Starting 29 January, the Victorian Government introduced 80 new weekly train services across the network. The new V/Line timetable also marked the opening of Caroline Springs Station, providing direct services to this booming community in Melbourne’s west for the very first time.
There are new services on the Maryborough, Shepparton, Warrnambool, Bendigo, Ballarat, Geelong and Gippsland lines.
On Ballarat, Maryborough, Bendigo and Gippsland lines there are 10 extra services per week each, on Wyndham and Shepparton lines, 5 extra services per week each, on Warrnambool line 12 extra services and on Geelong, 18 extra services per week.
The 80 extra regional train services are the first of more than 170 announced as part of the Victorian Budget 2016/17, and are on top of the more than 340 new regional services already introduced by the Government.
The budget included AUD 1.3 billion (USD 981 million) for better regional public transport, including USD 149.4 million to rebuild V/Line, USD 194 million for new regional train carriages and USD 391 million for the Ballarat Line Upgrade.
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