A RECORD number of football fans have used V/Line train services to travel to Melbourne for AFL games. The 2011 season saw almost 80,000 Victorians use train services, with the Ballarat line helping 14.9 per cent of footy passengers to get to games. Figures show a 26 per cent rise on 2010 figures. Of Victoria’s major regional centres, the Geelong line had the largest number of footy train passengers with 58.4 per cent.