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Map by the Metropolitan Town Planning Commission of a proposed underground railway c.1930-50. This plan eventually became the City Loop, completed in 1981.. The Metropolitan Town Planning Commission, established in 1922 by the Victorian state government, produced a report in 1929 that recommended a new underground railway in central Melbourne running via Exhibition and Victoria streets to ...
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 federal Liberal/National government under Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in 2017 initiated a policy direction that would have profound effects on regional rail in Victoria. Through the Asset Recycling Initiative, the federal government aimed to incentivise states to sell public assets and reinvest the proceeds into infrastructure projects.
Mount Gambier–Heywood railway line is a 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) line located in Australia which operated from 27 November 1917 to 11 April 1995 between Mount Gambier in the state of South Australia and Heywood in the state of Victoria. It is one of two railway lines built by both state governments following an agreement in 1912 to connect to ...
English: Map of the railway network of Victoria, Australia for 2014. Excludes suburban network as seen in :Image:Melbourne_railways_map.gif, as well as V/Line passenger stations close to Geelong and Ballarat. Lines are grouped by V/Line Interurban / Intercity classifications, and region groupings. Freight and tourist railway lines also included.
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.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... 2019–2020: 196,950 [2] 20.05 ... Chatham railway station is a commuter railway station on the Belgrave and ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... 2016–2017: 388,187 [2] 2.73% ... Canterbury railway station is a commuter railway station on the Belgrave ...