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==Transport== [[Road transport]] and the [[motor vehicle]] is the main form of transport.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://profile.id.com.au/Default.aspx?id=294&pg=117&gid=210&type=enum&prn=1 |title=Method of travel to work - Traralgon Structure Plan - Latrobe City Council Community Profile |website=profile.id.com.au |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727132610/http://profile.id.com.au/Default.aspx?id=294&pg=117&gid=210&type=enum&prn=1 |archive-date=2011-07-27}}</ref> The [[Princes Highway]] runs through the city and close to the CBD which received heavy regional traffic (although a Traralgon Bypass road is undergoing planning<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/Home/RoadProjects/PlanningAndProposals/Regional/PrincesFreewayTraralgonBypass.htm |title=Princes Freeway - Traralgon Bypass : VicRoads |access-date=2010-04-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110227094014/http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/Home/RoadProjects/PlanningAndProposals/Regional/PrincesFreewayTraralgonBypass.htm |archive-date=27 February 2011}}</ref>). The [[Hyland Highway]] also originates at Traralgon. [[Rail transport]] includes both [[passenger rail]] and [[Freight rail transport|freight rail]]. The city's only station is [[Traralgon railway station]] which is on the [[Gippsland railway line]] served by [[V/Line]] services from [[Southern Cross railway station|Melbourne]] to [[Bairnsdale railway station|Bairnsdale]].<ref>[https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/1824 Traralgon - Melbourne] [[Public Transport Victoria]]</ref> Victoria's electronic ticketing system, [[Myki]], was implemented on rail services between Traralgon and Melbourne on 8 July 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Myki to start on VLine Commuter Services|url=http://www.vline.com.au/about/news/mediareleases/96766932/Article.aspx|publisher=VLine Pty Ltd.|access-date=2013-08-07|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130827131931/http://www.vline.com.au/about/news/mediareleases/96766932/Article.aspx|archive-date=27 August 2013}}</ref> Latrobe Valley Buslines provides local services around Traralgon and other cities in the Latrobe Valley. [[Latrobe Valley Airport]] is located close to Traralgon in nearby Morwell and provides [[general aviation]]. Traralgon has a minimal [[cycling infrastructure|bicycle infrastructure]], with few [[segregated cycle facilities]]. An exception is the 63-kilometre-long [[Gippsland Plains Rail Trail]] which connects Traralgon to [[Stratford, Victoria|Stratford]] via [[Cowwarr]], [[Heyfield]], [[Tinamba]] and [[Maffra]]. A new cycling and walking path was opened in 2020 between Traralgon and Morwell and with a connection to the Latrobe Regional Hospital (LRH).
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