Train route Alamein on the map of Melbourne

Alamein trains operate via the City Loop on weekdays during the morning peak and in the afternoon until the afternoon peak only. Trains stop all stations Alamein to Flinders Street via the City Loop in an anticlockwise direction in the morning peak and in a clockwise direction in the afternoon until the end of the afternoon peak. Citybound services usually form Belgrave, Lilydale or Glen Waverley services

Direct stopping all station services operates in both directions on weekdays during the morning peak and in the afternoon until the end of the afternoon peak only. Trains travel direct via Flinders Street and stops all stations on the Alamein Line. The Alamein line usually serves the intermediate stations in between Richmond and Camberwell while the longer distance Belgrave and Lilydale lines usually run express from Richmond to Camberwell only serving major stations along the segment. During the weekdays, some citybound trains in the morning peak and outbound trains in the evening peak will skip East Richmond. In addition, some trains will terminate at Riversdale instead of Alamein.

Limited Express and Express services on the Alamein line run during the morning and evening peak hours. There are only a handful of these, which have various stopping patterns. These services usually skip East Richmond station at a minimum, and the fastest runs express from Richmond to Camberwell. Some of these trains terminate at Riversdale.

Trains operate as a shuttle stopping all stations from Camberwell to Alamein whilst also terminating at Camberwell. Trains use this pattern on weekdays between the morning peak and the afternoon peak, after the afternoon peak, and on the weekends all day. Night Network trains also use this stopping pattern as well.