UPDATE: 20:13
Services have resumed with residual delays of 70 minutes, following an earlier fire brigade request near Sunshine. Passenger journey plan: Passengers can board the next departing services to complete their journey. Service alterations: To Southern Cross: The 15:15 Echuca - Southern Cross service is delayed 55 minutes. The 16:40 Wendouree - Southern Cross service is delayed 52 minutes. The 15:13 Warrnambool - Southern Cross service is delayed 46 minutes. The 17:25 South Geelong - Southern Cross service is delayed 42 minutes. The 17:35 Waurn Ponds - Southern Cross service is delayed 38 minutes. The 18:03 South Geelong - Southern Cross service is delayed 22 minutes. The 17:26 Wendouree - Southern Cross service is delayed 19 minutes. The 19:15 Waurn Ponds - Southern Cross service will originate from Geelong at 19:30 and not Waurn Ponds. The 19:28 Wendouree - Southern Cross service will originate from Ballarat at 19:35 and not Wendouree. The 19:38 Waurn Ponds - Southern Cross service will originate at Geelong at 19:53 and not Waurn Ponds. From Southern Cross: The 17:49 Southern Cross - Bendigo service is delayed 62 minutes. The 17:45 Southern Cross - Waurn Ponds service will end early at Geelong and no longer run to Waurn Ponds. The 17:42 Southern Cross - Bacchus Marsh service is held at Footscray. The 17:32 Southern Cross - Waurn Ponds service is delayed 62 minutes. The 17:38 Southern Cross - Wendouree service will end early at Ballarat and no longer run to Wendouree. The 17:35 Southern Cross - Wyndham Vale service is delayed 64 minutes. The 17:42 Southern Cross - Bacchus Marsh service is delayed 63 minutes. The 17:58 Southern Cross - Wendouree service is delayed 54 minutes. The 17:53 Southern Cross - Waurn Ponds service is delayed 59 minutes. The 18:05 Southern Cross - Melton service is delayed 51 minutes. The 18:08 Southern Cross - Swan Hill service is delayed 49 minutes. The 18:02 Southern Cross - Waurn Ponds service is delayed 62 minutes. The 18:18 Southern Cross - Ararat service is delayed 44 minutes. The 18:25 Southern Cross - Bacchus Marsh service is delayed 44 minutes. The 18:02 Southern Cross - Waurn Ponds service will end early at Geelong and no longer run to Waurn Ponds.
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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