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16 <strong>Track</strong> <strong>Record</strong> Quarterly services bulletin<br />

Regional train, coach and bus<br />

Total regional patronage grew by 4.5 per cent to a total of 29.8 million passenger trips in 2011 – 2012.<br />

V/Line has experienced sustained growth since 2005, adding on average around one million<br />

passenger trips a year.<br />

Regional train patronage grew by 3.5 per cent, or approximately 900,000 trips (7.4 per cent in<br />

2010 – 2011) while coach patronage grew by 36.6 per cent, or 400,000 trips.<br />

All regional train lines experienced patronage increases: Geelong 130,000 additional trips, Bendigo<br />

90,000, Ballarat 110,000, Gippsland 90,000 and Seymour 80,000.<br />

Regional bus patronage grew by 2.7 per cent in 2011 – 2012, with 14.3 million passenger trips taken.<br />

Figure 12 Regional train, coach and bus patronage<br />

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Financial Year<br />

Regional train Regional coach Regional bus

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