4-605: 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
8-521: 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. Subsequently, all these railway businesses were acquired by the government -owned Victorian Railways in 1878. St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company The St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company
12-619: Was a railway company in Victoria , Australia . The company opened a line from St Kilda Railway Station (via an elevated loop) in Melbourne , Australia to Bay Street (now North Brighton ) in 1859 and Beach (now Brighton Beach ) in 1861. In November 1853, a bill was introduced in the Parliament of Victoria for incorporation of a company to be called the "Melbourne, St. Kilda and Brighton Railway Company". Then, in December 1855, it
16-440: Was announced that another bill would be presented to Parliament to incorporate the "St. Kilda and Brighton Railway Company". Charles Ebden was chairman of directors of the company. The St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company and the more extensive Melbourne (and Suburban) Railway Company , with lines to Prahran and Hawthorn, were taken over by the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company in 1864. The combined company, known as
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