Shared Lines
Where dedicated lines do not exist, intrastate broad gauge freight trains are required to share tracks with Metro Trains Melbourne suburban and V/Line regional services. Freight trains are timetabled off-peak around passenger services, and are often required to wait at freight terminals if they miss their assigned time. Regularly used lines include:
- Geelong / Werribee lines towards Melbourne, until Newport station.
- Ballarat and Bendigo / Sunbury lines and towards Melbourne, until Sunshine station.
- Albury-Wodonga / Craigieburn lines towards Melbourne, until Broadmeadows station.
- Bairnsdale / Pakenham lines for the entire length to Flinders Street.
- Frankston line for the entire length to Flinders Street, and the Stony Point line from Long Island Junction.
In the inner city freight trains are routed via the westernmost lines at Southern Cross Station, the double track (newest) Viaduct, and the southern tracks at Flinders Street Station.
Read more about this topic: Freight Railways In Melbourne
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