V/Line Train runs out of fuel
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Your not going to believe this one, but here goes.

Driving to work before 7am this morning the news and traffic reports were talking about a V/Line country passenger train that had run out of fuel.

The V/Line operated country passenger train service [VIctoria, Australia] was headed into Melbourne, and aparently ran out of fuel whilst on a shared part of the system and so was obstructing the fluid movement of the morning peak hour rush services to and from the Western suburbs of Melbourne.

"I dont believe it", I groaned, shaking my head, thinking of all the ensuing transport and traffic chaos to follow, thankful that I was headed away from the trouble going to the final day of a basic scaffold ticket course work had sent me on.

Here is an article from the Herald Sun [Melbourne] about the trouble.

UPDATE 9.10am: RAIL passengers in Melbourne's west are facing delays of up to an hour after a country train ran out fuel.
The V/Line train was on its way to the city from Marshall on the Geelong line when it came to a halt at Footscray about 5.45am.
A Metro spokeswoman said delays of up to an hour were expected on the Williamstown and Werribee lines in both directions this morning.
The knock-on effect is also causing delays of up to 20 minutes for Craigieburn services, while Sydenham line commuters should brace for delays of up to 10 minutes.
"Metro apologises,'' the spokeswoman said. "We are doing our best to recover the services.
"But it will cause delays across the morning and we hope to have things back to normal for the afternoon.''
A V/Line spokeswoman said the driver of the diesel locomotive had checked an outside fuel gauge before departure and it appeared there was enough fuel.
There was no gauge inside the cabin to give any indication of a problem.
"Now it is up to us to work out why the gauge didn’t correspond to the fuel in the tank," the spokeswoman said.
Services on the Geelong line are returning to normal after earlier delays.
"It’s an awful thing to happen," the spokeswoman said.
"I apologise unreservedly for this morning and we are looking into it."
A Metro train is being used to shunt the problem V/Line train to Flinders Street Station.
So far at least 10 Metro morning services have been cancelled.
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Mark
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