New V/Line timetable confirms quicker journeys for all six daily trips between Albury and Melbourne

Times will be applicable for all six daily journeys from Sunday, August 28.

The 6.35am service from Albury has been moved to 6.45am and will arrive at Southern Cross at 10.27am, shaving 18 minutes off the previous transfer.

Albury's second train of the day departed at 12.45pm, but that has shifted to 12.51pm, with an arrival time of 4.33pm, which has taken 13 minutes off the previous journey of three hours and 55 minutes.

The evening train, which left Albury at 5.20pm, will now make its way to Melbourne from 5.27pm and arrive at 9.44pm, eight minutes ahead of the current travel time.

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Almost half an hour will be saved on the return route from Southern Cross with the 6.02pm train to Albury now getting in at 9.38pm instead of 10.05pm.

The 12.05pm train from Melbourne will get away one minute prior and roll in 15 minutes earlier.

A daily early morning service will depart Southern Cross at 7.07am and arrive in Albury at 10.43am, when it previously would reach the station at 11am.

V/Line confirmed once all trips are being operated by VLocity trains, it does not intend to operate any more classic fleet services on the Albury line.

However, not all Border services will have six-carriage sets and instead will be tailored to meet passenger demand to ensure trains are available to cover for maintenance requirements.

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