Seymour V/Line rail service

This article is about the V/Line service. For the railway line, see Shepparton railway line.

The Seymour Line is a regional passenger rail service operated by V/Line in Victoria, Australia. It serves passengers between the state capital of Melbourne and the regional city of Seymour, along with a number of smaller communities in between.

Seymour

V/Line Sprinter train at Seymour station.
Overview
Service type	Regional rail
Status	Operational
Locale	Victoria, Australia
Current operator(s)	V/Line
Annual ridership	1.50 million (2016–17)^[1]
Website	V/Line Seymour on Twitter
Route
Termini	Seymour Southern Cross
Stops	13
Distance travelled	101.69 km (63.19 mi)
Average journey time	1 hour 32 minutes
Service frequency	26–67 minutes weekdays peak 60–147 minutes off-peak and weekends (some services provided by Shepparton services)
Line(s) used	Tocumwal
On-board services
Class(es)	Economy
Disabled access	Most services
Catering facilities	No
Technical
Rolling stock	VLocity Sprinter N class with N set ^[2]
Track gauge	1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Electrification	1500 V DC overhead
Operating speed	130 km/h (81 mph) maximum^[3]
Track owner(s)	VicTrack
Route map Legend km Tocumwal line to ● Shepparton North East line to ● Albury & Central (Sydney) 109.34 Mangalore (closed) Hume Freeway 101.69 Seymour ●● 6 Goulburn River 95.4 Dysart (closed) 92.20 Tallarook 5/6 Mansfield line to Mansfield Hume Freeway 77.16 Broadford 4/5 65.48 Kilmore East 3/4 Hume Freeway 57.29 Wandong 2 Heathcote line to Tooborac 55.40 Heathcote Junction 2 47.49 Wallan 2 41.7 Beveridge (closed) 33.21 Donnybrook ● 2 Hume Freeway 25.8 Craigieburn ● 2 Stations not served 21.8 Roxburgh Park 2 Upfield line to North Melbourne 18.1 Coolaroo 2 Broadstore line to Maygar Barracks 16.9 Broadmeadows ● 2 Western Ring Road Albion–Jacana line to Albion North East line to ● Southern Cross Stations not served 15.4 Jacana 2 14.6 Glenroy 1/2 12.9 Oak Park 1/2 11.3 Pascoe Vale 1/2 CityLink Moonee Ponds Creek 9.8 Strathmore 1 9.2 Glenbervie 1 8.0 Essendon ●■ 1 Stations not served 6.9 Moonee Ponds 1 5.8 Ascot Vale 1 Flemington Racecourse line to ● Flemington Racecourse 4.4 Newmarket ■ 1 3.5 Kensington 1 Deniliquin line ●●●●●●●●●● via South Kensington CityLink Moonee Ponds Creek Upfield line to ● Upfield 1.7 North Melbourne ●●●●●● 1 North East and Western lines to ● Albury, Central (Sydney) & Adelaide Parklands City Loop ●●●●●●●●●●●●●● via Flagstaff 0.00 Southern Cross ●●●●●●●●●● 1 City Loop ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● via Flinders Street

Services

V/Line operates hourly passenger services to Melbourne, with Sprinter and VLocity railcars used on quieter services, as well as locomotive hauled H type carriages during peak times. Beyond Seymour, three daily passenger trains run as the Albury Line and five daily services run as the Shepparton Line.

Line Guide

v t e Seymour V/Line Service
Legend
h:mm 0:00   0.0 km Southern Cross Zone 1 0:04   1.7 km North Melbourne Zone 1 0:17   16.9 km Broadmeadows Zone 1 0:24   25.8 km Craigieburn Zone 1/2 0:29   33.2 km Donnybrook Zone 2 0:38   47.5 km Wallan Zone 2 0:43   55.4 km Heathcote Junction Zone 2 0:45   57.3 km Wandong Zone 2 0:51   65.5 km Kilmore East Zone 3/4 0:58   77.2 km Broadford Zone 4/5 1:07   92.2 km Tallarook Zone 5/6 1:18     101.7 km Seymour Zone 6     continues as Shepparton V/Line Service   continues as Albury V/Line Service
Standard timetabled journey from Southern Cross

References

1. Annual Report 2016-17. V/Line Corporation. June 2017. p. 14. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
2. "Passenger Schedules: Goulburn Valley Up". Network service plan. V/Line Corporation. 10 December 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
3. "Train Operating Data: Cragieburn to Seymour". Network service plan. V/Line Corporation. 22 August 2017. p. 1. Retrieved 1 February 2018.

External links

• V/Line website