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The Dandenong rolling stock factory in South Dandenong, Melbourne, Australia was opened in 1954 by Commonwealth Engineering, it has since been operated by ABB, Adtranz and Bombardier and
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History

The Dandenong rolling stock factory was built by Commonwealth Engineering opening in 1954. In 1990 the plant was sold to ABB. It was included in the 1996 merger of ABB and Daimler's rail interests as Adtranz, the 2000 takeover of Adranz by Bombardier and the 2021 takeover of Bombardier by
Alstom Alstom SA is a French multinational rolling stock manufacturer operating worldwide in rail transport markets, active in the fields of passenger transportation, signalling, and locomotives, with products including the AGV, TGV, Eurostar, Avelia ...
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Output


Trains

* 180 Comeng EMU sets * 20
3000 class railcar The 3000/3100 class are a class of diesel railcars operated by the State Transport Authority and its successors in Adelaide. They were built by Comeng and Clyde Engineering between 1987 and 1996 and are the workhorse of the non-electrified sub ...
s * 4 New South Wales XPT power cars and 13 trailers * 21 New South Wales Xplorer railcars * 30 New South Wales Endeavour railcars * 109 V/Line VLocity sets * 31 Adelaide Metro 4000 class sets


Trams

* 230
Z class Melbourne tram The Z-class are single-unit bogie trams that operate on the Melbourne tram network. Between 1975 and 1983, 230 trams spanning three sub-classes were built by Comeng, Dandenong. The design was based on two similar Gothenburg tram models, and a ...
s * 70 A-class Melbourne trams * 132 B-class Melbourne trams * 100 E-class Melbourne trams * 70 trams for the Hong Kong Light RailDateline Hong Kong 8-8-88 '' Transit Australia'' January 1989 page 10


References

{{Victorian Rail Workshops, state=collapsed Adtranz Alstom Bombardier Transportation Locomotive manufacturers of Australia Manufacturing plants in Melbourne Railway workshops in Victoria (state) 1954 establishments in Australia