the barry beach freight service ceased in 1992. the line beyond leongatha was booked out of service on 30 june 1992, effectively ending all traffic on the line beyond leongatha. v/line passenger services ceased to leongatha on 24 july 1993, after last train to melbourne. by the mid-1990s only t, y and p class diesel locomotives were used on the line, due to their low axle loads, with a 15 km/h speed limit applying to parts of the track. this continued until 15 january 1998, when the koala siding (near nyora) to spotswood sand train ceased operation. on average, it took a passenger train 2 hours and 15 minutes to travel from spencer street station to leongatha during the final 10 years of service, with the replacement bus service completing the journey in an average time of 2 hours and 30 minutes.