Where : Circular Quay, Sydney
When : Friday, 19th October, 11-30am
Weapon : Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3
Here's a photo I took last Friday morning. This is the Millennium Train. Look, I don't have a pennant to fly for the State Rail Authority, but I think these city commuter trains are pretty good by any world standard. Not the best maybe, but very comfortable and well designed for a double-decker from the passenger point of view. We now have 34 x 4 car sets, generally configured and operating as 17 x 8 car trains.
Gone are the harsh corner lines, the chrome and black rubber, hose-down plastic seats, vertical and horizontal lines.
Our new commuter trains seem to be almost inspired by 2001 A Space Odyssey or A Clockwork Orange, with interiors highlighted by spiral staircases, improved seating, great lighting, doorway open space and curved architectures.
The Millennium Train, that initially experienced lots of problems with its power consumption, inability to get up some hills at more than a crawl and door opening issues is now back in service, and going well. The train blurb includes these features :
- Surveillance cameras relaying real-time and recorded images
- Improved air-conditioning
- Internal and external destination indicators to include stopping patterns and special information Help points in each vestibule
- All upper and lower saloon seats feature footrests
- Maximum shoulder and seat width
- Greater seating capacity compared to Tangara
- Floor space clear of obstructions to ensure more leg room
- Seats covered in vandal resistant fabric
- Wider stairways with consistent stair levels and numbers
- Highlighted doorways for greater safety
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