Melbourne Railway Company
IndustryRail transport
PredecessorsMelbourne and Suburban Railway Company
St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company
Founded31 March 1862 (1862-03-31) in Melbourne, Australia
Defunct30 June 1865 (1865-06-30)
FateMerger
SuccessorMelbourne and Hobson's Bay United Railway Company
Headquarters
Australia
Area served
Melbourne
ServicesRailway construction and operations

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. The Melbourne Company line provided a more direct route into the city via Richmond and Princes Bridge. The Melbourne Railway Company purchased the Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company in 1862, and the St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company and was amalgamated with the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company to form the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay United Railway Company on 22 October 1864.[1] Subsequently, all these railway businesses were acquired by the government-owned Victorian Railways in 1878.[2]

Rolling stock

Locomotives

ClassWheel
arrangement		Fleet
number(s)		Manufacturer
Serial numbers		Year
introduced		TotalTotal
preserved		Year(s)
withdrawn		Comments
M&HBR 2-4-0WT2-4-0WTMelbourne*, Victoria, Yarra*Robert Stephenson & Co.
954, 956, 957		1862 (ex M&SR)3*01865All to Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway
*Melbourne & Yarra owned by SK&BR but used by MRC
G&MR 0-6-0WT0-6-0WTHerculesR&W Hawthorn
928		1862 (ex M&SR)101865To Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway
M&SR 2-4-0T2-4-0THawthorn, RichmondGeorge England & Co.
160, 161		1862 (ex M&SR)201865To Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway
M&SR 2-4-0WT2-4-0WTKewRobert Stephenson & Co.
1377		1862 (ex M&SR)101865To Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway
MRC 2-4-0WT2-4-0WTPrahran, WindsorRobert Stephenson & Co.
1459, 1460		1963201865All to Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway

References

  1. ↑ "An Act to Amalgamate the Melbourne and Hob-son's Bay Railway Company and the Melbourne Railway Company and for other purposes" (PDF). 15 June 1865. Retrieved 20 July 2019 – via austlii.edu.au.
  2. ↑ Victorian Heritage Database Report
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