the section from dandenong to cranbourne was electrified in 1995 and, as the cranbourne line, is now part of the melbourne suburban rail network. the first level crossing on the closed section of the line, the south gippsland highway crossing in cranbourne has since been paved over. the victorian transport plan of 2009 stated that the cranbourne line would be extended two kilometres to a new station at cranbourne east by 2015. the new cranbourne east station would be built near renyard street and the casey fields complex. the line from nyora to leongatha was used by the south gippsland tourist railway until 2016. the branch line from nyora to wonthaggi was closed in 1978 and dismantled by 1990. it is now the bass coast rail trail. since its closure, a significant section of the former wonthaggi line has been leased or sold to farmers, while other sections have been cut away to widen highways and main roads in the coastal south gippsland region. the former branch lines to both outtrim and strezlecki have become a distant memory.