Victoria has completed major maintenance and renewal works on the Bendigo, Swan Hill and Echuca lines and trains are now back up and running.
Construction crews replaced nearly 40,000 sleepers and 25,000 tonnes of ballast between Sunbury to Swan Hill.
Nine rail bridges were also strengthened, including installation of a new deck on the Taradale viaduct, and waterproofing work on the Malmsbury viaduct and Forest Creek bridge in Castlemaine.
Other work included repairing the roof at Woodend Station, removing mud holes between Eaglehawk and Dingee, signalling works on the Bendigo line and upgrades to the pedestrian subway at Macedon Station.
The USD 46 million maintenance and renewal package is part of USD 1.3 billion Government programme provided in the Victorian Budget 2016/17 to improve regional public transport, including more than more than 170 new services, 27 new VLocity carriages and USD 198 million to rebuild the capacity of V/Line.
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