Editing Rail transport in Victoria (section)

===End of private lease===
Victorian Premier [[Steve Bracks]] negotiated a premature end to the "under-rail" Victorian country Broad Gauge network lease just minutes before the caretaker mode began before the state election of November 2006. This cost around $125 million. In May 2008, Premier [[John Brumby]] arranged a 45-year lease to the [[Australian Rail Track Corporation]] of the single track Seymour-Albury section. Part of the negotiation involved Victoria contributing money for the track to be upgraded and standardised and for Wodonga to be bypassed.

Today, the state consists of four networks: the [[Railways in Melbourne|electrified metropolitan system]] operated by [[Metro Trains Melbourne]], the [[List of regional railway stations in Victoria|country passenger network]] operated by [[V/Line]] and upgraded as part of the [[Regional Fast Rail project]], the standard gauge interstate lines to Adelaide and Sydney, and the grain network in the north west of the state, connected to the ports at Geelong and Portland.<ref name="awaugh" />