Work is now under way to replace more than 1,800 damaged sleepers and more than 180 metres of damaged rail.
Last week an incident involving a freight and passenger train between Chiltern and Barnawartha
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Weather, industrial action affects rail performance in Victoria
Victorian rail operators have fallen short of their monthly targets in December, while light rail operator, Yarra Trams met its punctuality target but missed its reliability threshold.
The figures, from
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Victoria’s $27 million sleeper replacement project underway
Sleeper replacement work has begun along the Shepparton line as part of the Victorian government’s more than $27 million sleeper replacement project.
A crew of 50 V/Line staff is working through the
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V/Line appoints new board members
The Victorian government has appointed three new directors to the V/Line Corporation Board, as well as granting a second term for existing director Rachel Thomson.
New directors Liz Roadley, Tom Sargant
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Victorian transport performance poor in September
Metro Trains, Yarra Trams and V/Line will pay compensation to Melbourne’s commuters for poor public transport performance during the month of September, according to Public Transport Victoria.
As part
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Incidents force lower punctuality for Melbourne in June
The Victorian Department of Transport will pay compensation to passengers of Metro Trains after failing to meet its punctuality targets in June. Metro Trains delivered 88.3 per cent of its trains on time
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Train collides with two cars at Melbourne level crossing
A train has his two cars at a level crossing in Officer, southeast Melbourne. The cars were on the level crossing after one car rear-ended the other onto the tracks.
The boomgates then closed as the drivers
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Swan Hill latest beneficiary of Victorian transport ‘blitz’
The Swan Hill line in Victoria will return to service tomorrow following $3 million of improvements by more than 50 V/Line staff and contract workers.
The works, which were scheduled to take place over
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Metro Trains’ May performance impacted by wire collapse
Public Transport Victoria’s reliability has suffered a drop for the month of May across its Metro Trains, Yarra Trams and V/Line services.
PTV chief executive officer Joroen Weimar called May a challenging
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Labor reveals state budget ‘transport blitz’ for Victoria
The Victorian Government has unveiled plans to commit record funding for road and rail projects across the state in what it has referred to by Premier Daniel Andrews as a “blitz” for suburban transport.
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