- This article is about the V/Line service. For the railway itself see Port Fairy railway line
The Warrnambool Line is a regional passenger rail service operated by V/Line in Victoria, Australia. It serves passengers between state capital Melbourne and the regional city of Warrnambool.
History
In 1993 passenger services on the line were contracted to the private company West Coast Railway. This arrangement remained until 2004 when the contract was handed back to the State Government. V/Line have since operated services on the line. Marshall station in Geelong was opened on the line in 2004,[1] and Sherwood Park station in Warrnambool in 2006.[2]
Services
Mondays through to Saturdays, V/Line operates three daily passenger trains in each direction on the Warrnambool line from Southern Cross Station in Melbourne. On Sundays two operate in each direction. Services as far as Waurn Ponds station are operated as the Geelong Line. Services run by Metro Trains Melbourne also operate as far as Werribee station as the Werribee Line.
Classified by V/Line as an Intercity service, a snack bar is provided on board trains, and first class accommodation is available. Locomotive hauled N type carriages are used, and all services run semi-express between Geelong and Melbourne, stopping only at major stations.
Bold stations are termini, where some train services terminate; and stations with an asterisk (*) are staffed part-time.
On 22 December 2013, V-Line Warrnambool train services no longer stop at North Melbourne Station as part of the Regional Rail Link.
From 12 October 2014, V-Line Warrnambool train services stop at Waurn Ponds Station as part of the extension of the Geelong line.
From 21 June 2015, V-Line Warrnambool train services will no longer stop at Werribee and Newport stations on the Werribee Line with the opening of Regional Rail Link. Instead, they will ply via new dedicated tracks, stopping at Wyndham Vale Station and Tarneit Station before proceeding to Footscray Station and terminating at Southern Cross Station.[3]
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