operated as three or six cars. From 30 May 2022, nine-car VLocity trains started operating between Wyndham Vale and Southern Cross during peak hours. The VLocity is authorised to run in revenue service: on the North East line from Melbourne to Seymour, Shepparton, and on standard gauge to Albury on the Gippsland line from Melbourne to Traralgon and Bairnsdale on the Bendigo line from Melbourne to Bendigo, and then to Eaglehawk on the Swan Hill line and Echuca on the Echuca line on the Warrnambool line from Melbourne to Waurn Ponds on the Serviceton line to Ballarat and then to Ararat, and from Ballarat to Maryborough on the Mildura line. VLocity trains are permitted to run up to only on lines where all level crossings are protected by boom gates and lights and track upgrades have been completed. However, services to Echuca and Ararat run on lines that do not meet these standards, and as a result, cannot reach their full speed. The Echuca line is currently undergoing works to allow it to reach . In 2017, the State Government announced upgrade works to extend VLocity services to Warrnambool, Albury and Bairnsdale, and in 2019 announced upgrades to allow them to run to Shepparton. A VLocity simulator is used by V/Line for driver training. The simulator replicates the driving cabin of the VLocity and includes forward vision and rear mirror graphics and audio effects. An instructor positioned outside the simulator can control track conditions and replicate some faults with the train itself. With the completion of the new Avon River Bridge at Stratford and various line upgrade works VLocity services commenced to Bairnsdale in July 2018. On 21 June 2020, a 9-car train, consisting of sets 3VL7, 3VL63 and 3VL23, undertook a test run from Southern Cross to Wyndham Vale to test 9-car operation and platform fitat several stations. As of June 2022 there is now 9 carriage services from Wyndham Vale and Southern Cross in peak periods. Standard gauge VLocity services on the Albury line began on 30 December 2021. VLocity services to Shepparton began revenue services from 31 October 2022. Notes Explanatory notes Citations References Bombardier Transportation multiple units Diesel multiple units of Victoria (Australia) Alstom multiple units