>>1046210Vline regional rail and coach buses
Regional Fast Rail project introduced new fast DMU trains and modernised railways to the major regional centres, Geelong which has a population of 100,000, Bendigo and Ballarat which both have populations of 80,000, and Tarralgon which has a population of 30,000
The rail improvement works, track replacement, new direct routes, in cab signaling, automatic fault prevention equipment, etc combined with the fast trains mean trips to Geelong and Bendigo and Ballarat which are 100-200km from Melbourne now only take 1 hour which is a big improvement
They've had to order more DMU three times to meet demand, originally they were expecting carriage sets of 2-3 units but its become 5-7 carriages
