Fruit Flyer

Fruit Flyer
Overview
Service type Freight train
First service 13 October 1958
Former operator(s) Victorian Railways
Route
Start Mildura
Stops Irymple
Red Cliffs
Carwarp
Hattah
End Dynon Freight Terminal
Distance travelled 566 kilometres
Average journey time 10 hours
Service frequency 6 x weekly (Sun-Fri)
Line used Mildura
Serviceton
Technical
Track gauge 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Operating speed 110 km/h

The Fruit Flyer was a fast overnight freight train operated by the Victorian Railways to bring fruit produce from the Mildura district to the Melbourne Markets. It first ran on 13 October 1958.[1]

It departed Mildura at 17:00, loading at Irymple, Red Cliffs, Carwarp and Hattah before running express to Dynon Freight Terminal arriving at 03:00. To allow it to operate at the line speed of 110 km/h, the wagons were fitted with bogies similar to those fitted on passenger carriages.[1]

It initially operated three times weekly on Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights, but within a few weeks this had increased to four times.[1][2] By 1961 it was running six times a week, Sunday to Friday.[3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Express Freight Service" Railway Gazette 14 November 1958 page 592
  2. "Express Freight Service" Railway Gazette 2 January 1959 page 8
  3. ”Fruit Flyer” Railway Gazette 14 April 1961 page 417
  4. ”By Fruit Flyer” The Age 28 November 1969 page 20
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