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The Melbourne Railway Company was formed in 1859 to construct and run a railway from Melbourne to Windsor, where it connected with the St Kilda and Brighton Railway. Previously, the Brighton line had branched off the end of the St Kilda Railway, requiring a reverse loop.
This was a group of 18 2-4-0WT passenger steam locomotives, built by Robert Stephenson & Company and an extra locomotive built from spare parts supplied with the other 18. . These locomotives not only provided the bulk workforce of the early private railway operators in Victoria, but upon their withdrawal they once again proved themselves as useful as contractors locos building some of the ...
The Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company was a railway company in Victoria, Australia.The company opened a line from Princes Bridge railway station in Melbourne, Australia to Punt Road (Richmond) and over the Yarra River to South Yarra (then called Gardiners Creek Road) in 1859, with extensions south to Prahran in 1859 and Windsor in 1860, [1] connecting with the 1859 St Kilda and Brighton ...
The single track railway was opened in October 1860. The company immediately commenced construction of a branch line from Newmarket to Flemington Racecourse, which opened in February 1861. [1] The operation was barely profitable and, in early 1864, the company asked the Government of Victoria buy the railway. The request was refused and the ...
NR class and AN class in Melbourne in June 2006 BL class locomotives in Melbourne in June 2006 Trailerail liveried NR class at Southern Cross station in May 2007. The National Rail Corporation was established in February 1992 after the federal government, and State Governments of New South Wales and Victoria agreed to its establishment in July 1991.
In 1999, ARTC signed a five-year deal with VicTrack, the rail manager for the Victorian government, to lease the standard gauge North East line from Albury to Melbourne and the Western standard gauge line from Melbourne to Serviceton. [2] [7] This was later extended for another 10 years, and in May 2008 for another 45 years. [8] [9]
North Melbourne Locomotive Depot was the main location for maintenance of the Victorian Railways steam locomotive fleet based in Melbourne. Located in the middle of the Melbourne Yard precinct in the suburb West Melbourne near North Melbourne station , the site is now occupied by the Melbourne Steel Terminal.
M>Train was a train operator in Melbourne, Australia, and operated some of the city's suburban rail operations. Formed in July 1998 as Bayside Trains , a business unit of the Public Transport Corporation , it was privatised in August 1999 becoming a subsidiary of National Express .