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Feb 9 2023: Peter Enlund has scanned the 1984 STA grades book, this shows the system at the end of the Victorian Railways. Photos added to the Dining car page. Feb 8 2023: The BCE page has been refreshed and made mobile device friendly with new photos and plans added.
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 companies failed or defaulted, the Victorian Railways was established to take over their operations.
The Victorian Railway, a marvel of the era, connected Britain like never before. The rollout of rail brought distant towns and cities within reach of each other. transforming how people lived, worked, and interacted.
The first railway murder took place in 1864 on train travelling from Fenchurch Street towards Hackney on the North London Railway and caused a great deal of public concern about travel safety....
Rail transport in the Australian state of Victoria is provided by a number of railway operators who operate over the government-owned railway lines. The network consists of 2,357 km of Victorian broad gauge ( 1,600 mm ( 5 ft 3 in )) lines, and 1,912 km of standard gauge ( 1,435 mm ( 4 ft in )) freight and interstate lines; the latter increasing ...
Jan 19, 2017 · A very important parliamentary document in the history of the Victorian Railways as it outlines the de-regulation of road transport and presages the ultimate demise of the Victorian Railways as it was known.
THE BIRTH OF THE RAILWAY AGE. When Richard Trevithick drove his great clanking, hissing contraption along the Pen-y-Daren tramway in 1804, the railway age began. But another fifty years would pass before another steam driven contraption trundled a train from Elizabeth Street to Sandridge at the other end of the Earth.
Celebrating 150 years of railways in Victoria. Since Australia's first steam train made the short journey from Flinders Street to Port Melbourne in 1854, railways have played a key role in Victorian transport. Railways have carried city commuters, farmers' produce, parcels and tourists.
Victorian Railways Resources. This website contains information about the history of the Victorian Railways, the state railways of Victoria, Australia. The focus is on the infrastructure of the railways, with a particular emphasis on signalling.
Victorian Railways trams. In 1904, at the initiative of Premier Thomas Bent, the Victorian Railways was authorised to build an "electric street railway" from St Kilda to Brighton. The line opened in early 1906 and was one of Melbourne's first electric tram services.
