The HCMT is the only one. All the other trains require a driver to control them totally. 👍🙂

[@user-pi9jm1zc6y]

Tell me something pls? Why is the clock on that big mirror for the driver changed from 24 hour to 12 hour clock? Was that confusing a lot of them there? Were they not able to read the 24 hours time those young ones? Ahhh dear me! ☺🤭

[@driver667]

I don't know. 🤔👍😊

[@RichardFelstead1949]

18:24 approx junction for former Kew branch.

[@driver667]

Yes it was 👍 😊

[@KotaruKun91]

Great vid, is there any HCMT videos in the works at all?

[@driver667]

No HCMT video in the works. 😔 Glad you enjoyed the video 👍 😊

[@chuckmaurice3646]

Nice Putty Cat

[@driver667]

Meooowww 🐈🐱

[@TheNthbeach]

I know that it is rare, and it is usually a signallers error with VLine trains occasionally being sent through MURL. How are you as a VLine driver trained for this occurrence? I wouldn’t expect that you’d have active route knowledge of these tunnels.

[@driver667]

You are right, as much as I remember everything about running through the underground, I officially am out of qualifications in the underground. 👍😊

[@wayneburns210]

Like your videos a question regarding the camera could it placed behind and be able to see what happens as your driving and the gauges reacting as you brake/speed up, is this against company rule Cheers😊

[@driver667]

I can show the forward facing vision but I can't show the controls due to security concerns, as nice as that would be. 👍😊

[@wayneburns210]

Thought as much thanks for the heads up

[@driver667]

@@wayneburns210 👍😊

[@therealsammyvee888]

Nice! Is this your first video featuring the City Loop? And I can't wait to go through the (semi-)new Union Station in the next part.

[@therealsammyvee888]

Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought stopping all stations Blackburn trains didn't run via the Loop and went through the Burnley Local track directly out to Richmond from Flinders St. I learned about that from Taitset's video about Richmond junction so am a bit confused here.

[@enochliu8316]

@@therealsammyvee888 Taitset also showed you the crossovers at East Richmond, which allows Burnley Through Trains to crossover to the local tracks. Between 3 and 4pm, Blackburn and Alamein services run via the City Loop and Burnley Through, changing to the Burnley Local to use East Richmond.

[@therealsammyvee888]

@@enochliu8316 Yeah I do remember him talking about the crossovers and how trains can switch. I knew Glen Waverley trains ran through the loop in the afternoon, but didn't know Blackburn trains did as well between those times. Thanks.

[@driver667]

Looks like all has been answered here. This was not the first video via the loop. Check out Sunbury to Flinders Street. Glad you enjoyed it 👍 😀

[@therealsammyvee888]

​@@driver667All good, and thanks.

[@neilforbes416]

Camberwell, ay? Will we see Dave & Grace Sullivan, Kitty, Terry, Tom and John Sullivan, and not forgetting Uncle Harry and Mrs. Jessup next door? LOL😁

[@neilforbes416]

Thought you'd like that one! Showing my age though! LOL😁

[@driver667]

I watched and collect a lot of aussie made tv shows as I think they are great not only to watch but are also a good time capsule but I can't say the Sullivans was one of them I watched. 🤔👍

[@top40researcher31]

@@neilforbes416 you really know your research even though the series was set in camberwell the actual house where the sullivians live is in the Melbourne suburb of Canterbury

[@neilforbes416]

@@top40researcher31 The "house" was a prop. All internal scenes were shot at the Richmond studios of Station GTV-Melbourne.

[@top40researcher31]

@@neilforbes416 what did you think of the video itself

[@starktravels172]

What is the speed limit in the city loop?

[@driver667]

60kph is the limit in the city loop. 👍😊

[@MinhNguyen-lv4it]

hi sir, I am just wondering what is the permitted speed inside the loop ?

[@driver667]

Maximum permitted speed in the underground loop is 60kph 👍😊

[@jschap712]

Funny what difference a POV can make. Totally familiar, yet simultaneousy unfamiliiar.

[@jdf9387]

Oh, absolutely! I have loved having Driver667 taking me along achingly familiar paths to and from places I have lived in (Kerang 17 years, Bendigo 3, Camberwell 13). I was intrigued to see that he drives suburban electric trains as well as country diesels. He might enjoy also the wonderful 220+ km/hr electric trains where I now live in Austria.

[@driver667]

220kph is a little faster than our 160kph. Glad you enjoyed it 👍 😀

[@justinwright4833]

What is that at 14:30 ?

[@driver667]

That would be the rail grinding machine. Grinds the head of the rail to a desired shape. 👍🙂