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The H type carriages are an Australian interurban passenger carriage operated by V/Line. Fitted with high-density 2+3 seating, they are used on short distance interurban services from Melbourne to Bacchus Marsh and Seymour. ==History== Between 1983 and 1992, Clyde Engineering converted 59 cars from early Harris suburban Electric Multiple Units to replace the last of the older wooden carriage stock. They were ordered after the success of the 1981 New Deal in increasing patronage. The four MTH variants were originally converted for use with the DRC railcars until the early 1990s, being provided with underfloor generators. They were then used as locomotive hauled carriages on the unelectrified suburban Stony Point line operated by Connex Melbourne until 26 April 2008 when Sprinter trains were introduced on the route instead. MTH 102 has been converted to an inspection car for Metro Trains Melbourne and now operates between two T Class locomotives as IEV102 for inspection trains, while the remaining three MTH cars are stored along with BH 141 at Newport Workshops. In conjunction with a new timetable of 18 November 2012, the H fleet were reorganised to give four six-car sets as well as ten semi-permanently-coupled three-car sets, giving an effective total of nine six-car sets in service. These trains usually provide peak-hour services to Bacchus Marsh, Marshall, Tralagon and Seymour, hauled by N and P class locomotives. Previously, they had been used in combinations of anywhere from three to five carriages per set for runs to Leongatha and Sunbury, and occasionally these sets would be coupled to make even longer trains. At one point seven carriage trains were trialled by combining a three- and a four-car set. When running to Lara for the Australian International Airshow at Avalon Airport, the H cars would sometimes be organised into twelve-car sets, with a single P Class locomotive on each end, and a third between the eighth and ninth cars. In this configuration the train was operated by a single crew, but head-end-power was provided to each four-car set by its nearest P Class counterpart. This was done to avoid overheating of the wiring between the carriages, as the wiring is only designed to handle a four-car electrical load. The H type carriages were refurbished and repainted into the new V/Line livery from September 2007.〔(Carriage & Sprinter Refurbishment Program & New V/Line Livery ) V/Line 12 September 2007〕〔(New Look V/Line Fleet Takes to the Tracks ) Minister for Public Transport 12 September 2007〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「H type carriage」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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