V/Line

V/Line is a not for profit regional passenger train and coach service in Victoria, Australia. It was created after the split-up of VicRail in 1983. V/Line is owned by the V/Line Corporation which is a Victorian State Government statutory authority. V/Line operates to 85 railway stations and a larger number of coach stops, and operates 1,444 rail services and 592 coach services every week across regional Victoria. The V/Line system carried a record 15,554,638 passengers in the 2011-12 financial year, a 6.2% increase on the previous year, and is the fastest growing rail business in Australia. All train lines experienced patronage increases during the year: Geelong 130,000 additional trips, Bendigo 90,000, Ballarat 110,000, Gippsland 90,000 and Seymour 80,000. V/Line is also track manager of the Victorian intrastate rail network outside of the Australian Rail Track Corporation and Metro Trains Melbourne leases. It has a fleet of 134 carriages.