Sandringham line

Passenger rail service in Melbourne, Australia

Sandringham line

Comeng train on the Sandringham line at Prahran station, December 2019

Overview
Service type| Commuter rail
System| Melbourne railway network
Status| Operational
Locale| Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Predecessor|

* Windsor – North Brighton (1859–1860)
* Princes Bridge – Cremorne (1859–1860)
* Princes Bridge – North Brighton (1860–1861)
* Brighton Beach (1861–1887)

First service| 19 December 1859; 164 years ago (1859-12-19)
Current operator(s)| Metro Trains
Former operator(s)|

* St Kilda and Brighton Railway (1859–1862)
* Melbourne and Suburban Railway (1859–1862)
* Melbourne Railway Company (1862–1865)
* Melbourne and Hobson's Bay United Railway (1865–1878)
* Victorian Railways (VR) (1878–1974)
* VR as VicRail (1974–1983)
* MTA (The Met) (1983–1989)
* PTC (The Met) (1989–1998)
* Bayside Trains (1998–2000)
* M>Train (2000–2004)
* Connex Melbourne (2004–2009)

Route
Termini| Flinders Street
Sandringham
Stops| 14
Distance travelled| 18.090 km (11.241 mi)
Average journey time| 30 minutes
Service frequency|

* 7-8 minutes weekdays peak
* 15 minutes weekdays off-peak
* 20 minutes at nights and during the day on weekends
* 40 minutes early Sunday morning
* 60 minutes overnight on Friday and Saturday nights

Line(s) used| Sandringham
Technical
Rolling stock| Siemens Nexas
Track gauge| 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Electrification| 1500 V DC overhead
Track owner(s)| VicTrack
| Route map

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The Sandringham line is a commuter railway line in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.[1] Operated by Metro Trains Melbourne, it is the city's fourth shortest metropolitan railway line at 17.9 kilometres (11.1 mi). The line runs from Flinders Street station in central Melbourne to Sandringham station in the south-east, serving 14 stations via South Yarra, Balaclava, Elsternwick, and Brighton.[2] The line operates from approximately 5am to 12am, daily, with 24 hour service available on Friday and Saturday nights. Services run every 7–8 minutes during peak hour, with services running every 15 minutes during the inter-peak period on weekdays, and every 20 minutes at night and during the day on weekends (with the exception of early Sunday mornings when services run every 40 minutes). Additionally, services run every 60 minutes overnight on Friday and Saturday nights as part of the Night Network.[3]

Sections of the Sandringham line opened as early as 1859, with the line fully extended to Sandringham in 1887. A limited number of stations were first opened, with infill stations progressively opened between 1860 and 1912.[4] The line was built to connect Melbourne with the suburbs of Balaclava, Elsternwick, Brighton, and Sandringham, amongst others. Minor upgrades have occurred since its opening, including historical level crossing removal works and regular infrastructure upgrades.[5]

## History[edit]

### 19th century[edit]

The Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company opened their line from Princes Bridge (later amalgamated with Flinders Street station) to a temporary station on Punt Road in February 1859, then to Cremorne (now closed) in December of that year. Shortly after, the St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company opened their railway line from St Kilda to Bay Street (now North Brighton) in December 1859. Twelve months after that, the Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company extended their line from Cremorne to Chapel Street (now Windsor) station, on the St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company's line, providing a second route to the city from the Brighton line. The following year, again in December, the St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company extended their line to Beach (now Brighton Beach).

The link between St Kilda and Windsor, disused since 1862, was dismantled in 1867, although part of it at the Windsor end was used as a siding for some time afterwards. In 1865, the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company, who owned the St Kilda line, purchased the Melbourne Suburban Railway Company and became the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay United Railway Company, and subsequently bought the St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company, which was in financial difficulties, for £99,500. The Victorian Government acquired the United railway company in July 1878.

In September 1887, the Brighton line was extended to Sandringham.

### 20th century[edit]

The new signalling system present at Windsor station, 1918

The Sandringham line became the first line in Victoria to be provided with automatic signals, with the line as far as Elsternwick converted in stages from 1915 to 1918. Then in 1919, the Sandringham line became, with the line to Essendon, the first line in the country to be electrified (apart from a test installation on the Flemington Racecourse line).[6] Automatic signalling was provided the rest of the way to Sandringham in two stages in during 1926.[6]

When the underground City Loop line was designed, it was not intended to cater for trains on the Port Melbourne, St Kilda, and Sandringham lines. However, a crossover was installed near Richmond to allow Sandringham trains to cross to the tracks used by the Frankston, Pakenham, and Cranbourne line trains, which had access to the underground loop. In 1985, two Sandringham trains each way were altered to run via the underground loop, and in 1987, with the Port Melbourne and St Kilda lines converted to light rail operation, all off-peak and many peak trains were routed via the underground loop.[citation needed] The commencement of operations involved the service stopping at three new stations—Parliament, Melbourne Central (formally Museum), and Flagstaff.[7] The Loop follows La Trobe and Spring Streets along the northern and eastern edges of the Hoddle Grid.[8] The Loop connects with Melbourne's two busiest stations, Flinders Street and Southern Cross, via the elevated Flinders Street Viaduct.[8] From 2021, Sandringham line services stopped operating through the loop as part of a timetable restructure.[9]

### 21st century[edit]

Main article: Sandringham railway line § Future

In 2021, the metropolitan timetable underwent a major rewrite, resulting in all Sandringham line trains terminating at Flinders Street without operating through the City Loop.[9]

## Future[edit]

### Network reconfiguration[edit]

When the new cross-city rail corridor being built by the Metro Tunnel opens in 2025 there will be a reorganisation of the Melbourne rail network.[10] The Victorian Department of Transport and Planning plans to return the Frankston line to the City Loop, with dedicated use of the Caulfield group tunnel track.[11] This will mean Frankston line trains will no longer through-run with Werribee and Williamstown line trains, and will again stop at City Loop stations Flagstaff, Melbourne Central and Parliament.[11] As part of the reconfiguration, the Sandringham line would instead begin through-running services to Werribee and Williamstown lines for the first time.[11]

Stage 4 of the Network Development Plan – Metropolitan Rail proposed that the Upfield and Sandringham lines be joined via a reconfigured City Loop sometime in the 2030s.[12]

## Network and operations[edit]

### Services[edit]

Services on the Sandringham line operates from approximately 5:00am to 12:00am (midnight) daily and all night on Friday and Saturday nights.[13] Services run every 7–8 minutes during peak hour, with services running every 15 minutes during the inter-peak period on weekdays, and every 20 minutes at night and during the day on weekends (with the exception of early Sunday mornings when services run every 40 minutes until 10:00am). Additionally, services run every 60 minutes overnight on Friday and Saturday nights as part of the Night Network.[3] Services don't run via the City Loop, instead they run direct to Flinders Street.[14]

#### Stopping patterns[edit]

Legend — Station status

* ◼ Premium Station – Station staffed from first to last train
* ◻ Host Station – Usually staffed during morning peak, however this can vary for different stations on the network.

Legend — Stopping patterns
Services do not operate via the City Loop

* ● – All trains stop
* ◐ – Some services do not stop
* ▲ – Only inbound trains stop
* | – Trains pass and do not stop

Sandringham Services[15]

Station  | Zone  | Local  | Ltd Express  | Middle Brighton
◼ Flinders Street | 1 | ● | ▲ | ▲
◼ Richmond | ● | ▲ | ▲
◼ South Yarra | ● | ▲ | ▲
◻ Prahran | ● | ▲ | ▲
◻ Windsor | ● | ▲ | ▲
◼ Balaclava | ● | ▲ | ▲
◻ Ripponlea | ● | ▲ | ▲
◼ Elsternwick | ● | ▲ | ▲
◻ Gardenvale | ● | | | ▲
◻ North Brighton | 1/2 | ● | | | ▲
◻ Middle Brighton | ● | | | ▲
◼ Brighton Beach | ● | | |
◻ Hampton | 2 | ● | |
◼ Sandringham | ● | ▲

### Operators[edit]

The Sandringham line has had a total of 11 operators since its opening in 1859. The line was initially operated by the Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company, the St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company, the Melbourne Railway Company, and the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company over the course of 19 years from 1859 till nationalisation in 1878. The majority of operations throughout its history have been government run: from 1878 until the 1999 privatisation of Melbourne's rail network, four different government operators have run the line.[16] These operators, Victorian Railways, the Metropolitan Transit Authority, the Public Transport Corporation and Bayside Trains have a combined operational length of 121 years.[16]

Bayside Trains was privatised in August 1999 and later rebranded M>Train. In 2002, M>Train was placed into receivership and the state government regained ownership of the line, with KPMG appointed as receivers to operate M>Train on behalf of the state government.[17][18][19] Two years later, rival train operator Connex Melbourne took over the M>Train operations including the Sandringham line. Metro Trains Melbourne, the current private operator, then took over the operations in 2009. These private operators have had a combined operational period of 24 years.[20]

Past and present operators of the Sandringham line:  Operator  | Assumed operations  | Ceased operations  | Length of operations

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Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company*  | 1859  | 1862  | 3 years
St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company*
Melbourne Railway Company | 1862  | 1865  | 3 years
Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company | 1865  | 1878  | 13 years
Victorian Railways | 1878  | 1983  | 105 years
Metropolitan Transit Authority | 1983  | 1989  | 6 years
Public Transport Corporation | 1989  | 1998  | 9 years
Bayside Trains (government operator)  | 1998  | 1999  | 1 years
M>Train | 1999  | 2004  | 5 years
Connex Melbourne | 2004  | 2009  | 5 years
Metro Trains Melbourne | 2009  | incumbent | 14 years (ongoing)

*Operated part of the route

### Route[edit]

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Sandringham line

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| Multiple lines

via North Melbourne

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City Loop

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| Southern Cross

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| Flagstaff

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| Melbourne Central

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| Parliament

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| Hurstbridge & Mernda lines

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| Botanic Gardens

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| Richmond

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Swan Street

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| Alamein, Belgrave, Glen Waverley & Lilydale lines

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CityLink

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Toorak Road (Burwood Highway)

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| Bairnsdale/Traralgon, Cranbourne, Frankston & Pakenham lines

to Caulfield

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| Prahran

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| St Kilda – Windsor line

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Dandenong Road (Princes Highway)

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| Balaclava

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| Ripponlea

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Hotham Street

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| Elsternwick

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| Rosstown Railway

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Nepean Highway

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| Gardenvale

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North Road

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| North Brighton

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| Middle Brighton

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13.9

New Street

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14.7

| Brighton Beach

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South Road

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New Street

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| Hampton

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Interactive map of the Sandringham line in south-eastern Melbourne.

Sandringham (physical track)

Overview
Status| Operational with passenger services from Flinders Street to Sandringham
Owner|

* St Kilda and Brighton Railway (1859–1865)
* Melbourne and Suburban Railway (1859–1862)
* Melbourne Railway Company (1862–1865)
* Melbourne and Hobson's Bay United Railway (1865–1878)
* Victorian Railways (VR) (1878–1974)
* VR as VicRail (1974–1983)
* MTA (The Met) (1983–1989)
* PTC (The Met) (1989–1997)
* VicTrack (1997–Current)

Locale| Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Termini|

* Flinders Street
* Sandringham

Connecting lines| All metropolitan and Bairnsdale/Traralgon
Stations|

* 14 current stations
* 2 former stations

Service
Services| Sandringham
History
Commenced| 19 December 1859 (1859-12-19)
Opened|

* Princes Bridge to Richmond on 8 February 1859 (1859-02-08)
* Richmond to Cremorne on 12 December 1859 (1859-12-12)
* Windsor to North Brighton on 19 December 1859 (1859-12-19)
* Cremorne to Windsor on 22 December 1860 (1860-12-22)
* Flinders Street to Princes Bridge on 18 December 1865 (1865-12-18)
* North Brighton to Brighton Beach on 21 December 1861 (1861-12-21)
* Brighton Beach to Sandringham on 2 September 1887 (1887-09-02)

Completed| 2 September 1887 (1887-09-02)
Electrified| 28 May 1919 (1919-05-28)
Technical
Line length| 18.090 km (11.241 mi)
Number of tracks|

* Twelve tracks: Flinders Street to Richmond
* Six tracks: Richmond to South Yarra
* Double track: South Yarra to Sandringham

Track gauge| 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Electrification| 1500 V DC overhead
Operating speed| 70 km/h (43 mph)
Signalling| Automatic block signaling
Maximum incline| 1 in 93 (1.08%)

The Sandringham line forms a somewhat linear route with minor curves from the Melbourne central business district to its terminus in Sandringham. The route is 17.9 kilometres (11.1 mi) long and is predominantly doubled tracked, however between Flinders Street station and Richmond, the track is widened to 12 tracks, narrowing to 6 tracks between Richmond and South Yarra before again narrowing to 2 tracks between South Yarra and Sandringham.[21] After departing from its terminus at Flinders Street, the Sandringham line traverses mainly flat country with few curves and fairly minimal earthworks for most of the line. However, sections of the line have been elevated or lowering into a cutting to eliminate level crossings.[5] Despite historical removals, there are numerous level crossings still present on the line with no current plans to remove them.[22]

The line follows the same alignment as the Cranbourne, Pakenham, and Frankston lines with the four services splitting onto different routes at South Yarra. The Sandringham line continues on its south eastern alignment, whereas the Cranbourne, Pakenham, and Frankston lines takes an eastern alignment towards their final destinations.[23] From Balaclava, the line is never more than ~2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the eastern shore of Port Phillip. All of the rail line goes through built-up suburbs towards its terminus in Sandringham.[23]

### Stations[edit]

The line serves 14 stations across 17.9 kilometres (11.1 mi) of track. The stations are a mix of elevated, lowered, and ground level designs. The majority of stations are at ground level, with elevated or lowered stations constructed in conjunction with historical level crossing removals works.[24]

Station  | Accessibility  | Opened  | Terrain  | Train connections  | Other connections

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Flinders Street | Yes—step free access  | 1854[4] | Lowered  |

16 connections

*     * Alamein line
* Belgrave line
* Craigieburn line
* Cranbourne line
* Flemington Racecourse line
* Frankston line
* Gippsland line
* Glen Waverley line
* Hurstbridge line
* Lilydale line
* Mernda line
* Pakenham line
* Sunbury line
* Upfield line
* Werribee line
* Williamstown line

Richmond | No—steep ramp  | 1859[4] | Elevated  |

8 connections

*     * Alamein line
* Belgrave line
* Cranbourne line
* Frankston line
* Gippsland line
* Glen Waverley line
* Lilydale line
* Pakenham line

South Yarra | 1860[4] | Lowered  |

3 connections

*     * Cranbourne line
* Frankston line
* Pakenham line

Prahran | Yes—step free access  | 1860[4] | Ground level  |
Windsor | No—steep ramp  | 1859[4]
Balaclava | Yes—step free access  | Elevated
Ripponlea | 1912[4] | Ground level  |
Elsternwick | 1859[4] | Lowered  |
Gardenvale | No—steep ramp  | 1906[4] | Elevated  |
North Brighton | Yes—step free access  | 1859[4] | Ground level  |
Middle Brighton | 1861[4] |
Brighton Beach
Hampton | 1887[4]
Sandringham
Station Histories  Station  | Opened[25] | Closed[25] | Age  | Notes[25]

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Parliament | 22 January 1983 |  | 41 years |

* Not a stop since 2021

Melbourne Central | 26 January 1981 |  | 43 years |

* Formerly Museum[25]
* Not a stop since 2021

Flagstaff | 27 May 1985 |  | 39 years |

* Not a stop since 2021

Southern Cross | 17 January 1859 |  | 165 years |

* Formerly Batman's Hill
* Formerly Spencer Street
* Not a stop since 2021

Flinders Street | 12 September 1854 |  | 169 years |

* Formerly Melbourne Terminus

Princes Bridge | 8 February 1859 | 1 October 1866 | 7 years |
2 April 1879 | 30 June 1980 | 101 years
Botanic Gardens | 2 March 1859 | c. April 1862 | Approx. 3 years |
Punt Road | 8 February 1859 | 12 December 1859 | 10 months |

* Replaced by Swan Street (200m further along line)

Richmond | 12 December 1859 |  | 164 years |

* Formerly Swan Street

Cremorne | 12 December 1859 | c. 28 December 1863 | Approx. 4 years |
South Yarra | 22 December 1860 |  | 163 years |

* Formerly Gardiner's Creek Road

Prahran | 22 December 1860 |  | 163 years |

* Formerly Greville Street

Windsor | 19 December 1859 |  | 164 years |

* Formerly Chapel Street

Balaclava | 19 December 1859 |  | 164 years |
Ripponlea | 1 May 1912 |  | 112 years |
Elsternwick | 19 December 1859 |  | 164 years |
Gardenvale | 10 December 1906 |  | 117 years |
North Brighton | 19 December 1859 |  | 164 years |

* Formerly Bay Street

Middle Brighton | 21 December 1861 |  | 162 years |

* Formerly Church Street

Brighton Beach | 21 December 1861 |  | 162 years |

* Formerly Beach

Hampton | 2 September 1887 |  | 136 years |

* Formerly Hampton
* Formerly Retreat

Sandringham | 2 September 1887 |  | 136 years |

## Infrastructure[edit]

### Rolling stock[edit]

Main article: Siemens Nexas

Siemens Nexas trains are widely used across the Sandringham line.

The Sandringham line is operated by Siemens Nexas multiple unit trains operating in a two three-car configuration.

The Siemens Nexas EMUs contain two doors per side on each carriage and can accommodate up to 432 seated passengers in each six car configuration.[26] The trains were originally built between 2002 and 2005 with a total of 72 three-car sets constructed.[27] Comeng EMUs were removed from the line in June 2024.

Alongside the passenger trains, Sandringham line tracks and equipment are maintained by a fleet of engineering trains. The four types of engineering trains are: the shunting train; designed for moving trains along non-electrified corridors and for transporting other maintenance locomotives, for track evaluation; designed for evaluating track and its condition, the overhead inspection train; designed for overhead wiring inspection, and the infrastructure evaluation carriage designed for general infrastructure evaluation.[28] Most of these trains are repurposed locomotives previously used by V/Line, Metro Trains, and the Southern Shorthaul Railroad.[28]

### Accessibility[edit]

In compliance with the Disability Discrimination Act of 1992, all stations that are new-built or rebuilt are fully accessible and comply with these guidelines.[29] The majority of stations on the corridor are fully accessible, however, there are some stations that haven't been upgraded to meet these guidelines.[30] These stations do feature ramps, however, they have a gradient greater than 1 in 14.[30] Stations that are fully accessible feature ramps that have a gradient less than 1 in 14, have at-grade paths, or feature lifts.[30] These stations typically also feature tactile boarding indicators, independent boarding ramps, wheelchair accessible myki barriers, hearing loops, and widened paths.[30][31]

Individual upgrade projects designed around improving station accessibility have occurred in recent years, with works making significant strides in improving network accessibility, with more than 71% of Sandringham line stations classed as fully accessible.[32]

### Signalling[edit]

The Sandringham line uses three position signalling which is widely used across the Melbourne train network.[33] Three position signalling was first introduced in 1915, with the final section of the line converted to the new type of signalling in 1926.[34] The Sandringham line was the first line in Victoria to be equipped with this technology and was also the first (along with part of the Craigieburn line) to have a regular electric service.[35]

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## External links[edit]

* Media related to Sandringham railway line at Wikimedia Commons
* Sandringham line timetable
* Network map

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Branch lines

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* Broadstore
* Deer Park–West Werribee
* Flemington Racecourse
* Frankston
* Gembrook
* Glen Waverley
* Healesville
* Hurstbridge
* Inner Circle
* Kew
* Lilydale
* Mont Park
* Mornington
* Newport–Sunshine
* Outer Circle
* Port Melbourne
* Powelltown
* Red Hill
* Rosstown Railway
* Sandringham
* South Kensington–West Footscray
* Stony Point
* Spring Vale Cemetery
* St Kilda
* St Kilda–Windsor
* Upfield
* Warburton
* Webb Dock
* Williamstown
* Whittlesea

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Western & Southwestern District|

* Alvie
* Ballarat–Daylesford
* Balmoral (Hamilton to East Natimuk)
* Bolangum
* Buninyong
* Carpolac
* Casterton
* Colac–Ballarat
* Coleraine
* Crowes
* Forrest
* Fyansford
* Gheringhap–Maroona
* Hamilton–Koroit
* Hopetoun
* Mortlake
* Mount Gambier
* Navarre
* Pinnaroo
* Queenscliff
* Skipton
* Timboon
* Wensleydale
* Yanac
* Yaapeet

Northern & Midland District|

* Balranald
* Cohuna
* Daylesford
* Koondrook
* Kulwin
* Lancefield
* Morkalla
* Redesdale
* Shelbourne
* Stony Crossing

North Eastern District|

* Alexandra
* Bright
* Cobram
* Colbinabbin
* Cudgewa
* Girgarre
* Katamatite
* Mansfield
* Oaklands
* Peechelba East
* Tatong
* Wahgunyah
* Whitfield
* Yackandandah

Eastern District|

* Barry Beach
* Briagolong
* Maffra
* Mirboo North
* Noojee
* Outtrim
* Strzelecki
* Thorpdale
* Walhalla
* Wonthaggi
* Woodside
* Yallourn

Narrow gauge branch lines|

* Beech Forest
* Gembrook
* Powelltown
* Tyers Valley
* Walhalla
* Welshpool Jetty
* Whitfield

Cross country lines|

* Avoca
* Eaglehawk–Inglewood
* Geelong–Ballarat
* Heathcote
* Moolort
* Toolamba–Echuca

V/Line services

* Albury
* Ballarat
* Bendigo
* Geelong
* Warrnambool
* Gippsland
* Seymour

Metro Trains Melbourne services

* Alamein
* Belgrave
* Craigieburn
* Cranbourne
* Flemington Racecourse
* Frankston
* Glen Waverley
* Hurstbridge
* Lilydale
* Mernda
* Pakenham
* Sandringham
* Stony Point
* Sunbury
* Upfield
* Werribee
* Williamstown

Major pieces of shared infrastructure|

* City Loop
* Flinders Street Viaduct

Tourist railways

| Operational|

* Bellarine Railway
* Daylesford Spa Country Railway
* Mornington Railway
* Puffing Billy Railway
* Victorian Goldfields Railway
* Walhalla Goldfields Railway
* Yarra Valley Railway

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Former|

* South Gippsland Railway

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