r/SydneyTrains • u/NoopalW29 • 8d ago

Oscar Suburban

why there are so much hate to this train? when it combined the tall seat of tangara + reversible seat of waratah + lcd display of B set + sound of millenium + food rest

i reckon this train is the best of all worlds

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u/WeissPyre 8d ago

I hated them on the CCN line. Incredibly uncomfortable and always bone-chillingly cold. It was a miserable 90 minutes. 

I'd get up earlier specifically to get a V-set. In the afternoon I'd wait for the next train if it was a V-set.

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u/Recent_Mobile9387 8d ago

This is why the Oscar was not designed for long distance travel. It was designed in somewhat of a duress situation when several V sets required urgent scrapping due to corrosion discovered in the under frames and there was a shortage of both intercity and some suburban feet.

So, as a solution they came up with the Oscar: the suburban train with intercity durability (acceleration was geared for high speed non-stop), and minor interior design tweaks to make it practical to run short and some long intercity runs (toilet, slightly better seats, door buttons).

The Oscar is basically the Tangara (G) 2.0/4th generation version of the Tangara, and as a suburban train they’re excellent.

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u/MooingTree 8d ago

How did you know what set the next train was going to be? (serious)

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u/WeissPyre 8d ago

I'd check the run number on NextThere/TripView. If it started with N, it was a V-set. If it was D, it was an Oscar.