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Riding N12 reduced 4 cars after it’s return

N12 has return to public service once more but only as 4 cars!

After storms EVI appears at Swan Hill & N12 return to Melb yard hasn’t being seen since Jun 25.

V/Line runs passenger trains to more than 90 stations across the state.

These events that led me to being concerned of a potential collapse of the train regional service to Swan Hill if ignored too long.

V/Line Vlocity trains are aging in design and are not a suitable option for Albury in the future.

The Victorian Government introduced the additional late-night service on Saturday and Sunday back in April.

That rate of increase in train service frequency is a pretty much consistent annual 2.6% compounding growth rate.

Documents seen by The Age reveal how prominent the MM2 once was in state government transport plans and how quickly it disappeared.

There is nothing stopping the delivery of the electrification programme now for Geelong and Ballarat with commissioning to happen around 2030.

N450 is put through her paces in bad weather and a fallen tree obstructs tracks stuffing up the evening peck services!