VLine

V/Line

Type	Government-owned corporation
Industry	Rail & coach transport
Founded	1 July 1983
Headquarters	Melbourne, Australia
Area served	Regional Victoria Adelaide Canberra Southern New South Wales
Key people	Jenny Dawson Chairman Gary Liddle acting CEO
Services	Regional trains and coaches
Revenue	$675 million (2015/16)
Number of employees	1,654 (June 2016)
Parent	Government of Victoria
Website	www.vline.com.au

Victorian railway network in 2007
Locale	Victoria, Australia
Dates of operation	1 July 1983–
Predecessor	Victorian Railways Public Transport Corporation
Track gauge	1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) (Albury line)
Headquarters	Melbourne

V/Line is a government-owned corporation that operates the regional passenger train and coach services in Victoria, Australia. It was created after the split-up of VicRail in 1983. V/Line is owned by the V/Line Corporation, a Victorian State Government statutory authority.

V/Line carried 16.8 million passengers in the 2015/16 financial year. It is the track manager of the Victorian intrastate rail network outside of the Australian Rail Track Corporation and Metro Trains Melbourne leases. As at June 2016, it operated 90 stations, 41 locomotives, 134 locomotive hauled carriages and 177 diesel multiple unit carriages.

On 1 July 1983, the State Transport Authority and a range of other transport bodies were created, when the Transport Act 1983 came into effect. The new authority replaced VicRail, and established the V/Line operating brand for both country passenger and freight. The VicRail orange and silver 'teacup' livery used on passenger rolling stock was replaced in August 1983 by an orange and grey livery. The white and green V/Line logo was launched on 14 August 1983 by Transport Minister Steve Crabb, at Spencer Street station, with special trains running to Essendon to mark the occasion.

This was altered when on 1 July 1989 the Transport (Amendment) Act took effect, merging the State Transport Authority with the Metropolitan Transit Authority to form the Public Transport Corporation (PTC). The relationship between the country V/Line and suburban 'The Met' brands was blurred, with the Sprinter trains delivered in the 1993-1995 period appearing in PTC colours but with both PTC and V/Line logos.