As the works are in progress, buses will be unavailable at Flinders St, Richmond, Clayton and Berwick stations, but will be available for passengers travelling between Caulfield, Dandenong and Pakenham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Commuters took to social media to voice their frustration with the shutdown heading into winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDo some freaking pick ups and drop offs at Flinders \u2014 sick of crossing the entire city to Southern Cross, just to head back the way I came to go to Gippsland,\u201d Josh McLaughlin commented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Gippsland train line was also closed from November 24 to December 10 last year. Picture: David Crosling<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe\u2019ll be needing boats by the time that is finished, if it ever gets finished,\u201d Leanne McCann wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOmg that\u2019s a month and a half \u2014 hope we will be getting some sort of compensation for the inconvenience yet again,\u201d Debbie Buzasi said. A V\/Line spokesperson has advised passengers to allow 60 minutes extra for the journey by bus in May and June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cPassengers should be aware that buses will replace metropolitan train services on sections of the Pakenham Line at times during this period, due to Level Crossing Removal and Metro tunnelworks,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cA temporary timetable is available from the PTV and V\/Line websites.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n HeraldSun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Frustrated V\/Line passengers will have to take the bus for six weeks as the Gippsland railway line will close due to track upgrades. Find out how this will affect you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":60350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[273,163],"tags":[10051,993,8,6],"class_list":["post-60349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","category-rail-industry-news-australia-new-zealand","tag-gippsland","tag-melbourne","tag-victoria","tag-vline"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-56.jpeg\")
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\u201cI always look forward to the absolute disaster this becomes every time,\u201d Melbourne man Chris Barrett shared.
Traralgon local Shannon Knegt suggested the South Gippsland railway corridor from Cranbourne to Leongatha should be restored so that travellers don\u2019t have to take the \u201cunreliable buses\u201d no longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n