Passing Lanes
To improve travel times and increase line capacity, the 300 kilometres (190 mi) of line between Junee and Melbourne is to be partially duplicated in a configuration called Passing lanes. Existing crossing loops are mostly 900 metres (3,000 ft) and 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) long, and these will be enhanced by loops 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) long which are long enough to be regarded as nearly double track.
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