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The ''Vinelander'' was an Australian passenger train operated by the Victorian Railways and later V/Line between Melbourne and Mildura from August 1972 until September 1993. Operating overnight along the Mildura line, it included motorail and sleeping car facilities. ==History== A trial daylight service, the ''Mildura Sunlight'' was introduced by the Victorian Railways between Melbourne and Mildura on 3 September 1957. Air-conditioned Z type carriage stock was used, running thrice weekly. Night trains replaced this from 1967, and a Motorail service was added in 1968.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Mildura Story The Battle of the Routes )〕 The ''Vinelander'' first ran on 9 August 1972 after intense local lobbying for an upgrade of the existing overnight train. The name was the product of a naming completion held by the Victorian Railways, with steel sleeping cars formerly used on ''The Overland'' being used,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Steel Sleeping Carriages - V&SAR Joint Stock )〕 along with older wooded stock. A buffet car and bar was added to the train from 18 July 1977, but drunken behaviour became an issue, with offending passengers being removed from the train at intermediate stations. The typical timetable of the 1970s had a Melbourne departure at 21:20 and an arrival into Mildura at 08:05.〔 The train was promoted as one of the Victorian Railways' premier trains, in 1974 Victorian Railways sponsored a race meeting of the Mildura Racing Club, with the winner receiving the Vinelander Plate.〔 In 1984 a parallel road coach commenced operations. A day train named the ''Sunraysia'' commenced in 1987 but was withdrawn in 1990.〔 The last ''Vinelander'' ran on 12 September 1993 after the cutbacks of the Kennett State Government.〔 A service review was announced by the Bracks Government in 2000, in part due to the independent politician Russell Savage enabling the formation of a minority Labor government in the 1999 Victorian state election. The service never returned. 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「Vinelander」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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