Melbourne has a large suburban railway network, which is 1600mm/5'3" broad gauge, and electrified at 1500v DC using overhead wires. This video follows the timeline of the many different types of train used on the network since the wires went live in 1919. These trains are all Electric Multiple Units (EMUs) that have seen regular suburban passenger service - I am not covering electric locomotives or non-passenger vehicles in this video. **Ride the preserved Tait set!!** Check Steamrail's upcoming tours page here: https://www.steamrail.com.au/tours Please note that the Tait set only operates occasionally, and there may not always be a tour listed. To keep up to date and get notified about newly listed tours, it's best to follow them on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/steamrail And visit the Newport Railway Museum to see Victoria's biggest public display of historic trains, including the electric cars mentioned in this video: https://newportrailwaymuseum.org.au/ Want to help support the channel, get early access to new content and exclusive behind the scenes videos? Join me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Taitset If you liked this video and want to hear me bang on about other transport stuff, the full video list is here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXmkoPHEvd7pkSpihIU5rssq4Kq4QHf2u Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - The Tait trains 01:41 - The Swingdoor trains 02:25 - Tait/Swingdoor comparison 03:31 - The Harris trains 04:08 - The Hitachi trains 05:06 - The early 70s/Swingdoor withdrawal 05:44 - The Comeng trains 06:12 - Tait withdrawal 06:33 - Harris refurbishment/Grey Ghosts 07:21 - Harris withdrawal 07:45 - The 4D/Melbourne's double deck experiment 09:24 - Privatisation arrives 09:41 - The X'trapolis trains 10:15 - The Siemens trains 10:44 - Comeng refurbishment 11:02 - Hitachi refurbishment & withdrawal 12:22 - The HCMT trains 13:37 - Here we are in 2022 14:02 - Where are they now? (Preservation!) 15:48 - Conclusion/Some nice Comeng acceleration #trains #railways #melbourne #transport