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The Victorian Railways (VR), trading from 1974 as VicRail, was the state-owned operator of most rail transport in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1983. The first railways in Victoria were private companies, but when these companies failed or defaulted, the Victorian Railways was established to take over their operations.
Overview map. This is a list of former railway stations and railway lines in Victoria, Australia.Many of these stations and lines have been abandoned or demolished. There is a strong desire by communities to have many of these re-opened to better link Regional Victoria to the state capital Melbourne.
The second Yallourn railway line junctioned at Moe, and was used between 1953 and 1986. Operated by the Victorian Railways and successors, the lines served the Yallourn Power Station , the associated open cut brown coal mine, and a briquette factory complex, all operated by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), as well as the ...
Was converted to light rail between Port Junction and St Kilda, with tram route 96 commencing to use the line from 20 November 1987 [9] Spring Vale Cemetery line: 7 February 1904: 19 December 1951 or 10 December 1950 1 Dismantled and reservation sold , [10] [11] Warburton line: 13 November 1901: 1 August 1965: 10 Reservation intact, used for ...
The railway systems spread from the colonial capitals, except for a few lines that hauled commodities to a rural port. Railways in Australia date from the 10 December 1831 when the Australian Agricultural Company officially opened Australia's first railway, [1] located at the intersection of Brown and Church Streets, Newcastle, New South Wales.
Rail transport in the Australian state of Victoria is provided by a number of railway operators who operate over the government-owned railway lines. The network consists of 2,357 km of Victorian broad gauge (1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)) lines, and 1,912 km of standard gauge (1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in)) freight and interstate lines; the latter increasing with gauge conversion of the former.
The Strzelecki railway line was a 49 km (30 mi) steam-era branch railway line in Victoria, Australia. The line opened in June 1922, branching off the former Great Southern Railway (South Gippsland line) at Koo Wee Rup Station. The main line branched off the current Pakenham line at Dandenong, extending out into the South Gippsland region.
The freight service to Whittlesea was closed in the mid-1950s, with the passenger service remaining until the line beyond Lalor was closed on 29 November 1959. [3] The line was partially reopened for suburban electric trains as far Epping in November 1964, with the track beyond removed in 1970.