Mildura railway line

It had stations at Broomfield, Allendale, Newlyn, Rocklyn, Wombat, Leonard, Sailor's Falls and Woodburn.

The Genesee & Wyoming Australia line west of Pinnaroo was standardised in 1998 creating a break-of-gauge.

In 2006, state and federal money was announced to upgrade the line to Mildura with gauge convertible sleepers.

[10][11] The line closed in August 2017 north of Dunolly for conversion to standard gauge as part of the Murray Basin Rail Project.

[12] It reopened gradually from February 2018 with maximum axle load lifted to 21 tonnes and line speed increased to 80 km/h.

Creswick and Talbot Railway Stations served less than 400 passengers a year in the 2020–2021 patronage figures, down from only 1,000 prior to the Covid-19 Pandemic.

There has been on-going discussions about the viability of the railway service to Maryborough with such low patronage on all stations along the branch line.

The main freight traffic on the line is export grain and containerised wine, grapes, citrus, dried fruit and juice, totalling around 1.5 million tonnes per year.

[17] Cement was also despatched to Mildura from Waurn Ponds until 2015, oil and less than container load (LCL) freight were carried until 2007.

In December 2008 as part of the Victorian Transport Plan the state government announced that V/Line rail passenger services would be extended from Ballarat to Maryborough station at a cost of $50 million,[19] commencing 25 July 2010.

[20] Initially Creswick was to be the only intermediate station,[21][22] until June 2010 when the government announced $7 million in funding to also reopen Clunes.