Traralgon V/Line rail service

Route map
	Legend
	Multiple lines
	● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● via North Melbourne
	North East and Western lines
	to ● Albury, Central (Sydney) & Adelaide Parklands
	City Loop
	● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● via Flagstaff
	City Loop
	● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● via Parliament
	Hurstbridge line
	to ● Hurstbridge & ● South Morang
	Healesville line
	● ● ● ● via Burnley
Stations not served
CityLink
	Sandringham line
	to ● Sandringham
	Stony Point line
	to ● Frankston
Stations not served
Carnegie	1
	Outer Circle line
	to Fairfield
	Rosstown Railway
	to Elsternwick
Stations not served
Westall	2
	Spring Vale Cemetery line
	to Spring Vale Cemetery
	South Gippsland line
	to ● Cranbourne
Stations not served
Eumemmering Creek
Stations not served
Cardinia Creek
	Noojee line
	to Noojee

Traralgon
Overview
Service type	Regional rail
Status	Operational
Locale	Victoria, Australia
Current operator(s)	V/Line
Route
Start	Southern Cross
Stops	20
End	Traralgon
Distance travelled	158.07 km (98.22 mi)
Average journey time	2 hours, 20 minutes
Service frequency	30–50 minutes weekday peak; 60-80 minutes weekday off-peak and weekend;
Line(s) used	Orbost
On-board services
Class(es)	Economy
Disabled access	Most services
Technical
Rolling stock	Sprinter and VLocity railcars, locomotive hauled N type carriages
Track gauge	1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Electrification	None
Track owner(s)	VicTrack
Route map
	Legend
	Multiple lines
	● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● via North Melbourne
	North East and Western lines
	to ● Albury, Central (Sydney) & Adelaide Parklands
	City Loop
	● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● via Flagstaff
	City Loop
	● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● via Parliament
	Hurstbridge line
	to ● Hurstbridge & ● South Morang
	Healesville line
	● ● ● ● via Burnley
Stations not served
CityLink
	Sandringham line
	to ● Sandringham
	Stony Point line
	to ● Frankston
Stations not served
Carnegie	1
	Outer Circle line
	to Fairfield
	Rosstown Railway
	to Elsternwick
Stations not served
Westall	2
	Spring Vale Cemetery line
	to Spring Vale Cemetery
	South Gippsland line
	to ● Cranbourne
Stations not served
Eumemmering Creek
Stations not served
Cardinia Creek

Last updated March 15, 2019

The Traralgon line is a regional passenger rail service operated by V/Line in Victoria, Australia. It serves passengers between the state capital of Melbourne and the Latrobe Valley, including the regional cities of Moe, Morwell and Traralgon.

V/Line is a government-owned corporation that operates regional passenger train and coach services in Victoria, Australia. It provides passenger train services on 5 commuter lines and 8 long-distance routes from its major hub at Southern Cross railway station in Melbourne, as well as bus services across Victoria and into New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South Australia. In addition, V/Line is responsible for the maintenance of much of the Victorian freight and passenger rail network, outside of the areas managed by Metro Trains Melbourne and Australian Rail Track Corporation.

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It is the largest country in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country by total area. The neighbouring countries are Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and East Timor to the north; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north-east; and New Zealand to the south-east. The population of 25 million is highly urbanised and heavily concentrated on the eastern seaboard. Australia's capital is Canberra, and its largest city is Sydney. The country's other major metropolitan areas are Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.

Latrobe Valley Region in Victoria, Australia

The Latrobe Valley is an inland geographical district and urban area of the Gippsland region in the state of Victoria, Australia. The district lies east of the Melbourne and nestled between the Strzelecki Ranges to the south and the Baw Baw Ranges, part of the Great Dividing Range, to the north. Mount Baw Baw is the highest peak to the north of the Latrobe Valley, due north of Moe. The highest peak to the south is Mt Tassie, south of Traralgon.

History

In 1954 the line beyond Dandenong was electrified as far as Traralgon station, with services from this time provided by the L class electric locomotives. In 1975 suburban services were extended from Dandenong to Pakenham, on what is known as the Pakenham railway line. By the 1980s the motive power of trains reverted to diesel locomotives, with electrification cut back to Warragul in 1987, and to Bunyip in 1998. Suburban Comeng trains were used by V/Line to provide services from Melbourne to Warragul in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The line was upgraded as part of the Regional Fast Rail project in 2005 and the last of the overhead wires were removed, except for a short section to the Melbourne side of Bunyip station.

Dandenong railway station is a railway station in Victoria, Australia. It is located on the Orbost line and is also the terminus of the South Gippsland line. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Dandenong, opening on 8 October 1887. Pakenham and Cranbourne commuter rail services, as well as Traralgon and Bairnsdale regional rail services stop at this station. In 2011/12 it was the 9th busiest station on Melbourne's metropolitan network, with 2.7 million passenger movements.

An electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electricity from overhead lines, a third rail or on-board energy storage such as a battery or a supercapacitor.

Pakenham is a satellite suburb of Melbourne on the edge of the West Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia, 56 km (35 mi) south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Cardinia local government area. Pakenham recorded a population of 46,421 at the 2016 Census.

Services

Services operate approximately hourly every day, with higher frequency during the weekday peak periods. Between Southern Cross and Pakenham, services generally stop at Flinders Street, Richmond, Caulfield, Clayton and Dandenong. One service during the weekday peak in the peak direction also stops at Berwick. These six stations only picks up passengers towards Traralgon and sets down passengers towards Southern Cross. Local services stop all stations between Pakenham and Traralgon, while express services during peak runs express between Pakenham and Garfield, Garfield and Drouin, and Warragul and Moe. One morning peak service terminate and originate from Flinders Street instead of Southern Cross, and one Sunday service continues its service beyond Traralgon to Sale. During weekday off-peak, Richmond station is only served by services to Southern Cross in the morning and to Traralgon in the afternoon and evening.

Southern Cross railway station railway station in Docklands, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Southern Cross railway station is a major railway station in Docklands, Melbourne. It is on Spencer Street, between Collins and La Trobe Streets, at the western edge of the central business district. The Docklands Stadium sports arena is 500 metres north-west of the station.

Pakenham railway station is located on the Orbost line, in Victoria, Australia. It opened on 8 October 1877, and serves the south-eastern Melbourne satellite suburb of Pakenham. It is the terminus of the electrified Pakenham line from Flinders Street.

Flinders Street railway station is a railway station on the corner of Flinders and Swanston Streets in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It serves the entire metropolitan rail network. Backing onto the city reach of the Yarra River in the heart of the city, the complex covers two whole city blocks and extends from Swanston Street to Queen Street.

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Traralgon V/Line Service

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