Demise
The 1980s saw a corporatisation and modernisation of the Victorian Railways, which was rebranded as VicRail, and then as V/Line. Working practices were altered, with freight trains having their guards vans and guards abolished from 1985.
Under the New Deal for passenger services guards were relocated from separate vans into compartments inside the new N, Z and H type carriage sets themselves. The guards themselves were removed from passenger trains in 1989, and replaced by conductors.
Driver only suburban trains commenced running in 1993, with the last suburban train crewed by a guard running in November 1995. The Siemens and X'Trapolis 100 trains delivered since this time have no provision for guards.
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