History
V/Line once operated services to Horsham and Dimboola. All services beyond Ballarat were withdrawn on 27 May 1994, and in 1995 the One Nation Program regauged the line beyond Ararat. The broad-gauge line between Ballarat and Ararat was closed to all traffic, with the broad-gauge passenger service from Ballarat to Ararat not reinstated until 2004 under the Linking Victoria program.
By 2009, a total of 48,000 passengers or an average of 1,000 week were using the line.
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