Skip to main content
V/Line Logo
Purchase tickets
  • Home
  • Service changes
  • Timetables
    • Train & coach timetables
    • Plan a journey
    • Extreme heat timetables
    • Travel updates
  • Fares & general info
    • Buy tickets
    • Ticketing & fares
    • Group Travel
    • Bicycles, luggage & animals
    • On board
    • Accessibility
    • First-time users
    • Safety
    • The V/Line app
    • FAQ
  • Maps, stations & stops
    • Where to buy tickets
    • Stations & stops
    • Virtual station tours
    • Network maps
  • Escape with V/Line
    • Escape
  • About V/Line
    • Our company
    • Annual reports & publications
    • Contact us & feedback
    • Customer Charter
    • Voice of Customer
    • Community
    • Projects
    • Performance
    • Careers
    • Media centre
  • Search
V/Line Logo
  • Plan trip/Buy tickets
  • Live service updates
  • Next 5
  • Search
  • Normal text sizeLarger text sizeLargest text size
  • Service changes
  • Timetables
    • Train & coach timetables
    • Plan a journey
    • Extreme heat timetables
    • Travel updates
  • Fares & general info
    • Buy tickets
    • Ticketing & fares
    • Group Travel
    • Bicycles, luggage & animals
    • On board
    • Accessibility
    • First-time users
    • Safety
    • The V/Line app
    • FAQ
  • Maps, stations & stops
    • Where to buy tickets
    • Stations & stops
    • Virtual station tours
    • Network maps
  • Escape with V/Line
    • Escape
  • About V/Line
    • Our company
    • Annual reports & publications
    • Contact us & feedback
    • Customer Charter
    • Voice of Customer
    • Community
    • Projects
    • Performance
    • Careers
    • Media centre

Planned Service Change

Service changes on the Geelong Line

10 Jan - 23 Jan 2026
Tweet
Geelong line
Due to West Tarneit Station works, there will be service changes on the Geelong Line until Friday 23 January.

Geelong Line trains will run between Waurn Ponds and Wyndham Vale only. Alternative services will be in place between Wyndham Vale and Southern Cross.

Plan your journey - find your station then view the temporary timetable

Travel advice
 
Click on the date you are travelling
 
Service changes – in both directions
For passengers travelling from:

Waurn Ponds, Marshall, South Geelong, Geelong, North Geelong, North Shore, Corio, Lara, Little River and Wyndham Vale and Footscray stations 
 

  • 12 to 16 January
  • 17 to 18 January
  • 19 to 23 January
Train to Wyndham Vale, then bus from Wyndham Vale to Werribee, then a Metro train to and from the city.
 
For passengers travelling from Tarneit Station

  • 12 to 16 January
  • 17 to 18 January
  • 19 to 23 January
Bus to Laverton, then a Metro train to and from the city.
For passengers travelling from Deer Park and Sunshine 
 
 
  • 12 to 16 January
  • 17 to 18 January
  • 19 to 23 January
Stopping all stations bus between Wyndham Vale, Tarneit, Deer Park and Sunshine.

Important information when travelling at night – there are additional changes to services on most nights with coaches replacing trains between Southern Cross and Wyndham Vale or Waurn Ponds. These changes are shown in the temporary timetables. 
 
Dates Coaches replace trains
Monday 12 to Wednesday 14 January After 7.30pm - between Southern Cross and Waurn Ponds (in both directions)
Thursday 15 January  After 8.30pm - from Southern Cross to Waurn Ponds

After 10pm - from Waurn Ponds to Southern Cross
Friday 16 and Saturday 17 January  After 11.15pm - between Southern Cross and Waurn Ponds (in both directions)
Sunday 18 January  After 8.30pm - from Southern Cross to Wyndham Vale 

After 8pm - from Wyndham Vale to Southern Cross
Tuesday 20 to Friday 23 January  After 11.15pm - between Southern Cross and Waurn Ponds (in both directions)

Thank you for your patience during this time.
 
General Information
•    There is limited space for bikes on V/Line trains and coach replacement services.
•    Bikes are not allowed on low-floor bus replacement services.
•    No pets or hot food/liquids allowed on replacement coaches.
•    Customers require a valid myki or paper ticket to travel on all V/Line replacement coach services. Please touch on and touch off your myki to ensure you pay the correct fare.
•    In Melbourne, coaches will arrive and depart from the Southern Cross Station coach terminal located on Spencer Street, opposite Little Bourke Street.
•    Customers with accessibility needs please call 1800 800 007 before travelling.
•    For the latest up-to-date information follow us on X @vline_geelong
 
.

 

  • Service Changes

    View all services changes by line
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.
  • Contact us
  • Sitemap
  • Privacy policy
  • Terms of use
  • V/Line Corporate
  • State Government of Victoria logo
  • Public Transport Victoria logo
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.