Extra services for Traralgon Line
Published: Fri 15 Aug 2025
New train services for the Traralgon Line and more capacity on weekend Bendigo Line trains from 14 September
Following the completion of the Gippsland Line Upgrade, a new timetable will start on the Traralgon Line from Sunday 14 September.
87 new train services will be added each week, giving passengers better frequency and more choice of when to travel.
Trains will run around every 40 minutes between Melbourne and Traralgon from 8am to 9pm, seven days a week.
There will also be some minor changes to the Bairnsdale Line timetable as well as changes to some coach services that connect with trains.
On the Bendigo Line, more weekend trains will run with six carriages and more direct and extended services will run between Southern Cross, Epsom, Eaglehawk and Echuca.
What’s changing?
Traralgon and Bairnsdale lines
- 87 new train services per week on the Gippsland Line between Melbourne and Traralgon.
- 55 new services will be added across weekdays (11 every weekday) and 32 new services across weekends (14 on Saturdays and 18 on Sundays).
- Trains will run around every 40 minutes between Melbourne and Traralgon from 8am to 9pm, seven days a week.
- All Sunday Sale services will now start and end in Bairnsdale.
- There will be journey time changes for some services.
- On Sundays, the 10:23 am train from Southern Cross Station to Sale will now extend to Bairnsdale and leave at 12:23 pm. Passengers who catch the 10:23 am Sunday train beyond Traralgon will need to catch the later train at 12:23 pm. A new train service will run from Southern Cross Station to Traralgon 10:23 am.
- Berwick school trains will continue to run, stopping once in the morning and afternoon on school days. The afternoon train will depart at 4:00 pm instead of 4:17 pm.
- Some coach services will have new timetables to better connect with trains.
Bendigo Line
- 14 busy weekend services will change from 3-car VLocity trains to 6-car VLocity trains.
- A new service will depart Epsom at 7:32 pm and arrive at Southern Cross Station at 9:51 pm. The service will operate on weekdays, giving passengers in Epsom a new evening service to Melbourne.
- The 11:20 pm weekday shuttle from Epsom to Bendigo will be removed. Passengers can catch the new 7:32 pm Epsom to Southern Cross Station service.
- The 10:06 am weekday service from Southern Cross Station to Bendigo will now travel to Eaglehawk.
- The 11:06 am weekday Southern Cross Station to Eaglehawk service will run direct to Echuca, no longer stopping at Eaglehawk. This will give passengers in Echuca a new one-seat journey that’s faster.
- Passengers who usually catch the 11:06 am weekday Southern Cross Station to Eaglehawk service will need to travel an hour earlier at 10:06 am.
To view the timetables click here.