FAQ

Are reservations compulsory on V/Line services?

Reserved seating is available on V/Line train services to and from Albury, Bairnsdale, Shepparton, Swan Hill and Warrnambool. These services operate with a mixture of reserved and unreserved carriages with the exception of Albury and Warrnambool where all seating is reserved. You can purchase a reserved ticket, which guarantees you a specific seat in the reserved carriage(s), or an unreserved ticket (an unreserved ticket can be purchased via a paper ticket or eTicket, or by tapping on with a myki or contactless payment), which allows you to travel in the unreserved carriage(s) onboard these services and may require you to stand for all or part of the journey if there are no seats available.

Reservations are required on several V/Line coach services.

Passengers can find reserved services shaded in timetables. In the V/Line Journey Planner tool, reserved coach services are shown with an ‘R’ for ‘Reserved’, and train services with reserved carriages are shown with an ‘RC’ for ‘Reserved carriage(s)’.

Reservations are not required on trains to and from all other destinations on the V/Line network, including Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo, Seymour and Traralgon but you are still require to tap on with a valid myki, contactless payment, or purchase a unreserved paper ticket or eTicket to travel.

V/Line acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country on which we operate our services. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, and to Elders past and present.

V/Line is committed to providing accessible information for passengers, and work is continuing to make this website more accessible.
We acknowledge that some sections of this website may not fully comply with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2, Level AA standards, which we are working to improve.
If you are unable to access any content on this website and need to request an accessible version, please email wcag.accessibility@vline.com.au or call 1800 800 007.

V/Line acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country on which we operate our services. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, and to Elders past and present.

V/Line is committed to providing accessible information for passengers, and work is continuing to make this website more accessible.

We acknowledge that some sections of this website may not fully comply with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2, Level AA standards, which we are working to improve.

If you are unable to access any content on this website and need to request an accessible version, please email wcag.accessibility@vline.com.au or call 1800 800 007.