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High Capacity Metro Trains at Newport Workshops

The new High Capacity Metro Train (HCMT) fleet is being assembled by Downer at the Newport Workshops in Melbourne's west, with the body shells assembled by CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles in China.

Shunting the MP1 carriage for unit 2 over the traverser

Sunday 7 April 2019 1:26 PM
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Towbar stored between uses

Sunday 7 April 2019 1:20 PM
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Almost completed DMP carriage sitting out in the open

Sunday 7 April 2019 1:20 PM
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Almost completed DMP carriage sitting out in the open

Sunday 7 April 2019 1:19 PM
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Plastic wrap starting to fall off the TC2 carriage for unit 5

Sunday 7 April 2019 1:18 PM
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Almost completed MP2 carriage for unit 2 out in the open

Sunday 7 April 2019 1:16 PM
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Timber boxes branded CRRC containing parts for the MP DMP1 DT and DMP2 carriages

Sunday 7 April 2019 1:14 PM
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More HCMT carriages in various states of construction sit in the open

Sunday 7 April 2019 1:14 PM
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Trio of HCMT carriages in various states of construction under the open canopy

Sunday 7 April 2019 1:14 PM
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'Bigger trains for a better Melbourne' sign at the entrance to Newport Workshops

Saturday 8 December 2018 6:48 PM
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More plastic wrapped HCMT carriages stored outside the shed at Newport

Saturday 8 December 2018 6:45 PM
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More plastic wrapped HCMT carriages stored outside the shed at Newport

Saturday 8 December 2018 6:45 PM
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An unfinished TC car sits beneath the unloading shed

Saturday 8 December 2018 6:45 PM
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More HCMT body shells waiting outside the sheds at Newport

Wednesday 28 November 2018 11:45 PM
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Complete HCMT set now assembled, and waiting for a political photo op

Tuesday 30 October 2018 3:21 PM
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Complete HCMT set now assembled, and waiting for a political photo op

Tuesday 30 October 2018 3:19 PM
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Some work still to be completed to the TC car

Nose door opened to expose the coupler.

Saturday 27 October 2018 2:07 PM
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Pantograph atop a DMp1 carriage

Saturday 27 October 2018 2:07 PM
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Specs of a HCMT carriage TC car

24380 x 3060 x 3880mm in size, 19200 kg gross, 18500 kg net weight

Saturday 27 October 2018 2:04 PM
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Doors leading into stations 1-8, 9-10 and 11-12 of the HCMT production line

Saturday 27 October 2018 1:57 PM
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Traverser parked outside the sheds

Saturday 27 October 2018 1:56 PM
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'Tiltwatch' sensor affixed to a HCMT carriage body

Saturday 27 October 2018 1:52 PM
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NITEQ model RRM-500 hi-rail shunter moving between roads

Saturday 27 October 2018 1:43 PM
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NITEQ model RRM-500 hi-rail shunter moving between roads

Saturday 27 October 2018 1:43 PM
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