The Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company was a railway company in

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. The company opened a line from

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(Richmond) and over the Yarra River to

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(then called Gardiners Creek Road) in 1859, with extensions south to

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in 1859 and

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in 1860, connecting with the 1859

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 Railway Station (via an elevated loop) in Melbourne, Australia to Bay Street (now North Brighton) in 1859 and Beach ...

's line from St Kilda to Bay Street (now North Brighton), which was extended to Beach Station (now

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) in 1861. They also built an eastward extension to

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by 1861. This company ran into difficulties almost immediately, and was bought by the Melbourne Railway Company in 1862. The Melbourne (and Suburban) Railway Company and the St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company were amalgamated with the

Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company The Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company was a railway company in Victoria, Australia. The company was incorporated on 20 January 1853 to build the line from Melbourne to the port of Sandridge, now Port Melbourne. The proposal met ...

on 22 October 1864. The combined company, known as the Melbourne and Hobsons Bay United Railway Company, was taken over by the

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in 1878 and it became part of

Victorian Railways The Victorian Railways (VR), trading from 1974 as VicRail, was the state-owned operator of most rail transport in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1983. The first railways in Victoria were private companies, but when these companie ...

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