The Border Rail Action Group has called for the introduction of extra carriages on north-east line trains to address overcrowding concerns.
The Albury/Wodonga service has been plagued by service issues ever since the inferior Vlocity trains have been introduced. Residents have complained about poor service for years on the line but complaints have fallen on deaf ears at V/Line.
V/Line Management are acutely aware of the poor service Vlocity trains provide the travelling public on longer haul trains but have continued to continued to replace rolling stock built for longer distance journey’s with poorly designed and outdated Vlocity trains.
Former services between Melbourne and Albury were provided by locomotive hauled longer distance coaches built for comfort with onboard services. Being carriages additional capacity could be added if needed this is not possible with the Vlocity trains.
Passengers have repeatedly called for more capacity or additional services.
Very true of the issues we have been experiencing on the Albury Line. There have been people just sitting on the floor for hours on the train and at times you cannot even get a place on the train. V/Line removed the number of seats on the services. there were more services 15 years ago than are offered now.
There are 3 trains each way to Albury per day was this higher before the standard gauge?
Was it higher before the vlocity failure on the line?
I read issues about the trains on the North East Line being overcrowded and not enough services to cater for the demand. The government must replace diesel trains on the western suburbs routes with electric types and then refit the vlocity trains with longer distance and use these on the albury line.
There are currently 7 trains each way per week day on the Albury line for passenger use. 6 of those are from Albury to Melbourne and 1 is from Albury to Seymour.
https://www.vline.com.au/getattachment/90b9a59e-f637-4c36-973c-02e404ba4266/Albury-Wodonga-Melbourne-(via-Wangaratta-Bena)
What is the train early afternoon from Albury to Seymour?