Coaches replace trains on north east line after train driver tests positive for COVID-19

By Simon Ruppert

Sep 10, 2021

North east line trains from Melbourne to Albury will be replaced by a coach service after a train driver tested positive to COVID-19.

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Coaches are already replacing Seymour and Shepparton services for the entire journey and Echuca trains between Echuca and Bendigo due to planned infrastructure works.

Several V/Line drivers had tested positive and as a result a number of services are affected including the Warnambool, Swan Hill and Bairnsdale lines, for part of the journey.

V/Line and the Department of Transport are working closely with the Department of Health to support the drivers and other staff affected, and are exercising an abundance of caution in the interest of the drivers and passengers.

Public transport continues to operate under a strict COVIDSafe plan with deep cleaning every night and more than 500 hand sanitisers installed across the network.