<kuid2:29535:100571:1> Adelaide Metro 3000 Class Railcar - TS12 SP1

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History of the Adelaide Metro 3000 Class Railcar:

In March 1985 the State Transport Authority awarded a tender for 20 diesel multiple units (eight 3000 class units with a cab at each end and and twelve 3100 class with a cab at one end only) to Comeng, Dandenong. The design was based on the stainless steel shell of the Comeng electric train then in production for Melbourne's Melbourne, but 2.3 metres longer and with only two doors per side. Because of a contractual requirement to maxmise local content, the fitout was conducted at Dry Creek. The first entered service in November 1987. A further 50 were ordered and built between 1992 and 1996 by Clyde Engineering, still at Comeng's former Dandenong factory.

Refurbishment & electrification

In the 2008/09 State Budget it was announced that five out of six of Adelaide's railway lines were to be electrified commencing with the Noarlunga and Gawler lines. This was to have resulted in 58 of the 3000/3100 class railcars being converted to electric operation with the remaining 12 to be retained as DMUs for operation on the Belair railway line However with the Gawler line electrification now in doubt after Federal Government funding was withdrawn, this may change. It is anticipated that all converted 3000 class railcars will be semi-permanently coupled into two car sets sharing a single pantograph, and reclassified as the 3200 class. The 3100's existing semi-permanently coupling will remain unchanged other than being converted to electric traction.

The 3 Operator's over the years:

[1] State Transport Authority (STA)

[2] TransAdelaide

[3] Adelaide Metro