{"id":153212,"date":"2024-11-30T15:17:35","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T05:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=153212"},"modified":"2024-11-30T15:17:36","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T05:17:36","slug":"what-v-line-longer-distance-trains-could-look-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=153212","title":{"rendered":"What V\/Line longer distance trains could look like"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here is what the Kiwi&#8217;s are running in New Zealand on their long distance trains. These trains are a far cry from the expensive to run rubbish the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=143253\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"The Management of V\/line\">V\/Line Management<\/a> are providing here in Victoria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How good would it be to have a service like this to Mildura or Warrnambool with a cafe on board and comfortable seating and business seating for working people who can work whilst on the train.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sadly Victoria lacks innovation and a sense of pride when it comes to providing services on the rail network.  Over the last few years V\/Line have been running less trains on time and we now experience many line shutdowns through poor management of the rail network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The travelling public know and the Management of V\/Line <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=139748\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Vlocity trains are not the answer for Regional Victoria\">how Vlocity trains are not the answer for regional services<\/a> for travel longer than 2 hours, they are uncomfortable, noisy and very expensive to run and maintain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Customers on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=126165\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Vlocity train upgrade through to Bairnsdale misplaced\">lines such as Bairnsdale<\/a> and now the emerging disaster of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=142689\" title=\"Warrnambool \u2013 V\/Line to trash your long distance rail service\">Warrnambool are quickly experiencing<\/a> how bad the journey is using one of these outdated designed buses on steel wheels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" data-id=\"153213\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GdjAvnxWMAAqy2--1024x819.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-153213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GdjAvnxWMAAqy2--1024x819.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GdjAvnxWMAAqy2--300x240.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GdjAvnxWMAAqy2--768x614.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GdjAvnxWMAAqy2-.jpeg 1351w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"818\" data-id=\"153216\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GdjAvXqXYAAfXi5-1024x818.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-153216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GdjAvXqXYAAfXi5-1024x818.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GdjAvXqXYAAfXi5-300x240.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GdjAvXqXYAAfXi5-768x614.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GdjAvXqXYAAfXi5.jpeg 1330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" data-id=\"153214\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GdjAvLGWcAA1yNB-1024x819.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-153214\" 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