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)

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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