V/Line is closed for the day!

Due to Catastrophic Fire Danger ratings forecast for the North Central, Northern Country, South West and Wimmera districts on Friday 9 January, all V/Line train and coach services scheduled to operate through those fire districts will be cancelled.

Please avoid all unnecessary travel during this time. If you must travel, check Fire Danger Ratings, road conditions on VicTraffic, and stay informed via local radio or the VicEmergency app. Keep your phone charged and carry water.

All train services scheduled for the Albury, Ararat, Bendigo, Echuca, Maryborough, Seymour, Shepparton, Swan Hill and Warrnambool train lines will be cancelled, with no coach replacement services. No scheduled coach or replacement coach services will operate in a fire district while a Catastrophic fire danger rating is in place for that district.

Train Impacts

Ballarat, Ararat and Maryborough

Ballarat Line: Train services will continue to operate between Southern Cross and Ballarat in accordance with the Extreme Heat timetable. Download full extreme heat timetable PDF

Maryborough Line: Train services are suspended between Maryborough and Ballarat.

Ararat Line: Train services are suspended between Ararat and Wendouree.

Bendigo, Echuca and Swan Hill

Bendigo Line: Train services are suspended. 

A limited number of replacement coaches will run between Southern Cross and Kyneton (not stopping at Footscray and Watergardens).

• To city – coaches will depart Kyneton at 5am and then run every 30 minutes from 6am to 9am. Services will then run every hour from 9.06am to 11.06pm with the last service departing at 11.40pm.
• From city – coaches will depart Southern Cross at 6.25am and run every hour until 3pm. From 3pm to 6.25pm, coaches will run every 30 minutes, then every hour from 6.25pm until midnight.

Echuca Line: Train services are suspended.

Swan Hill Line: Train services are suspended.

Geelong and Warrnambool

Geelong Line: Train services will continue to operate between Southern Cross and Waurn Ponds in accordance with the Extreme Heat timetable. Download full extreme heat timetable PDF

Warrnambool Line: Train services are suspended between Warrnambool and Waurn Ponds.

Traralgon and Bairnsdale

Traralgon Line: Train services will continue to operate between East Pakenham and Traralgon in accordance with planned works in the metropolitan area.

Bairnsdale Line: Train services will continue to operate between East Pakenham and Bairnsdale in accordance to the planned works temporary timetable.

Seymour, Shepparton and Albury

Seymour Line: Train services are suspended.

A limited number of replacement buses will run between Craigieburn and Donnybrook. Services from Donnybrook to Craigieburn will run every hour from 5.45am to 11.45pm. Services from Craigieburn to Donnybrook will run every hour from 6.40am to 11.40pm.

Passengers can travel on a Metro train between Craigieburn and Southern Cross.

Shepparton Line: Train services are suspended.

Albury Line: Train services are suspended.

Coach Service Impacts

No scheduled coach or replacement coach services will operate in a fire district while a Catastrophic fire danger rating is in place for that district.

Scheduled coach services that operate completely in other fire districts not declared catastrophic will continue to operate. This includes services connecting to stations on closed train lines, however there will not be a connecting train or replacement coach service available to continue your journey.

Other scheduled coach services may also be cancelled or terminated short due to operational requirements.

The following coach services will not run on Friday, 9 January:

Bendigo Line – Coach Connections

• The 12:17 Bendigo Stn – Mildura Station (Sunlink)
• The 7:14 Mildura Station – Bendigo Station(Sunlink)
• The 8:45 Moama – Bendigo Station
• The 8:30 Bendigo Station – Moama
• The 12:35 Moama – Bendigo Station
• The 14:20 Bendigo Station – Moama
• The 5:50 Sea Lake – Bendigo Station
• The 20:31 Bendigo Station – Sea Lake
• The 8:56 Swan Hill Station  – Bendigo Station(via Boort)
• The 15:07 Bendigo Station – Swan Hill Station(via Boort)
• The 9:25 Bendigo Station- Adelaide (Daylink)
• The 6:35 Adelaide – Bendigo Station (Daylink)
• The 7:46 Wangaratta Station – Bendigo (Latrobe Uni)
• The 16:59 Bendigo (Latrobe Uni) – Wangaratta Station
• The 21:10 Bendigo – Swan Hill
• The 12:30 Mildura – Bendigo

Swan Hill and Echuca lines – Coach Connections

• The 5:10 Moama – Murchison East Station
• The 11:48 Murchison East Station – Moama
• The 14:51 Moama – Murchison East Stn
• The 8:20 Moama – Seymour Station
• The 21:18 Murchison East Station – Moama
• The 15:25 Shepparton Station – Moama

Mildura / Mallee Coaches

• The 22:05 Mildura Station – Melbourne Southern Cross Station
• The 21:10 Melbourne SCS – Mildura Station
• The 7:00 Barham – Melbourne Southern Cross Station
• The 15:32 Melbourne Southern Cross Station – Barham
• The 6:10 Ouyen – Ballarat Station
• The 14:10 Ballarat Station – Ouyen
• The 20:45 Ararat Station – Ouyen
• The 7:00 Albury Station- Kerang Station (Murray Link)
• The 14:40 Kerang – Mildura – Albury (Murray Link)

Shepparton / Tocumwal / Cobram Coaches

• The 11:37 Barmah – Shepparton Station
• The 15:25 Shepparton Station – Barmah
• The 5:10 Barmah – Melbourne SCS
• The 15:20 Melbourne SCS – Barmah
• The 3:32 Tocumwal – Shepparton Station
• The 21:55 Shepparton Station – Tocumwal
• The 2:17 Griffith – Shepparton Station
• The 14:28 Cobram Station – Shepparton Station
• The 12:20 Shepparton Station – Cobram Station
• The 18:13 Shepparton Station – Seymour Station
• The 19:00 Shepparton Station – Griffith
• The 7:38 Shepparton Station – Seymour Station
• The 16:36 Shepparton Station – Seymour Station
• The 14:05 Shepparton Station – Seymour Station

Seymour / North East Coaches

• The 9:01 Albury Station – Seymour Station
• The 16:13 Seymour Station – Albury  Station
• The 5:11 Albury Station – Seymour Station
• The 11:09 Seymour Station – Albury Station
• The 7:30 Mansfield – Melbourne SCS
• The 8:30 Melbourne SCS – Mansfield
• The 13:15 Mansfield – Melbourne SCS
• The 18:01 Melbourne SCS – Mansfield
• The 8:58 Alexandra – Seymour Station
• The 16:13 Seymour Station – Alexandra
• The 16:13 Seymour Station – Tocumwal
• The 8:43 Seymour Station – Shepparton Station
• The 7:07 Tocumwal – Seymour Station
• The 19:21 Seymour Station – Shepparton Station
• The 12:09 Seymour Station – Shepparton Station
• The 23:00 Seymour – Melbourne SCS (Night Coach)
• The 07:10 Deniliquin – Southern Cross
• The 11:50 Southern Cross – Deniliquin
• The 16:40 Deniliquin – Southern Cross
• The 18:01 Southern Cross – Deniliquin

Albury Interstate Connections

• The 8:00 Adelaide – Albury Station(Speedlink)
• The 4:25 Albury Station – Adelaide (Speedlink)

Ballarat Line – Coach Connections

• The 5:39 Maryborough Station – Castlemaine Station
• The 7:57 Castlemaine Station – Maryborough Station
• The 9:23 Maryborough Station – Castlemaine Station
• The 12:59 Castlemaine Station – Maryborough Station
• The 15:15 Maryborough Station – Castlemaine Station
• The 19:41 Castlemaine Station – Maryborough Station
• The 18:23 Maryborough Station – Castlemaine Station
• The 16:42 Castlemaine Station – Maryborough Station
• The 6:44 Maryborough Station – Castlemaine Station
• The 18:05 Castlemaine Station – Maryborough Station 
• The 5:57 Donald – Ballarat Station
• The 18:24 Ballarat Station – Donald
• The 17:00 Ballarat Station – Ararat Station

Ararat / Grampians / Wimmera Corridor

• The 15:23 Halls Gap – Stawell
• The 12:37 Stawell – Halls Gap
• The 7:45 Stawell – Halls Gap
• The 9:15 Halls Gap – Stawell
• The 4:41 Horsham – Ararat Station
• The 5:08 Nhill – Ballarat Station
• The 10:21 Ballarat Station – Horsham
• The 20:45 Ararat Station – Nhill
• The 15:38 Horsham – Ararat Station
• The 13:20 Dimboola – Ballarat Station
• The 17:12 Ararat Station – Dimboola
• The 5:39 Horsham – Ararat Station
• The 10:32 Ararat Station – Dimboola
• The 10:16 Horsham – Ararat Station
• The 13:52 Ararat Station – Horsham
• The 12:56 Horsham – Ararat Station
• The 19:25 Ararat Station – Horsham
• The 10:11 Ballarat Station- Mt Gambier
• The 14:40 Mt Gambier – Ballarat Station
• The 20:21 Ballarat Station – Hamilton Station

Warrnambool / South West Corridor

• The 5:51 Apollo Bay – Geelong Station
• The 10:11 Geelong City – Apollo Bay
• The 9:46 Apollo Bay – Geelong Station
• The 14:31 Geelong City – Apollo Bay
• The 14:40 Apollo Bay – Geelong Station
• The 17:52 Geelong City – Apollo Bay
• The 16:31 Apollo Bay (2) – Geelong Station
• The 11:51 Geelong City – Apollo Bay (2)
• The 8:30 Warrnambool Station – Apollo Bay
• The 13:20 Apollo Bay – Warrnambool Station
• The 23:18 Lorne Hotel – Geelong Station
• The 6:54 Warrnambool Station – Ballarat Station
• The 12:51 Ballarat Station  – Warrnambool Station
• The 10:59 Warrnambool Station – Heywood
• The 7:09 Heywood – Warrnambool Station
• The 16:47 Warrnambool Station – Mt Gambier
• The 8:34 Mt Gambier – Warrnambool Station
• The 22:53 Warrnambool Station  – Portland
• The 4:37 Portland – Warrnambool Station
• The 20:48 Warrnambool Station – Mt Gambier
• The 15:21 Heywood – Warrnambool Station
• The 16:42 Geelong Station – Colac Station
• The 6:00 Colac Station – Geelong Station
• The 13:30 Hamilton Station – Portland
• The 8:55 Portland – Hamilton Station
• The 9:18 Casterton Hosp – Warrnambool Station 
• The 16:47 Warrnambool Station – Casterton Hosp
• The 15:22 Casterton Hosp – Terang Station
• The 19:19 Terang – Casterton Hosp

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Passengers are advised to check the V/Line website for the latest travel information. Service changes will also be communicated via the V/Line app, social media and announcements.
• Due to the forecast hot temperatures across the rest of Victoria on Friday, 9 January, extreme heat timetables will be in place for the Ballarat and Geelong lines.
• Coaches are replacing trains between Southern Cross and East Pakenham on the Traralgon and Bairnsdale lines until the last services on Sunday, 11 January due to maintenance works on the metropolitan network.

General Information

• There is limited space for bikes on V/Line trains and coach replacement services
• No pets or hot food/liquids allowed on replacement coaches. Cold packaged foods can be consumed on V/Line coach services. All drink containers must have a secure, screw-top, fastening or spill-proof lid.
• Passengers require a valid myki or V/Line ticket to travel on all V/Line replacement coach services. Please touch on and touch off your myki to ensure you pay the correct fare.
• In Melbourne, coaches will arrive and depart from:
  • The Southern Cross Station coach terminal located on Spencer Street, opposite Little Bourke Street
• Passengers needing special assistance, please call 1800 800 007 before travelling.