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The current V/Line timetable has weekday services operating approximately every 20 minutes from Southern Cross to either South Geelong or Waurn Ponds in an alternating pattern. Some services originate and terminate at Wyndham Vale. [22]
As part of those works, the railway line between Waurn Ponds and South Geelong is being duplicated, [9] as well as the construction of a new maintenance and stabling facility. [10] Major works at the station were completed in January 2022, [ 11 ] with all station upgrades, including the second platform, in use by 31 May of that year.
It quickly became the second-busiest station on the V/Line network after Southern Cross. [6] Part of the southern car park at the station permanently closed in May 2023 to make way for the construction of a new bus interchange. Both the northern and southern car parks have been expanded, with the additional spaces in the northern car park ...
V/Line operates rail services to the regional cities of Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong, Seymour, Traralgon, Ararat, Maryborough, Echuca, Swan Hill, Albury, Bairnsdale, Warrnambool and Shepparton. In addition, V/Line coach buses connect with many rail services at major stations to serve towns located away from the passenger rail network. [87]
Metro Trains Melbourne operates suburban passenger services along the inner section of the line as far as Werribee, while V/Line operates the Geelong and the Warrnambool services. For 11 years, from 19 September 1993 until 31 August 2004, the Melbourne to Warrnambool passenger service was run by the private West Coast Railway company.
The locomotives were originally built between 1985 and 1987 for V/Line by Clyde Engineering with a total of 25 produced. The locomotives are shared with other V/Line long-distance regional services and have been in service since 1985. In addition to locomotives, VicRail N-class carriages are also in use by V/Line. The carriage sets have both ...
South Geelong has two side platforms. It is serviced by V/Line Geelong line and selected Warrnambool line services. [13] [14] A number of services terminate at South Geelong, but the majority continue to Waurn Ponds. Platform 1: Geelong line services to Southern Cross Warrnambool line one weekday evening and two weekend services to Southern Cross
The Geelong-Ballarat-Bendigo Rail Link is a proposed railway project that would link Victoria's three largest regional cities and provide rail access to the towns of Bannockburn, Lethbridge, Meredith, Lal Lal, Carisbrook, Newstead, Harcourt, and Golden Square. a study was commissioned in 2012.