North East railway line

North East railway line

€4.95

North East (SG)

Overview

Status

Operational passenger services from Southern Cross to Albury and Sydney

Owner

Victorian Railways (VR) (1959–1974)
VR as VicRail (1974–1983)
STA (V/Line) (1983–1989)
PTC (V/Line) (1989–1995)
PTC (V/Line Passenger) (1995–1997)
VicTrack (1997–Current)

Locale

Victoria, Australia

Termini

Connecting lines

Former connections

Upfield—Somerton link

Stations

6 current stations

Service

Type

Victorian railway line

Services

Albury Southern
Spirit of Progress, Southern Aurora, Sydney–Melbourne Express, Intercapital Daylight
Shared tracks:
South Kensington–West Footscray, Albion–Jacana, Albury

Operator(s)

Victorian Railways (VR) (1962–1974)
Department of Railways New South Wales (1962–1972)
Public Transport Commission (NSW) (1972–1980)
VR as VicRail (1974–1983)
State Rail Authority (NSW) (1980–1989)
STA (V/Line) (1983–1989)
PTC (V/Line) (1989–1995)
CountryLink (1989–2013)
PTC (V/Line Passenger) (1995–1998)
V/Line Passenger (1998–2010)
V/Line (2010–Current)
NSW TrainLink (2013–Current)

History

Commenced

November 1959

Opened

Southern Cross to Albury on 3 January 1962 (1962-01-03)

Completed

3 January 1962

Reopened

New Wodonga section on 23 July 2010

Closed

Old Wodonga section on 9 November 2008

Technical

Number of tracks

Double track:

Southern Cross to Tottenham
Seymour to border

Single track:

Tottenham to Seymour
border to Albury

Track gauge

4 ft 81⁄2 in (1,435 mm)

Route map

Legend

Multiple lines

via Flinders Street

1.2

Southern Cross

●

Melbourne Freight Terminal

City Loop |

Webb Dock line (dismantled)

Victoria Dock (North wharf)

(demolished)

Melbourne Yard & Steel Terminal | Victoria Dock (old)

(all demolished)

Moonee Ponds Creek

CityLink | Victoria Dock (Westgate)

Appleton Dock

South Dynon | Swanson Dock

North Dynon

Maribyrnong River

tunnel under Bunbury Street

Whitehall Street

Multiple lines

to Southern Cross or Flinders Street

6.9

Footscray

●●●●●●●●●●■

Werribee & Williamstown lines

to Newport

7.8

Middle Footscray

8.3

Geelong Road

8.6

West Footscray

10.3

Tottenham

10.4

Ashley Street

11.0

White City

(demolished)

Newport–Sunshine & Western SG lines

to Newport & Adelaide

Maidstone

(demolished)

12.2

Stony Creek

Newport–Sunshine line

to Newport

13.5

Sunshine

●●●●●

13.6

Hampshire Road

Multiple lines

via Deer Park

13.3

Anderson Road

13.7

Albion

Albion–Jacana section

Sunbury, Bendigo, Echuca & Swan Hill lines

to Sunbury

13.8

Albion Loop

14.2

Stony Creek

15.4

McIntyre Road

16.0

McIntyre Sidings | McIntyre Loop

17.6

Maribyrnong River Viaduct

over Maribyrnong River

18.8

Keilor Park Drive

19.8

Albistore Siding

(demolished)

20.3

Calder Freeway

Keilor East

(proposed)

Melbourne Airport line

to Melbourne Airport

(proposed)

22.2

Tullamarine Loop

23.5

Tullamarine Freeway

24.1

Moonee Ponds Creek

26.4

Pascoe Vale Road

Craigieburn, Seymour & Shepparton lines

via Essendon

26.5

Jacana

26.5

Western Ring Road

27.0

Jacana Loop

27.6

Camp Road

27.9

Broadmeadows

●●●

Broadstore Siding

(demolished)

30.3

Coolaroo

Upfield line

to Flinders Street

32.7

Somerton Road

32.8

Somerton

(demolished)

33.1

Somerton Yard | Roxburgh Park

37.1

Craigieburn

●●

37.4

Hume Highway / Sydney Road

38.5

end of overhead

38.5

Hume Freeway

40.8

end of Metro area

Seymour section

42.4

44.2

52.8

58.5

61.7

Lightwood

(demolished)

64.5

Heathcote Junction

Heathcote line

to Bendigo

66.3

Wandong

67.8

Hume Freeway

69.7

Mathieson's Siding

(demolished)

74.5

Kilmore East

77.0

Kilmore East Quarry Siding

86.2

Broadford

88.3

McDougall's Siding

(demolished)

96.7

Lowry's Siding

(demolished)

99.5

Hume Freeway

101.2

Tallarook

Mansfield line

to Mansfield

105.5

107.4

109.7

Hume Freeway

117.9

Gravelside Siding

(demolished)

120.4

Mangalore

(demolished)

Tocumwal line

to Tocumwal

Albury section

127.0

Avenel

132.3

Monea

(demolished)

138.6

Locksley

(demolished)

147.3

Longwood

(demolished)

154.3

Creighton

(demolished)

162.1

Euroa

Seven Creeks

169.9

Balmattum

(demolished)

180.4

Violet Town

186.8

Burkes Hill Siding

(demolished)

194.2

Baddaginnie

(demolished)

202.9

Hanson's Siding

(demolished)

Broken River

206.3

Benalla

Tatong line

to Tatong

(dismantled) |

Oaklands line

to Oaklands

215.8

Winton

(demolished)

222.0

Head's Siding

(demolished)

229.8

Glenrowan

(closed)

244.1

Alumatta Siding

(demolished)

Whitfield line

to Whitfield

(dismantled)

245.0

250.9

(demolished)

(dismantled)

268.6

Springhurst

Wahgunyah line

to Wahgunyah

(dismantled)

279.4

Barambogie Ballast Siding

(demolished)

282.4

Chiltern

291.2

Barnawartha

(closed)

SCT Barnawartha

303.3

West Wodonga

(demolished)

Hume Freeway

310.2

Wodonga

311.8

Wodonga (old)

(closed)

Cudgewa line

to Cudgewa

(dismantled)

313.1

Wodonga Coal Siding

(demolished)

Hume Freeway

313.8

Bridge over Murray River

NSW

Victoria

border

315.9

Albury

Main Southern line

to Sydney

North East (original BG line)

Overview

Other name(s)

Albury

Status

Operational with broad gauge passenger services from Flinders Street to Seymour
Gauge converted beyond Seymour

Owner

M&ER (1860–1964)
Victorian Railways (VR) (1867–1974)
VR as VicRail (1974–1983)
MTA (The Met) (1983–1989)
STA (V/Line) (1983–1989)
PTC (The Met) (1989–1997)
PTC (V/Line) (1989–1995)
PTC (V/Line Passenger) (1995–1997)
VicTrack (1997–Current)

Locale

Victoria, Australia

Termini

Connecting lines

All metropolitan, regional, and interstate
Albion–Jacana
Oaklands
Tocumwal

Former connections

Stations

38 current stations
13 former stations
2 current siding
13 former sidings

Service

Type

Victorian railway line

Services

Albury Craigieburn Seymour Shepparton

Operator(s)

M&ER (1860–1964)
Victorian Railways (VR) (1867–1974)
VR as VicRail (1974–1983)
MTA (The Met) (1983–1989)
STA (V/Line) (1983–1989)
PTC (The Met) (1989–1998)
PTC (V/Line) (1989–1995)
PTC (V/Line Passenger) (1995–1998)
Bayside Trains (1998–2000)
V/Line Passenger (1998–2010)
M>Train (2000–2004)
Connex Melbourne (2004–2009)
Metro Trains (2009–Current)
V/Line (2010–Current)

History

Commenced

21 October 1860

Opened

Southern Cross to North Melbourne on 17 January 1859 (1859-01-17)
North Melbourne to Essendon on 21 October 1860 (1860-10-21)
Essendon to Dysart on 18 April 1872 (1872-04-18)
Dysart to Seymour on 26 August 1872 (1872-08-26)
Seymour to Longwood on 20 November 1872 (1872-11-20)
Longwood to Violet Town on 20 March 1873 (1873-03-20)
Violet Town to Benalla on 18 August 1873 (1873-08-18)
Benalla to Wangaratta on 28 October 1873 (1873-10-28)
Wangaratta to Wodonga on 21 November 1873 (1873-11-21)
Wodonga to Albury on 14 June 1883 (1883-06-14)
Flinders Street to Southern Cross on 29 November 1891 (1891-11-29)

Completed

14 June 1883

Reopened

North Melbourne to Newmarket on 31 October 1867 (1867-10-31)
Newmarket to Essendon on 9 January 1871 (1871-01-09)

Electrified

Flinders Street to Essendon on 28 May 1919 (1919-05-28)
Essendon to Broadmeadows on 4 September 1921 (1921-09-04)
Broadmeadows to Craigieburn on 22 July 2007 (2007-07-22)

Gauge converted

Seymour to Albury on 23 July 2010

Closed

North Melbourne to Essendon on 1 July 1864 (1864-07-01)
Seymour to Albury on 9 November 2008 (2008-11-09)

Technical

Line length

307.812 km (191.27 mi)

Number of tracks

Broad gauge

Six tracks: Flinders Street to North Melbourne
Four tracks: North Melbourne to Kensington
Double track: Kensington to Dysart
Single track: Dysart to Seymour

Standard gauge
Double track:

Seymour to border

Single track:

Broadmeadows to Seymour
border to Albury

Track gauge

5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)

Electrification

Flinders Street to Craigieburn: 1500 V DC overhead

Operating speed

130 km/h (81 mph) - Passenger
115 km/h (71 mph) - Freight

Signalling

BG to Craigieburn: Automatic block signaling
BG to Seymour: Double Line Block
SG to Albury: Centralised Traffic Control

Maximum incline

1 in 50 (2%)

Route map

Legend

Multiple lines

via Richmond or Jolimont

City Loop

0.0

1.4

2.7

3.3

1.2

City Loop

Albury, & Western SG lines

to Albury, Sydney & Adelaide

2.9

North Melbourne

●●●●●●●

3.1

Dynon Road

Upfield line

to Upfield

3.7

CityLink

3.7

Moonee Ponds Creek

Multiple lines

via Footscray

Metro section

(Craigieburn Line)

4.8

Kensington

5.4

Racecourse Road

5.5

Newmarket

■

Flemington Racecourse line

to Flemington Racecourse

6.8

Ascot Vale Road

7.0

Ascot Vale

7.4

Maribyrnong Road

8.1

Moonee Ponds

9.2

Essendon

●●■

9.5

Mount Alexander Road

10.4

Glenbervie

11.0

Strathmore

11.3

Pascoe Vale Road

11.7

Moonee Ponds Creek

11.8

Bell Street

11.9

CityLink

12.5

Pascoe Vale

14.1

Oak Park

15.6

Glenroy

Albury to Southern Cross

& Albion-Jacana line to Albion

16.7

Jacana

16.7

Western Ring Road

17.8

Camp Road

18.1

broad gauge

standard gauge

dual gauge