St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company

St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company

The St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company was a railway company in Victoria, Australia. The company opened a line from St Kilda in Melbourne, Australia to Bay Street (now North Brighton) in 1859 and Beach (now Brighton Beach) in 1861.

The St Kida and Brighton Railway Company and the Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company were taken over by the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company in 1865. The combined company, known as the Melbourne and Hobsons Bay United Railway Company, was taken over by the Government of Victoria in 1878 and it became part of the Victorian Railways.

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company — Main article: Railways in Melbourne 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 South… …   Wikipedia

  • Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company — The Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company s locomotive No.1, with Mixed Train, at Deniliquin on the Opening Day, 4 July 1876 The Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company was a railway company formed by a syndicate of Victorian capitalists to construct …   Wikipedia

  • Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company — Main article: Railways in Melbourne The Melbourne and Hobson s Bay Railway Company was a railway company in Victoria, Australia. The company was founded on 20 January 1853 to build Australia s first railway broad gauge… …   Wikipedia

  • Melbourne, Mount Alexander and Murray River Railway Company — Main article: Railways in Melbourne The Melbourne, Mount Alexander and Murray River Railway Company was a railway company in Victoria, Australia. It was established on 8 February 1853 to build a railway from Melbourne to Echuca on the Victorian… …   Wikipedia

  • Sandringham railway line, Melbourne — VictorianRailwayLineInfobox type = mel name = Sandringham yearcommenced = 1857 yearcompleted = 1859 yearclosed = fate = lengthkm = stations = tracks = Double track users = Connex Melbourne servicepattern = Stopping all stations RollingStock =… …   Wikipedia

  • Windsor railway station, Melbourne — Windsor Station information Code WIN …   Wikipedia

  • St Kilda - Windsor railway line, Melbourne — VictorianRailwayLineInfobox type = mel name = St Kilda Windsor yearcommenced = yearopened = 1859 yearcompleted = yearclosed = 24 November 1860 fate = Parkland, private ownership lengthkm = stations = None tracks = Single track users =… …   Wikipedia

  • St Kilda railway station, Melbourne — MelbourneClosedRailwayStation NAME=St Kilda IMAGELINK=St Kilda railway station.jpg CAPTION=Street side of the station building LINE=St Kilda DISTANCE=convert|4.6|km|abbr=on PLATFORMS=2 TRACKS=2 STATUS=Closed OPENED=13 May 1857 CLOSED=August 1987… …   Wikipedia

  • Orbost railway line — Orbost railway line, Victoria Line details Commenced 1877 Completed 1916 Closed 1987 …   Wikipedia

  • List of former Australian railway companies — This is a list of former railway operating companies operating in Australia. For former Government authorities see List of former government railway authorities of AustraliaNew South Wales*Rosehill Railway Company *Silverton Tramway Company… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”