The Andrews Labor Government will introduce more services for local passengers in January next year as part of a new timetable that will deliver 80 extra V/Line services.

There will be a new train at 8:43am from Wyndham Vale to Melbourne, on top of 18 services on the Geelong line that will stop at Wyndham Vale and Tarneit.

In addition, two more services to the city will stop at Tarneit in the morning peak and two more Sunday services to and from Waurn Ponds will stop at Wyndham Vale and Tarneit, boosting frequency for local passengers.

The 80 extra V/Line services each week are the first of more than 170 announced in 2016-17 Victorian Budget, which invests $1.3 billion in better public transport for regional Victoria.

The Budget also delivered $280 million for new carriages, to boost capacity on the busiest regional services.

Punctuality on the Geelong line is also now better than it’s been in 10 years, meaning more services, on time, that local passengers can rely on.

The new train timetables will be available for download from 28 November at ptv.vic.gov.au. Timetable updates, including new bus and coach services, will be added to PTV’s Journey Planner and PTV App from 5 January 2017.

Another timetable change is scheduled for mid-next year, which will introduce even more regional services.

Quotes attributable to Member for Werribee Tim Pallas

“Labor funded, started and delivered Regional Rail Link, which connected Wyndham Vale to the train network for the first time. Now we’re adding more services to create space for more passengers as Wyndham grows.”

“The new services will make a real difference, giving passengers more choice about when they travel and how they get home.”

Quotes attributable to Member for Tarneit Telmo Languilller

“We’re putting people in Tarneit first – delivering more frequent and punctual trains for local passengers.”

“We’re not only delivering extra services, we’re also making more trains stop at Tarneit, which means more services for local commuters.”