Gippsland railway line

Gippsland line
Gippsland line
	V/Line train at Traralgon, 2020
Overview
Status	Operational from Flinders Street to Bairnsdale, closed beyond Bairnsdale
Owner	VicTrack
Locale	Victoria, Australia
Termini	Flinders Street; Bairnsdale (previously Orbost);
Service
Services	Bairnsdale; Cranbourne; Pakenham; Traralgon
Operator(s)	Passenger: Metro Trains, V/Line; Freight: Multiple
History
Commenced	1877
Completed	1916
Technical
Number of tracks	Double track between Melbourne and Bunyip, and between Longwarry and Moe, single track between Bunyip and Longwarry and beyond Moe (passing loops at Hernes Oak, and at Morwell, Traralgon and Sale stations)
Track gauge	1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Electrification	1500 V DC overhead between Flinders Street and East Pakenham
Signalling	Automatic block signalling: Southern Cross to East Pakenham; Bombardier CITYFLO 650 CBTC: Hawksburn to Clayton; Automatic and Track Control: East Pakenham to Traralgon; Train Staff and Ticket: Traralgon to Bairnsdale;
Train protection system	TPWS: Southern Cross to Traralgon
Route map
Route map
	City Loop
	via Southern Cross
	City Loop
	via Parliament
	Hurstbridge and Mernda lines
	to Hurstbridge and Mernda
	Belgrave, Lilydale and Glen Waverley lines
	to Belgrave, Lilydale and Glen Waverley
	Sandringham line
	to Sandringham
	Metro Tunnel
	to Sunbury
	Frankston line
	to Frankston
	Outer Circle line
	to Fairfield
	Rosstown Railway
	to Elsternwick
	Spring Vale Cemetery line
	to Spring Vale Cemetery
	Cranbourne line
	to Cranbourne
	Noojee line
	to Noojee
	Walhalla line
	to Walhalla
	Yallourn line (second)
	to Yallourn
	Thorpdale line
	to Thorpdale
	Yallourn line (first)
	to Yallourn
	Yallourn 900mm Railway
	to Hazelwood – to Yallourn
	Mirboo North line
	to Mirboo North
	Maffra line
	to Stratford
	Maffra line
	to Traralgon

The Gippsland railway line (formerly known as the Orbost railway line) is a railway line serving the Latrobe Valley and Gippsland regions of Victoria, Australia. It runs east from the state capital Melbourne through Warragul, Moe, Morwell, Traralgon, Sale and terminating at Bairnsdale.

Prior to the closure of the section east of Bairnsdale in 1987, the line extended to Orbost. The formation of that now-dismantled section has become the East Gippsland Rail Trail, a shared bicycle, walking, and horse-riding track.