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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.
Victorian Railways Rolling Stock Branch: Diagrams & Particulars of Locomotives, Cars, Vans & Trucks. Vic: Victorian Railways. Vic: Victorian Railways. Template documentation
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 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. Public transport has become increasingly ...
The High Capacity Metro Train (HCMT) is a type of electric multiple unit (EMU) train for use by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Melbourne rail network.The first train set entered service on 27 December 2020 and will become the primary rolling stock used in the Metro Tunnel when it opens in 2025.
In October 1966 the line was reopened, [1] and in 1996 it was converted to standard gauge, along with the main Melbourne–Adelaide railway. [ 2 ] The Avoca–Ararat section of the line has been unused for a number of years and Pacific National used it to store over 100 surplus grain wagons, [ 3 ] until many of them were reactivated to carry ...
Newsrail is a monthly railway magazine covering the railways and tramways of Victoria, Australia. It was launched in January 1973 by the Victorian Division of the Australian Railway Historical Society , superseding Divisional Diary , that had been published by the society since November 1957.