Former state-owned rail company in Victoria, Australia
This article is about the former state-owned rail operator. For an overview of the state's rail network, see Rail transport in Victoria.
Victorian Railways
Logo used from 1952 to 1981
Preserved S303 in Victorian Railways blue and gold livery in Seymour, Victoria
Trade name
VicRail (1974–83)
Company type
State-owned enterprise
Predecessor
Department of Railways
Founded
1859; 165 years ago (1859)
Defunct
1 July 1983 (1983-07-01)
Fate
Split into MTA and STA, then MTA was merged into MMTB to form The Met.
Successor
Metropolitan Transit Authority
V/Line
Headquarters
67 Spencer Street,
Melbourne
Area served
Victoria
Parent
Victorian Railways Commissioners (1883–1973)
Victorian Railways Board (1973–83)
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. Most of the lines operated by the Victorian Railways were of 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm). However, the railways also operated up to five 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge lines between 1898 and 1962, and a 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge line between Albury and Melbourne from 1961.
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operations. Most of the lines operated by the VictorianRailways were of 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm). However, the railways also operated up to five 2 ft 6 in (762 mm)...
was an express passenger steam locomotive that ran on Australia's VictorianRailways (VR) from 1951 to 1974. A long overdue replacement for the 1907-era...
The VictorianRailways H class was an express passenger steam locomotive operated by the VictorianRailways from 1941 to 1958. Intended to eliminate the...
Clyde Engineering, Granville for the VictorianRailways between 1955 and 1968. In July 1954, the VictorianRailways placed an order with Clyde Engineering...
trams returned on 5 May 1906, with the opening of the VictorianRailways Electric Street Railway from St Kilda to Brighton, and was followed on 11 October...
locomotive that ran on VictorianRailways from 1907 to 1963. A highly successful design entirely the work of VictorianRailways' own design office, its...
subclasses) was a passenger and mixed traffic steam locomotive that ran on VictorianRailways from 1902 to 1974. Originally introduced on mainline express passenger...
and in 1864, railways were extended to the Murray River port of Echuca. In the 1870s, the Government Railway Department (VictorianRailways) started to...
VictorianRailways J class may refer to: VictorianRailways J class (1859) VictorianRailways J class (1954) This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
The VictorianRailways L class was a class of electric locomotives built by English Electric and operated by the VictorianRailways and later V/Line from...
followed in 1859 when the VictorianRailways opened a line from Footscray, on the Williamstown line, to Sunbury. The VictorianRailways had taken over construction...
The K class was a branch line steam locomotive that ran on VictorianRailways in Australia from 1922 to 1979. Although its design was entirely conventional...
The VictorianRailways S class was a class of 4-6-2 express passenger steam locomotive operated by the VictorianRailways (VR) in Australia between 1928...
express passenger carriage used on the railways of Victoria, Australia. Originally introduced by VictorianRailways Chairman of Commissioners Thomas James...
The VictorianRailways X class was a mainline goods locomotive of the 2-8-2 'Mikado' type operated by the VictorianRailways (VR) between 1929 and 1960...
article is intended as a catalogue of sleeping carriages used by the VictorianRailways and successors. In 1886, delivery was taken of four sleeping carriages...
Australia. The railway was one of the five narrow gauge lines of the VictorianRailways which opened around the beginning of the 20th century. It is close...
pattern set out above, but some unusual ones were also rolled out. The VictorianRailways, the government-run system of the state of Victoria in Australia,...
The N class was a branch line steam locomotive that ran on the VictorianRailways (VR) from 1925 to 1966. A development of the successful K class 2-8-0...
The VictorianRailways (VR) of Australia and successors have utilised a number of different types of railway carriages and wagons for the supply of head...
The VictorianRailways G class is a class of steam locomotives built for the VictorianRailways 2 ft 6 in gauge branch lines by Beyer, Peacock & Company...
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is a list of Victorian locomotive classes, being classes of locomotive that have worked on railways in Victoria. The majority of Victorian steam locomotive...
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