St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company

Railway company in Melbourne, Victoria

Main article: Railways in Melbourne

St Kilda and Brighton Railway CompanyIndustry| Rail transport

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Founded| 24 November 1857 (1857-11-24) in Victoria, Australia
Defunct| 30 September 1865 (1865-09-30)
Fate| Merger
Successor| Melbourne and Hobson's Bay United Railway Company
Headquarters|

Australia

Area served

| Victoria and Melbourne

Key people

| Charles Ebden
Services| Railway construction and operations

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 (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".[1] Then, in December 1855, it was announced that another bill would be presented to Parliament to incorporate the "St. Kilda and Brighton Railway Company".[2] Charles Ebden was chairman of directors of the company.[3]

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 the Melbourne and Hobsons Bay United Railway Company, was taken over by the Government of Victoria in 1878 and the lines became part of the Victorian Railways.

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### Locomotives

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Class | Wheel
arrangement | Fleet
number(s) | Manufacturer
Serial numbers | Year
introduced | Total | Total
preserved | Year(s)
withdrawn | Comments

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M&HBR 2-4-0WT | 2-4-0WT | Melbourne, Yarra | Robert Stephenson & Co.
954, 957 | 1862 (ex M&HBR) | 2 | 0 | 1862 | All used by Melbourne Railway Company, but later sold to the Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway

## References

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1. ^ "Legislative Council. Notices of Motion and Orders of the Day". The Argus. Melbourne. 31 October 1853.
2. ^ "The St. Kilda and Brighton Railway Company". The Argus. Melbourne. 22 December 1855.
3. ^ Serle, Geoffrey (1966). "Ebden, Charles Hotson (1811 - 1867)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 8 January 2014.

Companies

First |  St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company
24 November 1857 – 1 September 1865  | Succeeded by

Melbourne Railway Company

Operations
1 May 1862

Succeeded by

Melbourne and Hobson's Bay United Railway Company

Company
1 September 1865

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Former Victorian railway companies and authorities

* Connex Melbourne
* Deniliquin & Moama Railway Company
* El Zorro
* Freight Australia
* Geelong & Melbourne Railway Company
* Great Northern Rail Services
* Hoys Roadlines
* Kerang–Koondrook Tramway
* Melbourne, Mount Alexander & Murray River Railway Company
* Melbourne & Essendon Railway Company
* Melbourne & Hobson's Bay Railway Company
* Melbourne & Suburban Railway Company
* Melbourne Railway Company
* Metropolitan Transit Authority
* M>Train
* Powelltown Tramway
* Rosstown Junction Railway & Property Company
* St Kilda & Brighton Railway Company
* State Transport Authority
* Tyers Valley Tramway
* Victorian Railways
* V/Line Freight
* West Coast Railway

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