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Swing Door
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Victorian Railways· from 1887· class of Australian electric multiple units in Victoria
4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SwingDoor Newport Workshop: Alphaslucas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Swingdoor 8M Newport Railway Museum 25-09-2022: Fork99· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Old Dandenong Train Swingdoor 8M at the Newport Railway Museum - July 2022: Michael Coghlan· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. Swingdoor 8M at the Newport Railway Museum - May 2017: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
Swing Door trains, commonly known as "Dogboxes" or "Doggies", were wooden-bodied electric multiple unit (EMU) trains that operated on the suburban railway network of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Swing Door cars had outward-opening doors and were reasonably narrow, to ensure that two passing trains would not foul each other if doors were accidentally left open. At certain locations, clearances were tight and there are stories of Swing Door cars losing doors that were not closed.
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 139 years ago, in 1887.
- Served for 128 years (1887–2015).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1887
- in service from
- 1887
- retired
- 2015
- status
- retired
- number built
- 144
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Victorian Railways
- operators
- Victorian Railways
- top speed
- 83 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- electric system
- 1500 V DC overhead
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7658556, Wikipedia: Swing Door (train) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.