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The Warrnambool line forms a somewhat curved route from the Melbourne central business district to its terminus. The route is 267.3 kilometres (166.1 mi) long and is doubled tracked up until Waurn Ponds where it narrows to one track. Exiting the city, the Warrnambool line traverses somewhat flat country.
This line is now closed beyond Warrnambool, [7] with the last train leaving Port Fairy on 10 September 1977, hauled by B75, with the line officially closing on 12 September 1977. [8] A branch line was built from Koroit (between Warrnambool and Port Fairy) to Hamilton (on the Ararat – Portland railway), via Penshurst, in 1890.
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 former timetable includes all trains, the latter fast express trains only. Chinese Railway Timetable [6] Published irregularly (last January 2015) by Duncan Peattie, in English. It includes all trains shown in the Chinese Railway Passenger Train Timetable, but not all stations.
It is common for a trains to be in all three platforms e.g.: Platform 1: Down Waurn Ponds service Platform 2: Up service, stopping all stations Platform 3: Up express service from Warrnambool Platform 1: Geelong line services to South Geelong, Marshall, Waurn Ponds and Southern Cross Warrnambool line services to Warrnambool and Southern Cross
From mid-1993 to 31 August 2004, the Warrnambool service was operated by the now-defunct West Coast Railway. Continues from the Geelong line service. Winchelsea; Birregurra; Colac; Camperdown; Terang; Sherwood Park; Warrnambool; These trains also connect with coach services to Port Fairy, Portland and Mount Gambier.
Waurn Ponds is the terminus for many V/Line's Geelong line services. Located between Oakwood Crescent and Rossack Drive, the station was initially to be named Grovedale, but was renamed Waurn Ponds before opening.
Operated by Metro Trains Melbourne, it is the city's ninth longest metropolitan railway line at 32.9 kilometres (20.4 mi). The line runs from Flinders Street station in central Melbourne to Werribee station in the south-west, serving 17 stations via Footscray , Newport , and Altona . [ 2 ]