Flinders Street, Southern Cross, North Melbourne, Footscray, Newport, Laverton, and all stations between Laverton and Werribee. The average journey time between Flinders Street and Werribee for limited express trains is around 37-39 minutes. Station List Legend - Stations ◼ Premium station - Station staffed from first to last train ◻ Host station - Usually staffed during morning peak, however this can vary for different stations on the network. Legend - Stopping Patterns ● - All trains stop | - Trains pass Note: Certain trains operate with altered stopping patterns or may terminate and start at intermediate stations Weekend night network trains do not stop at Southern Cross Rolling Stock All trains are operated as 6 car trains. X'Trapolis 100 Siemens Nexas Comeng History Early in 1857, the Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company opened the Werribee to Little River section of the line they were building between Newport and Geelong, then in June of that year, opened the section between Werribee and a temporary station near Newport, known as Greenwich. The intention was to connect to the Williamstown line being built by the Melbourne, Mount Alexander and Murray River Railway Company, with whom they had arranged permission to run the former company's trains over the latter company's tracks to Melbourne, but the Williamstown line was not yet ready. However, by October 1857, construction of the Williamstown line was sufficiently advanced to allow the Geelong trains to run to the terminus at Williamstown Pier, so Greenwich was closed and a connection was made to the Williamstown line towards Williamstown. From Williamstown Pier, passengers could connect to a ferry across Hobsons Bay to Port Melbourne. The Williamstown line opened in January 1859, so the connection near Newport towards Williamstown was removed and replaced with a connection to Newport, and through running of Geelong trains to Melbourne commenced. In April 1885, a short branch was opened off the Werribee line just past Newport to Williamstown Racecourse, and in November 1888, a branch was opened off the Racecourse branch to Altona, terminating at a station named Altona Beach. This branch was opened by the Altona and Laverton Bay Freehold and Investment Co. Ltd. in order to encourage people to buy their land in the area. However, the line closed less than two years later, in August 1890. A portion of the Altona Beach line near Williamstown Racecourse was leased by the Victorian Railways (VR) in