 The former Bracks/Brumby Governments promised to re-open this line to passenger traffic as part of its pledges for the 1999, 2002, 2006 elections.They also pledged the reopening of Clunes station in the 2010 election.In December 2007 work began on upgrading the line between Gheringhap (on the Geelong–Ballarat line and Mildura, at a cost of $73 million and involving one in every two sleepers being replaced, and lifting maximum train speeds to 80 km/h.