Talk:Sydney Trains M set

Organisation of CityRail rollingstock articles
Shouldn't there be a common summary article about CityRail sets, and all existing pages named in a standard fashion e.g. by their letter codes or names e.g. V-Set (CityRail) (or DDIU (CityRail)), T-Set (CityRail) (or Tangara (CityRail), Endeavour (CityRail) etc? The current array is pretty messy and there is no table to link them all together as per the CityTrain, Connex Melbourne and other Australian systems. SM247 20:28, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Should make the point that the M set is now the most reliable train on the Sydney Network.

Car Numbers
Does anyone know the car numbers for the M-sets? I think these should be added to the article if anyone knows them. All the other CityRail sets have the numbers in the articles. I'm talking about the: motor cars N10xx-N10xx and driving trailers D15xx-D15xx. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.122.108.171 (talk) 16:59, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Ordered for Olympics?
Unless very wrong I recall that these trains were 'hyped-up' as aimed at being in service for the 2000 Olympics, which they missed by years. I think there was also media mention they would have trouble working on the new Chatswood line as it was too steep for them. I think the first point (Olympics) is at least worthy of a mention. --220.101.28.25 (talk) 07:25, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Yes, in the late 1990's, they were being promoted as the "Olympian" class trains. And yes, when introduced, their excessive current-draw meant that they overloaded the electrical supply on the newly-opened section. Thus, the new trains could only be used on the old tracks, and the new tracks could only support the old trains.--Boiler Room 4 (talk) 11:46, 9 January 2015 (UTC)