Services
V/Line operates rail services to the regional cities of Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong, Seymour and Traralgon as well as Ararat, Maryborough, Echuca, Swan Hill, Albury, Bairnsdale, Warrnambool and Shepparton. In addition, V/Line road coaches connect with many rail services at major stations to serve towns away from the main rail network.
Rail services are grouped into two classes - shorter distance Interurban and longer distance Intercity services. Interurban services operate more frequently than Intercity services, and Intercity services usually have first class accommodation provided as well as snack bar facilities.
All rail services depart from Southern Cross Station in Melbourne on the following lines.
- South West Region or Geelong Line which continues as the Warrnambool Line
- Western Region or Ballarat Line which continues as the Ararat Line and the Maryborough Line
- Northern Region or Bendigo Line which extends as the Swan Hill Line and the Echuca Lines.
- North East Region or Seymour Line which extends as the Shepparton Line and the Albury-Wodonga Lines
- Eastern Region or Traralgon Line which continues as the Bairnsdale Line
Rail services once extended to Dimboola, Mildura, Cobram and Leongatha but were discontinued in 1993.
The services to Ararat and Bairnsdale were also withdrawn in 1993, but were restored in 2004. In December 2008 as part of the Victorian Transport Plan the state government announced that V/Line rail passenger services would be extended to Maryborough station at a cost of $50 million, commencing 25 July 2010.
V/line also runs numerous intrastate and interstate coach services that may run wholly as a coach service or operate as a coach connecting with a rail service.
Below is a list of interstate coach service that V/line operates:
- Canberra Link - Melbourne (Southern Cross) - Canberra via Albury this service runs as a train to Albury and then a coach to Canberra
- Capital Link - Melbourne (Southern Cross) - Canberra via Bairnsdale this service runs as a train to Bairnsdale and then a coach to Canberra
- Daylink - Melbourne (Southern Cross) - Adelaide via Bendigo this service runs as a train to Bendigo and then a coach to Adelaide
- Sapphire Coast Link - Melbourne (Southern Cross) - Batemans Bay via Bairnsdale this service runs as a train to Bairnsdale and then a coach to Batemans Bay
- Speedlink - Sydney - Adelaide via Albury. This service does not travel to Melbourne and runs as the Countrylink XPT train from Sydney to Albury and then a coach from Albury to Adelaide
- Murraylink - Mildura - Albury This service does not travel to Melbourne and operates entirely as a coach.
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