List of regional railway stations in Victoria



This is a list of the operating Victorian regional railway stations serviced by V/Line operated trains. The stations make up seven radial passenger train lines, which all operate from Southern Cross station in Melbourne, Australia, with two further lines proposed to be reopened to V/Line passenger rail services.

Stations listed in bold are terminus stations. Frequent services operate to the major regional cities of Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong, Seymour, and the Latrobe Valley; with a smaller number of services continuing to the end of their respective lines.

Services to Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong, and the Latrobe Valley were upgraded as part of the Regional Fast Rail project completed in 2006. Four lines previously closed to passenger services - those to Ararat, Bairnsdale, Leongatha and Mildura were proposed to be refurbished as part of the Linking Victoria project. While all were expected to reopen during 2004, only the Ararat and Bairnsdale lines have been reopened, with the Leongatha and Mildura projects delayed.

North
Frequent services operate to Bendigo, with some trains continuing to either Echuca or Swan Hill.

Bendigo line
The line continues on from the Sunbury suburban line at Sunbury.


 * Sunbury (suburban station)
 * Clarkefield
 * Riddells Creek
 * Gisborne
 * Macedon
 * Woodend
 * Kyneton
 * Malmsbury
 * Castlemaine
 * Kangaroo Flat
 * Bendigo
 * Eaglehawk

Echuca line
The line continues from the Bendigo line at Bendigo.
 * Epsom
 * Elmore
 * Rochester
 * Echuca

Swan Hill line
The line continues from the Bendigo line at Bendigo.
 * Eaglehawk
 * Dingee
 * Pyramid
 * Kerang
 * Swan Hill

North east
Frequent services operate to Seymour, with some trains continuing to either Albury or Shepparton.

Seymour line
The line continues on from the Craigieburn suburban line at Craigieburn.


 * Craigieburn (suburban station)
 * Donnybrook
 * Wallan
 * Heathcote Junction
 * Wandong
 * Kilmore East
 * Broadford
 * Tallarook
 * Seymour

Albury line


The Albury-Wodonga line was formerly the only broad gauge line operated by V/Line to cross the border into New South Wales, with the primary terminus being located in the New South Wales town of Albury. Since November 2008 the broad gauge line has been converted to standard gauge.

The line continues from the Seymour line at Seymour.
 * Avenel
 * Euroa
 * Violet Town
 * Benalla
 * Wangaratta
 * Springhurst
 * Chiltern
 * Wodonga
 * Albury

NSW regional rail operator NSW TrainLink operate the inter-capital XPT service between Melbourne and Sydney, which stops at Benalla, Wangaratta and Albury.

Shepparton line
The line branches from the North East line at Seymour.
 * Seymour
 * Nagambie
 * Murchison East
 * Mooroopna
 * Shepparton

East
Frequent services operate to Traralgon, with some trains continuing to Bairnsdale.

Traralgon line
The line continues on from the Pakenham suburban line at Pakenham.


 * Richmond (suburban station)
 * Caulfield (suburban station)
 * Clayton (suburban station)
 * Pakenham (suburban station)
 * Nar Nar Goon
 * Tynong
 * Garfield
 * Bunyip
 * Longwarry
 * Drouin
 * Warragul
 * Yarragon
 * Trafalgar
 * Moe
 * Morwell
 * Traralgon

Bairnsdale line
The line continues from the Traralgon line at Traralgon.


 * Rosedale
 * Sale
 * Stratford
 * Bairnsdale

West
Frequent services operate to Ballarat, with some trains continuing to Ararat.

Ballarat line
The line branches from the Sunbury suburban line at Sunshine.

From Southern Cross to Melton stations, the line is covered by Myki.
 * Sunshine (suburban station)
 * Ardeer
 * Deer Park
 * Rockbank
 * Melton
 * Bacchus Marsh
 * Ballan
 * Ballarat

Ararat line
The Ballarat - Ararat section of the line was closed from 1994 until 10 July 2004, when it was reopened for a twice-daily service as part of the Linking Victoria Project. Services have recently been altered to thrice-daily on weekdays.

Continues from the Ballarat line service.
 * Wendouree
 * Beaufort
 * Ararat

Maryborough line
The Mildura railway line was closed by the Kennett Government in 1993 after the withdrawal of The Vinelander service.

As part of the Victorian Transport Plan, passenger services resumed on the Mildura line to Maryborough on 25 July 2010. Services operate twice a day (once in each direction).

Continues from the Ballarat line service.
 * Creswick
 * Clunes
 * Talbot
 * Maryborough

South west
Frequent services operate to Geelong, with some trains continuing to Warrnambool.

Geelong line
The line runs on the dedicated Regional Rail Link tracks from Southern Cross station
 * Footscray (suburban station)
 * Sunshine (suburban station)
 * Ardeer
 * Deer Park
 * Tarneit
 * Wyndham Vale
 * Little River
 * Lara
 * Corio
 * North Shore
 * North Geelong
 * Geelong
 * South Geelong
 * Marshall
 * Waurn Ponds

Warrnambool line
From mid-1993 to 31 August 2004, the Warrnambool service was operated by the now-defunct West Coast Railway.

Continues from the Geelong line service


 * Winchelsea
 * Birregurra
 * Colac
 * Camperdown
 * Terang
 * Sherwood Park
 * Warrnambool

These trains also connect with coach services to Port Fairy, Portland and Mount Gambier.

Interstate
These railway stations are in operation but V/Line does not operate train services. Instead other operators run trains to serve these towns, primarily because these stations are located on Standard Gauge lines as opposed to Broad Gauge which V/Line's existing fleet operate on.


 * Stawell
 * Horsham
 * Dimboola
 * Nhill

These stations are operated by Great Southern Rail's The Overland which runs between Melbourne and Adelaide. However, due to the way the service is timetabled, trains run in each direction twice a week, which can be a problem for some travellers. V/Line train tickets are permitted on The Overland to Nhill station.

Passenger lines proposed for reopening
The Mildura line, whilst closed to passenger rail services at present has seen State Government proposals for their reintroduction. The line is currently open to freight; while an upgrade to the line was announced in 2006, this is limited to improving the current 40 km/h maximum speed on many sections, and is not relevant to any hopes that a passenger train service might recommence.

In December 2008 as part of the Victorian Transport Plan the state government announced that Maryborough station would see 14 V/Line passenger rail services extended to the station every week, commencing 2010 at a cost of $50 million.

There was originally a planned reopening of a fourth line to Leongatha in South Gippsland, which was a 1999 pre-state election promise made by the eventual victorious Steve Bracks led Victorian Labor state government. The Leongatha rail reintroduction project was rejected in May 2008 after the release of a feasibility study and progress had stalled for some years due to the aging and deteriorating infrastructure. A tourist line, the South Gippsland Tourist Railway, continues to operate along a section of the line. Despite the political promise to revive the railway line for freight and passenger services by the Steve Bracks led Victorian state Labor government in 1999 being abandoned in 2008 by his successor John Brumby, a public community campaign involving the South and West Gippsland Transport Group is continuing to lobby and work collaboratively with key stakeholders and governments to reinstate rail services that focuses on improving transport accessibility in the region. A South Gippsland Shire Council Priority Projects documents released in June 2013 acknowledged that the return of rail as a major community priority where funding and support are sought from all forms of level government. In early 2014, a report into the extensions of the Melbourne metropolitan rail system identified the population growth corridor from Cranbourne to Koo-Wee-Rup along the disused Leongatha line as a key planning priority.

On February 24, 2016 South Gippsland Shire Council unanimously carried motions to support the return of rail services to Leongatha on the back of a petition initiated by the South & West Gippsland Transport Group, which attracted 2,420 supporters. The successful motion means that the data gathered from the petition and documents prepared by South Gippsland Shire Council investigating the returning rail to South Gippsland have now been passed onto Public Transport Victoria with a call to provide for South Gippsland rail services in the forthcoming Regional Network Development Plan. After the disbandment of the South Gippsland Tourist Railway on January 16, 2016 it had also been announced that VicTrack will continue to leave the disused rail line between Cranbourne and Leongatha intact and available for future use by freight and passenger trains.

In 2013, the Glenelg Shire Council have also backed the push for Standard Gauge V/Line rail passenger services to be reinstated from Melbourne to Horsham via Cressy and North Shore, east of Geelong. The terminus of the passenger train is still in discussion as broad gauge passenger trains operated by V/Line terminated at Dimboola until August 21, 1993.

Mildura line
Originally withdrawn on September 12, 1993. Once served by The Vinelander service, the line branches from the Serviceton line at Ballarat. V/Line passenger trains currently operate to Maryborough.
 * Ballarat
 * Creswick
 * Clunes
 * Maryborough
 * Dunolly
 * St Arnaud
 * Donald
 * Birchip
 * Ouyen
 * Red Cliffs
 * Irymple
 * Mildura

Leongatha line
Originally withdrawn on July 24, 1993, however, the Dandenong to Cranbourne section was retained and became part of the Melbourne Suburban rail network in 1995.
 * Cranbourne East
 * Clyde
 * Tooradin
 * Koo Wee Rup
 * Lang Lang
 * Nyora
 * Loch
 * Korumburra
 * '''Leongatha

Horsham line
Originally withdrawn on August 21, 1993 to Dimboola, however, Great Southern Rail's Melbourne to Adelaide Overland trains operate twice a week. The current Broad Gauge V/Line passenger rail services terminates at Ararat.
 * Stawell
 * Horsham
 * Dimboola
 * Nhill