General News
25 May, 2022
V/Line records mixed performance
V/LINE recorded a mixed performance last month as reliability soared but punctuality dipped.
V/LINE recorded a mixed performance last month as reliability soared but punctuality dipped.
Performance figures on the Warrnambool line saw 96.7 per cent for reliability and 88.8 per cent for punctuality.
A V/Line spokesperson said the reliability result was among the best achieved on the Warrnambool line over the past 12 months.
“We’re continuing to deliver safe and reliable train services for passengers along the Warrnambool line - which is our number one priority,” the spokesperson said.
A number of unrelated minor disruptions caused trains to run late throughout the month and the instances when trains were replaced by coaches for all or part of the journey were also caused by a series of unrelated train faults.
A works blitz commenced along the Warrnambool and Geelong lines on Sunday, April 30, including the continued installation of new signalling infrastructure between Winchelsea and Warrnambool, and the commissioning of signalling upgrades between Waurn Ponds and Warncoort as part of Stage 1 of the Warrnambool Line Upgrade.
“Works are currently underway as part of stage one of the Warrnambool Line Upgrade,” the V/Line spokesperson said.
“Coaches started to replace trains on sections of the line at the end of April for commissioning of the first section of signalling upgrades.”
Coaches are replacing trains on sections of the Geelong and Warrnambool lines until Saturday, May 28 to allow the works to occur.
On the busy Geelong line used by Warrnambool trains on their journey to the city, works are nearing completion on the Waurn Ponds Station upgrade while V/Line is taking the opportunity to complete more than $5 million of infrastructure maintenance and improvement works while services are disrupted.