Geelong V/Line rail service

Geelong
Various V/Line trains wait at Geelong Station for departure.
Overview
Service type	Regional rail
System	Victorian railway network
Status	Operational
Locale	Victoria, Australia
Predecessor	Geelong Flier (1926–1927) The Flyer ^ (1927–c. 1967) The Flyer (c. 1967–?) ^ outbound extended to Port Fairy
First service	25 June 1957; 67 years ago (1957-06-25)
Current operator(s)	V/Line
Former operator(s)	Geelong and Melbourne Railway (G&MR) (1857–1860) Victorian Railways (VR) (1860–1974) VR as VicRail (1974–1983) STA (V/Line) (1983–1989) PTC (V/Line) (1989–1995) PTC (V/Line Passenger) (1995–1998) V/Line Passenger (1998–2010)
Ridership	8.15 million (2022-23)[1]
Website	V/Line Geelong on X
Route
Termini	Southern Cross Waurn Ponds
Stops	15
Distance travelled	93.0 km (57.8 mi)
Average journey time	1 hours 19 minutes
Service frequency	Approx. every 20 minutes weekdays, 40 minutes weekends.
Line(s) used	Deer Park–West Werribee, Warrnambool
Technical
Rolling stock	VLocity N class and H type
Track gauge	1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Track owner(s)	VicTrack
Route map Legend h:mm km zone 0:00 0.0 Southern Cross ●●● 1 0:08 5.6 Footscray ●●●●●●●●■ 1 0:13 12.3 Sunshine ●●●● 1/2 0:18 17.9 Deer Park ●●● 2 0:27 29.5 Tarneit 0:33 40.3 Wyndham Vale 0:41 55.7 Little River 2 0:47 65.6 Lara 2/3/4 0:52 72.1 Corio 3/4 0:55 75.3 North Shore ● 0:59 78.1 North Geelong 3/4 1:03 80.7 Geelong ● 4 1:08 82.5 South Geelong 1:13 87.7 Marshall 1:19 93.0 Waurn Ponds ● 4 Warrnambool service to Warrnambool h:mm km zone This diagram: view talk edit

The Geelong V/Line rail service is a regional passenger rail service operated by V/Line in Victoria, Australia. It serves 15 stations towards its terminus in Waurn Ponds, a southern suburb of Geelong, via the Regional Rail Link. It is the most used regional rail service in Victoria, carrying 8.15 million people in the 2022-23 financial year.^[1]

Beyond Waurn Ponds, the service continues as the Warrnambool V/Line rail service to its coastal destination in the state's south-west.