Test Project 1009
Project overview
We are delivering a new, state-of-the-art fleet of intercity trains, called the Mariyung, that will provide a new level of comfort and convenience for the thousands of customers who travel between Sydney and the Central Coast and Newcastle, the Blue Mountains, and the South Coast.
Key benefits
Improved accessibility, enhanced safety, improved comfort and modern features including:
- wider, more spacious two-by-two seating for extra room and comfort with arm rests, tray tables, and high seat backs
- charging ports for mobile devices, and dedicated spaces for luggage, prams and bicycles
- improved accessibility including dedicated space for wheelchairs and accessible toilets
- improved customer information through digital information screens and announcements, CCTV and help points, and modern heating, ventilation and air conditioning.
The 55-train fleet with 554 new carriages will offer improved safety, accessibility, comfort and modern features for customers who make almost 45 million journeys a year on the electrified intercity network.
Take a tour of the new train here:
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Name of the new fleet
In April 2021, it was announced that the New Intercity Fleet is being named “Mariyung”, the Darug word for Emu, in acknowledgement of local Aboriginal culture.
The Mariyung fleet will run through many Aboriginal Countries such as Darug country, as well as at final destinations in Wiradjuri Country in the west at Lithgow; Awabakal Country to the north at Newcastle and Dharawal Country to the south at Kiama.
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Following the first test run to Katoomba Station on the Blue Mountains Line in 2020, a Mariyung train travelled from Sydney to Lithgow, marking the first time a new electric train has travelled to the station since the last of the V-Sets was introduced 30 years ago.