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For the bus service in the United States, see <a href="/wiki/V-Line" title="V-Line">V-Line</a>.</div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Australian regional rail company</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title" style="font-size: 125%;">V/Line Corporation</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:VLine_logo_(2014).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/75/VLine_logo_%282014%29.svg/150px-VLine_logo_%282014%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/75/VLine_logo_%282014%29.svg/225px-VLine_logo_%282014%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/75/VLine_logo_%282014%29.svg/300px-VLine_logo_%282014%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="438" data-file-height="228" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:VL81_Ballarat_Station.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/VL81_Ballarat_Station.jpg/220px-VL81_Ballarat_Station.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/VL81_Ballarat_Station.jpg/330px-VL81_Ballarat_Station.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/VL81_Ballarat_Station.jpg/440px-VL81_Ballarat_Station.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3583" data-file-height="4777" /></a></span><br />A <a href="/wiki/V/Line_VLocity" title="V/Line VLocity">VLocity</a> train at <a href="/wiki/Ballarat_railway_station" title="Ballarat railway station">Ballarat station</a>.</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Corporation overview</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formed</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>1 July 1983<span style="display: none;"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1983-07-01</span>)</span> (as State Transport Authority brand)</li> <li>1 October 2003<span style="display: none;"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2003-10-01</span>)</span> (as statutory corporation)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Preceding corporation</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Railways" title="Victorian Railways">Victorian Railways</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Statutory_authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Statutory authority">Statutory authority</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Employees</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2,419 <span style="font-size:85%;">(June 2022)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Annual budget</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Australian_dollar" title="Australian dollar">AUD</a>$1.2 billion <span style="font-size:85%;">(2021–22 income)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ministers responsible</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Gabrielle_Williams" title="Gabrielle Williams">Gabrielle Williams</a>, Minister for Public and Active Transport</li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Tim_Pallas" title="Tim Pallas">Tim Pallas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Victoria" title="Treasurer of Victoria">Treasurer</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Corporation executives</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Howard Ronaldson, Chair</li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Matt Carrick, CEO</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent department</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Transport_and_Planning" title="Department of Transport and Planning">Department of Transport and Planning</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent agency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Transport_for_Victoria" title="Transport for Victoria">Transport for Victoria</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Key document</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Transport_Integration_Act_2010" title="Transport Integration Act 2010">Transport Integration Act 2010</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://vline.com.au">vline<wbr />.com<wbr />.au</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Footnotes</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><sup id="cite_ref-vline-annual-report-202122_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vline-annual-report-202122-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Victorian-railway-network-map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Victorian-railway-network-map.svg/250px-Victorian-railway-network-map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Victorian-railway-network-map.svg/375px-Victorian-railway-network-map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Victorian-railway-network-map.svg/500px-Victorian-railway-network-map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="6821" data-file-height="4713" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Victorian railway network in 2014</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Overview</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Locale</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a>, Australia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Railways" title="Victorian Railways">Victorian Railways</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Public_Transport_Corporation" title="Public Transport Corporation">Public Transport Corporation</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Technical</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Track_gauge" title="Track gauge">Track gauge</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/5_ft_3_in_gauge_railways" title="5 ft 3 in gauge railways"><span class="nowrap">1,600 mm</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">5 ft 3 in</span>)<br /><span class="nowrap">1,435 mm</span> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">8<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in</span>) <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard gauge</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>V/Line</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Statutory_authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Statutory authority">statutory authority</a> that operates <a href="/wiki/Regional_rail" title="Regional rail">regional passenger rail</a> and <a href="/wiki/Intercity_bus_service" title="Intercity bus service">coach services</a> in the Australian state of <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(state)" title="Victoria (state)">Victoria</a>. It provides passenger train services on five <a href="/wiki/Commuter_rail" title="Commuter rail">commuter routes</a> and eight <a href="/wiki/Inter-city_rail" title="Inter-city rail">long-distance services</a> from its major hub at <a href="/wiki/Southern_Cross_railway_station" title="Southern Cross railway station">Southern Cross railway station</a> in <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>. It also provides coach bus services across Victoria and into <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Australian Capital Territory">Australian Capital Territory</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Australia" title="South Australia">South Australia</a>. In addition, V/Line is responsible for the maintenance of the Victorian freight and passenger rail network outside of the areas managed by <a href="/wiki/Metro_Trains_Melbourne" title="Metro Trains Melbourne">Metro Trains Melbourne</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Rail_Track_Corporation" title="Australian Rail Track Corporation">Australian Rail Track Corporation</a>. </p><p>The V/Line brand was introduced after the split-up of <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Railways" title="Victorian Railways">VicRail</a> in 1983, and has been used by all successive operators of the state's regional public transport network. Until 1999, when its freight operations were privatised, V/Line Freight was also a government provider of the state's rail freight services. From 2004 the main operating rail company V/Line Pty Ltd was owned by the V/Line Corporation, a <a href="/wiki/Victoria_State_Government" title="Victoria State Government">Victorian state government</a> <a href="/wiki/Statutory_corporation" title="Statutory corporation">statutory corporation</a>. In 2016, V/Line Corporation became a subsidiary agency of <a href="/wiki/Public_Transport_Victoria" title="Public Transport Victoria">Public Transport Victoria</a> and in July 2021 V/Line transitioned from a <a href="/wiki/State-owned_enterprise" title="State-owned enterprise">government-owned corporation</a> to a statutory authority. </p><p>In the 2023–24 financial year, V/Line carried 23.8 million passengers, mostly on its railway lines, which have experienced considerable patronage growth since 2005 due to improved services and population increases.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Victoria" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria">COVID-19 pandemic</a> had a significant impact on usage, with patronage falling to 10.7 million passengers in 2021–22.<sup id="cite_ref-vline-annual-report-202122_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vline-annual-report-202122-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> V/Line's operations, particularly those on long-distance routes, remain heavily subsidised by the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Victorian Government">Victorian Government</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=V/Line&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_a_government_authority">As a government authority</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=V/Line&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: As a government authority"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 1 July 1983, the <a href="/wiki/State_Transport_Authority_(Victoria)" title="State Transport Authority (Victoria)">State Transport Authority</a> and a range of other transport bodies were created, when the <a href="/wiki/Transport_Act_1983" title="Transport Act 1983">Transport Act 1983</a> came into effect.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new authority replaced <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Railways" title="Victorian Railways">VicRail</a>, and established the V/Line operating brand for both country passenger and freight. The VicRail orange and silver "teacup' livery used on passenger rolling stock was replaced in August 1983 by an orange and grey livery. The white and green V/Line logo was launched on Sunday 21 August 1983 by the transport minister, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Crabb" title="Steve Crabb">Steve Crabb</a>, at <a href="/wiki/Southern_Cross_railway_station" title="Southern Cross railway station">Spencer Street station</a>, with special trains running to <a href="/wiki/Essendon_railway_station" title="Essendon railway station">Essendon</a> to mark the occasion.<sup id="cite_ref-Railmac_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Railmac-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was altered when on 1 July 1989 the Transport (Amendment) Act took effect, merging the State Transport Authority with the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Transit_Authority_(Victoria)" title="Metropolitan Transit Authority (Victoria)">Metropolitan Transit Authority</a> to form the <a href="/wiki/Public_Transport_Corporation" title="Public Transport Corporation">Public Transport Corporation</a> (PTC).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The relationship between the country V/Line and suburban "<a href="/wiki/Public_Transport_Corporation" title="Public Transport Corporation">The Met</a>" brands was blurred, with the <a href="/wiki/V/Line_Sprinter" title="V/Line Sprinter">Sprinter</a> trains delivered in the 1993–1995 period appearing in PTC colours but with both PTC and V/Line logos.<sup id="cite_ref-V/Linecars_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-V/Linecars-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 30 April 1984, the first V/Line country coach service commenced with a daily Melbourne to Mildura service being introduced, replacing services formerly operated by <a href="/wiki/Ansett_Pioneer" title="Ansett Pioneer">Ansett Pioneer</a> and Holidaymakers of Mildura. It was operated under contract by Holidaymakers and Mildura Bus Lines.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 2 December 1984, the <i>Speedlink</i> service was introduced. This involved a road coach operating from <a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Central_bus_station" title="Adelaide Central bus station">Adelaide</a> via <a href="/wiki/Albury_railway_station" title="Albury railway station">Albury</a> where it connected with the <a href="/wiki/State_Rail_Authority" title="State Rail Authority">State Rail Authority</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Riverina_Express" title="Riverina Express">Riverina XPT</a></i> to <a href="/wiki/Central_railway_station,_Sydney" title="Central railway station, Sydney">Sydney</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other new coach services introduced were <a href="/wiki/Warrnambool_railway_station" title="Warrnambool railway station">Warrnambool</a> to <a href="/wiki/Mount_Gambier_railway_station" title="Mount Gambier railway station">Mount Gambier</a> on 19 November 1984, <a href="/wiki/Lang_Lang_railway_station" title="Lang Lang railway station">Lang Lang</a> to <a href="/wiki/Inverloch,_Victoria" title="Inverloch, Victoria">Inverloch</a> on 9 December 1984, Warrnambool to <a href="/wiki/Ballarat_railway_station" title="Ballarat railway station">Ballarat</a> on 3 June 1985, Albury to <a href="/wiki/Mildura_railway_station" title="Mildura railway station">Mildura</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dandenong_railway_station" title="Dandenong railway station">Dandenong</a> to <a href="/wiki/Cowes,_Victoria" title="Cowes, Victoria">Cowes</a> both on 2 September 1985, and <a href="/wiki/Cobram_railway_station" title="Cobram railway station">Cobram</a> to <a href="/wiki/Shepparton_railway_station" title="Shepparton railway station">Shepparton</a> and Melbourne to Shepparton both on 27 October 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 27 April 1987, the Canberra Link coach service commenced. A Mylon Motorways coach for <a href="/wiki/Jolimont_Centre" title="Jolimont Centre">Canberra</a> connected with a train service from Melbourne at <a href="/wiki/Wodonga_railway_station" title="Wodonga railway station">Wodonga</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the same date a service commenced from Mildura to <a href="/wiki/Broken_Hill" title="Broken Hill">Broken Hill</a>, connecting off <i>The Sunraysia</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 1 July 1994, the operation of some of V/Line's regional passenger services was contracted out to the private sector. <a href="/wiki/Hoys_Roadlines" title="Hoys Roadlines">Hoys Roadlines</a> took over the Melbourne to <a href="/wiki/Cobram" title="Cobram">Cobram</a> service with trains operated under contract by V/Line to <a href="/wiki/Shepparton_railway_station" title="Shepparton railway station">Shepparton</a> with Hoys operating a road coach service beyond.<sup id="cite_ref-Hoys_Contract_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hoys_Contract-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The service from Melbourne to <a href="/wiki/Warrnambool_railway_station" title="Warrnambool railway station">Warrnambool</a> was operated by <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Railway_(Victoria)" title="West Coast Railway (Victoria)">West Coast Railway</a> who operated their own trains throughout.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both of these returned to being operated by V/Line in 2004. </p><p>Passenger rail services to <a href="/wiki/Leongatha_railway_station" title="Leongatha railway station">Leongatha</a> ceased on 24 July 1993, <a href="/wiki/Bairnsdale_railway_station" title="Bairnsdale railway station">Bairnsdale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cobram_railway_station" title="Cobram railway station">Cobram</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dimboola_railway_station" title="Dimboola railway station">Dimboola</a> on 21 August 1993, <a href="/wiki/Mildura_railway_station" title="Mildura railway station">Mildura</a> on 13 September 1993 and <a href="/wiki/Ararat_railway_station" title="Ararat railway station">Ararat</a> on 27 May 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1995, the freight and passenger rail divisions of V/Line were divided, with a new red, blue, and white livery for its passenger trains.<sup id="cite_ref-NewsrailNov05_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NewsrailNov05-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This split was finalised on 1 July 1997 when separate management was brought in.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 1 July 1998, operation of the <a href="/wiki/Stony_Point_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Stony Point railway line">Stony Point line</a> passed to <a href="/wiki/M-Train" title="M-Train">Bayside Trains</a>. V/Line continues to lend rolling stock to <a href="/wiki/Metro_Trains_Melbourne" title="Metro Trains Melbourne">Metro Trains Melbourne</a> to operate the service.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Privatisation">Privatisation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=V/Line&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Privatisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Freight_Victoria">Freight Victoria</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=V/Line&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Freight Victoria"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Melbourne_Yard_West_Tower_2021.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Melbourne_Yard_West_Tower_2021.jpg/300px-Melbourne_Yard_West_Tower_2021.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Melbourne_Yard_West_Tower_2021.jpg/450px-Melbourne_Yard_West_Tower_2021.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Melbourne_Yard_West_Tower_2021.jpg/600px-Melbourne_Yard_West_Tower_2021.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2042" data-file-height="1360" /></a><figcaption>Melbourne Yard West Tower 2021</figcaption></figure> <p>V/Line Freight was sold to a consortium of <a href="/wiki/RailAmerica" title="RailAmerica">RailAmerica</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fluor_Daniel" class="mw-redirect" title="Fluor Daniel">Fluor Daniel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Macquarie_Bank" class="mw-redirect" title="Macquarie Bank">Macquarie Bank</a> and <a href="/wiki/UGL_Rail" title="UGL Rail">A Goninan & Co</a> and rebranded as <a href="/wiki/Freight_Australia" title="Freight Australia">Freight Victoria</a> effective from 1 May 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sale included a 45-year lease of most regional track (passenger and freight), with responsibilities for track, signalling and level crossings, with access to passenger sections of track granted to V/Line Passenger.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The state government had not wanted to sell rights to the track infrastructure, but was persuaded by bids by three primarily American consortia which argued greater efficiencies could be accomplished by <a href="/wiki/Vertical_integration" title="Vertical integration">vertical integration</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Greig_2002_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greig_2002-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After being renamed Freight Australia in March 2000, it was sold to <a href="/wiki/Pacific_National" title="Pacific National">Pacific National</a> in August 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2007 Pacific National sold the rail lease of the network back to <a href="/wiki/VicTrack" title="VicTrack">VicTrack</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CanberraTimes_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CanberraTimes-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="National_Express">National Express</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=V/Line&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: National Express"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 29 August 1999, <a href="/wiki/National_Express" class="mw-redirect" title="National Express">National Express</a> took control of V/Line Passenger, having won a 10-year concession in competition with <a href="/wiki/FirstGroup" title="FirstGroup">FirstGroup</a>, Freight Victoria, <a href="/wiki/GB_Railways" title="GB Railways">GB Railways</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prism_Rail" title="Prism Rail">Prism Rail</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_Group" title="Stagecoach Group">Stagecoach</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> National Express also operated the <a href="/wiki/M-Tram" title="M-Tram">M>Tram</a> and <a href="/wiki/M-Train" title="M-Train">M>Train</a> franchises in Melbourne.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It included all country rail operations in Victoria, with the exception of the <a href="/wiki/Shepparton_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Shepparton railway line">Shepparton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Port_Fairy_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Port Fairy railway line">Warrnambool</a> services previously franchised in 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>National Express inherited a fleet of <a href="/wiki/V/Line_A_class" title="V/Line A class">A</a>, <a href="/wiki/V/Line_N_class" title="V/Line N class">N</a>, <a href="/wiki/V/Line_P_class" title="V/Line P class">P</a> and <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Railways_Y_class_(diesel)" title="Victorian Railways Y class (diesel)">Y</a> class locomotives, <a href="/wiki/V/Line_H_type_carriage" title="V/Line H type carriage">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/VicRail_N_type_carriage" title="VicRail N type carriage">N</a>, <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Railways_S_type_carriage" title="Victorian Railways S type carriage">S</a> and <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Railways_Z_type_carriage" title="Victorian Railways Z type carriage">Z</a> type carriages and <a href="/wiki/V/Line_Sprinter" title="V/Line Sprinter">Sprinter</a> diesel railcars. As part of the franchise commitment, 29 two-car <a href="/wiki/V/Line_VLocity" title="V/Line VLocity">VLocitys</a> were ordered from <a href="/wiki/Bombardier_Transportation" title="Bombardier Transportation">Bombardier</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2002, National Express handed in its Victorian rail and tram franchises having been unable to renegotiate financial terms with the State Government.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/KPMG" title="KPMG">KPMG</a> were appointed to operate the business on behalf of the State Government.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_a_statutory_corporation">As a statutory corporation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=V/Line&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: As a statutory corporation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:V-Line_annual_rail_patronage_by_line.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/V-Line_annual_rail_patronage_by_line.png/220px-V-Line_annual_rail_patronage_by_line.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/V-Line_annual_rail_patronage_by_line.png/330px-V-Line_annual_rail_patronage_by_line.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/V-Line_annual_rail_patronage_by_line.png/440px-V-Line_annual_rail_patronage_by_line.png 2x" data-file-width="674" data-file-height="437" /></a><figcaption>Patronage of V/Line rail services 2004–19</figcaption></figure> <p>Full control of V/Line was taken on 1 October 2003 by changing the shareholding of V/Line, making the government the sole shareholder via a recently created statutory corporation, V/Line Passenger Corporation.<sup id="cite_ref-Background_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Background-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AnnualReport04_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AnnualReport04-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> V/Line operates under a franchise agreement entered into with the <a href="/wiki/Director_of_Public_Transport" title="Director of Public Transport">Director of Public Transport</a>. The Director also sub leases tracks and other infrastructure which the Director holds under lease from <a href="/wiki/VicTrack" title="VicTrack">VicTrack</a>, the agency which owns Victoria's rail-related land and infrastructure. </p><p>In 2000, the <a href="/wiki/Regional_Fast_Rail_project" title="Regional Fast Rail project">Regional Fast Rail project</a> was launched to upgrade the tracks linking <a href="/wiki/Ballarat" title="Ballarat">Ballarat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bendigo" title="Bendigo">Bendigo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Geelong" title="Geelong">Geelong</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Latrobe_Valley" title="Latrobe Valley">Latrobe Valley</a> to <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>. The project, which also included an extra 10 <a href="/wiki/V/Line_VLocity" title="V/Line VLocity">Vlocitys</a> and an expanded timetable of rail services, commenced full operations from December 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Service to <a href="/wiki/Bairnsdale_railway_station" title="Bairnsdale railway station">Bairnsdale</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ararat_railway_station" title="Ararat railway station">Ararat</a> was restored in May and July 2004 respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-AnnualReport04_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AnnualReport04-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2008, as part of the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Transport_Plan" title="Victorian Transport Plan">Victorian Transport Plan</a>, the state government announced that V/Line rail passenger services would be extended from <a href="/wiki/Ballarat_railway_station" title="Ballarat railway station">Ballarat</a> to <a href="/wiki/Maryborough_railway_station,_Victoria" title="Maryborough railway station, Victoria">Maryborough</a> at a cost of $50 million, commencing in July 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first passenger train in 15 years arrived at Maryborough on 24 July 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> V/Line also resumed operating the Shepparton and Warrnambool services in 2004 when contacts with Hoys Roadliners and West Coast Railway expired.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2006, <a href="/wiki/Pacific_National" title="Pacific National">Pacific National</a>, which had purchased <a href="/wiki/Freight_Australia" title="Freight Australia">Freight Australia</a>, entered into an agreement to sell the remainder of its Victorian rail lease of the network back to <a href="/wiki/VicTrack" title="VicTrack">VicTrack</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CanberraTimes_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CanberraTimes-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sale was completed on 7 May 2007, with V/Line becoming the track manager of the Victorian intrastate network.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2008, it was announced that part of the V/Line fleet would be converted to standard gauge to operate an upgraded <a href="/wiki/North_East_railway_line" title="North East railway line">Albury line</a> service.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2008 V/Line ended the sale of alcoholic beverages aboard long-distance trains, after almost a century of the practice.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015/16, the subsidy per passenger trip was $22.12.<sup id="cite_ref-AnnualReport_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AnnualReport-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Transport_Integration_Act_2010" title="Transport Integration Act 2010">Transport Integration Act 2010</a> renamed the V/Line Passenger Corporation as V/Line Corporation.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Act also gave V/Line a new statutory charter. As part of these changes, the corporation's responsibilities were explicitly expanded to cover both rail passenger and rail freight services.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Act received the <a href="/wiki/Royal_assent" title="Royal assent">Royal assent</a> on 2 March 2010 and came into effect on 1 July 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regional_Rail_Revival">Regional Rail Revival</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=V/Line&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Regional Rail Revival"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Regional_Rail_Revival" class="mw-redirect" title="Regional Rail Revival">Regional Rail Revival</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Melbourne_RRL.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Map of the Regional Rail Link corridor through Melbourne's west, which opened in 2015." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Melbourne_RRL.png/220px-Melbourne_RRL.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Melbourne_RRL.png/330px-Melbourne_RRL.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Melbourne_RRL.png/440px-Melbourne_RRL.png 2x" data-file-width="1481" data-file-height="1156" /></a><figcaption>Map of the Regional Rail Link corridor through Melbourne's west, which opened in 2015.</figcaption></figure> <p>In the late 2010s and early 2020s, the V/Line network underwent one of the largest periods of expansion and upgrade in its history. In 2009, work began on the <a href="/wiki/Regional_Rail_Link_project" title="Regional Rail Link project">Regional Rail Link</a>, a 47.5-kilometre (29.5 mi) new double-track railway through Melbourne's western suburbs designed to separate V/Line and Metro trains and create a new corridor for <a href="/wiki/Geelong_V/Line_rail_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Geelong V/Line rail service">Geelong</a> corridor trains.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Largely funded by the federal <a href="/wiki/Rudd_government_(2007%E2%80%932010)" title="Rudd government (2007–2010)">Rudd Government</a> in 2009, the project was originally budgeted at $4.32 billion but had a final cost of $3.65 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_60-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When it opened in 2015, the <a href="/wiki/Deer_Park%E2%80%93West_Werribee_railway_line" title="Deer Park–West Werribee railway line">Deer Park–West Werribee railway line</a> added new V/Line stations in Melbourne's west at <a href="/wiki/Tarneit_railway_station" title="Tarneit railway station">Tarneit</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wyndham_Vale_railway_station" title="Wyndham Vale railway station">Wyndham Vale</a>, enabling higher frequencies and expanding V/Line's role as a commuter railway service.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Patronage had been steadily increasing on the V/Line network, growing by 83% between 2006/07 and 2015/16, from 8.9 million to 16.3 million.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_60-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Victorian Auditor General found that by 2017 the Regional Rail Link had led to an 80% increase in patronage on the Geelong line.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_60-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wyndham_Vale_Railway_Station.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A VLocity train at Wyndham Vale station in Melbourne's west, which opened in 2015 as part of the Regional Rail Link." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Wyndham_Vale_Railway_Station.jpg/220px-Wyndham_Vale_Railway_Station.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Wyndham_Vale_Railway_Station.jpg/330px-Wyndham_Vale_Railway_Station.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Wyndham_Vale_Railway_Station.jpg/440px-Wyndham_Vale_Railway_Station.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6016" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>A VLocity train at Wyndham Vale station in Melbourne's west, which opened in 2015 as part of the Regional Rail Link.</figcaption></figure> <p>In January 2016, V/Line's VLocity rolling stock was identified as suffering from abnormal wheel wear.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fleet was also banned from the metropolitan track lease by the suburban rail operator, <a href="/wiki/Metro_Trains_Melbourne" title="Metro Trains Melbourne">Metro Trains Melbourne</a>, after a V/Line train failed to activate a level crossing in <a href="/wiki/Dandenong" class="mw-redirect" title="Dandenong">Dandenong</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two problems caused as many as 70 services a day to be cancelled.<sup id="cite_ref-abcfreetravel_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abcfreetravel-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This also led to the resignation of then CEO Theo Taifalos, 16 days of free travel being provided to Victorians, and a inquiry being ordered by the public transport minister into V/Line's operational capacity.<sup id="cite_ref-abcfreetravel_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abcfreetravel-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was later identified that the wheel wear was caused by harsh curves in track segments, particularly along the Dynon-North Melbourne flyover, which was rebuilt as part of the Regional Rail Link.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, the flyover track segment was replaced, and permanent 30 km/h (18.6 mph) speed restrictions were introduced from the flyover to <a href="/wiki/South_Kensington_railway_station" title="South Kensington railway station">South Kensington</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_69-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2017, the State Government under Premier <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Andrews" title="Daniel Andrews">Daniel Andrews</a> initiated work on the <a href="/wiki/Regional_Rail_Revival" class="mw-redirect" title="Regional Rail Revival">Regional Rail Revival</a> program, a $4 billion project to upgrade Victoria's regional railways and provide more reliable and frequent passenger services.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:4_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The program was co-funded by the Federal Government, through the Commonwealth's asset-recycling fund.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The project reflected the upgrades outlined in the 2016 Regional Network Development Plan.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Waurn_Ponds_Station_April_2022_4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Regional Rail Revival upgrades at Waurn Ponds station near Geelong during construction, April 2022." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Waurn_Ponds_Station_April_2022_4.jpg/220px-Waurn_Ponds_Station_April_2022_4.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Waurn_Ponds_Station_April_2022_4.jpg/330px-Waurn_Ponds_Station_April_2022_4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Waurn_Ponds_Station_April_2022_4.jpg/440px-Waurn_Ponds_Station_April_2022_4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Regional Rail Revival upgrades at Waurn Ponds station near Geelong during construction, April 2022.</figcaption></figure> <p>The project involved upgrades to all of the state's regional rail corridors. The project allocated $518 million for upgrades to the Ballarat line, including 18 km (11.2 mi) of duplicated track between <a href="/wiki/Deer_Park_railway_station" title="Deer Park railway station">Deer Park</a> West and <a href="/wiki/Melton_railway_station,_Melbourne" title="Melton railway station, Melbourne">Melton</a> stations, new passing loops, new train stabling, upgraded stations and more car parking along the corridor.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A new platform and track was added to <a href="/wiki/Waurn_Ponds_railway_station" title="Waurn Ponds railway station">Waurn Ponds station</a> on the Geelong line and a rail line to <a href="/wiki/Armstrong_Creek,_Victoria" title="Armstrong Creek, Victoria">Armstrong Creek</a> was investigated.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Gippsland line will have its signalling upgraded, some track duplicated, a new stabling facility built and platforms added to some stations.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_70-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The North East, Shepparton and Warrnambool lines were upgraded to allow VLocity trains to run on those corridors.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_70-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The project will also include track speed and signalling upgrades to the Bendigo-Echuca line.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Secondary stages of upgrades were launched on many lines, allowing more services to be added.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_71-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A new rail bridge was built over the <a href="/wiki/Avon_River_(Gippsland,_Victoria)" title="Avon River (Gippsland, Victoria)">Avon River</a> in Gippsland as part of the project.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> New stations were built at <a href="/wiki/Goornong_railway_station" title="Goornong railway station">Goornong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Huntly_railway_station,_Victoria" title="Huntly railway station, Victoria">Huntly</a> and <a href="/wiki/Raywood_railway_station" title="Raywood railway station">Raywood</a> on the Bendigo line as part of the Bendigo Metro project, which aimed to improve the commuter service for greater <a href="/wiki/Bendigo" title="Bendigo">Bendigo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A new <a href="/wiki/Cobblebank_railway_station" title="Cobblebank railway station">Cobblebank station</a> east of <a href="/wiki/Melton,_Victoria" title="Melton, Victoria">Melton</a> was opened in 2019. </p><p>Over this time, the VLocity became the primary rollingstock servicing the V/Line network, with 105 three-car sets in service as of 2023. VLocity trains were introduced to a standard gauge line for the first time in July 2022 after upgrades to the Seymour and Albury lines as part of the Regional Rail Revival.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the <a href="/wiki/2022_Victorian_state_election" title="2022 Victorian state election">2022 state election</a>, the Andrews government promised to purchase a further 23 three-car sets for the network.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The government also announced new stations for the Regional Rail Link at <a href="/wiki/Truganina_railway_station" title="Truganina railway station">Truganina</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tarneit_West_railway_station" title="Tarneit West railway station">Tarneit West</a>, and the removal of four more level crossings on the <a href="/wiki/Ballarat_V/Line_rail_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Ballarat V/Line rail service">Ballarat line</a> around Melton, which would make the line level-crossing free between the city and Melton.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 2023/24 Victorian Budget, 23 new 3-car VLocity trains were ordered as part a $601 million investment in order to replace ageing Classic Fleet trains, boosting Victoria’s VLocity fleet to 141 trains once construction is completed.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 1 July 2021, V/Line transitioned from a state-owned corporation to a statutory authority.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Services">Services</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=V/Line&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Southern_Cross_station_entrance_(15_August_2024).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Southern_Cross_station_entrance_%2815_August_2024%29.jpg/250px-Southern_Cross_station_entrance_%2815_August_2024%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Southern_Cross_station_entrance_%2815_August_2024%29.jpg/330px-Southern_Cross_station_entrance_%2815_August_2024%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Southern_Cross_station_entrance_%2815_August_2024%29.jpg/500px-Southern_Cross_station_entrance_%2815_August_2024%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="1749" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Southern_Cross_railway_station" title="Southern Cross railway station">Southern Cross railway station</a> from the corner of <a href="/wiki/Collins_Street,_Melbourne" title="Collins Street, Melbourne">Collins</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spencer_Street" title="Spencer Street">Spencer Streets</a></figcaption></figure> <p>V/Line operates rail services to the regional cities of <a href="/wiki/Ballarat_railway_station" title="Ballarat railway station">Ballarat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_railway_station" title="Bendigo railway station">Bendigo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Geelong_railway_station" title="Geelong railway station">Geelong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seymour_railway_station" title="Seymour railway station">Seymour</a>, <a href="/wiki/Traralgon_railway_station" title="Traralgon railway station">Traralgon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ararat_railway_station" title="Ararat railway station">Ararat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maryborough_railway_station,_Victoria" title="Maryborough railway station, Victoria">Maryborough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Echuca_railway_station" title="Echuca railway station">Echuca</a>, <a href="/wiki/Swan_Hill_railway_station" title="Swan Hill railway station">Swan Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Albury_railway_station" title="Albury railway station">Albury</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bairnsdale_railway_station" title="Bairnsdale railway station">Bairnsdale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Warrnambool_railway_station" title="Warrnambool railway station">Warrnambool</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shepparton_railway_station" title="Shepparton railway station">Shepparton</a>. In addition, V/Line coach buses connect with many rail services at major stations to serve towns located away from the passenger rail network.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rail services are grouped into two types. As part of the introduction of the <a href="/wiki/Myki" title="Myki">Myki</a> smartcard in 2013, and to provide consistent communication to both staff and customers, what were formerly called "interurban" services became "commuter" services, and what were formerly called "intercity" services became "long distance" services. </p><p>Commuter services operate over shorter distances and significantly more frequently than long-distance services, and use two different ticketing systems. Commuter services use the Myki, whilst long distance services require printed paper tickets. </p><p>Commuter services consist of the <a href="/wiki/Ballarat_V/Line_rail_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Ballarat V/Line rail service">Ballarat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_V/Line_rail_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Bendigo V/Line rail service">Bendigo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Geelong_V/Line_rail_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Geelong V/Line rail service">Geelong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gippsland_V/Line_rail_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Gippsland V/Line rail service">Gippsland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Seymour_V/Line_rail_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Seymour V/Line rail service">Seymour</a> lines. Long-distance services extend beyond to <a href="/wiki/Albury_V/Line_rail_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Albury V/Line rail service">Albury</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ararat_V/Line_rail_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Ararat V/Line rail service">Ararat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bairnsdale_V/Line_rail_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Bairnsdale V/Line rail service">Bairnsdale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Echuca_V/Line_rail_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Echuca V/Line rail service">Echuca</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maryborough_V/Line_rail_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Maryborough V/Line rail service">Maryborough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shepparton_V/Line_rail_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Shepparton V/Line rail service">Shepparton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Swan_Hill_V/Line_rail_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Swan Hill V/Line rail service">Swan Hill</a> and <a href="/wiki/Warrnambool_V/Line_rail_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Warrnambool V/Line rail service">Warrnambool</a>. </p><p>All rail services depart from <a href="/wiki/Southern_Cross_railway_station" title="Southern Cross railway station">Southern Cross station</a> in Melbourne with the exception of the <a href="/wiki/Traralgon_railway_station" title="Traralgon railway station">Traralgon</a> service which departs/ terminates at <a href="/wiki/Flinders_Street_railway_station" title="Flinders Street railway station">Flinders Street</a>. </p> <ul><li>South West Region or <a href="/wiki/Geelong_V/Line_rail_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Geelong V/Line rail service">Geelong Line</a> which continues as the <a href="/wiki/Warrnambool_V/Line_rail_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Warrnambool V/Line rail service">Warrnambool Line</a></li> <li>Western Region or <a href="/wiki/Ballarat_V/Line_rail_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Ballarat V/Line rail service">Ballarat Line</a> which continues as the <a href="/wiki/Ballarat_V/Line_rail_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Ballarat V/Line rail service">Ararat Line</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Mildura_railway_line" title="Mildura railway line">Maryborough Line</a></li> <li>Northern Region or <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_V/Line_rail_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Bendigo V/Line rail service">Bendigo Line</a> which extends as the <a href="/wiki/Yungera_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Yungera railway line">Swan Hill Line</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Deniliquin_railway_line" title="Deniliquin railway line">Echuca Line</a></li> <li>North East Region or <a href="/wiki/Seymour_V/Line_rail_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Seymour V/Line rail service">Seymour Line</a> which extends as the Shepparton Line and the <a href="/wiki/Albury_V/Line_rail_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Albury V/Line rail service">Albury Line</a></li> <li>Eastern Region or <a href="/wiki/Bairnsdale_V/Line_rail_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Bairnsdale V/Line rail service">Bairnsdale Line</a></li></ul> <p>V/Line also runs numerous intrastate and interstate road coach services that may run wholly as a coach service or operate as a coach connecting with a rail service. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:V-Line_Coach_Ararat.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/V-Line_Coach_Ararat.jpg/220px-V-Line_Coach_Ararat.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/V-Line_Coach_Ararat.jpg/330px-V-Line_Coach_Ararat.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/V-Line_Coach_Ararat.jpg/440px-V-Line_Coach_Ararat.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4777" data-file-height="3582" /></a><figcaption>Christians Bus 671 departing Ararat on a V/Line Service</figcaption></figure> <p>Interstate road coach service operated by V/Line are: </p> <ul><li>Canberra Link – <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a> (<a href="/wiki/Southern_Cross_railway_station" title="Southern Cross railway station">Southern Cross</a>) to <a href="/wiki/Canberra" title="Canberra">Canberra</a> via <a href="/wiki/Wodonga_railway_station" title="Wodonga railway station">Wodonga</a>, runs as a train to Albury and then a coach to Canberra</li> <li>Capital Link – <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a> (<a href="/wiki/Southern_Cross_railway_station" title="Southern Cross railway station">Southern Cross</a>) to <a href="/wiki/Canberra" title="Canberra">Canberra</a> via <a href="/wiki/Bairnsdale_railway_station" title="Bairnsdale railway station">Bairnsdale</a>, runs as a train to Bairnsdale and then a coach to Canberra</li> <li>Daylink – <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a> (<a href="/wiki/Southern_Cross_railway_station" title="Southern Cross railway station">Southern Cross</a>) to <a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Central_bus_station" title="Adelaide Central bus station">Adelaide</a> via <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_railway_station" title="Bendigo railway station">Bendigo</a>, runs as a train to Bendigo and then a coach to Adelaide 6 days a week and as a coach the whole way on Sunday.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sapphire_Coast" class="mw-redirect" title="Sapphire Coast">Sapphire Coast</a> Link – <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a> (<a href="/wiki/Southern_Cross_railway_station" title="Southern Cross railway station">Southern Cross</a>) to <a href="/wiki/Batemans_Bay" title="Batemans Bay">Batemans Bay</a> via <a href="/wiki/Bairnsdale_railway_station" title="Bairnsdale railway station">Bairnsdale</a>, runs as a train to Bairnsdale and then a coach to Batemans Bay</li> <li>Speedlink – <a href="/wiki/Central_railway_station,_Sydney" title="Central railway station, Sydney">Sydney</a> to <a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Central_bus_station" title="Adelaide Central bus station">Adelaide</a> via <a href="/wiki/Albury_railway_station" title="Albury railway station">Albury</a>. This operates as the <a href="/wiki/NSW_TrainLink" title="NSW TrainLink">NSW TrainLink</a> <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_XPT" title="New South Wales XPT">XPT</a> train from Sydney to Albury with a V/Line coach operating from Albury to Adelaide.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Murraylink – <a href="/wiki/Mildura" title="Mildura">Mildura</a> to <a href="/wiki/Albury_railway_station" title="Albury railway station">Albury</a>, does not travel to Melbourne and operates entirely as a coach.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ticketing">Ticketing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=V/Line&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Ticketing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tickets">Tickets</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=V/Line&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Tickets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vline-printed-ticket.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Vline-printed-ticket.jpg/220px-Vline-printed-ticket.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Vline-printed-ticket.jpg/330px-Vline-printed-ticket.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Vline-printed-ticket.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="248" /></a><figcaption>V/Line thermally printed ticket</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:VLine_Reserved_Seating_Paper_Ticket.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/VLine_Reserved_Seating_Paper_Ticket.jpg/220px-VLine_Reserved_Seating_Paper_Ticket.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/VLine_Reserved_Seating_Paper_Ticket.jpg/330px-VLine_Reserved_Seating_Paper_Ticket.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/VLine_Reserved_Seating_Paper_Ticket.jpg/440px-VLine_Reserved_Seating_Paper_Ticket.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3629" data-file-height="1977" /></a><figcaption>V/Line reserved seating ticket</figcaption></figure> <p>V/Line currently uses the <a href="/wiki/Myki" title="Myki">myki</a> electronic ticketing system on its commuter train services, in addition to printed paper tickets, issued from staffed V/Line stations, selected <a href="/wiki/Metro_Trains_Melbourne" title="Metro Trains Melbourne">Metro</a> suburban <a href="/wiki/Premium_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Premium station">premium stations</a>, V/Line ticket agents, online or by phone. Passengers boarding services at unmanned stations or coach stops can purchase tickets from the train conductor or coach driver. V/Line also offers <a href="/wiki/Electronic_ticket" title="Electronic ticket">eTickets</a> which can be bought online and can be used in place of paper tickets.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ticket types available include single, return, and various periodical tickets.<sup id="cite_ref-vlptix_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vlptix-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Until 2023, services used to be classified as peak and off-peak, with discounts available for tickets valid in off-peak times only.<sup id="cite_ref-vlptix_91-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vlptix-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From June 2013, the myki smartcard system began to be rolled out on the V/Line network.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of November 2023<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=V/Line&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, myki ticketing is only used between Melbourne and the following stations: Waurn Ponds (in Geelong), Wendouree (in Ballarat), Raywood and Goornong (in Bendigo), Traralgon and Seymour. Further out, paper tickets are still required.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A paper ticket that costs at least the daily cap ($10.60 on weekdays and $7.20 on weekends and public holidays, as of 1 January 2024<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=V/Line&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>) also allows additional travel in the myki network on the same day without using a myki card.<sup id="cite_ref-2023fares_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2023fares-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most V/Line services operate on a non-allocated seating basis, but all intercity (long-distance) rail services, and some coach services, require seat reservations.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fares">Fares</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=V/Line&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Fares"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tickets have the origin and destination printed upon them, making them point to point, but the fare itself is based on charging zones.<sup id="cite_ref-gazette2021_96-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazette2021-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Changes had been made to the fare system, to integrate it with the suburban <a href="/wiki/Metcard" title="Metcard">Metcard</a> system in preparation for the introduction of the Myki smartcard system to cover the entire state.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Until the introduction of the fare cap in March 2023, a single V/line economy fare could range up to $68.60 (March 2023 cost), and $137.20 for a daily economy fare. A limited number of V/Line services also had first class seating which required the payment of an upgrade fee (up to $8.60 in March 2023) on top of the standard economy fare.<sup id="cite_ref-gazette2021_96-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazette2021-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the <a href="/wiki/2022_Victorian_state_election" title="2022 Victorian state election">2022 state election</a>, the Victorian government promised to cap all V/Line fares to $9.20 for daily travel and $4.60 for concession card holders, regardless of distance travelled.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This would make V/Line fares cost the same as a daily fare for travel with Metropolitan Melbourne, and represented the largest cut in fares in the system's history.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_99-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The differentiation between economy class and first class seating, as well as the upgrade fee for first class seating, would also be abolished.<sup id="cite_ref-gazette2023_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazette2023-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A daily peak fare from Bendigo would be cut from $68.80 to $9.20, while Ballarat would be cut from $45.60 and Geelong from $27.60.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An overnight trip to Swan Hill would be cut from a total cost of $92 to $18.40, as it requires two daily fares.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_82-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In early 2023, the state government announced the changes would take effect on 31 March 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_93-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The weekend and public holiday daily cap of $6.70 also took effect. However, the fare cap only applied to travel within the state and to interstate within 60 km (37 mi) from the Victorian border.<sup id="cite_ref-2023fares_94-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2023fares-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Single fares for interstate travel further than 60 km (37 mi) from the border were still reduced, with a daily interstate surcharge of $21.80 applied to a single daily fare, for a reduced maximum total daily fare of $31.<sup id="cite_ref-2023fares_94-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2023fares-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gazette2023_101-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazette2023-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Concerns were raised by public transport advocates that the system would struggle to cope with the expected increase in patronage from the fare cap, particularly during off-peak times and weekends.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_82-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the election the government promised an extra 23 new VLocity trains and an increase in weekend V/Line frequencies, but these were not expected until 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_82-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the first week of the new fare system, the V/Line network carried 420,000 passengers.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 1 January 2024<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=V/Line&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the daily fare cap is $10.60, $5.30 for concession card holders, and the weekend and public holiday cap is $7.20. The daily interstate surcharge for interstate travel further than 60 km (37 mi) from the Victorian border is $24.60, for a maximum total of $35.20 for a single daily fare.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rolling_stock">Rolling stock</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=V/Line&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Rolling stock"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Diesel_multiple_units_and_railcars">Diesel multiple units and railcars</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=V/Line&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Diesel multiple units and railcars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Class </th> <th>Image </th> <th>Type </th> <th>Gauge </th> <th>Top speed<br />(km/h) </th> <th>Built </th> <th>Number </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/V/Line_VLocity" title="V/Line VLocity">VLocity</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:VLocity_train_running_a_service_to_Traralgon_passing_through_Platform_4_at_Hawksburn_Station,_South_Yarra_(53186004547).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/VLocity_train_running_a_service_to_Traralgon_passing_through_Platform_4_at_Hawksburn_Station%2C_South_Yarra_%2853186004547%29.jpg/114px-VLocity_train_running_a_service_to_Traralgon_passing_through_Platform_4_at_Hawksburn_Station%2C_South_Yarra_%2853186004547%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="114" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/VLocity_train_running_a_service_to_Traralgon_passing_through_Platform_4_at_Hawksburn_Station%2C_South_Yarra_%2853186004547%29.jpg/171px-VLocity_train_running_a_service_to_Traralgon_passing_through_Platform_4_at_Hawksburn_Station%2C_South_Yarra_%2853186004547%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/VLocity_train_running_a_service_to_Traralgon_passing_through_Platform_4_at_Hawksburn_Station%2C_South_Yarra_%2853186004547%29.jpg/228px-VLocity_train_running_a_service_to_Traralgon_passing_through_Platform_4_at_Hawksburn_Station%2C_South_Yarra_%2853186004547%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6747" data-file-height="4496" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Diesel_multiple_unit" title="Diesel multiple unit">Diesel multiple unit</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/5_ft_3_in_gauge_railways" title="5 ft 3 in gauge railways">Broad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Standard-gauge_railway" title="Standard-gauge railway">standard</a> </td> <td>210 (designed) <p>160 (service) </p> </td> <td>2004–present </td> <td>359 carriages built (119 3-car sets), 356 carriages in service (118 3-car sets) </td> <td>As of August 2024 with set 119 entering service, 118 3-car sets are in revenue service, one collision damaged set is in storage, and 22 more are under construction.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/V/Line_Sprinter" title="V/Line Sprinter">Sprinter</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sprinter_7002-7007_Jacana_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Sprinter_7002-7007_Jacana_%28cropped%29.jpg/115px-Sprinter_7002-7007_Jacana_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="115" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Sprinter_7002-7007_Jacana_%28cropped%29.jpg/173px-Sprinter_7002-7007_Jacana_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Sprinter_7002-7007_Jacana_%28cropped%29.jpg/230px-Sprinter_7002-7007_Jacana_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3668" data-file-height="2297" /></a></span> </td> <td>Diesel railcar </td> <td><a href="/wiki/5_ft_3_in_gauge_railways" title="5 ft 3 in gauge railways">Broad</a> </td> <td>130 </td> <td>1993–1995 </td> <td>21 </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Locomotives">Locomotives</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=V/Line&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Locomotives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Class </th> <th>Image </th> <th>Type </th> <th>Gauge </th> <th>Top speed<br />(km/h) </th> <th>Built </th> <th>Number </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/V/Line_N_class" title="V/Line N class">N class</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2017-N464-SSS_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/2017-N464-SSS_%28cropped%29.jpg/115px-2017-N464-SSS_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="115" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/2017-N464-SSS_%28cropped%29.jpg/173px-2017-N464-SSS_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/2017-N464-SSS_%28cropped%29.jpg/230px-2017-N464-SSS_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3911" data-file-height="2678" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Diesel_locomotive#Diesel-electric" title="Diesel locomotive">Diesel-electric</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/5_ft_3_in_gauge_railways" title="5 ft 3 in gauge railways">Broad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard</a> </td> <td>130 </td> <td>1985–1987 </td> <td>25 </td> <td>Four locomotives leased to Southern Shorthaul Railroad in February 2024. </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Railways_Y_class_(diesel)" title="Victorian Railways Y class (diesel)">Y class</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:20180111-IMG_7542.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/20180111-IMG_7542.jpg/115px-20180111-IMG_7542.jpg" decoding="async" width="115" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/20180111-IMG_7542.jpg/173px-20180111-IMG_7542.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/20180111-IMG_7542.jpg/230px-20180111-IMG_7542.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4684" data-file-height="3123" /></a></span> </td> <td>Diesel-electric </td> <td><a href="/wiki/5_ft_3_in_gauge_railways" title="5 ft 3 in gauge railways">Broad</a> </td> <td>65 </td> <td>1965–1968 </td> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shunting_(rail)" title="Shunting (rail)">Shunters</a> at <a href="/wiki/Southern_Cross_railway_station" title="Southern Cross railway station">Southern Cross</a> and <a href="/wiki/Geelong_railway_station" title="Geelong railway station">Geelong</a>. Bogies and traction motors reused from scrapped <a href="/wiki/Swing_Door_(train)" title="Swing Door (train)">Swing Door</a> suburban EMUs. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/V/Line_A_class" title="V/Line A class">A class</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:New_VLine_Livery_A66.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/New_VLine_Livery_A66.JPG/115px-New_VLine_Livery_A66.JPG" decoding="async" width="115" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/New_VLine_Livery_A66.JPG/173px-New_VLine_Livery_A66.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/New_VLine_Livery_A66.JPG/230px-New_VLine_Livery_A66.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1936" data-file-height="1296" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Diesel_locomotive#Diesel-electric" title="Diesel locomotive">Diesel-electric locomotive</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/5_ft_3_in_gauge_railways" title="5 ft 3 in gauge railways">Broad</a> </td> <td>133 </td> <td>1984–1985 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>Only A66 is operational and is used for heritage charter as required. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Carriages_and_vans">Carriages and vans</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=V/Line&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Carriages and vans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Class </th> <th>Image </th> <th>Type </th> <th>Gauge </th> <th>Top speed<br />(km/h) </th> <th>Built </th> <th>Number </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/VicRail_N_type_carriage" title="VicRail N type carriage">N type carriages</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:VLine_N_carriage_-_BN55.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/VLine_N_carriage_-_BN55.jpg/114px-VLine_N_carriage_-_BN55.jpg" decoding="async" width="114" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/VLine_N_carriage_-_BN55.jpg/171px-VLine_N_carriage_-_BN55.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/VLine_N_carriage_-_BN55.jpg/228px-VLine_N_carriage_-_BN55.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Passenger_car_(rail)" class="mw-redirect" title="Passenger car (rail)">Passenger carriage</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/5_ft_3_in_gauge_railways" title="5 ft 3 in gauge railways">Broad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard</a> </td> <td>115 </td> <td>1981–1984 </td> <td>56 </td> <td>19 sets, 1 car stored (accident damage) </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Railways_Z_type_carriage" title="Victorian Railways Z type carriage">Z type carriages</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BZN271.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/BZN271.jpg/115px-BZN271.jpg" decoding="async" width="115" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/BZN271.jpg/173px-BZN271.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/BZN271.jpg/230px-BZN271.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Passenger_car_(rail)" class="mw-redirect" title="Passenger car (rail)">Passenger carriage</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/5_ft_3_in_gauge_railways" title="5 ft 3 in gauge railways">Broad</a> </td> <td>115 </td> <td>1957–1966 </td> <td>20 </td> <td>Upgraded and incorporated into N sets <p>1 car stored (accident damage) </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Railways_power_vans#PH_Vans" title="Victorian Railways power vans">PH van</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PH454.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/PH454.jpg/114px-PH454.jpg" decoding="async" width="114" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/PH454.jpg/171px-PH454.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/PH454.jpg/228px-PH454.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Head_end_power" class="mw-redirect" title="Head end power">Head end power</a> van </td> <td><a href="/wiki/5_ft_3_in_gauge_railways" title="5 ft 3 in gauge railways">Broad</a> </td> <td>115 </td> <td>1984, 2009 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>Rebuilt from <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Railways_power_vans#D.2C_DT_.26_DN_Vans" title="Victorian Railways power vans">D vans</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_rolling_stock">Former rolling stock</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=V/Line&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Former rolling stock"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Class </th> <th>Image </th> <th>Type </th> <th>Gauge </th> <th>Top speed<br />(km/h) </th> <th>Built </th> <th>Number </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/V/Line_A_class" title="V/Line A class">A class</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:New_VLine_Livery_A66.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/New_VLine_Livery_A66.JPG/115px-New_VLine_Livery_A66.JPG" decoding="async" width="115" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/New_VLine_Livery_A66.JPG/173px-New_VLine_Livery_A66.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/New_VLine_Livery_A66.JPG/230px-New_VLine_Livery_A66.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1936" data-file-height="1296" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Diesel_locomotive#Diesel-electric" title="Diesel locomotive">Diesel-electric locomotive</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/5_ft_3_in_gauge_railways" title="5 ft 3 in gauge railways">Broad</a> </td> <td>133 </td> <td>1984–1985 </td> <td>11 </td> <td>Rebuilt from VR B classes. 7 locomotives passed to Freight Victoria in 1999. Two in preservation. One acquired by <a href="/wiki/Southern_Shorthaul_Railroad" title="Southern Shorthaul Railroad">Southern Shorthaul Railroad</a> and one locomotive still with V/Line. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Railways_C_class_(diesel)" title="Victorian Railways C class (diesel)">C class</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:C501_on_blocks_Seymour_loco.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/C501_on_blocks_Seymour_loco.JPG/115px-C501_on_blocks_Seymour_loco.JPG" decoding="async" width="115" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/C501_on_blocks_Seymour_loco.JPG/173px-C501_on_blocks_Seymour_loco.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/C501_on_blocks_Seymour_loco.JPG/230px-C501_on_blocks_Seymour_loco.JPG 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="576" /></a></span> </td> <td>Diesel-electric locomotive </td> <td>Broad, <a href="/wiki/Standard-gauge_railway" title="Standard-gauge railway">standard</a> </td> <td>133 </td> <td>1977–1978 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>Built for heavy interstate freight. <p>Passed to <a href="/wiki/National_Rail_Corporation" title="National Rail Corporation">National Rail</a> in 1995. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Railways_T_class_(diesel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victorian Railways T class (diesel)">T class</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:VR-T413.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/VR-T413.jpg/115px-VR-T413.jpg" decoding="async" width="115" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/VR-T413.jpg/173px-VR-T413.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/VR-T413.jpg/230px-VR-T413.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a></span> </td> <td>Diesel-electric locomotive </td> <td>Broad, standard </td> <td>100 </td> <td>1955–1968 </td> <td>94 </td> <td>Built for branch line services. <p>Withdrawn from the late 1980s. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Railways_H_class_(diesel)" title="Victorian Railways H class (diesel)">H class</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Victorian_Railways_H_Class_H1.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Victorian_Railways_H_Class_H1.JPG/115px-Victorian_Railways_H_Class_H1.JPG" decoding="async" width="115" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Victorian_Railways_H_Class_H1.JPG/173px-Victorian_Railways_H_Class_H1.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Victorian_Railways_H_Class_H1.JPG/230px-Victorian_Railways_H_Class_H1.JPG 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span> </td> <td>Diesel-electric locomotive </td> <td>Broad </td> <td>100 </td> <td>1968–1969 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>Built for use in the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Hump_Yard" class="mw-redirect" title="Melbourne Hump Yard">Melbourne Hump Yard</a>, modified version of T class with ballast weight and low speed equipment. <p>Included in sale of V/Line Freight to <a href="/wiki/Freight_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Freight Victoria">Freight Victoria</a> (later <a href="/wiki/Pacific_National" title="Pacific National">Pacific National</a>) in 1999. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Railways_B_class_(diesel)" title="Victorian Railways B class (diesel)">B class</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:B72_freshly_painted_into_the_VicRail_teacup_livery.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/B72_freshly_painted_into_the_VicRail_teacup_livery.jpg/115px-B72_freshly_painted_into_the_VicRail_teacup_livery.jpg" decoding="async" width="115" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/B72_freshly_painted_into_the_VicRail_teacup_livery.jpg/173px-B72_freshly_painted_into_the_VicRail_teacup_livery.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/B72_freshly_painted_into_the_VicRail_teacup_livery.jpg/230px-B72_freshly_painted_into_the_VicRail_teacup_livery.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a></span> </td> <td>Diesel-electric locomotive </td> <td>Broad, standard </td> <td>133 </td> <td>1952–1953 </td> <td>26 </td> <td>First mainline diesel locomotive in Victoria. <p>11 rebuilt into A class, others progressively withdrawn beginning 1982 under Victorian Railways and continuing under V/Line. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/V/Line_P_class" title="V/Line P class">P class</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:New_VLine_Livery_P11.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/New_VLine_Livery_P11.JPG/115px-New_VLine_Livery_P11.JPG" decoding="async" width="115" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/New_VLine_Livery_P11.JPG/173px-New_VLine_Livery_P11.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/New_VLine_Livery_P11.JPG/230px-New_VLine_Livery_P11.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1936" data-file-height="1296" /></a></span> </td> <td>Diesel-electric locomotive </td> <td>Broad, standard </td> <td>100 </td> <td>1984–1985 </td> <td>13 </td> <td>Rebuilt from VR T classes. 5 locomotives passed to Freight Victoria in 1999. Withdrawal begun in 2017 and one is in preservation. In 2019 Southern Shorthaul Railroad acquired 5 locomotives, acquiring a further 2 in 2024. <a href="/wiki/707_Operations" title="707 Operations">707 Operations</a> aquired the last V/Line P class in November 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Railways_S_class_(diesel)" title="Victorian Railways S class (diesel)">S class</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Stored_S_classes_South_Dynon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Stored_S_classes_South_Dynon.jpg/115px-Stored_S_classes_South_Dynon.jpg" decoding="async" width="115" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Stored_S_classes_South_Dynon.jpg/173px-Stored_S_classes_South_Dynon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Stored_S_classes_South_Dynon.jpg/230px-Stored_S_classes_South_Dynon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="633" /></a></span> </td> <td>Diesel-electric locomotive </td> <td>Broad, standard </td> <td>133 </td> <td>1957–1961 </td> <td>16 </td> <td>Withdrawn beginning 1985. Six in preservation. <p>S302 brought back upon WCR folding in 2004, used for Warrnambool services until it was withdrawn again in 2006. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Railways_X_class_(diesel)" title="Victorian Railways X class (diesel)">X class</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Ausx43.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Ausx43.jpg/115px-Ausx43.jpg" decoding="async" width="115" height="65" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Ausx43.jpg/173px-Ausx43.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Ausx43.jpg/230px-Ausx43.jpg 2x" data-file-width="568" data-file-height="320" /></a></span> </td> <td>Diesel-electric locomotive </td> <td>Broad, standard </td> <td>133 </td> <td>1966–1976 </td> <td>24 </td> <td>Nominally a freight locomotive, though was sometimes used on passenger workings prior to the creation of V/Line Freight. <p>Passed to Freight Victoria in 1999. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/V/Line_H_type_carriage" title="V/Line H type carriage">H type carriages</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Trains_in_Waiting_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Trains_in_Waiting_%28cropped%29.jpg/115px-Trains_in_Waiting_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="115" height="61" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Trains_in_Waiting_%28cropped%29.jpg/173px-Trains_in_Waiting_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Trains_in_Waiting_%28cropped%29.jpg/230px-Trains_in_Waiting_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1851" data-file-height="978" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Passenger_car_(rail)" class="mw-redirect" title="Passenger car (rail)">Passenger carriage</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/5_ft_3_in_gauge_railways" title="5 ft 3 in gauge railways">Broad</a> </td> <td>115 </td> <td>1984–1990 </td> <td>51 </td> <td>Rebuilt from <a href="/wiki/Harris_(train)" title="Harris (train)">Harris</a> EMUs (built 1956–1970). Final service ran in February 2024, now replaced by <a href="/wiki/V/Line_VLocity" title="V/Line VLocity">V/Line VLocity</a> DMUs </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Railways_S_type_carriage" title="Victorian Railways S type carriage">S type carriages</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:5AS_at_Steamrail_Victoria%27s_Newport_depot_July_2019.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/5AS_at_Steamrail_Victoria%27s_Newport_depot_July_2019.jpg/115px-5AS_at_Steamrail_Victoria%27s_Newport_depot_July_2019.jpg" decoding="async" width="115" height="65" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/5AS_at_Steamrail_Victoria%27s_Newport_depot_July_2019.jpg/173px-5AS_at_Steamrail_Victoria%27s_Newport_depot_July_2019.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/5AS_at_Steamrail_Victoria%27s_Newport_depot_July_2019.jpg/230px-5AS_at_Steamrail_Victoria%27s_Newport_depot_July_2019.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="2268" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Passenger_car_(rail)" class="mw-redirect" title="Passenger car (rail)">Passenger carriage</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/5_ft_3_in_gauge_railways" title="5 ft 3 in gauge railways">Broad</a> </td> <td>115 </td> <td>1937–1956 </td> <td>36 </td> <td>Some sold to West Coast Railway in 1995. Last carriages withdrawn in 2010 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Railways_power_vans#PCO/PCJ_van" title="Victorian Railways power vans">PCJ van</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Former_Overland_Power_Van_at_Newport_Workshops.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Former_Overland_Power_Van_at_Newport_Workshops.jpg/115px-Former_Overland_Power_Van_at_Newport_Workshops.jpg" decoding="async" width="115" height="65" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Former_Overland_Power_Van_at_Newport_Workshops.jpg/173px-Former_Overland_Power_Van_at_Newport_Workshops.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Former_Overland_Power_Van_at_Newport_Workshops.jpg/230px-Former_Overland_Power_Van_at_Newport_Workshops.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4080" data-file-height="2296" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Head_end_power" class="mw-redirect" title="Head end power">Head end power</a>/luggage van </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">Standard</a> </td> <td>115 </td> <td>1970 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>Withdrawn from service in 2022. All passed onto preservation groups </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Railways_power_vans#D.2C_DT_.26_DN_Vans" title="Victorian Railways power vans">D van</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:D-van-trailing-vline.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/D-van-trailing-vline.jpg/115px-D-van-trailing-vline.jpg" decoding="async" width="115" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/D-van-trailing-vline.jpg/173px-D-van-trailing-vline.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/D-van-trailing-vline.jpg/230px-D-van-trailing-vline.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="519" /></a></span> </td> <td>Parcels/luggage van </td> <td><a href="/wiki/5_ft_3_in_gauge_railways" title="5 ft 3 in gauge railways">Broad</a> </td> <td>115 </td> <td>1983 </td> <td>7 </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Coaches">Coaches</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=V/Line&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Coaches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:VLine_Scania_K410C,_Dandenong_Station_(20230927)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/VLine_Scania_K410C%2C_Dandenong_Station_%2820230927%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-VLine_Scania_K410C%2C_Dandenong_Station_%2820230927%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/VLine_Scania_K410C%2C_Dandenong_Station_%2820230927%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-VLine_Scania_K410C%2C_Dandenong_Station_%2820230927%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/VLine_Scania_K410C%2C_Dandenong_Station_%2820230927%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-VLine_Scania_K410C%2C_Dandenong_Station_%2820230927%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4578" data-file-height="3054" /></a><figcaption>V/Line liveried coach</figcaption></figure> <p>Coach services are provided by 23 private companies including <a href="/wiki/BusBiz" title="BusBiz">BusBiz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dineen_Group" title="Dineen Group">Dineen Group</a>, <a href="/wiki/Donric_Group" title="Donric Group">Donric Group</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dysons" title="Dysons">Dysons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Firefly_Express" title="Firefly Express">Firefly Express</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mee%27s_Bus_Lines" title="Mee's Bus Lines">Mee's Bus Lines</a>, <a href="/wiki/Panorama_Coaches" title="Panorama Coaches">Panorama Coaches</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ventura_Bus_Lines" title="Ventura Bus Lines">Ventura Bus Lines</a>, which are contracted by <a href="/wiki/Public_Transport_Victoria" title="Public Transport Victoria">Public Transport Victoria</a> to operate services for V/Line. These coaches are painted in V/Line livery.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Network_access">Network access</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=V/Line&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Network access"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>V/Line is also responsible for managing and maintaining all non-interstate rural rail track in Victoria, including lines that do not see any passenger services.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Branding">Branding</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=V/Line&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Branding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vlinelogo-1983-1994.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a1/Vlinelogo-1983-1994.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="150" data-file-height="80" /></a><figcaption>Initial 1983 logo</figcaption></figure> <p>The initial V/Line visual identity was unveiled in August 1983, with an orange and grey livery for locomotives and passenger rolling stock,<sup id="cite_ref-Railmac_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Railmac-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> along with a white and green V/Line logo with a "stylised capital lettered logo with the V and the L split by a deep slashing stroke".<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Work on the initial V/Line identity started in May 1983, with freight wagons being released without logos pending the launch. Before that time, a stylised <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Railways" title="Victorian Railways">VR</a> logo was carried by rolling stock that had been received the orange and silver <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Railways" title="Victorian Railways">VicRail</a> "teacup" livery since 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-Railmac_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Railmac-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Carriages in the 'teacup' livery later had the logos removed and replaced by V/Line ones.<sup id="cite_ref-Liveries_111-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Liveries-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This remained until 1993 when the <a href="/wiki/V/Line_Sprinter" title="V/Line Sprinter">Sprinter</a> railcars were delivered in the teal and yellow suburban '<a href="/wiki/Public_Transport_Corporation" title="Public Transport Corporation">The Met</a>' brand colours, but with both The Met and V/Line logos.<sup id="cite_ref-V/Linecars_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-V/Linecars-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1995, the freight and passenger rail divisions of V/Line were divided, with locomotives in the freight fleet retaining the orange and grey livery with 'V/Line Freight' logos, while passenger carriages and locomotive received the red blue and white 'V/Line Passenger' livery which remains on some of the fleet today.<sup id="cite_ref-NewsrailNov05_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NewsrailNov05-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was also at that time that the V/Line logo was altered, with <a href="/wiki/Serifs" class="mw-redirect" title="Serifs">serifs</a> added to the lettering, and the "deep slashing stroke" was altered to a curved blue line. After National Express took over V/Line, the logo was again altered in 2000, with <a href="/wiki/Letter_case" title="Letter case">mixed-case</a> lettering and a curving blue line underneath.<sup id="cite_ref-Liveries_111-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Liveries-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2006, it was again altered, with the removal of the blue line underneath and addition of a purple line.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:VLine_logo_full.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1a/VLine_logo_full.svg/150px-VLine_logo_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1a/VLine_logo_full.svg/225px-VLine_logo_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1a/VLine_logo_full.svg/300px-VLine_logo_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="94" data-file-height="49" /></a><figcaption>Logo introduced in 2006</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/V/Line_VLocity" title="V/Line VLocity">VLocity</a> trains were delivered from 2005 in a new livery of stainless steel with purple and green highlights. In 2007, a new livery was unveiled, consisting of a grey carbody with red, white and purple stripes.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rolling stock in different variants of the livery was released throughout that year, with a consistent version not appearing until 2008, along with a number of repainted locomotives. </p><p>In 2013, a <a href="/wiki/Public_Transport_Victoria" title="Public Transport Victoria">Public Transport Victoria</a> (PTV) livery of purple and white diamonds was adopted, and was progressively applied to <a href="/wiki/V/Line_VLocity" title="V/Line VLocity">V/Locitys</a> and road coaches. This livery matches the geometric designs seen on other PTV services, and uses purple in keeping with the designation of regional services with purple branding. In early 2017, locomotive N457 was re-painted with a version of the PTV livery, and Set SN 8 was re-painted to match the new livery of the V/Locity fleet. Almost all of V/Line's rolling stock have since received this purple livery, with some Sprinter sets still bearing the old livery, such as Sprinter 7003 in May 2023 and Sprinter 7005 in July 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sponsorships">Sponsorships</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=V/Line&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Sponsorships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since 2004, V/Line has been the naming rights sponsor of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Football_League" title="Australian Football League">Australian Football League</a>'s Victorian country competition for junior players. The V/Line Cup is played over several days in September and includes two boys' divisions and one girls' division.<sup id="cite_ref-AFL_V/Line_Cup_116-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFL_V/Line_Cup-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publication">Publication</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=V/Line&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Publication"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>V/Line published an <a href="/wiki/House_organ" title="House organ">in-house magazine</a>. It replaced <i>VicRail News</i>, initially being published as <i>STA News</i> then <i>V/Line News</i> from December 1983 until February 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=V/Line&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-vline-annual-report-202122-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-vline-annual-report-202122_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-vline-annual-report-202122_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://corporate.vline.com.au/News-Alerts/News-Articles/annual-report">"V/Line Annual Report 2021–22"</a>. <i>V/Line – Regional Public Transport in Victoria</i>. 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June 1993. p. 367.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Railway+Gazette+International&rft.atitle=Sprinters+launched+as+V%2FLine+franchises+let&rft.pages=367&rft.date=1993-06&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AV%2FLine" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040918084231/http://www.contracts.vic.gov.au/major/39/WCR_Warrnambool_Services_Agreement.pdf">Agreement for the Supply of Passenger Train Services between Warrnambool and Melbourne</a> Government of Victoria</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFChris_Banger1997" class="citation magazine cs1">Chris Banger (March 1997). 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Vic: <a href="/wiki/Australian_Railway_Historical_Society" title="Australian Railway Historical Society">ARHS</a> Victoria Division. pp. <span class="nowrap">77–</span>82. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0310-7477">0310-7477</a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/19676396">19676396</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Newsrail&rft.atitle=Rail+Passenger+Service+Withdrawals+Since+1960&rft.volume=25&rft.issue=3&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E77-%3C%2Fspan%3E82&rft.date=1997-03&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F19676396&rft.issn=03107477&rft.au=Chris+Banger&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AV%2FLine" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">When the lights went out in Victoria <i><a href="/wiki/Railway_Digest" title="Railway Digest">Railway Digest</a></i> July 2013 pages 44–47</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NewsrailNov05-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-NewsrailNov05_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NewsrailNov05_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation magazine cs1">"News". <i>Newsrail</i>. 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September 1998. p. 266. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0310-7477">0310-7477</a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/19676396">19676396</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Newsrail&rft.atitle=Change+in+Management+of+Stony+Point+Service&rft.volume=26&rft.issue=9&rft.pages=266&rft.date=1998-09&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F19676396&rft.issn=03107477&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AV%2FLine" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Victorian rail transport businesses formally established <i>Railway Digest</i> September 1998 page 15</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-53924910.html">RailAmerica Backed Freight Victoria Consortium Wins Australian V/Line Freight Bid</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090813133915/http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-53924910.html">Archived</a> 13 August 2009 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Business_Wire" title="Business Wire">Business Wire</a></i> 22 February 1999</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/10/31/1067566087666.html">Rail giants to battle for Freight Australia</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151123080703/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/10/31/1067566087666.html">Archived</a> 23 November 2015 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Age" title="The Age">The Age</a></i> 1 November 2003</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Freight Victoria Bid Wins V/Line Freight" <i>Railway Digest</i> March 1999 page 9</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1215/is_3_200/ai_54211459">Railamerica Wins In Australia – Freight Victoria consortium led by RailAmerica Inc. acquires V/Line Freight</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110617051615/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1215/is_3_200/ai_54211459/">Archived</a> 17 June 2011 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Railway_Age" title="Railway Age">Railway Age</a></i> March 1999</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Greig_2002-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Greig_2002_27-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFGreig2002" class="citation journal cs1">Greig, David (2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p89991/pdf/9-3-A-4.pdf">"Rail Privatisation in Victoria"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Agenda</i>. <b>9</b> (3). <a href="/wiki/Australian_National_University" title="Australian National University">Australian National University</a>: <span class="nowrap">237–</span>251. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171227061945/http://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p89991/pdf/9-3-A-4.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on 27 December 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 December</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Agenda&rft.atitle=Rail+Privatisation+in+Victoria&rft.volume=9&rft.issue=3&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E237-%3C%2Fspan%3E251&rft.date=2002&rft.aulast=Greig&rft.aufirst=David&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fpress-files.anu.edu.au%2Fdownloads%2Fpress%2Fp89991%2Fpdf%2F9-3-A-4.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AV%2FLine" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"New Colours" <i>Railway Digest</i> April 2000 page 39</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tollgroup.com/media/229.d.rc.ASX%20media%20release.Freight%20Australia.1608041.pdf">Victorian Government grants consent to Pacific National acquisition of Freight Australia</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120319093830/http://www.tollgroup.com/media/229.d.rc.ASX%20media%20release.Freight%20Australia.1608041.pdf">Archived</a> 19 March 2012 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Toll Group 16 August 2004</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-CanberraTimes-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-CanberraTimes_30-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CanberraTimes_30-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation news cs1">"Toll sells rail lease". <i><a href="/wiki/Canberra_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="Canberra Times">Canberra Times</a></i>. 2 November 2006. p. 17.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Canberra+Times&rft.atitle=Toll+sells+rail+lease&rft.pages=17&rft.date=2006-11-02&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AV%2FLine" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/first-melbourne-franchise.html">First Melbourne franchise</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160808212508/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/first-melbourne-franchise.html">Archived</a> 8 August 2016 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <i>Railway Gazette International</i> July 1999</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/national-express-group-awarded-three-franchises-to-operate-passenger-train-and-tram-services-in-melbourne-and-the-state-of-victoria-in-australia-156491325.html">National Express Group Awarded Three Franchises</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131011110718/http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/national-express-group-awarded-three-franchises-to-operate-passenger-train-and-tram-services-in-melbourne-and-the-state-of-victoria-in-australia-156491325.html">Archived</a> 11 October 2013 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> National Express June 1999</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"NEG conquers Oz" <i><a href="/wiki/Rail_(magazine)" title="Rail (magazine)">Rail</a></i> issue 363 11 August 1999 page 11</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/national-express-takes-root-in-melbourne.html">National Express takes root in Melbourne</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131025174623/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/national-express-takes-root-in-melbourne.html">Archived</a> 25 October 2013 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <i>Railway Gazette International</i> October 2000</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFPeter_Attenborough2006" class="citation magazine cs1">Peter Attenborough (June 2006). 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href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_64" title="Melbourne tram route 64">64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_67" title="Melbourne tram route 67">67</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_70" title="Melbourne tram route 70">70</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_72" title="Melbourne tram route 72">72</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_75" title="Melbourne tram route 75">75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_78" title="Melbourne tram route 78">78</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_82" title="Melbourne tram route 82">82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_86" title="Melbourne tram route 86">86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_96" title="Melbourne tram route 96">96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_109" title="Melbourne tram route 109">109</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Operator</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yarra_Trams" title="Yarra Trams">Yarra Trams</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Rolling stock</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/W-class_Melbourne_tram" title="W-class Melbourne tram">W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Z-class_Melbourne_tram" title="Z-class Melbourne tram">Z</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-class_Melbourne_tram" title="A-class Melbourne tram">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B-class_Melbourne_tram" title="B-class Melbourne tram">B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C-class_Melbourne_tram" title="C-class Melbourne tram">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C2-class_Melbourne_tram" title="C2-class Melbourne tram">C2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D-class_Melbourne_tram" title="D-class Melbourne tram">D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E-class_Melbourne_tram" title="E-class Melbourne tram">E</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/G-class_Melbourne_tram" title="G-class Melbourne tram">G</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Lists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Proposed_Melbourne_tram_extensions" title="Proposed Melbourne tram extensions">Proposed extensions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;;text-align: left; background-color: #eee; box-shadow: inset 0.5em 0 0 0 DarkOrange;"><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Victoria_bus_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Victoria_bus_logo.svg/20px-Victoria_bus_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Victoria_bus_logo.svg/30px-Victoria_bus_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Victoria_bus_logo.svg/40px-Victoria_bus_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Buses_in_Melbourne" title="Buses in Melbourne">Bus</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Services</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_bus_routes_in_Melbourne" title="List of bus routes in Melbourne">List of bus routes in Melbourne</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_bus_route_202" title="Melbourne bus route 202">202</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_bus_route_601" title="Melbourne bus route 601">601</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_bus_route_901" title="Melbourne bus route 901">901</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Night_Network_(Melbourne)" title="Night Network (Melbourne)">Night Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SmartBus" title="SmartBus">SmartBus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Operators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Broadmeadows_Bus_Service" title="Broadmeadows Bus Service">Broadmeadows Bus Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CDC_Melbourne" title="CDC Melbourne">CDC Melbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cranbourne_Transit" title="Cranbourne Transit">Cranbourne Transit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dysons" title="Dysons">Dysons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kastoria_Bus_Lines" title="Kastoria Bus Lines">Kastoria Bus Lines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinetic_Melbourne" title="Kinetic Melbourne">Kinetic Melbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martyrs_Bus_Service" title="Martyrs Bus Service">Martyrs Bus Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McKenzie%27s_Tourist_Services" title="McKenzie's Tourist Services">McKenzie's Tourist Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panorama_Coaches" title="Panorama Coaches">Panorama Coaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Brothers_Bus_Service" title="Ryan Brothers Bus Service">Ryan Brothers Bus Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunbury_Bus_Service" title="Sunbury Bus Service">Sunbury Bus Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transit_Systems_Victoria" title="Transit Systems Victoria">Transit Systems Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ventura_Bus_Lines" title="Ventura Bus Lines">Ventura Bus Lines</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Infrastructure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Busway,_Melbourne" title="Eastern Busway, Melbourne">Eastern Busway</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bulleen_Park_and_Ride_bus_station" title="Bulleen Park and Ride bus station">Bulleen Park and Ride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doncaster_Park_and_Ride_bus_station" title="Doncaster Park and Ride bus station">Doncaster Park and Ride</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;;text-align: left; background-color: #eee; box-shadow: inset 0.5em 0 0 0 #8F1A95;"><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Victoria_train_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d6/Victoria_train_logo.svg/20px-Victoria_train_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d6/Victoria_train_logo.svg/40px-Victoria_train_logo.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="513" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Railways_in_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Railways in Victoria">Regional train</a>*</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Lines</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deer_Park%E2%80%93West_Werribee_railway_line" title="Deer Park–West Werribee railway line">Deer Park–West Werribee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballarat_V/Line_rail_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Ballarat V/Line rail service">Melton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Operator</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">V/Line</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Rolling stock</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/V/Line_VLocity" title="V/Line VLocity">VLocity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V/Line_Sprinter" title="V/Line Sprinter">Sprinter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V/Line_N_class" title="V/Line N class">N class</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/VicRail_N_type_carriage" title="VicRail N type carriage">N type carriage</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Infrastructure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Regional_Rail_Link_project" title="Regional Rail Link project">Regional Rail Link</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Western_Rail_Plan" title="Western Rail Plan">Western Rail Plan</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;;text-align: left; background-color: #eee; box-shadow: inset 0.5em 0 0 0 #00a799;"><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Melbourne_ferry_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/80/Melbourne_ferry_logo.svg/20px-Melbourne_ferry_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/80/Melbourne_ferry_logo.svg/30px-Melbourne_ferry_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/80/Melbourne_ferry_logo.svg/40px-Melbourne_ferry_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Melbourne#Ferries" title="Transport in Melbourne">Ferries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Service</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Westgate_Punt" title="Westgate Punt">Westgate Punt</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;;text-align: left; background-color: #eee; box-shadow: inset 0.5em 0 0 0 Red;"><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Melbourne_skybus_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/39/Melbourne_skybus_logo.svg/20px-Melbourne_skybus_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/39/Melbourne_skybus_logo.svg/30px-Melbourne_skybus_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/39/Melbourne_skybus_logo.svg/40px-Melbourne_skybus_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/SkyBus_(airport_bus)" title="SkyBus (airport bus)">SkyBus</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Service</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/SkyBus_(airport_bus)#Melbourne_City_Express" title="SkyBus (airport bus)">Melbourne City Express</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Operator</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kinetic_Group" title="Kinetic Group">Kinetic Group</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;;text-align: left; background-color: #eee; box-shadow: inset 0.5em 0 0 0 #9C9C9C;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Transport_and_Planning" title="Department of Transport and Planning">Department of Transport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Level_Crossing_Removal_Project" title="Level Crossing Removal Project">Level Crossing Removal Project</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_Projects_Victoria" title="Rail Projects Victoria">Rail Projects Victoria</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color: #eee;"><div> <ul><li><i>Italics</i> denotes services yet to commence</li> <li>*Only including services within metropolitan Melbourne</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Regional_Victoria_public_transport" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Regional Victoria public transport"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Public_transport_in_regional_Victoria565" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Victoria" title="Rail transport in Victoria">Public transport in regional Victoria</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color: #eee;"><div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Public_Transport_Victoria" title="Public Transport Victoria">Public Transport Victoria</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Integrated_ticketing" title="Integrated ticketing">Ticketing</a></b> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Myki" title="Myki">Myki</a></b></li> <li><b><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Ticketing">V/Line paper ticket</a></b></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;;text-align: left; background-color: #eee; box-shadow: inset 0.5em 0 0 0 DarkOrange;"><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Victoria_bus_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Victoria_bus_logo.svg/20px-Victoria_bus_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Victoria_bus_logo.svg/30px-Victoria_bus_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Victoria_bus_logo.svg/40px-Victoria_bus_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span> Regional Bus</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Operators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CDC_Ballarat" title="CDC Ballarat">CDC Ballarat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CDC_Geelong" title="CDC Geelong">CDC Geelong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CDC_Victoria" title="CDC Victoria">CDC Mildura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dysons" title="Dysons">Dysons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kastoria_Bus_Lines" title="Kastoria Bus Lines">Kastoria Bus Lines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McHarry%27s_Buslines" title="McHarry's Buslines">McHarry's Buslines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transit_Systems_Victoria" title="Transit Systems Victoria">Transit Systems Victoria</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;;text-align: left; background-color: #eee; box-shadow: inset 0.5em 0 0 0 #8F1A95;"><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Victoria_train_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d6/Victoria_train_logo.svg/20px-Victoria_train_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d6/Victoria_train_logo.svg/40px-Victoria_train_logo.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="513" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Railways_in_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Railways in Victoria">Regional train</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Operator</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">V/Line</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Services</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albury_line" title="Albury line">Albury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballarat_line" title="Ballarat line">Ballarat</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mildura_railway_line#Maryborough_services" title="Mildura railway line">Maryborough</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bendigo_line" title="Bendigo line">Bendigo</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deniliquin_railway_line#Passenger_services" title="Deniliquin railway line">Echuca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piangil_railway_line#Passenger_services" title="Piangil railway line">Swan Hill</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geelong_line" title="Geelong line">Geelong</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Warrnambool_line" title="Warrnambool line">Warrnambool</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gippsland_line" title="Gippsland line">Gippsland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seymour_line" title="Seymour line">Seymour</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tocumwal_railway_line,_Victoria#Passenger_services" title="Tocumwal railway line, Victoria">Shepparton</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Rolling stock</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/V/Line_VLocity" title="V/Line VLocity">VLocity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V/Line_Sprinter" title="V/Line Sprinter">Sprinter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V/Line_N_class" title="V/Line N class">N class</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/VicRail_N_type_carriage" title="VicRail N type carriage">N type carriage</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Infrastructure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Regional_Fast_Rail_project" title="Regional Fast Rail project">Regional Fast Rail project</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_Rail_Revival" class="mw-redirect" title="Regional Rail Revival">Regional Rail Revival</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Lists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_regional_railway_stations_in_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="List of regional railway stations in Victoria">List of regional railway stations in Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Victoria#Lines" title="Rail transport in Victoria">List of railway lines in Victoria</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;;text-align: left; background-color: #eee; box-shadow: inset 0.5em 0 0 0 #a688be;"><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Victoria_coach_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9b/Victoria_coach_logo.svg/20px-Victoria_coach_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9b/Victoria_coach_logo.svg/30px-Victoria_coach_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9b/Victoria_coach_logo.svg/40px-Victoria_coach_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span> Regional Coach</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks 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