Silver Sunset - K set trip with SBM-HET-STM
Join the Sydney Bus Museum, Sydney Tramway Museum and Historic Electric Traction as we tour Sydney and the Short North on the last remaining shiny silver stainless steel train, the K set.
Tour Information - (TO BE CONFIRMED) - TICKET SALES WILL COMMENCE ONCE THE TRIP IS FULLY CONFIRMED *This is imminent*
Date: Saturday 30 May 2026
The tour will commence from Central Station (Sydney Terminal - platform 3) at 9:03am. This will be the ONLY pick up for the tour.
Leg 1. Sydney Terminal DEPARTS PLATFORM 3 9:03am to Gosford, with stops at Epping and Hawkesbury River.
Leg 2. Gosford to Central, with stops at Koolewong, Waitara.
Leg 3. Central to Hurstville, with a stop at Arncliffe.
Lunch Break - Hurstville Station 1h15min.
Leg 4. Hurstville to Bondi Junction Turnback (Passengers can alight at Bondi while the train traverses the turnback).
Leg 5. Bondi Junction Turnback to Macarthur via East Hills, pick up at Bondi Junction, stops at a mystery platform between Revesby and Campbelltown.
Leg 6. Macarthur to Clarendon.
Leg 7. Clarendon to Strathfield ARRIVE 7:24pm.
**Some Addtional Photo Stops are to be confirmed**
***Passengers who leave the tour at a photo stop and do not rejoin the tour will be considered a break of journey
****All passengers must abide by the standard on board rules for travel on board a Sydney Trains service.
*****Photo stops will be approximately 4 minutes. Please alight the train, take your photos and rejoin. The Guard will make one long blast of the whistle 30 seconds before the doors close, before performing right of way duties at departure time.
Tickets -
General Admission - $80
SBM/STM/HET Member - $65*
(*a code will be emailed out by your relevant organisation, if you do not receive it please contact your organisation to get the code off them before booking)
Please select a carriage when booking to board the train in at Central to expedite ticket checking, once the train departs you are welcome to move to another car. Car 1 is the leading car (Redfern end), Car 4 is the trailing end (Central buffer stops end).
Background on K set trains -
Operating from 1981 to 2026, the K set trains introduced Air Conditioning and extended peak hour suburban services between Gosford and the Sydney Metropolitan Area to connect into the North Shore Line and North Sydney. These trains also saw limited deployment on the South Coast Line. The second batch of K set trains featured factory installed Air Conditioning, a first for Suburban Trains. The entire fleet was later retrofitted.
The K sets were a follow on order from the 509 S set train carriages, and built by Goninan in Newcastle. 160 cars were built. 56 similar C set chopper control trains were introduced from 1985. Following the retirement of the V-set train in January 2026, these are the only stainless steel bodied trains remaining in service. They are scheduled for retirement very soon, with only 2 8 car sets remaining in regular traffic.
This tour is one not to be missed.
For this tour Sydney Bus Museum will handle ticketing, ticket checks and on board merchandise sales.
Historic Electric Traction will manage platforms and train running, and provide on board information via the public address system.
Sydney Tramway Museum (SPER) will provide historic notations and memorabilia from their collection to assist with the day.
We welcome our friends at STM and HET who are currently committed to many other exciting projects in the Transport Heritage sector, notably this year HET's ongoing efforts to prepare for a big celebration of 100 years of electric trains throughout the remainder of 2026, aswell as an event which SBM will support on street level for the opening of the first section of the Sydney Underground in Q4 2026.
Tour Information - (TO BE CONFIRMED) - TICKET SALES WILL COMMENCE ONCE THE TRIP IS FULLY CONFIRMED *This is imminent*
Date: Saturday 30 May 2026
The tour will commence from Central Station (Sydney Terminal - platform 3) at 9:03am. This will be the ONLY pick up for the tour.
Leg 1. Sydney Terminal DEPARTS PLATFORM 3 9:03am to Gosford, with stops at Epping and Hawkesbury River.
Leg 2. Gosford to Central, with stops at Koolewong, Waitara.
Leg 3. Central to Hurstville, with a stop at Arncliffe.
Lunch Break - Hurstville Station 1h15min.
Leg 4. Hurstville to Bondi Junction Turnback (Passengers can alight at Bondi while the train traverses the turnback).
Leg 5. Bondi Junction Turnback to Macarthur via East Hills, pick up at Bondi Junction, stops at a mystery platform between Revesby and Campbelltown.
Leg 6. Macarthur to Clarendon.
Leg 7. Clarendon to Strathfield ARRIVE 7:24pm.
**Some Addtional Photo Stops are to be confirmed**
***Passengers who leave the tour at a photo stop and do not rejoin the tour will be considered a break of journey
****All passengers must abide by the standard on board rules for travel on board a Sydney Trains service.
*****Photo stops will be approximately 4 minutes. Please alight the train, take your photos and rejoin. The Guard will make one long blast of the whistle 30 seconds before the doors close, before performing right of way duties at departure time.
Tickets -
General Admission - $80
SBM/STM/HET Member - $65*
(*a code will be emailed out by your relevant organisation, if you do not receive it please contact your organisation to get the code off them before booking)
Please select a carriage when booking to board the train in at Central to expedite ticket checking, once the train departs you are welcome to move to another car. Car 1 is the leading car (Redfern end), Car 4 is the trailing end (Central buffer stops end).
Background on K set trains -
Operating from 1981 to 2026, the K set trains introduced Air Conditioning and extended peak hour suburban services between Gosford and the Sydney Metropolitan Area to connect into the North Shore Line and North Sydney. These trains also saw limited deployment on the South Coast Line. The second batch of K set trains featured factory installed Air Conditioning, a first for Suburban Trains. The entire fleet was later retrofitted.
The K sets were a follow on order from the 509 S set train carriages, and built by Goninan in Newcastle. 160 cars were built. 56 similar C set chopper control trains were introduced from 1985. Following the retirement of the V-set train in January 2026, these are the only stainless steel bodied trains remaining in service. They are scheduled for retirement very soon, with only 2 8 car sets remaining in regular traffic.
This tour is one not to be missed.
For this tour Sydney Bus Museum will handle ticketing, ticket checks and on board merchandise sales.
Historic Electric Traction will manage platforms and train running, and provide on board information via the public address system.
Sydney Tramway Museum (SPER) will provide historic notations and memorabilia from their collection to assist with the day.
We welcome our friends at STM and HET who are currently committed to many other exciting projects in the Transport Heritage sector, notably this year HET's ongoing efforts to prepare for a big celebration of 100 years of electric trains throughout the remainder of 2026, aswell as an event which SBM will support on street level for the opening of the first section of the Sydney Underground in Q4 2026.
Saturday 30 May 2026 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM (UTC+10)
Location
Central Station, Eddy Avenue, Haymarket
Railway Colonnade Drive, Haymarket NSW 2000
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Silver Sunset - K set trip with SBM-HET-STM
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