Due to Metro maintenance works, coaches replace trains for part of the journey on the Swan Hill Line on Saturday 4 January and Sunday 5 January.
Trains on the Swan Hill Line will terminate at Bendigo Station.
Passengers travelling from Swan Hill to Melbourne
To Southern Cross Station:
Catch a train to Bendigo, then an express coach to Southern Cross.
To Footscray:
Catch a train to Bendigo, then an express coach to Southern Cross, then a metropolitan train to Footscray.
To stations on the Bendigo Line:
Catch a Swan Hill train to Bendigo, then a Bendigo Line train to Gisborne. Coaches replace trains from Gisborne to Southern Cross.
Passengers travelling from Melbourne to Swan Hill
From Southern Cross:
Catch an express coach to Southern Cross, then a train from Bendigo to Swan Hill.
From Footscray:
Catch a metropolitan train to Southern Cross, then an express coach to Bendigo, then a train to Swan Hill.
From stations on the Bendigo Line:
Catch a coach to Gisborne, then a train to Bendigo, then transfer to a Swan Hill train.
Click here to view the temporary coach replacement timetable for Swan Hill 4 – 5 Jan.
Important information for passengers travelling from Melbourne and connecting with a regional coach – there may be additional delays on the disrupted part of your journey. To ensure you make your coach connection, please depart from Melbourne 60 minutes earlier.
Thank you for your patience during this time.
General Information
• There is limited space for bikes on V/Line trains and coach replacement services.
• No pets or hot food/liquids allowed on replacement coaches.
• Customers require a valid myki or paper ticket to travel on all V/Line replacement coach services. Please touch on and touch off your myki to ensure you pay the correct fare.
• In Melbourne, coaches will arrive and depart from the Southern Cross Station coach terminal located on Spencer Street, opposite Little Bourke Street.
• Customers with accessibility needs please call 1800 800 007 before travelling.
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