Bairnsdale line

Across Gippsland from Melbourne: three VLocity trains a day pass the Latrobe Valley’s coal towns to Bairnsdale, reached by rail in 1888; beyond Sale the trains stopped in 1993 and returned in 2004.

Stations

1. 0 kmSouthern Cross
2. 2 kmFlinders Street
3. 4 kmRichmond
4. 12 kmCaulfield
5. 21 kmClayton
6. 31 kmDandenong
7. Show 12 more stations

   1. 58 kmPakenham
   2. 66 kmNar Nar Goon
   3. 71 kmTynong
   4. 75 kmGarfield Station
   5. 79 kmBunyip Station
   6. 84 kmLongwarry Station
   7. 92 kmDrouin
   8. 100 kmWarragul
   9. 112 kmYarragon station
   10. 120 kmTrafalgar station
   11. 130 kmMoe
   12. 145 kmMorwell station
8. 159 kmMorwell station
9. 181 kmRosedale
10. 206 kmSale
11. 222 kmStratford
12. 275 kmBairnsdale Station

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 20219921 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 m from it
• Wikipedia has an article for this line

Questions and answers

How long is the Bairnsdale line?

The Bairnsdale line runs 275 km from Melbourne to Bairnsdale.

How long does the Bairnsdale line take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 3 h 56 min for the 275 km. That is an average of 70 km/h end to end.

Who runs the Bairnsdale line?

V and Line, with VLocity DMU.

How old is the Bairnsdale line?

The line has been in service since 1888. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

How often does the Bairnsdale line run?

3× daily each way.

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