Deer Park–West Werribee railway line

Deer Park–West Werribee
Overview
Status	Operational
Locale	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Termini	Deer Park Little River
Stations	4
Services	Geelong Warrnambool
Operation
Commenced	2012 (2012)
Opened	21 June 2015 (2015-06-21)
Completed	2014 (2014)
Owner	VicTrack
Operator(s)	V/Line
Technical
Line length	28 km (17 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Electrification	1500 V DC overhead
Route map km Serviceton line to Sunshine Deer Park Serviceton line to Serviceton Western Freeway Skeleton Waterholes Creek Tarneit Werribee River Wyndham Vale Western line to Southern Cross Warrnambool line to Newport Little River Western line to Serviceton Warrnambool line to Warrnambool

The Deer Park – West Werribee railway line is on the western fringes of the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, and is part of the Regional Rail Link. It was constructed between 2012 and 2015.^[1]

History

The Deer Park – West Werribee railway line was built as part of the Regional Rail Link project that aimed to increase rail capacity by segregating regional and suburban passenger services in Melbourne. The line runs from three kilometres west of Deer Park railway station, on the Serviceton line, to Manor junction on the Warrnambool line. The double-track line includes new stations at Tarneit and Wyndham Vale. Geelong-Melbourne rail services run via the new route and so no longer have to share tracks with Werribee line services run by Metro Trains. However, trains on the route effectively provide a suburban service for Wyndham Vale and Tarneit residents.

Test trains began operating in October 2014 and passenger services started on 21 June 2015.^[2][1]

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