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English: Map of the railway network of Victoria, Australia for 2014. Excludes suburban network as seen in :Image:Melbourne_railways_map.gif, as well as V/Line passenger stations close to Geelong and Ballarat. Lines are grouped by V/Line Interurban / Intercity classifications, and region groupings. Freight and tourist railway lines also included.
Rail transport in the Australian state of Victoria is provided by a number of railway operators who operate over the government-owned railway lines. The network consists of 2,357 km of Victorian broad gauge (1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)) lines, and 1,912 km of standard gauge (1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in)) freight and interstate lines; the latter increasing with gauge conversion of the former.
Southern Cross station the hub of regional rail passenger services The Victorian rail network. V/Line is the operator of regional rail services in the Australian state of Victoria. [1] The stations are located on 13 passenger train lines, which all operate from Southern Cross station in Melbourne. Stations listed in bold are terminus stations.
Metropolitan railway stations include: terminus stations, premium stations staffed from first to last train (and all night during Night Network, except the underground city loop stations and Southern Cross stations, which close between 00.30–01:00) who provide extra assistance and information to commuters, and host stations that are staffed ...
The Melbourne railway network comprises 17 railway lines organised into six groups and is operated by Metro Trains Melbourne. The first section of the network opened in 1854, making the Melbourne metropolitan rail network the oldest rail system in Australia. Most of the network is above ground, with the main underground section being the City ...
The metropolitan rail network is centred around the Melbourne central business district (CBD) and consists of 221 railway stations across 16 lines, which served a patronage of 182.5 million over the year 2023–2024. [2] It is the core of the larger Victorian railway network, with regional links to both intrastate and interstate rail systems.
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The Victorian Railways (VR), trading from 1974 as VicRail, was the state-owned operator of most rail transport in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1983. The first railways in Victoria were private companies, but when these companies failed or defaulted, the Victorian Railways was established to take over their operations.