Lilydale line
Flinders Street ↔ Lilydale — 27 stations.
About the Lilydale line
The Lilydale line is part of the Burnley group on the Metro Trains Melbourne network. It runs from Flinders Street to Lilydale, calling at 27 stations, and runs via the City Loop in the city centre. Change at Ringwood for Belgrave trains, at Camberwell for the Alamein line and at Burnley for Glen Waverley; in the city the line runs via Richmond, the City Loop and Flinders Street.
Stations on this line
The Lilydale line opened in 1882 and skirts the edge of the Yarra Valley wine region.
Interchanges and connections
Frequently asked questions
The Lilydale line is one of Melbourne’s suburban train lines, part of the Burnley group. It runs from Flinders Street to Lilydale and serves 27 stations.
In the PTV timetable a trip from Flinders Street to Lilydale takes about 58 minutes; express and short trips vary.
First trains run from around 5:00 am and last trains around midnight. On Friday and Saturday nights, Night Network trains run all night, roughly hourly. On weekdays trains run about every 5–8 min in the peak and every 10–15 min during the day, and about every 20 min at weekends (PTV timetable, October 2026).
Change at Ringwood for Belgrave trains, at Camberwell for the Alamein line and at Burnley for Glen Waverley; in the city the line runs via Richmond, the City Loop and Flinders Street.