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Australia Melbourne Hitachi Electric Train

The early Metropolitan Transit Authority was established in July 1983, and superceded by "The Met" in 1989 - "The Met" lasted until privitisation in 1999. New operators took over (Connex, and M>Train ).

These units, Hitach Electric cars were constructed 1972–1981 and entered service 1972 - September 2008 Scrapping was commenced in 2003 to present. Number built 118 (3 car sets) , Fleet numbers 273-300 (Motors), 1901-2017 (Trailers), 1-237 (Former Motor Numbers). Capacity 536 seated (6 car) Car body construction Fluted stainless steel, maximum speed 112 km/h / 70mph

Current collection method Stone-Faiveley ‘V’-type pantograph (original builds) Metropolitan-Vickers 'Diamond'-type pantograph (used as replacements). Gauge 1600mm Broad Gauge.

6 car setup:
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•295M-1994T-296M - 281M-1946T-282M (was 7M-1994T-225M - 89M-1946T-99M)
•288M-1979T-287M - 276M-1910T-275M (was 37M-1979T-36M - 110M-1910T-42M)
•279M-1922T-280M - 293M-1987T-294M (was 57M-1922T-184M - 49M-1987T-196M)
•284M-1975T-283M - 291M-1982T-292M (was 46M-1975T-22M - 65M-1982T-88M)
•285M-1977T-286M - 274M-1909T-273M (was 129M-1977T-179M - 21M-1909T-10M)
•278M-1919T-277M - 300M-2007T-299M (was 144M-1919T-9M - 233M-2007T-23M)
•290M-1981T-289M - 297M-1999T-298M (was 197M-1981T-3M - 105M-1999T-178M)

These models are passenger enabled, with opening doors, built for TS2009 and TS2010 utilizing speclral and normal mapping and include Level of Detail reduction in distance to reduce load on your computer. Inside and cab views are included for the avid 'ride-along' enthusiast. Front destinations may be set in Surveyor, from a collection of 30 typical destinations, more may be added at your request.

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The Hitachi pack contains 3 different trains (4 unit M-T-T-M) in any livery (Connex, Metro yellow/green or plain), passenger enabled, animated cab crew, animated doors, including 12 months warranty, all updates and fixes for $14 US. You may specify numbers/livery and 30 popular route destinaton names are provided and are user selectable in Surveyor. Livery option is plain, Connex, Metro, Metro green/yellow. Full weathering add $1 per train unit. Individual 4 unit trains available for $8 each.

- to Order, click on the PayPal logo below, and tell me which numbers/liveries (Connex, Metro yellow/green or plain) you require, or they will be assigned -
- My account reference is barn700@yahoo.com delivery upon confirmation from PayPal -
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