By Esther Lauaki
Bendigo rail line punctuality is up with 80 per cent of services arriving at their destinations on time last month.
V/Line chief executive James Pinder said performance had bounced back after a challenging May in which punctuality was 76.9 per cent.
“While we acknowledge there is always room for improvement, it was good to see better results for the line last month and we want to ensure this continues,”
Mr Pinder said.
Reasons for delays to Bendigo line services in June included trains stopping at stations longer than scheduled, train and track faults and poor weather conditions, he said.
There were also delays because of a signal fault in the afternoon peak at Albion on June 28.
Mr Pinder said V/Line was working with Metro Trains Melbourne and Public Transport Victoria to assess performance on shared sections of the network.
“We share the network with Metro at Sunbury, so it’s really important we’re working together to look at what we can do to improve performance in these shared sections to help reduce delays,” he said.
Mr Pinder said improving performance at the same time as meeting patronage growth continued to be a focus.
“We had more than 1.5 million passenger trips on our trains last month and the Bendigo line continues to be one of our busiest,” he said.
Reliability on the Bendigo line was on target – above 90 per cent – throughout June for the fifth consecutive month at 96.3 per cent.
