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Getting There By Rail

V/Line (tel: 136 196, Australia only; website: www.victrip.com.au) operates Interstate Link services with connecting coach services, as well as an extensive train service throughout Victoria from Spencer Street Station, Spencer Street (tel: (03) 9655 3434; website: www.doi.vic.gov.au), in the city centre. The station is undergoing a major redevelopment, which is planned for completion in 2005, when the station will be renamed Southern Cross Station. Facilities at the station include a caf, restaurant and shops, ATM, trolley hire, left luggage, lost property, public toilets and changing rooms with showers. All trains are modern and comfortable with sleeper cars for longer journeys. Information on all national routes can be obtained from Countrylink (tel: 132 232, Australia only; website: www.countrylink.nsw.gov.au).

Rail services: The combined train and deluxe coach services offer routes to Adelaide (journey time – 10 hours 15 minutes), Canberra (journey time – 8 hours 15 minutes) and Narooma on the Sapphire Coast of New South Wales (journey time – 10 hours).

Transport to the city: Spencer Street Station is located in the heart of the city centre.



   
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