Service disruptions

16/02/2026 - Geelong/Ballarat/Bendigo/Seymour lines Major Delay

16 Feb 2026

Bendigo line, Seymour line, Gippsland line, Geelong line, Ballarat line

Major Delay - Geelong/Ballarat/Bendigo lines

UPDATE: 19:45

Services are delayed due to a track fault near Southern Cross.

Passengers can also board the next departing services to complete their journey.

Services affected:
From Southern Cross:
The 16:46 Southern Cross - Waurn Ponds service will not run today.
The 16:49 Southern Cross - South Geelong service will not run today.
The 16:58 Southern Cross - Ararat service is delayed 34 minutes.
The 17:01 Southern Cross - Melton service will not run today.
The 17:09 Southern Cross - Warrnambool service is delayed 58 minutes.
The 17:12 Southern Cross - Waurn Ponds service will end early at Geelong.
The 17:15 Southern Cross - Wyndham Vale service is delayed 13 minutes.
The 17:18 Southern Cross - Wendouree service will end early at Ballarat.
The 17:26 Southern Cross - Epsom service will end early at Bendigo.
The 17:29 Southern Cross - Waurn Ponds service is delayed 65 minutes.
The 17:32 Southern Cross - Waurn Ponds service is delayed 20 minutes.
The 17:35 Southern Cross - Wyndham Vale service will not run today.
The 17:49 Southern Cross - Bendigo service is delayed 28 minutes.
The 17:38 Southern Cross - Wendouree service will end early at Ballarat.
The 17:53 Southern Cross - Waurn Ponds service is delayed 51 minutes.
The 18:05 Southern Cross - Melton service is delayed 19 minutes.
The 19:55 Southern Cross - Waurn Ponds service will run at a reduced capacity of 3 VLocity carriages.

To Southern Cross:
The 14:28 Ararat - Southern Cross service is delayed 25 minutes.
The 15:41 Waurn Ponds - Southern Cross service is delayed 20 minutes.
The 16:30 Melton - Southern Cross service is delayed 16 minutes.
The 16:10 South Geelong - Southern Cross service is delayed 23 minutes.
The 18:21 Waurn Ponds - Southern Cross service will not run today.
The 18:42 Waurn Ponds - Southern Cross service will not run today.
The 19:28 Wendouree - Southern Cross service will originate at Ballarat at 19:35.
The 19:52 Bendigo - Southern Cross service will originate at Bendigo at 20:14.

General information

In Melbourne, coaches will arrive and depart from the Southern Cross Station coach terminal located on Spencer Street, opposite Little Bourke Street.
No pets allowed on replacement coaches.
There is limited space for bikes on V/Line trains and coach replacement services.
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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.