Melbourne Trains

Melbourne has a good suburban rail network radiating out from the centre of the city. The terminus is Flinders Street Station, but most services perform a circuit round the underground city loop, often operating in one direction in the morning and in the opposite direction in the evening.

 

Long-distance trains use Southern Cross Station (formerly Spencer Street) as their terminus. Although routes and services have been curtailed in recent years, the state is still reasonably well served by the V-Line services. Routes are operated by rail or by road, or by a combination of both.

 

Amongst the destinations served by V-Line or others by rail are Geelong, Warrnambool, Ballarat, Bendigo, Swan Hill, Echuca, Shepparton, Albury and Sale. Amongst the destinations served by road are Apollo Bay, Mt. Gambier, Adelaide, Mildura, Griffith, Beechworth, Bright, Mansfield, Canberra, Phillip Island, Lakes Entrance and Bateman's Bay.

 

The New South Wales rail company, Countrylink, runs trains between Melbourne and Sydney, with road connexions to Canberra.

 

Great Southern Railway (13 21 47) operates trains between Melbourne and Adelaide, with connexions to Perth, Alice Springs and Melbourne. The Sydney - Melbourne XPT takes 11 hours. The Overland train runs between Melbourne and Adelaide