Home Centre line

The Home Centre line is the name given to a series of rail services operated by Home Rail.

History
The Home Centre line first came around in February 2010, when the Main Gate line, the Museum line and the Home Centre stopper were merged into one route to make the line more understandable for passengers.

At the time of formation, the Home Centre line served intermediate stations during peak times until the Home Centre, where both "express services" would stop at the remaining stations to their termini.

Easter 2014 changes
With the network reshuffle which came around with the 2014 rail replacement program's phase 1, the Home Interchange to Museum part of the route became a line of its own once more, and was drastically changed to form the new Museum line. Home Rail combatted the issues that this may introduce by doubling the frequency on the Main Gate route and reintroduced the Home Centre stopper during off peak times.

2016 changes
Home Rail and Home Trams were merged in 2016, which led to the third iteration of the Home Centre line being introduced, which also partly replaced the Blue line of the tram network.

Current stations
The Home Centre line currently serves the following stations using two services under the brand:
 * Home Interchange
 * Freshwater Bridge
 * Palm Coast
 * Palm Beach
 * Home Centre
 * Lake Home
 * North Bridge
 * Main Gate
 * East Wall

Past stations
The following stations were served by the Home Centre line:
 * Museum (until 17 April 2014)

Service
Before the Easter 2014 reshuffle, the service was a combined frequency of 15 minutes, with a service every 30 minutes travelling onto Main Gate, and the remaining service to Museum. In Peak times, the Home Centre stopper ran every 30 minutes between the Home Centre and Home Interchange, calling at all stations.

The service pattern on the Home Centre line prior to the merger was that of a service every 15 minutes on both the semi-fast service to Main Gate and the Home Centre stopping service.

Currently, two routes run as part of the Home Centre line;


 * Home Interchange to Main Gate via Home Centre, calling at all stops every 10 minutes.


 * Lake Home to East Wall, calling at all stops every 10 minutes.
 * Home Interchange to Home Centre, every 10 minutes during peak times and during weekends.