Join me as we take a ride onboard one of the oldest commuter trains in Australia. In this video we'll take a ride onboard V/Line's H Set carriages on an afternoon peak hour service from Melbourne to Bacchus Marsh. The carriages have their origins from the Harris electric multiple units which first entered service in 1956. Several carriages were rebuilt into H type carriages for use on regional services in the 1980's and included new interiors and air conditioning.

We ride these carriages behind N Class locomotive N455 on the 6:04pm service from Melbourne's Southern Cross Station to the peri-urban commuter town of Bacchus Marsh around 50km west of Melbourne along the Ballarat Line.

These carriages are now nudging on 70 years old and V/Line is in the process of phasing out the H Sets, with the last rumoured to be withdrawn in early February 2024. So what are these carriages like to ride on today?

Date: December 2023

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