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Victorian Railways V type carriage
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Victorian Railways· type of railway carriage
what is it?
The V type carriages, introduced from 1897, were the first group of Victorian Railways passenger rolling stock to have their own distinct class. Despite what some records suggest, they were never "doubled" to reflect their bogies. For example, the class AVAV never existed.
who runs it
fun facts
- 15.2 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
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- number built
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- kind
- multiple unit
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Victorian Railways
- operators
- Victorian Railways
- top speed
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- power
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- length
- 15.2 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q29024989, Wikipedia: Victorian Railways V type carriage (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.