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The original promise was for trains to run to Geelong in 45 minutes, Ballarat in 60 minutes, Bendigo in 80 minutes, and Traralgon in 90 minutes. [30] However, this was soon changed to add four minutes to each journey. In the 2007 V/Line timetables, it takes the Traralgon service 111 minutes to the city. [37]
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.
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.
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.
Geelong Fast Rail was one project identified in the Western Rail Plan as a matter of priority, as it would allow for Geelong and Warrnambool services to travel back via the Werribee line, cutting travel time and allowing electrification of other corridors to occur which are currently being served exclusively by V/Line trains. [39] Phase 1 of ...
The current V/Line timetable has weekday services operating approximately every 20 minutes between Melton and Southern Cross; and every 40 minutes between Wendouree and Southern Cross. [ 2 ] Per the current timetable, the first service on the line to Southern Cross is timetabled for 04:13, and it is the only train to originate from Ballarat ...
CDC Geelong operates seven bus routes via Geelong station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: [13] 1 : North Shore station – Deakin University Waurn Ponds Campus [14] 19 : Geelong – Bannockburn [15] 20 : to Corio Shopping Centre [16] 22 : to North Shore station [17] 24 : to North Geelong station [18] 25 : to Bell Post Hill [19]
V/Line rail ticket: standard V/Line conductor issued ticket with GTS code marked on it; V/Line rail ticket with GTS travel included. The myki smartcard ticketing system was introduced on four Geelong bus routes in December 2008, [10] and on 2 March 2009 all Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula bus routes were switched to myki. [2]