The Regional Network Development Plan guides the short, medium and long-term priorities needed to modernise the network with more track, more trains, better facilities and more services.
It sets out a plan to deliver a modern commuter-style service for key centres and service improvements to outer regional areas, including:
- a minimum 20-minute train frequency in the peak and 40 minutes in the off-peak for services to Geelong, Bendigo, Ballarat, Seymour and Traralgon
- five services, every weekday to the outer regional train lines of Warrnambool, Bairnsdale, Albury-Wodonga, Echuca, Swan Hill and Shepparton.
The Victorian Government invested $1.3 billion in the 2016/17 Budget to action the plan including:
- more than 170 extra off-peak services, building on 342 services added in 2015
- the purchase of 27 VLocity carriages and stabling infrastructure to boost capacity
- critical major maintenance to ensure a safe and reliable network
- funding to rebuild V/Line capacity
- car park, passenger facilities and customer information upgrades at more than 30 regional train stations and coach interchanges
- development funding for the next phase of works.
More Information
- Regional Network Development Plan (PDF 257 KB)
- Regional Network Development Plan (DOCX 79.1 KB)
- Regional Network Development Plan Barwon South West Fact Sheet (PDF 273 KB)
- Regional Network Development Plan Barwon South West Fact Sheet (DOCX 15.3 KB)
- Regional Network Development Plan Gippsland Fact Sheet (PDF 2.96 MB)
- Regional Network Development Plan Gippsland Fact Sheet (DOCX 79.1 KB)
- Regional Network Development Plan Grampians Fact Sheet (PDF 15.2 KB)
- Regional Network Development Plan Grampians Fact Sheet (DOCX 15 KB)
- Regional Network Development Plan Hume Fact Sheet (PDF 297 KB)
- Regional Network Development Plan Hume Fact Sheet (DOCX 15.1 KB)
- Regional Network Development Plan Loddon Mallee Fact Sheet (PDF 252 KB)
- Regional Network Development Plan Loddon Mallee Fact Sheet (DOCX 15 KB)