Carriages
Carriage coding, features and numbers are as follows:
- XFH- Economy Class, Booked Luggage & Guard's Lookout: XFH 2104 – XFH 2110, XFH 2112 and XFH 2113
- XF- Economy Class: XF 2200 – XF 2224
- XBR- First Class & Buffet: XBR 2150 – XBR 2158. XBR 2157 was rebuilt from economy class saloon XD 2225 and XBR 2158 from economy saloon/luggage car XDH 2111 both by United Goninan, Broadmeadow
- XL- First Class: XL 2228 – XL 2236. XL 2233 – 2236 were rebuilt by United Goninan from XFH/XDH saloon/luggage cars
- XAM- First Class sleeping car, can also be used as a day sitting car: XAM 2175 – XAM 2182
XL2228 - XL2232 and the XAMs were built by ABB Transportation, Dandenong, the rest by Comeng, Granville.
Typically XPTs operate with five carriages to Dubbo, six on the North Coast and seven to Melbourne. CountryLink operate the XAM cars on all North Coast and Melbourne services.
The XPT fleet is maintained at Meeks Road Depot, a purpose built depot at Sydenham.
Read more about this topic: Country Link XPT, Fleet