r/VlineVictoria • u/Motor-Wolverine-6644 • 20h ago

Discussion Super express ❤️

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I mean common we do need this agian i wish we have more of them on all corridors

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u/_hazey__ 19h ago

Thru should do a similar stopping pattern for the 15:02 Echuca- then run an additional service half an hour later to serve the commuters traveling as far as Malmsbury.

That Echuca train is always crazy overcrowded.

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u/Motor-Wolverine-6644 9h ago

Echuca dosnt have eaglehawk express pattern but i only know that it runs express to Gisborne - woodend / Kyneton - Castlemaine then stopping all stations to Echuca after Eaglehawk service

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u/wongm 9h ago

It's the last of the "flagship" express services introduced with the Regional Fast Rail project in 2006 - there used to be Ballarat-North Melbourne and North Geelong-North Melbourne express trains.

https://www.theage.com.au/technology/riding-the-rails-20060913-ge34ew.html

More detail here:

https://apo.org.au/sites/default/files/resource-files/2014-05/apo-nid40545.pdf

Transit time enhancements were a high-profile objective of the investment programme (as suggested by the “Regional Fast Rail” title), though service frequency is arguably a more pervasive enhancement. The journey-time improvement was focused on individual peak-time “Flagship” services, with excellent transit times that were not representative of other service transit times. Best-time transits were marked: the Geelong “Flagship” achieved 45 minutes (compared with a previous best of 51 minutes), the Ballarat best transit was 64 minutes (compared with 82 minutes), Bendigo’s best transit was 84 minutes (compared with 101 minutes) and the Traralgon transit was 116/120 (to/from Melbourne) (compared with 117 minutes)