87 new train services and more than 1100 new weekly bus services for Gippsland

From 14 September 2025, we’re adding 87 new train services per week on the Gippsland Line between Melbourne and Traralgon.

Trains will run about every 40 minutes between Melbourne and Traralgon from 8 am to 9 pm, seven days a week.

Growing communities in Gippsland will benefit from more public transport options and better connections to jobs and education.

35 bus routes and 10 coach services will have new timetables, providing better connections and easier transfers between trains and buses.

We’re adding over 1100 extra bus trips each week across 13 routes in Moe, Morwell, Traralgon, Drouin and Warragul. Buses will come every 40 minutes, making it easier to get to places like Mid Valley Shopping Centre, Moe Plaza, Traralgon Centre Plaza, Centrepoint Shopping Centre and Drouin Central.

The new train services follow the completion of the Gippsland Line Upgrade.

To plan your journey:

Download the PTV App
Use the journey planner
Check the new Gippsland Line timetable
or call 1800 800 007.

What’s changing?

Gippsland Line

87 new train services per week on the Gippsland Line between Melbourne and Traralgon.
We’re adding 55 new services across weekdays (11 every weekday) and 32 new services across weekends (14 on Saturdays and 18 on Sundays).
Trains will run around every 40 minutes between Melbourne and Traralgon from 8 am to 9 pm, seven days a week.
All Sunday Sale services will now start and end in Bairnsdale.
There will be journey time changes for some services.
On Sundays, the 10:23 am train from Southern Cross Station to Sale will now extend to Bairnsdale and leave at 12:23 pm. Passengers who catch the 10:23 am Sunday train beyond Traralgon will need to catch the later train at 12:23 pm. A new train service will run from Southern Cross Station to Traralgon 10:23 am.
Berwick school trains will continue to run, stopping once in the morning and afternoon on school days. The afternoon train will depart at 4pm instead of 4:17 pm.

Bus changes

Route	What’s changing
Route 1 Sale - Sale Hospital via Port of Sale	Timetable change
Route 1 Moe – Traralgon via Morwell	Timetable change Buses every 20 minutes 188 new services per week
Route 2 Morwell – Churchill	Timetable change Buses every 40 minutes 109 new services per week
Route 3 Traralgon - Churchill	Timetable change
Route 4 Sale Station via Reeve Street	Timetable change
Route 4 Churchill - Boolarra via Yinnar	Timetable change
Route 5 Moe - Traralgon via Yallourn North	Timetable change
Route 6 Traralgon – Traralgon South	Timetable change
Route 7 Loch Sport via Longford	Timetable change
Route 11 Moe – Moe West	Timetable change Buses every 40 minutes 39 new services per week
Route 12 Moe - Moe South	Timetable change
Route 13 Moe - Moe North	Timetable change
Route 14 Moe – Newborough via Old Sale Road	·Timetable change ·Buses every 40 minutes ·47 new services per week
Route 15 Moe – Newborough via Dinwoodie Drive	Timetable change Buses every 40 minutes 43 new services per week
Route 20 Morwell South	Timetable change
Route 21 Morwell – Mid Valley SC via Crinigan Road	Timetable change Buses every 40 minutes 73 new services per week
Route 22 Morwell – Mid Valley SC via Hourgian Road	Timetable change Buses every 40 minutes 63 new services per week
Route 30 Churchill Town Service Via Churchill Town Service	Timetable change
Route 80 Warragul Station - Warragul South via West Gippsland Hospital	Timetable change Buses every 40 minutes 80 new services per week
Route 81 Warragul Station to Warragul North via Latrobe Street	Timetable change Buses every 40 minutes 94 new services per week
Route 82 Warragul Station to Warragul North via Stoddarts Road	Timetable change Buses every 40 minutes 102 new services per week
Route 83 Warragul Station - Warragul East via Copelands Road	Timetable change Buses every 40 minutes 92 new services per week
Route 85 Warragul Station - Drouin Station via Drouin South	Timetable change Buses every 40 minutes 118 new services per week
Route 86 Drouin Station - Drouin North via McNeilly Road	Timetable change Buses every 40 minutes 57 new services per week
Yarram - Traralgon via Gormandale	Timetable change
Wonthaggi - Traralgon via Leongatha	Timetable change
Garfield Station to Traralgon Plaza	Timetable change
Drouin North – Drouin – Warragul Station	Timetable change
Warragul Station to Moe	Timetable change
Moe - Garfield Station	Timetable change
Drouin Station to Traralgon Station	Timetable change
Drouin North to Newborough TAFE – Yallourn	Timetable change
Drouin North to Moe - Albert Street	Timetable change
Warragul Station - Poowong East via Drouin & Ripplebrook	Timetable change
Traralgon Station to Drouin North via TAFE Gippsland	Timetable change

Coach changes

Route	What’s changing
Pakenham to Garfield	This service will be removed due to duplication with train services
Warragul to Pakenham	This service will be removed due to duplication with train services
Sale to Traralgon	Timetable change The 8:47 am Sale to Traralgon and the 1:58 pm Traralgon to Sale coaches will no longer stop in Tyers These services currently travel via Glengarry W Road and Tyers Road to Traralgon. They will now travel via Traralgon-Maffra Road to Traralgon, matching the route of the other Sale to Traralgon services Tyers residents can still catch Route 5 Moe to Traralgon via Yallourn North, which will continue to stop in Tyers
Bairnsdale to Marlo	Timetable change Route change The Sunday coach that runs between Sale and Marlo will now run between Bairnsdale and Marlo. Passengers travelling to or from Marlo can swap between trains and coaches at Bairnsdale
Genoa to Mallacoota	Timetable change
Bairnsdale to Canberra	Timetable change
Canberra to Traralgon	Timetable change
Lakes Entrance to Batemans Bay	Timetable change
Batemans Bay to Bairnsdale	Timetable change
Marlo to Traralgon	Timetable change