Regional Victoria to get 142 extra trains

Geelong, Bendigo and Ballarat will benefit from an extra 142 weekly rail services slated for regional Victoria.

A V Line train — An extra 142 weekly train services are destined for regional Victoria, about half going to Geelong. (AAP)

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Published 9 May 2017 9:42am

Source: AAP

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An extra 142 weekly train services are destined for regional Victoria, about half going to the growing Geelong region.

The new services will start from August 27, with 69 a week set for Geelong, while the Bendigo and Ballarat lines will get an extra 18 services a week each.

The upgrade comes after regional lines saw hundreds of V/Line service cancellations in early 2016 that left thousands of people stranded.

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