This year Connex's and the state government is planning to make number of timetable changes to Melbourne train network and their will be two changes this year and they from the following months:

 

April service changes

The first changes take place on Sunday 27 April, with 105 new weekly services added. Connex is looking at providing more room for train users by running six-carriage trains during the day on most lines.

New April services

Line

Service

Dandenong

  • 7.46am Flinders Street to Oakleigh
  • 8.22am Oakleigh to Flinders Street
  • 2.48pm Flinders Street to Pakenham via city loop
  • 4.04pm Flinders Street to Dandenong via city loop
  • 5.06pm Dandenong to Flinders Street
  • 6.30pm Flinders Street to Dandenong via city loop

Frankston

  • 4.48pm Flinders Street to Mordialloc has been extended to Frankston
  • 4.58pm Flinders Street to Mordialloc has been extended to Frankston

Glen Waverley

3.20pm Flinders Street to Glen Waverley

Stony Point

  • Monday to Thursday – five additional services
  • Friday – seven additional services
  • Saturday – two additional services
  • Sunday – one additional service

Sydenham

  • 7.17am Sunshine to Flinders Street via city loop
  • 3.48pm Flinders Street to Sydenham via city loop
  • 6.02pm Flinders Street to Sydenham via city loop
  • 3.08pm St Albans to Flinders Street
  • 4.19pm Sydenham to Flinders Street

Werribee

4.52pm Flinders Street to Werribee via city loop

 

Changes to existing services

Line

Service

Alamein

7.13pm Flinders Street to Alamein service will run via the city loop (previously 7.20pm service)

Craigieburn

3.21pm Craigieburn to Flinders Street will now leave Broadmeadows at 3.23pm

4.37pm Broadmeadows to Flinders Street will now leave Craigieburn at 4.29pm


The Stony Point line will have more trains with greater frequency to shorten travel times. There will be five new services added Monday to Thursday. Friday will have seven more services, Saturday will have two, and Sunday will have one. And all travel times will be cut by four minutes – except on the 7.07am weekday service to Stony Point.

 

November service changes

In November, Melbourne trains will changing the way how they travel to the city . They will be a simplify the way trains move around the network, opening up tracks for more trains to operate in Melbourne train network.

Connex untangle train traffic moving in and out of the loop, and all trains on the Epping and Hurstbridge lines will travel one direction – clockwise – around the loop, instead of changing direction from morning to afternoon.

Click here to view the November service changes -
Connex's new plan at work.

Melbourne train services will be added or changed to meet the growing demand, which has become possible through investment in maintenance facilities and new staff.


Epping and Hurstbridge lines

One-way city loop running will reduce congestion and allow for an additional morning peak train on the Epping and Hurstbridge lines.

This may provide additional services for Werribee customers to access the city loop from Southern Cross Station.

Werribee line

As part of the new way the city loop system will run, Werribee peak services will skip the loop and travel direct to Flinders Street via Southern Cross. This provides more capacity in the city loop and allows for two extra morning peak services on both the Werribee and Sydenham lines.

Werribee customers wanting to travel through the city loop can change trains at Southern Cross or at North Melbourne.


Pakenham and Cranbourne lines

More frequent evening trains are planned for the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines.