Melbourne Railway Company

Melbourne Railway Company
Industry	Rail transport
Predecessors	Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company; St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company
Founded	31 March 1862 in Melbourne, Australia
Defunct	30 June 1865
Fate	Merger
Successor	Melbourne and Hobson's Bay United Railway Company
Headquarters	Australia
Area served	Melbourne
Services	Railway 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

Class	Wheel arrangement	Fleet number(s)	Manufacturer Serial numbers	Year introduced	Total	Year(s) withdrawn	Comments
M&HBR 2-4-0WT	2-4-0WT	Melbourne, Victoria, Yarra	Robert Stephenson & Co. 954, 956, 957	1862 (ex M&SR)	3*	1865	All to Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway *Melbourne & Yarra owned by SK&BR but used by MRC
G&MR 0-6-0WT	0-6-0WT	Hercules	R&W Hawthorn 928	1862 (ex M&SR)	1	1865	To Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway
M&SR 2-4-0T	2-4-0T	Hawthorn, Richmond	George England & Co. 160, 161	1862 (ex M&SR)	2	1865	To Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway
M&SR 2-4-0WT	2-4-0WT	Kew	Robert Stephenson & Co. 1377	1862 (ex M&SR)	1	1865	To Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway
MRC 2-4-0WT	2-4-0WT	Prahran, Windsor	Robert Stephenson & Co. 1459, 1460	1963	2	1865	All to Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway

References

^ "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.
^ Victorian Heritage Database Report

External links

Companies
Preceded by Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company 31 March 1862	Melbourne Railway Company 31 March 1862 – 30 June 1865	Succeeded by Melbourne and Hobson's Bay United Railway Company
Preceded by St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company Operations 1 May 1862	Melbourne Railway Company 31 March 1862 – 30 June 1865

[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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