{"id":125943,"date":"2024-09-13T16:29:49","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T06:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=125943"},"modified":"2024-09-13T16:56:22","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T06:56:22","slug":"v-line-reduces-seating-capacity-on-warrnambool-line-with-vlocity-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=125943","title":{"rendered":"V\/Line reduces seating capacity on Warrnambool line with Vlocity services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We have come to know the appalling management of the rail network under V\/Line.  Warrnambool Regional Council have been pushing hard for Vlocity trains to be introduced on their line with many in the know who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=61876\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Why do Vlocity Trains have a poor passenger perception?\">have experienced V\/Line&#8217;s latest fall from grace<\/a> (The long distance Vlocity) being a substandard service sitting back waiting for the disaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>V\/Line have decided to gradually remove the Locomotive long distance N sets services from longer distance routes much to the disappointment of the travelling public.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=108648\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"City\u2019s first VLocity train set to run this weekend but without passengers\">The N sets are being replaced with short distance uncomfortable vlocity trains<\/a> that are not fit for the service to Warrnambool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well Warrnambool City Council, you got what you asked for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GXQwtrJbgAAK-Vg-1024x578.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-125944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GXQwtrJbgAAK-Vg-1024x578.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GXQwtrJbgAAK-Vg-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GXQwtrJbgAAK-Vg-768x433.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GXQwtrJbgAAK-Vg.jpeg 1407w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">V\/Line forgot the 4th option being no Vlocity trains please<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The new velocity based services will only have 3 car sets about 1\/3 less seats than the locomotive hauled N sets services that are far more comfortable and have on train catering.  The new Vlocity (bus on steel wheels) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=108727\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Caf\u00e9 booted from Bairnsdale line\">do not have on train catering services<\/a> and have poor quality seats and are very noisy.  They are not popular with the travelling public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To add further insult to injury,  there will be less reserved seating options on the new trains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>N set services have a total of 360 seats (the Warrnambool service) which are now being reduced to 222 seats and without on train catering.  The new arrangement will certainly mean more overcrowding and a terrible passenger experience once again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>V\/Line just cannot run a rail service that is fit for longer distance passengers and routes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>V\/Line just cannot run a rail service that is fit for longer distance passengers and routes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":60345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,186,181],"tags":[8,9949,12964],"class_list":["post-125943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rail-news","category-v-line","category-vlocity","tag-victoria","tag-warrnambool","tag-warrnambool-line"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125943"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125969,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125943\/revisions\/125969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/60345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=125943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=125943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}