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The first of the new Dandenong-built Vlocity carriages passed inspection from Premier Daniel Andrews prior to their roll-out on regional rail services in November.
The 39 VLocity carriages are being built at the Bombardier Transportation factory in Dandenong South.
They include more seats and accessibility improvements, as well as mobile signal boosters to improve phone reception for passengers on the Bendigo, Geelong, Ballarat, Gippsland and Seymour lines.
The company is also commissioned to build larger and modernised nine-car V-Line trains as part of the VLocity Refresh Project.
Works on the new trains are expected to start mid -2019, and finish in 2021.
The project has supported 45 local jobs on top off 500 created to build 87 new trains ordered by the State Government.
Regional passengers are set to see the first of the new VLocity carriages from next month and a refresh of Victoria’s regional train fleet paving the way for bigger trains, thanks to the Andrews Labor Government.
Visiting the factory on 15 October, Premier Daniel Andrews said the project created Victorian jobs as well as bigger, better trains for more passengers.
“We said we’d deliver the road and rail projects Victoria needs, and we are.
“Whether it’s delivering brand new regional trains or upgrading every regional passenger line, we’re getting people where they need to go, sooner.”
