Comeng (train)
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| In service | 1981–current |
| Manufacturer | Comeng |
| Built at | Dandenong |
| Replaced | Tait & Harris trains |
| Constructed | 1981–1988 |
| Entered service | 1981–present |
| Refurbishment | 2000–2003 Alstom, EDi Rail |
| Number built | 190 trainsets (570 cars) |
| Number in service | 186 trainsets (558 cars) |
| Number scrapped | 12 cars scrapped/stored due to accident damage |
| Formation | Three car set (Driving motor-trailer-driving motor, usually marshalled into 6-car sets |
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Motors (301-468, 471-554, 561-680, 691-698) Trailers (1001-1084, 1086-1127, 1131-1190, 1196-1199) |
| Capacity | 268 seated, 763 crush load per 3-car unit (Alstom refurbished) |
| Operator(s) | Historically VicRail, MTA, PTC, Connex & M>Train Currently Metro Trains Melbourne |
| Depot(s) | All Metro Trains depots |
| Line(s) served | All Melbourne suburban (except Stony Point) |
| Specifications | |
| Car body construction | Stainless steel |
| Car length | 24 m (78 ft 8 7⁄8 in) |
| Width | 3,050 mm (10 ft 1⁄8 in) |
| Height | 3,827 mm (12 ft 6 5⁄8 in) (not including pantograph) |
| Articulated sections | 2 per 3-car set, open gangway |
| Maximum speed | 115 km/h (71 mph) |
| Weight | 141 t (139 long tons; 155 short tons) (max) |
| Acceleration | 0.8 m/s2 (2.6 ft/s2) |
| Deceleration | 0.9 m/s2 (3.0 ft/s2) |
| Electric system(s) | 1.5 kV DC Overhead line |
| Braking system(s) |
Westinghouse Westcode Tread brakes (First order) Knorr-Bremse Disc Brakes (Second order) |
| Coupling system | Scharfenberg |
| Track gauge | 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) |
Motors (301-468, 471-554, 561-680, 691-698)
The Comeng train (pronounced com-eng, after the company name) is a type of electric train that operates on the suburban railway network of Melbourne, Australia. They first appeared on the network in VicRail teacup livery in 1981 to replace the last of the 60-year-old Tait trains. More were ordered after the failed refurbishment and subsequent withdrawal of the Harris trains. In total 570 carriages (380 motor cars and 190 trailer cars, a total of 95 six carriage sets) were built by Comeng, Dandenong.
The Comeng trains are single deck and are semi-permanently coupled as M-T-M (motor-trailer-motor) sets, but these sets spend much of their time coupled in pairs as six-carriage sets.
Comeng trains have power operated doors that must be pulled open by hand but are closed by the driver. The trains were the first suburban trains in Melbourne to have air-conditioning in the passenger saloon. (The older Hitachi trains having had driver only air-conditioning fitted more recently.)
They also operate mostly on the Northern, Caulfield and Sandringham group lines, although they are still able to run on the Burnley and Clifton Hill group lines. But most of the times they do not operate at all on the Hillside network due to a high proportion of newer X' Trapolis trains on those lines.
The design of Melbourne's Comeng trains is closely related to that of TransAdelaide's diesel-electric 3000 class railcars.
Between 2000 and 2003, the two train operators at the time, Connex and M>Train, had Alstom and EDi Rail respectively refurbish the trains.
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