AN additional $10 million in joint Australian and Victorian government funding will deliver critical upgrades to train stabling at Albury Station for VLocity trains – which are longer and more comfortable than the trains currently operating and providing North East passenger services.

Rail Projects Victoria and the Department of Transport have also begun work on six level crossings on the line, with some crossings to be closed and some to be upgraded to include boom gates, lights and bells for safety purposes.

Further stabling modifications will also be made to the South Dynon railway precinct in Melbourne to allow the new standard gauge VLocity trains to be stored, fuelled and maintained.