Talk:List of regional railway stations in Victoria

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I don't know if the suburban stations which sit on regional routes should be listed. Prehaps a 'branches/continues from xxx suburban line' note and a link to that line's list? Putting suburban stations on the regional station list might confuse people. Hypernovean 07:54, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)

I went ahead and made the change. Hypernovean 08:05, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)

I would've appreciated waiting for me to be able to reply before doing this. I know it is a bit odd having suburban stations on these, but the problem is that none of the regional lines continue on from the suburban lines. For instance, it is a bit misleading to claim that the Geelong line continues on from the Werribee line - when it only stops at North Melbourne, Newport and Werribee, and indeed takes an alternate route for a good portion of the way. I can't think of a better way to show which stations trains actually stop at on that line. Ambivalenthysteria 12:11, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)

OK, I added the suburban stations back but noted them as such. Hypernovean 10:56, 27 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Perfect - works better now than before. Thanks! Ambivalenthysteria 11:52, 27 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Contents 1 Bairnsdale Reopening 2 Stony Point Line? 3 Geelong line 4 Freight-only lines 5 Closed lines

[edit] Bairnsdale Reopening

Anyone feel like rearranging the alphabetic listing of lines now that the Sale line has been renamed the Bairnsdale Line (but is still filed under S)?

Also, keep in mind that Ballarat comes after Bairnsdale, but when the Ballarat line becomes the Ararat line in a few months, it will come before Bairnsdale.

That makes sense, but I doubt the Ballarat line will be renamed Ararat, as Ballarat is much larger, and the extended service considerable more infrequent. Ambivalenthysteria 05:02, 10 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Bairnsdale trains also stop at Dandenong. Should Dandenong be added to the list? Commking July 4 2005

Yeah, go ahead - sorry I missed this before. Ambi 5 July 2005 08:04 (UTC)

[edit] Stony Point Line?

Trains from Frankston to Stony Point use V/Line diesel locomotives and rolling stock, but I am pretty sure you can still use your Metlink travelcard on this service. Not sure if this is technically a V/LINE service, but I wouldn't call it a suburban service however. Should it be added to this page perhaps, or at the very least mentioned? Commking July 4 2005

I don't think that's overly necessary - it's already on List of Melbourne railway stations, and it's not really seen as interurban, since it terminates at Flinders rather than Spencer Streets (and that if it were seen as such, it would have been closed a century ago!). Ambi 5 July 2005 08:04 (UTC)

[edit] Geelong line

I reverted the removal of the (suburban station) tag from the Melbourne ones - not sure why you did this for the Geelong line, seeing as it's used for every other one. I'm also not sure about what was added about Breakwater station - a) is it called Breakwater or Geelong Racecourse, as I've seen both used?, b) is it actually still in operation - again, I've heard conflicting things, c) is it used at all apart from on Geelong Cup Day, and d) does it appear on VLine or any of the state transit websites? Ambi 02:13, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

Though I've never seen it, I understand the Breakwater station was used recently for the Geelong Cup. Not sure what you mean about what I've removed? You've lost me there I'm afraid. -- Longhair | Talk 02:19, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

On this list, all the suburban stations (i.e. Newport and Werribee) are tagged with (suburban station) - I'm not sure why you removed them for the Geelong line only. Ambi 02:28, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

Oh I get it now. It wasn't intentional. I cut and pasted from Geelong railway line, Victoria. -- Longhair | Talk 02:38, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Freight-only lines

Obviously, a large number of the Victorian lines are freight-only, so have no stations as such. Should a page such as List_of_regional_railway_lines_in_Victoria be created for things like that? Tanarri Fujitsu 09:09, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Closed lines

Information updated as follows. Echuca line has been closed since 2004 with buses replacing trains. Leongatha and Mildura are planned to reopen so I have listed these lines + Echuca and their respective stations under a new section detailing closed lines that are planned to be reopened.

Pberrett 11:24, 28 May 2006 (UTC)