The Australian and Victorian governments have invested more than $4 billion in Regional Rail Revival. The program is upgrading every regional passenger rail line in Victoria and creating 3000 jobs and supplier opportunities.

Regional Rail Revival has already delivered significant benefits including:

• 20 new and upgraded stations in growth areas across regional Victoria
• Additional services to Echuca and greater Bendigo, Waurn Ponds, Ararat, Shepparton, Warrnambool and 135 new services each week on the Ballarat Line
• VLocity trains to Bairnsdale, Shepparton and Albury/Wodonga, and Warrnambool later this year
• Improvements to train detection technology at more than 140 level crossings, improving safety for train passengers and motorists
• Removal of two dangerous level crossings at Fyans Street in South Geelong and Surf Coast Highway in Grovedale, reducing congestion for more than 46,000 drivers that use these roads each day
• Eight kilometres of duplicated track in sections between South Geelong and Waurn Ponds to improve reliability and increase capacity on the line
• Seven new and extended passing loops as well as sections of track duplication, removing bottlenecks by giving trains more opportunities to pass each other
• Construction of a new rail bridge over the Avon River at Stratford which allows trains to travel at up to 90km/h, no longer needing to slow to 10km/h in this section
• Track upgrades on the Echuca Line, reducing journey times between Bendigo and Echuca
• Upgrades on the Ouyen to Murrayville Line to remove most speed and heat restrictions
• Track upgrades on the Ararat to Maryborough Line allowing an increased freight load capacity to 21 tonne axle loading (TAL) for all wagons.

Read the Regional Rail Revival project summary (PDF, 2.3 MB)