New South Wales HUB type carriage stock

The HUB type carriage stock was a type of air conditioned passenger carriage operated by the New South Wales Government Railways from April 1948 until April 2000.

The HUB set cars were ordered by the Department of Railways New South Wales in 1943 to operate services from Sydney to Newcastle. Originally the contract was for an additional 25 N type carriages, but due to wartime restrictions construction was delayed and the contract was amended with the carriages being altered to air conditioned and an additional 3 cars added to the order.[1] The contract was awarded to Tulloch Limited, Rhodes who built the 28 carriages numbered 2212 to 2239 between 1947 and 1949, and formed into four sets of seven carriages. Each carriage was 19.83 metres in length.[2] The cars consisted of:

The 4 sets coded HUB were numbered 116-119, with each set originally consisting of HFH, RFH, BH, BH, RBH, FH and PFH.[1] The first set entered service in April 1948 on the Newcastle Flyer.[3] One briefly operated the Riverina Express before being transferred to the South Coast Daylight Express and them in 1956 to the Central West Express to Orange.

From the 1970s, the HUB sets ceased operating as fixed formations and the carriages were operated with RUB and stainless steel rolling stock on services throughout the state.[4][5]

They ceased operating the Newcastle Flyer services in April 1988[6] and many were withdrawn as a number of locomotive hauled services ceased in the early 1990s. Some remained in service with CityRail on Southern Highlands services to Goulburn until replaced by Endeavour railcars in 1994.

Most were auctioned in August 1994 with the State Rail Authority retaining five.[7] In 1996 three were returned to traffic for use on CountryLink's new services to Broken Hill and Griffith[2] before being withdrawn in April 2000.[8]

Surviving HUB carriages

NumberOriginal codeOwnerLocationNotes
HFZ 2213HFHPrivate OwnerLightning RidgeConverted to cottage
HFZ 2214HFHPrivate ownerKundle KundleConverted to cottage
FFH 2216PFHLithgow State Mine Heritage Park & RailwayLithgow
FHH 2217PFHPrivate ownerWerris Creek
FHH 2218PFHTransport Heritage NSWBroadmeadow Locomotive Depot
PFZ 2219PFHNew South Wales Rail Transport MuseumThirlmere
RDH 2220BHRailCorpBroadmeadow Locomotive Depot
BH 2221BHDorrigo Steam Railway & MuseumDorrigo
BHA 2222BHUnknownThe Gap
BHA 2223BHLachlan Valley RailwayCowraReturned to service as part of Blue Zephyr set 2013
BH 2224BHZTransport Heritage NSWBroadmeadow
BH 2225BHCommunity (used for guest accommodation)Menindee
BDS 2226BHCanberra Railway MuseumCanberra
FH 2228FHEaglehawk Holiday ParkSuttonStatic accommodation
FH 2230 FHRailCorpBroadmeadow Locomotive Depot
FH 2231FHUnknownMarangaroo
RDH 2233RFHRailCorpBroadmeadow Locomotive Depot
RDH 2235RFHUnknownGrenfell
RDH 2237RBHLachlan Valley RailwayCowraConverted to static sleeping carriage
RDH 2239RBHUnknownRothbury

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Cooke, David (2003). Coaching Stock of the New South Wales Railways. Eveleigh Press. ISBN 1-876568-01-1.
  2. 1 2 "Countrylink's 'new' Daylight Express cars" Railway Digest February 1996 page 40
  3. ↑ Flyer. Sydney: New South Wales Rail Transport Museum. 1970. p. 17. ISBN 0 909862 16 8.
  4. ↑ Rdh 2220 - Coaching stock - Unclassed/Buffet Car Department of Environment & Heritage
  5. ↑ Rdh 2233 - Buffet/Daynighter Saloon Car Department of Environment & Heritage
  6. ↑ "The End of the Flyers" Railway Digest June 1988 page 215
  7. ↑ "Rolling Stock - Carriage Auction Results" Railway Digest October 1994 page 38
  8. ↑ "CountryLink Loco-Hauled Services Cancelled" Railway Digest May 2000 page 7
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