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The station is owned, operated and maintained by Civic Nexus, a subsidiary of IFM Investors and operating as Southern Cross Station Pty Ltd, [4] under a 30-year lease to 2036 from the Victorian State Government, as part of a public-private partnership. [5] [6] Southern Cross Station contracts Infranexus for management services. Infranexus is ...
The loop connects to Melbourne's two busiest stations, Flinders Street and Southern Cross, and together with the Flinders Street Viaduct forms a ring of four individual tracks around the CBD. Eleven metropolitan lines of the Melbourne rail network run through the City Loop, organised into four separate groups, the Burnley/City Circle, Caulfield ...
V/Line is a statutory authority that operates regional passenger rail and coach services in the Australian state of Victoria.It provides passenger train services on five commuter routes and eight long-distance services from its major hub at Southern Cross railway station in Melbourne.
In October 1889, the Upfield railway line was extended to Somerton, but closed in July 1903.In March 1928, despite strong resistance from the Railways Commissioners, the state government ordered the reopening of the section from Fawkner to near Somerton for passengers, [7] although no actually connection was provided at this time.In May 1956, the line from Fawkner to Somerton was again closed ...
Operated by V/Line, it is the state's fourth longest railway line at 267.3 kilometres (166.1 mi). The line runs from Southern Cross station in central Melbourne to Warrnambool station in the south-west, serving 21 stations via Wyndham Vale, Geelong, Waurn Ponds, and Colac. [1]
The station is owned by VicTrack, a state government agency, and the station is operated by Metro Trains. [5] The station is 10.61 kilometres (6.59 mi), or a 25-minute train journey, from Southern Cross station. [8] The adjacent stations are Tooronga station up towards Melbourne, and Glen Iris station down towards Glen Waverley. [6]
Old 47 kg/m (95 lb/yd) rail between Melbourne and Albury was also replaced with new 60 kg/m (121 lb/yd) rail. Since passenger trains receive priority over freight trains, a freight-only track known as the Southern Sydney Freight Line was added in Sydney in 2012. This single track line (with two crossing loops) allows freight trains to travel ...
The Overland in blue and purple livery at Southern Cross Station, Melbourne, in 2009 From 2015, ownership of Great Southern Rail passed through a series of private equity funds, first to Allegro Funds in May 2015, [ 60 ] then Quadrant Private Equity in October 2016 (at which time it was rebranded to "Journey Beyond"), [ 61 ] [ note 1 ...