The Melbourne Railway Company was formed in 1859 to construct and run a railway from Melbourne to Windsor, where it connected with the St Kilda and Brighton Railway.
Previously, the Brighton line had branched off the end of the St Kilda Railway, requiring a reverse loop. The Melbourne Company line provided a more direct route into the city via Richmond and Princes Bridge. The Melbourne Railway Company purchased the Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company in 1862, and the St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company and was amalgamated with the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company to form the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay United Railway Company on 22 October 1864. Subsequently, all these railway businesses were acquired by the government-owned Victorian Railways in 1878.Victorian Heritage Database Report
Rolling stock Locomotives Class Wheelarrangement Fleetnumber(s) ManufacturerSerial numbers Yearintroduced Total Totalpreserved Year(s)withdrawn Comments Melbourne*, Victoria, Yarra* Robert Stephenson & Co.954, 956, 957 1862 (ex ) 3* 0 1865 All to Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway*Melbourne & Yarra owned by but used by MRC Hercules R&W Hawthorn928 1862 (ex ) 1 0 1865 To Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway Hawthorn, Richmond George England & Co.160, 161 1862 (ex ) 2 0 1865 To Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway Kew Robert Stephenson & Co.1377 1862 (ex ) 1 0 1865 To Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway Prahran, Windsor Robert Stephenson & Co.1459, 1460 1963 2 0 1865 All to Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway
References
External links Trove List:-Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company Trove List:-Melbourne and Hobson's Bay United Railway Company