The Gippsland Line Upgrade will deliver more frequent and reliable train services to the growing communities of Gippsland. It will also create more than 500 jobs in the region.

This project will allow for extra services during the peaks between Traralgon and Melbourne as trains will have more time to pass each other. This is due to:

duplication of track
extension of the Morwell crossing loop
building second platforms at four stations.

Station upgrades

Complete: Avon River Bridge

The Gippsland Line Upgrade has already delivered benefits, with level crossing upgrades allowing modern VLocity trains to run to Bairnsdale for the first time.

Construction of a new rail bridge over the Avon River now allows trains to travel at up to 90km/h, no longer needing to slow to 10km/h in this section.

Learn more about the new bridge.

4 upgraded stations At Morwell, Bunyip, Longwarry and Traralgon
1 new bridge Built over the Avon River at Stratford
500+ jobs created A local project office established in the Latrobe Valley