Classic route
Bendigo line
Melbourne → Bendigo · Australia
From Melbourne to the goldfields city of Bendigo by Sunbury, the Macedon Ranges, Kyneton and Castlemaine; the railway reached Bendigo, then called Sandhurst, in 1862.
- Distance
- 162 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 2 h
- Average speed
- 81 km/h
- Top speed
- 160 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmSouthern Cross +4
- 6 kmFootscray +1
- 38 kmSunbury
- 50 kmClarkefield
- 57 kmRiddells Creek
- 64 kmGisborne
- 70 kmMacedon
- 78 kmWoodend
- 92 kmKyneton
- 102 kmMalmsbury
- 126 kmCastlemaine
- 157 kmKangaroo Flat
- 162 kmBendigo
The stations this train called at in the operator’s timetable (V/Line, the Bendigo line on 16 November 2026), in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Other runs of the train may skip some of them, and the timetable can change. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 97.9% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 4 m); the longest stretch away from it is 3.5 km
- Checked against the running timetable via V/Line: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of the Bendigo–Melbourne train
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Bendigo line?
The Bendigo line runs 162 km from Melbourne to Bendigo.
How long does the Bendigo line take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 2 h for the 162 km. That is an average of 81 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.
Who runs the Bendigo line?
V and Line, with VLocity DMU.
How old is the Bendigo line?
The line has been in service since 1862. 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.
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