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V/Line H type carriage
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by V/Line· from 1984· class of interurban passenger carriage used in Australia
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Line H set VSH28: Alex1991 at en.wikipedia· Public domain
- 2. H type carriage stored at Geelong: RyanZ225 PC· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The H type carriages were a class of interurban passenger carriage operated by V/Line in Victoria, Australia. Fitted with high-density 2+3 seating, they were typically used on short distance interurban services from Melbourne to Bacchus Marsh and Geelong until their withdrawal in 2024.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 42 years ago, in 1984.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19.3 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 40 years (1984–2024).
carriage / wagon: Unpowered passenger coaches or freight wagons, pulled by a locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1984
- in service from
- 1984
- retired
- 2024
- status
- retired
- number built
- 59
- kind
- carriage / wagon
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- V/Line
- operators
- V/Line
- top speed
- 115 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- formation
- Originally BTH-BH-BCH, later BIH cars added and sets shuffled to make 4, 5 and 6-car sets; loose MTH cars as railmotor…
- length
- 19.3 m
- weight
- 33 t
- capacity
- 87 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5636327, Wikipedia: V/Line H type carriage (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.