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VicRail N type carriage
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Victorian Railways· from 1981· intercity passenger carriage used on the railways of Victoria, Australia
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Vline n class train at lara victoria: Marcus Wong Wongm· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. VLine N carriage - BN55: Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. VicRail N type car at the SRHC: Jason L· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The N type carriages are an intercity passenger carriage used on the railways of Victoria, Australia. They were introduced between 1981 and 1984 as part of the 'New Deal' reforms of country passenger rail services. Today they are seen on V/Line long distance InterCity services to Swan Hill.
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 45 years ago, in 1981.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 22.9 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 45 years.
carriage / wagon: Unpowered passenger coaches or freight wagons, pulled by a locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1981
- in service from
- 1981
- status
- in service
- number built
- 57
- kind
- carriage / wagon
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Victorian Railways
- operators
- V/Line, Hoys Roadlines
- top speed
- 115 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- formation
- Originally BN-BN-ACN then BN-BRN-ACN, some sets with additional BZN & BTN cars. On standard gauge only, BN-BN-BDN-BRN-A…
- length
- 22.9 m
- weight
- 44 t
- capacity
- 88 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6956323, Wikipedia: VicRail N type carriage (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.