V/Line disruptions will continue across the Geelong line Thursday morning, with trains out of position following evening commute chaos.
While the rail equipment fault between Wyndham Vale and Little River has been fixed, the Department of Transport and Planning has warned some services may be cancelled, run with reduced carriages, or replaced by coaches for part of the journey.
The 8:31am train from Waurn Ponds to Southern Cross has been cancelled and won’t run at all.
As of 5:40am, the following services were confirmed to be running at a reduced capacity.
- 04:33 Waurn Ponds – Southern Cross service (3 carriages)
- 04:57 South Geelong – Southern Cross service (3 carriages)
- 06:10 Waurn Ponds – Southern Cross service (3 carriages)
- 06:28 Waurn Ponds – Southern Cross service (3 carriages)
- 06:40 Waurn Ponds – Southern Cross service (3 carriages)
- 06:56 Marshall – Southern Cross service (3 carriages)
- 06:59 Waurn Ponds – Southern Cross service (3 carriages)
- 07:21 Waurn Ponds – Southern Cross service (3 carriages)
Coaches are on standby at key locations to support the route where required, with passengers on two Thursday morning services already forced to take replacement buses from stations in Geelong to Wyndham Vale.
Locals have been told to monitor the V/Line or Transport Victoria websites for the latest information across the morning.
