passing loop at Millbrook also allowed the closure of the Bungaree loop to V/line trains. Services V/Line operates services every 20 minutes from Southern Cross. Half of these terminate at Melton with every second one continuing through to Wendouree (four of these also extending to Ararat station and two to Maryborough). On weekends services only operate every hour along all the line. Peak services originating or terminating at Wendouree run express between Bacchus Marsh and Rockbank, Rockbank and Deer Park, Deer Park and Sunshine. Peak services originating or terminating at Melton run express between Cobblebank and Caroline Springs, Caroline Springs and Ardeer. Services are operated primarily by V/Line VLocity DMUs, while some peak-hour trains to Bacchus Marsh are operated by Sprinter DMUs and H type carriages hauled by N class locomotives. However, these services are fewer and fewer with more V/locity trains entering service. V/Line operates passenger trains on the Ararat line to and from Southern Cross station in Melbourne, as well as three road coach services connecting with buses at Ballarat. Roughly half the number of services run towards Maryborough. Beyond Ballarat the line is classified by V/Line as an Intercity service, so seat reservations are no longer required. Many services run as limited expresses between Ballarat and Melbourne. On 16 July 2014, V/Line trains between Melbourne and Ararat ceased stopping at North Melbourne as part of the Regional Rail Link project. In November 2017, the state government announced Cobblebank station would be built between Rockbank and Melton, with a scheduled 2 December 2019 completion date. Infrastructure The majority of the line used by the V/Line services is single track, with the exception of: double track between Melbourne, Sunshine and Melton – the North line is restricted to 130 km/h and the South line to 160 km/h between Sunshine and Caroline Springs, a remnant of Regional Fast Rail's bidirectional, different-speed signalling; Parwan Loop, between Melton and Bacchus Marsh stations, located before the descent into Bacchus Marsh a short crossing loop at Rowsley (completed mid 2016) Bank Box Loop, between Bacchus Marsh and Ballan stations, located atop the Werribee Gorge Passing loops at Ballan and Millbrook (built between 2018 and 2021 as part Regional Rail Revival) The V/Line service also previously used the original line via Bungaree as a long crossing loop between Ballan and Ballarat until December 2020. The loop was used in conjunction with the new deviation built