Classic route
Warrnambool line
Warrnambool → Melbourne · Australia
From Warrnambool by Terang, Camperdown and Colac to Geelong and Melbourne; the line reached Warrnambool in 1890 and has run VLocity trains since November 2024.
- Distance
- 275 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 3 h 37 min
- Average speed
- 76 km/h

Stations
- 0 kmWarrnambool
- 6 kmSherwood Park
- 46 kmTerang
- 69 kmCamperdown
- 114 kmColac
- 133 kmBirregurra
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- 153 kmWinchelsea
- 182 kmWaurn Ponds
- 187 kmMarshall
- 193 kmSouth Geelong
- 194 kmGeelong
- 197 kmNorth Geelong
- 200 kmNorth Shore +1
- 203 kmCorio
- 210 kmLara
- 235 kmWyndham Vale
- 246 kmTarneit
- 257 kmDeer Park
- 263 kmSunshine
- 270 kmFootscray +1
- 275 kmSouthern Cross +4
The stations this train called at in the operator’s timetable (V/Line, the Warrnambool 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
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 20576524: 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
- Checked against the running timetable via V/Line: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of the Warrnambool–Melbourne train
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Warrnambool line?
The Warrnambool line runs 275 km from Warrnambool to Melbourne.
How long does the Warrnambool line take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 3 h 37 min for the 275 km. That is an average of 76 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Warrnambool line?
V and Line, with VLocity DMU.
How old is the Warrnambool line?
The line has been in service since 1890. 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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