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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 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.
Victorian Railways K class locomotive, circa 1922. The line saw the use of Victorian Railways V class 2-8-0, [12] K class 2-8-0 [13] and N class 2-8-2 steam locomotives. [11] Passenger services were relatively slow, as was the case for many branch lines where a mixed goods and passenger train service was provided. [14]
In 1887, Victorian Railways met South Australian Railways at Serviceton, although both systems used broad gauge. [22] In 1919, electrification and development of the Melbourne suburban lines commenced. [23] Minor extensions to suburban lines have continued, but patronage fell as road transport gained favour from the 1960s.
Atherton—Herberton Historic Railway [26] Australian Sugar Cane Railway, Bundaberg— 610 mm (2 ft) gauge. [27] Bally Hooley Steam Railway, Port Douglas— 610 mm (2 ft) gauge. [28] Beaudesert Rail (railway operation ceased from 2003) Big Pineapple Railway, Woombye— 610 mm (2 ft) gauge. [29] (railway operation suspended as at December 2022 [30])
The old trestle bridge on the former railway near Clarkefield The former Lancefield railway station. The Lancefield railway line, or the Clarkefield and Lancefield Railway, was a former broad gauge railway in central Victoria, connecting Clarkefield railway station on the Bendigo line to Kilmore railway station on the Heathcote line, via Lancefield.
The Outer Circle Railway was opened in stages in 1890 and 1891, as a steam-era suburban railway line, in Melbourne, Australia. It traversed much of the modern City of Boroondara , including the suburbs of (from north to south) Kew East , Camberwell , Burwood , Ashburton , and Malvern East .
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.