Good Food Train, Bendigo, 13-18 MarchBendigo Tourism in collaboration with V/Line and the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival, are encouraging Melburnians to leave the car at home and travel with V/Line to Bendigo to taste and discover the local restaurants and produce.
This initiative is called the ‘Good Food Train’ and is sold as a package by Bendigo Tourism. It is available 13-18 March only.
Packages include:
V/Line return tickets Melbourne <> Bendigo
Tickets to the Grace Kelly: Style Icon exhibition at Bendigo Art Gallery
Dinner at a premium Bendigo restaurant
One night’s accommodation
Personalised itinerary and map
Special Bendigo offers and discount passes
Packages start at $240 per person and can only be purchased directly from Bendigo Visitor Information and Interpretive Centre on 1800 813 153 or www.bendigotourism.com. Packages cannot be purchased from V/Line.
Please note: due to trackworks in the metropolitan area, buses will replace trains on the Bendigo line between Melbourne and Sunbury on the weekend of 17-18 March. Trains will operate between Sunbury, Bendigo and Echuca, and between Bendigo and Swan Hill. Customers travelling from Melbourne to Bendigo need to allow an extra 40 minutes in travel time. Detailed information will be available on this website closer to the date.
Getting there Getting to Bendigo will take you approximately two hours by train from Melbourne’s Southern Cross Station.
Your V/Line ticket is valid for travel on the Bendigo town buses at no extra cost. If you’re travelling from a metropolitan station, you’ll also get free travel on trams, trains and buses. For more information see included metropolitan travel.
More information For more information contact Bendigo Visitor Information and Interpretive Centre on 1800 813 153 or www.bendigotourism.com