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Rosstown Railway
Overview
Status
Dismantled line – Private property, Rosstown Railway Heritage Trail
Owner
Rosstown Junction Railway & Property Company (1878–1916)
Rosstown Junction Railway & Property Company (1878–1916)
History
Commenced
November 1883 (1883-11)
Opened
14 November 1888 (1888-11-14)
Completed
21 March 1891 (1891-03-21)
Line disconnected
1894 (1894)
Abandoned
28 December 1916 (1916-12-28)
Technical
Line length
≈ 8 km (4.97 mi)
Number of tracks
Single track, intended to be double
Track gauge
1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Route map
Legend
km
Sandringham line
to Flinders Street
Elsternwick
■
Sandringham line
to Sandringham
Garden Vale
(demolished)
Hawthorn Road
(demolished)
Hawthorn Road
Booran Road
(demolished)
Grange Road
Connection never built
Ormond |
Frankston line
Cranbourne & Pakenham lines
to Flinders Street
Never built
Sugar Works
(demolished)
| Carnegie
Warrigal Road
Oakleigh
Cranbourne & Pakenham lines
to Dandenong
km
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The Rosstown Railway was a private railway in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, running between the current railway stations of Elsternwick, on the Sandringham line, and Oakleigh, on the Pakenham line. The line was built in the late 19th century by William Murray Ross, with the intention of transporting sugar beet to his sugar beet mill, and the refined product to the Port of Melbourne. When the mill failed to begin production, the line fell into disrepair without being used, and it was eventually dismantled, with the land being sold.
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