Thursday, 26 December: Due to this afternoon's extreme heat forecast temperature, we will be running to a Full Extreme Heat timetable on the following lines:
Ballarat, Ararat, Maryborough, Bendigo, Swan Hill, Echuca, Seymour, Albury, Shepparton, Geelong (39 degrees), Warrnambool (39 degrees), Traralgon and Bairnsdale Lines.
During the summer months, parts of V/Line’s network can be subject to extremely hot temperatures and we take extra precautions to make sure our train services run safely.
Trains that usually travel at up to 160km/h need to slow down to 90km/h or less because steel tracks expand in the heat.
On these days, affected lines will run to an Extreme Heat Timetable. This means journey times may be extended by a few minutes, and some services will be replaced by air-conditioned coaches for all or part of the journey.