For university professor Lisa Waller, riding the Ballarat train to and from Melbourne has been like having a front-row seat to Victoria's evolution. When she began in 2007, a round trip cost her $42.

Ballarat rail commuters are in for five days of disrupted travel as level crossing removal works take place near Melton.

Ballarat sports fans and families trying to get home from the weekend's Big Bash League game were met with standing-room-only train services. Nieve is The Courier's political reporter. She covers ...

The Allan Labor Government has kicked off major works to remove four dangerous level crossings in Melbourne's growing west - that will cut congestion ...

Ballarat CBD, and the train station. Mr Munro said that Nightingale St, with a median street value of $925,000, had a range of houses of differing prices. “It is popular,” he said.