St Kilda railway line

St Kilda
Overview
StatusConverted to tram route 96
Former connectionsLink to Windsor, Port Melbourne line
Stations5
Service
TypeMelbourne suburban service
History
Opened1857
Closed31 July 1987
Technical
Line length4.5 kilometres
Number of tracksDouble track

The St Kilda railway line is a former railway line in Melbourne, Australia.

Operation

The line was opened by the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company in 1857. It ran for 4.5 kilometres from the Melbourne (or City) Terminus (on the site of modern-day Flinders Street station), crossing the Yarra River via the Sandridge Bridge, to branch off from the Port Melbourne line and after stopping at three stations along the line – South Melbourne, Albert Park, Middle Park – ending at St Kilda.

For a short time early in the line's history, there was a short connection provided to the then Brighton line at Windsor, however this link was removed shortly after the direct link was provided to Bay Street from Richmond. The line was taken over by the Government of Victoria in 1878, to become part of Victorian Railways. The line was electrified in 1919.

Closure

B-class Melbourne tram on route 96

The line was originally to be closed in 1981, and replaced with buses as recommended in the Lonie Report. Plans were sufficiently advanced for Melbourne-Brighton Bus Lines to have taken delivery of six Volgren bodied Volvo B10M buses before it was decided to retain the rail service after much opposition.[1][2]

Along with the Port Melbourne line, the conversion of the line to light rail was first announced on 13 January 1983, by the Victorian state government. Cost estimates at the time was around $6 million.[3]

The line was officially closed on 31 July 1987, and reopened as part of the Melbourne tram network on 21 November 1987.[4]

Melbourne tram route 96 now operates on the converted track. The section from Southbank Junction to St Kilda was converted to light rail, requiring the conversion from 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge used by the Melbourne rail network to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge tram track as well as reducing the overhead voltage from 1,500 V DC to 600 V DC required for the trams. The new tram route now continues down Fitzroy Street and the Esplanade to terminate at Acland Street.

Line guide

St Kilda railway line
Legend
City Loop
0 km
 Flinders Street Tram interchange
City Loop
Sandridge Bridge over the Yarra River
 Queensbridge Street
Kings Way
Clarendon Street
Tram route 109
Tram Stop
Port Melbourne line (Tram route 109)
 West Gate Freeway
City Road
Tram stop
York Street
1.7 km
 South Melbourne
Dorcas Street
Bank Street
Park Street
Bridport Street
2.4 km
 Albert Park
Albert Road
Tram Stop
3.3 km
 Middle Park
Tram Stop
St Kilda – Windsor railway line
4.6 km
 St Kilda
Tram route 96
Bold stations are termini.

References

  1. ^ "Victorian Buses in the Eighties" Australian Bus Panorama 6/1 July 1990 page 13
  2. ^ "Melbourne – Brighton Bus Lines" Australian Bus Panorama 8/4 December 1992 page 10
  3. ^ "Light Rail Vehicles". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. February 1983. p. 20.
  4. ^ Chris Banger (March 1997). "Rail Passenger Service Withdrawals Since 1960". Newsrail. Vol. 25, no. 3. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). pp. 77–82.

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