Farewell EMU01 9-11 August 2019

[ozbob]

EMU 01 will be doing Ekka shuttles on Friday 9th then Citytrain lines over this weekend.

Details not yet up on QR website. 

[ozbob]

After four decades in service, it's time to farewell the 'EMU01'. 🚉 Join us for its farewell tour of special services across the network from 9-11 August & a community event & re-enactment this Sunday of its first passenger journey in 1979. For more info👉https://t.co/oZntFwS3iV pic.twitter.com/Pzs5H7DEuX

— Queensland Rail (@QueenslandRail) August 8, 2019

[ozbob]

https://www.queenslandrail.com.au/aboutus/mediacentre/farewelling-queenslands-first-electric-train

Farewelling Queensland's first electric train



​After four decades in service, it's time to farewell the state's first electric train, 'EMU01', as it takes to the tracks for the very last time this Sunday (11 August).

To mark its retirement, Queensland Rail is hosting special services from 9-11 August, in which EMU01 will embark on journeys across the South East Queensland network for a final time.

EMU01 made its debut in 1979. Many Queenslanders will still remember the day, on 4 September 1979, when the state's first electric train made its debut at Roma Street station, as testing of the newly electrified track commenced.

Following months of testing and a special weekend of festivities, the EMU trains went on to commence timetabled services for the very first time on 19 November 1979, with EMU01 embarking on Queensland's first timetabled electric train journey, from Ferny Grove station through to Darra.

On Sunday, 11 August 2019, EMU01, paired with EMU04, will re-enact its first timetabled passenger journey from 1979, travelling from Ferny Grove to Darra station.

Queensland Rail customers and members of the public are invited to come along to a farewell event at Ferny Grove station to celebrate EMU01's final day in service.

The event will start at 9.30am, with EMU01, paired with EMU04, to arrive at the station at 9.36am and be on display on Platform 2, prior to departing Ferny Grove at 10.17am, stopping all stations to Darra.

Station by station timetables below:

Farewell tour timetable: Saturday (PDF, 162KB)

Farewell tour timetable: Sunday (PDF, 151KB)

[ozbob]

Queensland Rail EMU 01/04 at Ferny Grove station for the opening of the first stage of the rail electrification in Queensland, 17 Nov 1979. This will be restaged tomorrow, Sunday 11th August.https://t.co/4mx13w76A6#qldpol pic.twitter.com/1JfCLxzQtk

— RAIL_BoT_Forum (@railbotforum) August 9, 2019

[ozbob]

Saturday 10th August.  Going to try to make the run out to Ipswich ex Goodna today.

[ozbob]

On board EMU 01 pic.twitter.com/VsMrcppTnz

— ozbob13 (@ozbob13) August 10, 2019

Farewell EMU 01 pic.twitter.com/GQkroWauks

— ozbob13 (@ozbob13) August 10, 2019

Driver view pic.twitter.com/98d59I0yKn

— ozbob13 (@ozbob13) August 10, 2019

Goodna DOWN
🙋 pic.twitter.com/YXq0FISuyW

— ozbob13 (@ozbob13) August 10, 2019

[brissypete]

I'm doing the Cleveland return, I've noticed the auto announcements are disabled. I'll guess it's to make it a bit more like it was 40 years ago.

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[brissypete]

Old and New at Cleveland. Taken with 7.5mm fish eye lens.

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[ozbob]

^ marvellous photograph Pete.  Can we use that for our 2019 Christmas Greetings card?  (with acknowledgement of course).

[ozbob]

Sent to all outlets:

11th August 2019

Farewell EMU 01

Good Morning,

This weekend Queensland Rail have celebrated the retirement of class leader EMU 01 with a weekend tour of a number of Citytrain lines.

Yesterday I boarded EMU 01 at Goodna for the final revenue service to Ipswich, and return.  It was pleasing to note the passengers going for a final ride on this champion.  Rail and public transport enthusiasts a plenty, and many passengers with perhaps not the keen interest of the aforementioned but wanting to be part of this chapter of Citytrain history.

Today (11th August 2019) at Ferny Grove, commencing at 9.30am there will be a farewell event before EMU 01/04 will re-enact the first timetabled passenger journey that was on the 17th November 1979 from Ferny Grove to Darra Station.  The train will depart Ferny Grove at 10.19am for Darra, and will return from Darra to Ferny Grove at 11.46am.  This afternoon the final revenue service for EMU 01 will be a journey to the Gold Coast.  See https://www.queenslandrail.com.au/aboutus/mediacentre/farewelling-queenslands-first-electric-train for detailed timetables.

The Queensland Rail Citytrain EMU fleet have been the mainstay of our suburban rail network in SEQ for 40 years.  Arguably, one of the best electric multiple unit (EMU) trains to have been built in Australia. They were manufactured by Walkers Limited, Maryborough Queensland for Queensland Rail between 1979 and 1986.  It is sad to see them being decommissioned, but we thank Queensland Rail CEO Mr Nick Easy and all staff for arranging this very appropriate farewell event.

Outstanding!

Best wishes,

Robert

Robert Dow
Administration
admin@backontrack.org
RAIL Back On Track https://backontrack.org


Photographs:




Queensland Rail EMU 01 / 04 at Ferny Grove station for the opening of the first stage of the rail electrification in Queensland

17th November 1979  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_multiple_unit_(Queensland_Rail)#/media/File:EMU01_at_the_opening_of_Queensland_rail_electrification.jpg




EMU 01 / 04 at Ipswich for the final revenue service.

10 August 2019 R B Dow

[ozbob]

Queensland Rail EMU 01 / 04 at Ferny Grove station for the opening of the first stage of the rail electrification in Queensland 17 Nov 1979.
EMU 01 / 04 at Ipswich for the final revenue service. 10 Aug 2019#qldpol pic.twitter.com/qh9A7WeGaK

— RAIL_BoT_Forum (@railbotforum) August 10, 2019

[ozbob]

Facebook ...

[brissypete]

^ marvellous photograph Pete.  Can we use that for our 2019 Christmas Greetings card?  (with acknowledgement of course).

Sure thing and thank you for the compliment let me know if you want a full resolution file

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[aldonius]

At Ferny Grove now. Mix of train fans, QR/Govt people and extremely confused punters.

(FG has markets in the station car park on Sunday mornings.)

EMU 01 yet to arrive.

9:26 All the rail fans psyched out by the arrival of EM 49 and 46 for the 10:02 run. Read the PIDs, folks. 01 can't get here until the 9:32 departs.

9:42 well, it's been here for a few minutes now. ALL of the photos being taken.

[ozbob]

See you at Darra.  I hope to be there for the arrival at 11.22am.

[aldonius]

See you at Darra.  I hope to be there for the arrival at 11.22am.

I'll be off before Darra, sadly - but I will at least be making it past Milton, so I get the movement through the City.

[achiruel]

At Ferny Grove now. Mix of train fans, QR/Govt people and extremely confused punters.

(FG has markets in the station car park on Sunday mornings.)

EMU 01 yet to arrive.

9:26 All the rail fans psyched out by the arrival of EM 49 and 46 for the 10:02 run. Read the PIDs, folks. 01 can't get here until the 9:32 departs.

9:42 well, it's been here for a few minutes now. ALL of the photos being taken.

Haha yes, I arrived on EMU49 and was confused by all the people taking video/photo of it lol. Just about to arrive Alderley.

Edit: basically a full seated load in car 301, there's a few empty seats but enough standees to fill them. Not sure about loads in other cars or EMU04.

[ozbob]

Arrival at Darra EMU 04 / 01 pic.twitter.com/6TFwlQrfhs

— ozbob13 (@ozbob13) August 11, 2019

Good crowd at Darra pic.twitter.com/yS7QZguJP0

— ozbob13 (@ozbob13) August 11, 2019

[ozbob]

Queenslanders have the chance to take a ride into rail history. It's 40 years since the first electric service in Brisbane, and tomorrow will be the last day for that original train. #7NEWS pic.twitter.com/iIHN6GXFHy

— 7NEWS Brisbane (@7NewsBrisbane) August 10, 2019

[SurfRail]

Just finished the run from Ferny Grove to Robina, excellent trip - made all the better by the very, very limited onboard announcements. 

[ozbob]

Just finished the run from Ferny Grove to Robina, excellent trip - made all the better by the very, very limited onboard announcements. 

  Might be the last time an EMU gets south of Beenleigh.

[ozbob]

^ marvellous photograph Pete.  Can we use that for our 2019 Christmas Greetings card?  (with acknowledgement of course).

Sure thing and thank you for the compliment let me know if you want a full resolution file

Sent from my G8141 using Tapatalk

Thanks!  You can email it to me at admin@backontrack.org

[ozbob]

Farewell EMU 01https://t.co/qVoI6KAWaV#qldpol
EMU 01 at Darra 11th August 2019 - now officially ' retired '. This unit has travelled over 12 million km since 1979 on the Citytrain network. pic.twitter.com/KzLs6pOxUP

— RAIL_BoT_Forum (@railbotforum) August 11, 2019

[ozbob]

Queensland's original electric train left the platform for the final time today. After 40 years of good service, it went for the final run from Ferny Grove to Darra. #7NEWS pic.twitter.com/gKrRPq0aYs

— 7NEWS Brisbane (@7NewsBrisbane) August 11, 2019

[ozbob]

Letter to the Editor Queensland Times 13th August 2019 page 21

Fond farewell for champion train

[ozbob]

Sent to all outlets:

13th August 2019

EMU 01 now ' retired '

Good Morning,

Feedback on the weekend activities by Queensland Rail for the ' retirement ' of EMU 01 and the fact that the EMUs are being decommissioned has been overwhelming positive even if tinged with a little sadness at the inevitable loss from regular service of these Queensland trains.

Letter to the Editor Queensland Times 13th August 2019 page 21

Fond farewell for champion train






EMU 01 / 04 about to depart from Goodna for the final time in revenue service.. A couple of us waved and ' saluted ' as the train departed.
The Driver waved and a gave a big thumbs up! Photograph R Dow 10th August 2019

Best wishes,
Robert

Robert Dow
Administration
admin@backontrack.org
RAIL Back On Track https://backontrack.org

Sent to all outlets:

11th August 2019

Farewell EMU 01

Good Morning,

This weekend Queensland Rail have celebrated the retirement of class leader EMU 01 with a weekend tour of a number of Citytrain lines.

Yesterday I boarded EMU 01 at Goodna for the final revenue service to Ipswich, and return.  It was pleasing to note the passengers going for a final ride on this champion.  Rail and public transport enthusiasts a plenty, and many passengers with perhaps not the keen interest of the aforementioned but wanting to be part of this chapter of Citytrain history.

Today (11th August 2019) at Ferny Grove, commencing at 9.30am there will be a farewell event before EMU 01/04 will re-enact the first timetabled passenger journey that was on the 17th November 1979 from Ferny Grove to Darra Station.  The train will depart Ferny Grove at 10.19am for Darra, and will return from Darra to Ferny Grove at 11.46am.  This afternoon the final revenue service for EMU 01 will be a journey to the Gold Coast.  See https://www.queenslandrail.com.au/aboutus/mediacentre/farewelling-queenslands-first-electric-train for detailed timetables.

The Queensland Rail Citytrain EMU fleet have been the mainstay of our suburban rail network in SEQ for 40 years.  Arguably, one of the best electric multiple unit (EMU) trains to have been built in Australia. They were manufactured by Walkers Limited, Maryborough Queensland for Queensland Rail between 1979 and 1986.  It is sad to see them being decommissioned, but we thank Queensland Rail CEO Mr Nick Easy and all staff for arranging this very appropriate farewell event.

Outstanding!

Best wishes,

Robert

Robert Dow
Administration
admin@backontrack.org
RAIL Back On Track https://backontrack.org


Photographs:




Queensland Rail EMU 01 / 04 at Ferny Grove station for the opening of the first stage of the rail electrification in Queensland

17th November 1979  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_multiple_unit_(Queensland_Rail)#/media/File:EMU01_at_the_opening_of_Queensland_rail_electrification.jpg




EMU 01 / 04 at Ipswich for the final revenue service.

10 August 2019 R B Dow

[ozbob]

Latest: EMU 01 now ' retired 'https://t.co/qccmXOSU0h#qldpol
EMU 01 / 04 about to depart from Goodna for the final time in revenue service..
A couple of us waved and ' saluted ' as the train departed.
The Driver waved and a gave a big thumbs up!
Photo R Dow 10th August 2019 pic.twitter.com/IQtKMOQSzi

— RAIL_BoT_Forum (@railbotforum) August 12, 2019

[ozbob]

We're not crying, you're crying!😢On Sunday we said our final farewell to the EMU01. This workhorse has been transporting commuters around SEQ since 1979, clocking up around 12,000,000 kilometres in its long career🚊A massive thank you to everyone who joined us on Sunday! pic.twitter.com/CzVP7zHHFh

— Queensland Rail (@QueenslandRail) August 15, 2019

[Mozz]

Interesting comparison - with a recent retirement announcement in the UK:

https://www.railpage.com.au/news/s/first-pacer-train-withdrawn-from-northern-service

1979 to 2019 (40 years) - 12,000,000 KM

to

1987 to 2019 (32 years) - 5,000,000 KM