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Melbourne's first line.
A meeting was called and it was decided that there needed to be a line from Flinders street to Sandbridge. -
The Saint Kilda line.
The line to St Kilda was built by the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company, to serve tourists to the seaside resort. -
The saint Albans, Williamstown and Pharan line.
St Albans railway station is located on the Sunbury line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the western Melbourne suburb of St Albans.
the section between the vicinity of the Newport workshops and Williamstown Pier was in use by Geelong-line trains.
The Pharan line was also built in 1859. -
The Essendon line.
This line was built in 1861 and branched out to Flemington. -
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Smaller Railway companies going broke.
Smaller railway companies were losing money and they had to merge with other smaller companies or they would shut down their company. -
The extended Essendon line.
The Essendon line extended to Broad meadows after a very long time. -
Oakleigh to Paken line.
A Regional line from Oakleigh to Paken was constructed, there was a gap between the Oakleigh line and the city and that part of the line was constructed in 1879 -
windsor line
The windsor line was extended to brighton in 1878. -
the decade of most constructed lines
a land burn in the 1880's caused a lot more railways to be constructed and this was the decade the most railway lines were constructed. -
the Frankston line
The Frankston line was built first and then the hawthorn line was made in 1881 and was connected to Lilydale in 1883. -
spencers street's 4th line
In 1884 a 4th line came out of Spencers street. -
kew's line
In 1887 a small two station line was built to Kew and the Brighton line was extended. -
inner circle and north east line
in 1888 lines from the north east to Melbourne were being built while the inner circle line was built, the inner circle line started at the north of Melbourne it passed north Carlton, north Fitzroy, Rushill and Clifton hill. -
coburg line, Lilydale line extension and Ringwood line.
In 1889 the Coburg line was extended to Upfield and the Lilydale line was extended to Healsville, also a line from Ringwood to Ferntree gully was made. -
section of the outer circle reopening
the section of the outer circle line between Camberwell and Ashburton was reopened and is still running today -
glen waverley line and outer circle line
in 1890 half of the Glen Waverley line was constructed and the outer circle line was constructed. -
outer circle line closed down
the stock market went down and the outer circle line couldn't keep running so it shut down. -
Camberwell and Deepdene line reopening
A shuttle train between Camberwell and Deepdene that formed a part of the inner circle line was reopened. Also a line from upper Ferntree gully to Gembrook was built with thinner lines to accompany farmer use. -
Victoria Park to Princess Bridge line
A line from Victoria park to princess bridge was built to separate the inner circle line from the Heidelberg line. -
Hidelberg line extension.
The Heidelberg line was extended to Elfame and then onto Hurstbridge in 1912. -
Camberwell and Deepdene line closing
After world war 1 the shuttle train from Camberwell to Deepdene was shut down. -
The Darling line
The Darling line was extended to Glenwaverly . This is it's current terminus. -
increasing patronage and the Ashburton line
After world war 2 there was increasing patronage on the Melbourne's train system. The Ashburton line was extended one station to Alemein this station is it's current terminus. -
Belgrave line to Gembrook
a line from Belgrave to Gembrook being closed -
the Kew line
The small kew line closed -
regional Whittlesea lline
The part of the regional Whittlesea line from Epping to Whittlesea was closed, but the part from Spencer street to Epping was electrified. -
upper Ferntree line and Warburton line
The lines from upper Ferntree gully to Belrave were widened to normal width, unfortunately the Warburton line closed down in 1964. -
The City Loop Act.
The Melbourne underground rail loop act, now known as the city loop, was passed and works on this huge project started right away. -
Suburban trains on the Pakenham line
The Pakenham line getting suburban trains running on it for the first time. -
Healsville line
The Healsville line closed -
the inner circle line closing
The inner circle line closed. -
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the city loop line project
The city loop line opened this was the biggest train project of Melbourne's train history. -
electrified Werribee line
The Werribee line was electrified -
the Altona line extension
The Altona line was extended to Laverton connecting it to the Werribee line. -
port Melbourne and st Kilda lines isolation
The port Melbourne and the st Kilda line, the oldest lines on the map, became isolated due to the city loop line being used and the two lines eventually closed they both turned into tram routes later on. -
Cranbourne line
The regional Cranbourne line was electrified and suburbanised in this year. -
electrified st albans line
st albans line was electrified and was extended to sunbury -
broadmedaow line getting electrified
the broadmeadows line getting electrified to cragieburn -
the epping line extension
he epping line was extended to mernda.