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How low can VLine go?

16 April 2020

All but one of Victoria’s regional train lines failed to run on time in March.

The Geelong, Bendigo, Seymour and Gippsland lines all ran at least six minutes late, while all six long distance services failed to reach the 92 per cent punctuality target to arrive within 11 minutes of the scheduled arrival time.

The Albury-Wodonga line again took the wooden spoon, with punctuality sinking to just 7.9 per cent.

The Andrews Government has neglected the V/Line network, axing $149 million from VLine’s operating budget last year.

Comment attributable to Shadow Minister for Regional Public Transport Steph Ryan

Daniel Andrews wants to bill himself as the ‘infrastructure Premier’ all while he cuts funding for regional train services.

V/Line’s shocking performance is not going to improve while Daniel Andrews continues to cut funding from the service.

Our ageing tracks and trains are clearly not a priority for this Premier who is happy to leave country people on a third-world service while he spends billions in Melbourne.

Short distance

	Geelong	Ballarat	Bendigo	Seymour	Gippsland
Reliability*	95.4%	97.4%	95.0%	99.6%	96.2%
Punctuality**	90.5%	92.1%	78.7%	81.0%	78.2%

Long distance

	Warrnambool	Ararat / Maryborough	Swan Hill & Echuca	Albury / Wodonga	Shepparton	Bairnsdale
Reliability*	100%	98.6%	99.0%	87.0%	96.6%	100%
Punctuality**	81.5%	91.0%	84.8%	7.9%	79.8%	83.1%

*Reliability target is 96 per cent of scheduled services to run

**Punctuality target is 92 per cent of services to arrive on time (within six minutes for short distance services and within 11 minutes for long distance services)