{"id":30045,"date":"2024-03-14T11:32:36","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T01:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infrastructuremagazine.com.au\/?p=51579"},"modified":"2024-03-14T11:32:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T01:32:36","slug":"new-vic-train-fleet-under-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=30045","title":{"rendered":"New VIC train fleet under construction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Victorian Government has announced that production of new X\u2019Trapolis 2.0 trains has begun in Ballarat, supporting up to 150 direct jobs and 750 more across the supply chain.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Victorian Minister for Public and Active Transport, Gabrielle Williams, made the announcement that the regional workforce are now assembling and fitting out 25 new X\u2019Trapolis 2.0 trains, as part of a $986 million State Government investment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Work on the X\u2019Trapolis 2.0 trains will continue to ramp-up in coming months, as more trains move through the upgraded facility in Ballarat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project has also helped to transform Alstom\u2019s Ballarat factory, which is now home to world-class and specialised equipment to deliver the new trains.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This project includes a 60 per cent local content quota, providing widespread economic benefits to the Ballarat region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new trains will gradually replace Melbourne\u2019s longest-serving Comeng trains on the Craigieburn, Upfield, and Frankston lines \u2013 providing passengers with a more accessible, reliable and energy efficient journey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mr Williams said that through its investments in next-generation trains the government is delivering better journeys for passengers \u2013 as well as supporting hundreds of local jobs in Ballarat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Managing Director of Alstom Australia and New Zealand, Pascal Dupond, said, \u201cX\u2019Trapolis 2.0 is the result of global expertise, local knowhow and a wonderful partnership with the Victorian Government.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Victorian Government has announced that production of new X\u2019Trapolis 2.0 trains has begun in Ballarat, supporting up to 150 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"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":[471,1291,1433,163,8203,5,8205],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-projects","category-rail","category-rail-industry-news-australia-new-zealand","category-spotlight","category-transport","category-vic"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30045","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\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30045"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37945,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30045\/revisions\/37945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}