TRAINS across the regional Victorian rail network are expected to run to partial extreme heat timetables on Monday as hot weather returns.
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Trains that usually travel at up to 160km/h need to slow down to 90km/h or less because steel tracks expand in.
Due to the forecast temperature, V/Line are expecting to run an Extreme Heat Timetable on the Seymour and Shepparton lines, and a Partial Extreme Heat Timetable on the Bendigo and Echuca and Moama lines from 12pm today.
Temperatures throughout central Victoria will warm on Monday, with Bendigo reaching a high of 39, Echuca 39, Castlemaine 37 and Maryborough 38.
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On Tuesday, Bendigo will reach a high of 38, Echuca 39, Castlemaine 35 and Maryborough 36.
Although today isn't currently a day of Total Fire Ban, the fire danger warning for the central, north central and northern country remains very high.