page_title: Rail rolling stock in New South Wales
section_title: V Set
hierarchical_section_title: Rail rolling stock in New South Wales / Inter-urban passenger rolling stock / V Set
caption_attribution_description: NSW Train Link 'V set' (Srs 4) 1,500 V dc overhead Interurban 4-car emu led by Driving Power Car No.DIM 8083 at Sydney Central station on a Main Western Line service to Lithgow, 29 March 2016. Comeng (Sydney) built 61 sets in 1970-89 in 8 series.
context_page_description: The railways of New South Wales, Australia, use a large variety of passenger and freight rolling stock.
context_section_description: Introduced from 1970, these double deck interurban cars actually predated the first full suburban double deck sets. Described at the time as the 'most luxurious commuter stock in the world', they set new benchmarks for passenger comfort in Sydney. Initial service was confined to the Central Coast & Newcastle Line until they were usable on the Blue Mountains Line after the Glenbrook tunnel was widened in 1975. They could proceed as far as Lithgow after the Lithgow tunnels were widened in 1979. Services began on the Illawarra line after electrification in 1985. Initially these sets carried 'U' target plates. The subsequent orders of double-deck cars carried 'V' plates to designate sets fitted with vacuum toilets. The original 1970 cars were not a success, and they were rebuilt into trailers to run with the later-series intercity cars in the early 1980s. These later cars can be identified by seating with plastic orange surrounds, and they lack a door between the passenger compartment and the small entry/exit area. The second series of the V-Sets (DCM/DM) commenced being phased out in early 2011, to be replaced by the Oscar. When NSW TrainLink was established in 2013 the V sets were subject to refurbishment program involving the repainting and refitting the interior and new exterior livery. The rest of the V sets are expected to begin being replaced by 2024 when the D sets are introduced.
caption: V set in 2013 NSW TrainLink Livery
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