UPDATE: 08:25
On Saturday 10 January, there will be significant impacts to the Bendigo, Echuca, Swan Hill and Albury lines due to bushfires.
No V/Line train or replacement coach services will be operating to Bendigo, Echuca, Swan Hill or Albury so please avoid travel on these lines.
Scheduled coaches connecting to stations on these lines that are still operating will not connect to a train or replacement service. Select coach services may be cancelled at short notice or may not service select stops due to road closures or emergency services requests.
A very limited number of replacement coaches will be running between Southern Cross and Kyneton (not stopping at Footscray and Watergardens).
Across the rest of the V/Line network, most V/Line train and coach services will resume on Saturday 10 January but there may continue to be changes to some services that operate near fire activity as the situation is constantly evolving.
TRAIN IMPACTS
Ballarat, Ararat and Maryborough
Ballarat Line: Train services will run as scheduled. Note that coaches replace evening trains between Southern Cross and Wendouree as part of planned works.
Maryborough Line: Train services will run as scheduled.
Ararat Line: The services listed below will not operate Saturday, 10 January. All other Ararat train services are scheduled to run but due to fire activity in the region, services may be suspended at short notice. Check before you travel.
- The 06:59 Ararat – Southern Cross service will not run between Ararat and Wendouree.
- The 08:18 Ararat – Southern Cross service will not run between Ararat and Wendouree.
Note there will be no coaches replacements for these services.
Bendigo, Echuca and Swan Hill
Bendigo Line: Train services will continue to be suspended.
A limited number of replacement coaches will run between Southern Cross and Kyneton (not stopping at Footscray and Watergardens). Coaches will not operate between Kyneton and Bendigo.
To city – coaches will then run at 5:00am, 6:06am then every hour to 10.06pm with the last service departing at 11.41pm.
From city – coaches will depart Southern Cross at 6.25am and run every hour until midnight.
Echuca Line: Train services are suspended.
Swan Hill Line: Train services are suspended.
Geelong and Warrnambool
Geelong Line: Train services will run as scheduled. Note coaches replace evening trains between Southern Cross and Waurn Ponds as part of planned works.
Warrnambool Line: Train services will run as scheduled.
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 occupation timetable.
Seymour, Shepparton and Albury
Seymour Line: Train services are scheduled to run but due to fire activity in the region, services may be suspended at short notice. Check before you travel.
Shepparton Line: Train services are scheduled to run but due to fire activity in the region, services may be suspended at short notice. Check before you travel.
Albury Line: Train services will continue to be suspended. Replacement coach services will not be running.
COACH IMPACTS
The following coach services will not run:
- The 06:24 Ballarat Station to Geelong Station
- The 06:33 Mulawala to Benalla
- The 08:17 Geelong Station to Ballarat Station
- The 07:30 Mansfield to Melbourne Southern Cross via Flowerdale
- The 08:30 Melbourne Southern Cross to Mansfield
- The 09:32 Benala to Mulwala
- The 11:15 Ballarat Station to Geelong Station
- The 13:01 Geelong Station to Ballarat Station
- The 13:15 Mansfield to Melbourne Southern Cross
- The 18:01 Melbourne Southern Cross to Mansfield via Flowerdale
The following coach services will not service Westmere, Streatham, Skipton, Linton, Scarsdale and Smythesdale on Saturday 10 January:
- The 08:09 Hamilton Station to Ballarat Station
- The 10:51 Ballarat Station to Hamilton Station
- The 20:11 Ballarat Station to Hamilton Station
- The 16:49 Hamilton Station to Ballarat Station
The following coach services will not service Euroa on Saturday 10 January:
- The 10:31 Albury to Seymour
- The 15:27 Seymour to Albury
The following coach service will run 60 minutes delayed on Saturday, 10 January:
- The 02:59 Griffith to Shepparton station
