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Victorian Railways E type carriage
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Victorian Railways· class of passenger car in Australia
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. E-type-carriage-train: Marcus Wong Wongm· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The E type carriages were wooden express passenger carriages used on the railways of Victoria, Australia. Originally introduced by Victorian Railways Chairman of Commissioners Thomas James Tait for the interstate service between Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide, these Canadian-inspired carriages remained in regular service for 85 years over the entire Victorian network.
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
- 21.6 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
carriage / wagon: Unpowered passenger coaches or freight wagons, pulled by a locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
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- number built
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- kind
- carriage / wagon
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Victorian Railways, South Australian Railways
- operators
- heritage railway, Victorian Railways
- top speed
- 113 km/h
- power
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- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- length
- 21.6 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5324846, Wikipedia: Victorian Railways E type carriage (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.