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{{Short description|Passenger rail service in Victoria, Australia}}
{{about|the V/Line service|other uses|}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2015}}
{{Infobox rail service
| box_width          = 300px
| name               = Seymour
| color              = {{rcr|V/Line|Seymour}}
| logo               = Victoria train logo.svg <!-- Do not use a non-free image here, per WP:NFCC #8 -->
| logo_width         = 100px
| image              = VLine Sprinter Seymour Station.jpg
| image_width        = 
| caption            = V/Line Sprinter train at [[Seymour railway station|Seymour]]
| type               = [[Regional rail]]
| status             = Operational
| locale             = [[Victoria, Australia]]
| predecessor        = 
| first              = <!-- {{Start date and age|yyyy|mm|dd|df=y}} -->
| last               = <!-- {{End date and age|yyyy|mm|dd|df=y}} -->
| successor          = 
| operator           = [[V/Line]]
| formeroperator     = 
| ridership          = 1.75 million (FY2023–2024)<ref name="Annual Report">{{cite report |author=V/Line Corporation |title=Annual Report 2023-24 |date=24 September 2024 |url=https://corporate.vline.com.au/getattachment/9da78dc6-1430-48e4-8bb8-95920257130f/Annual-Report-2023-24 |page=11 |access-date=13 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250213120131/https://corporate.vline.com.au/getattachment/9da78dc6-1430-48e4-8bb8-95920257130f/Annual-Report-2023-24 |url-status=live |archive-date=13 February 2025}}</ref>
| ridership2         = 
| website            = {{twitter|vline_seymour|V/Line Seymour}}
| start              = [[Seymour railway station|Seymour]]
| stops              = 13
| end                = [[Southern Cross railway station|Southern Cross]]
| distance           = {{Convert|101.69|km|abbr=on}}
| journeytime        = 1 hour 32 minutes
| frequency          = {{blist|26–67 minutes weekdays peak|60–147 minutes off-peak and weekends (some services provided by Shepparton services)}}
| trainnumber        = 
| line_used          = [[Tocumwal railway line, Victoria|Tocumwal]]
| class              = Economy
| access             = Most services
| seating            = 
| sleeping           = 
| autorack           = 
| catering           = No
| observation        = 
| entertainment      = 
| baggage            = 
| otherfacilities    = 
| stock              = {{ubl|[[V/Line VLocity|VLocity]]|[[V/Line Sprinter|Sprinter]]
}}<ref name="Working TT 2017">{{cite web|title=Passenger Schedules: Goulburn Valley Up|url=https://corporate.vline.com.au/CMSModules/SharePoint/CMSPages/GetSharePointFile.ashx?connectionname=VNAP&fileref=%2fNetworkServicesPlan%2fPassenger+Schedules%2fNorth+Eastern+Weekday.pdf&cacheminutes=5&cachefilesize=1024&hash=f8e2bfc729464a1b7a493f3472c4fe401e71c8f1be708307a4d975271daebf1e|website=Network service plan|publisher=V/Line Corporation|access-date=1 February 2018|date=10 December 2017|archive-date=3 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203005734/https://corporate.vline.com.au/CMSModules/SharePoint/CMSPages/GetSharePointFile.ashx?connectionname=VNAP&fileref=%2fNetworkServicesPlan%2fPassenger+Schedules%2fNorth+Eastern+Weekday.pdf&cacheminutes=5&cachefilesize=1024&hash=f8e2bfc729464a1b7a493f3472c4fe401e71c8f1be708307a4d975271daebf1e|url-status=live}}</ref>
| gauge              = {{Track gauge|1600 mm}}
| el                 = 1500 [[Volt|V]] [[Direct current|DC]] [[Overhead line|overhead]]
| speed              = {{Convert|130|km/h|abbr=on}} maximum<ref name="TOD p1">{{cite web|title=Train Operating Data: Cragieburn to Seymour|url=https://corporate.vline.com.au/CMSModules/SharePoint/CMSPages/GetSharePointFile.ashx?connectionname=VNAP&fileref=%2fNetworkServicesPlan%2fTrain+Operating+Data+-+List+of+all+V-Line+Lines%2f19+-+Craigieburn+to+Seymour+R01-2017+-+NA_NSP_02-19.pdf&cacheminutes=5&cachefilesize=1024&hash=f09c2a8eb1e5448e50181bcadda5e2f3e732d3b3aab4b2141717e373588b5c12|website=Network service plan|publisher=V/Line Corporation|access-date=1 February 2018|page=1|date=22 August 2017|archive-date=3 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203005725/https://corporate.vline.com.au/CMSModules/SharePoint/CMSPages/GetSharePointFile.ashx?connectionname=VNAP&fileref=%2fNetworkServicesPlan%2fTrain+Operating+Data+-+List+of+all+V-Line+Lines%2f19+-+Craigieburn+to+Seymour+R01-2017+-+NA_NSP_02-19.pdf&cacheminutes=5&cachefilesize=1024&hash=f09c2a8eb1e5448e50181bcadda5e2f3e732d3b3aab4b2141717e373588b5c12|url-status=live}}</ref>
| owners             = [[VicTrack]]
| routenumber        = 
| map                = {{Seymour V/Line rail service}}
| map_state          = collapsed
}}

{{Infobox rail service
| box_width          = 300px
| color              = {{rcr|V/Line|Seymour}}
| name               = Shepparton
| logo               = Victoria train logo.svg <!-- Do not use a non-free image here, per WP:NFCC #8 -->
| logo_width         = 100px
| image              = Shepparton station building entrance viewed from platform — March 2022.jpg
| image_width        = 
| caption            = Platform at [[Shepparton railway station|Shepparton]]
| type               = [[Regional rail]]
| status             = Operational
| locale             = [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]], [[Australia]]
| predecessor        = 
| first              = <!-- {{Start date and age|yyyy|mm|dd|df=y}} -->
| last               = <!-- {{End date and age|yyyy|mm|dd|df=y}} -->
| successor          = 
| operator           = [[V/Line]]
| formeroperator     = 
| ridership          = 
| ridership2         = 
| website            = 
| start              = [[Shepparton railway station|Shepparton]]
| end                = [[Southern Cross railway station|Southern Cross]]
| stops              = 16
| distance           = {{Convert|184.84|km|abbr=on}}
| journeytime        = 2 hour 32 minutes
| frequency          = {{blist|5 Southern Cross-bound services, 5 Shepparton-bound services on weekdays|3 services on weekends each direction}}
| trainnumber        = 
| line_used          = Tocumwal
| class              = Economy
| access             = Yes
| seating            = 
| sleeping           = 
| autorack           = 
| catering           = None
| observation        = 
| entertainment      = 
| baggage            = 
| otherfacilities    = 
| stock              = [[V/Line VLocity|VLocity]]
| gauge              = {{Track gauge|1600 mm}}
| el                 = None
| speed              = {{blist|Shepparton-Seymour: 115 km/h (71 mph) Maximum|Seymour-Southern Cross: 130 km/h (80 mph) Maximum}}
| owners             = [[VicTrack]]
| routenumber        = 
| map                = {{Shepparton V/Line rail service}}
| map_state          = collapsed
}}

The '''Seymour line''' is a regional passenger rail service operated by [[V/Line]] in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], Australia. It serves 13 stations towards its terminus in the regional city of [[Seymour, Victoria|Seymour]]. It is the fifth most-used regional rail service in Victoria (behind the [[Traralgon V/Line rail service|Gippsland]], [[Bendigo V/Line rail service|Bendigo]], [[Ballarat V/Line rail service|Ballarat]], and [[Geelong V/Line rail service|Geelong]] services), carrying 1.75 million passengers in the 2023–2024 [[financial year]].<ref name="Annual Report" />

Beyond Seymour, the '''Shepparton line''' continues further north to [[Shepparton railway station|Shepparton]]; and the [[Albury V/Line rail service|'''Albury line''']] continues north-east to its terminus at [[Albury railway station|Albury]], just over the border in New South Wales.

== History ==
{{Expand section|date=September 2024}}

==Services==
[[V/Line]] operates hourly passenger services from [[Seymour railway station|Seymour]] to Melbourne, using [[V/Line Sprinter|Sprinter]] and [[V/Line VLocity|VLocity]] railcars. Five return services operate to Shepparton on weekdays; three return services operate on weekends; all are operated by the [[V/Line VLocity|VLocity]]. Until 31 October 2022, services to Shepparton were operated by the [[VicRail N type carriage|N set]], which included a buffet and first-class seating, this is no longer available as the [[V/Line VLocity|VLocity]] does not have catering facilities and first class seating onboard. [[H type carriage|H type carriages]] were also used on the line until the introduction of the [[V/Line VLocity|VLocity]] on the Shepparton line. Like the [[V/Line VLocity|VLocity]], it did not have a buffet and first class onboard.  

Services generally stop all stations between Shepparton and [[Donnybrook railway station|Donnybrook]] in both directions. Some services run express through Donnybrook, [[Heathcote Junction railway station|Heathcote Junction]] and [[Tallarook railway station|Tallarook]]. Some services stop at [[Essendon railway station|Essendon]] and [[North Melbourne railway station|North Melbourne]] on weekdays; all services stop at [[Broadmeadows railway station, Melbourne|Broadmeadows]]. At metropolitan stations, services towards Seymour and Shepparton only stop to pick up passengers, and services towards Southern Cross only stop to allow passengers to alight.

=== Platforms ===
Platform 1 connects to the [[Albury V/Line rail service|Albury Line]], which uses [[Standard-gauge railway|standard gauge]] (SG). Platform 2 connects the Seymour and [[Shepparton line|Shepparton services]], which utilise the [[Broad-gauge railway|broad gauge]] (BG) track. 

== Gallery ==
{{Gallery|File:Donnybrook_Northbound_View.jpg|Donnybrook railway station in 2022, upgraded as part of the Regional Rail Revival project|File:Shepparton_station_overview.jpg|Shepparton track layout|File:Sprinter_Seymour_7011_S313.jpg|V/Line Sprinter arriving into Seymour|File:Tallarook_Railway_Station.JPG|Tallarook railway station|||title=|align=center|footer=|style=|state=|height=|width=|perrow=|mode=|whitebg=|noborder=|captionstyle=|alt1=|alt2=|alt3=|alt4=|alt5=}}

==Line guide==
{{Tocumwal railway line, Victoria|collapse=yes}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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*[http://www.vline.com.au V/Line website]

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