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Locations in Victoria

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Region	Mountains	Parks	Waterways	Towns	Transport	VHR	Stubs	Template
Barwon South West region	Mountains	Parks	Waterways	Towns	Transport	Victorian Heritage Register	*Stubs	Template
Gippsland region	Mountains	Parks	Waterways	Towns	Transport	Victorian Heritage Register	*Stubs	Template
Grampians region	Mountains	Parks	Waterways	Towns	Transport	Victorian Heritage Register	Stubs	Template
Hume region	Mountains	Parks	Waterways	Towns	Transport	Victorian Heritage Register	Stubs	Template
Loddon Mallee region	Mountains	Parks	Waterways	Towns	Transport	Victorian Heritage Register	*Stubs	Template
Greater Melbourne region	Mountains	Parks	Waterways	Towns	Transport	Victorian Heritage Register	*Stubs	Template
Unincorporated areas		Parks		Towns				Template
		Stubs	Stubs

Lines and Stations

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	Locomotives by wheel arrangement	Stations
Aus	National Locos
NSW	NSW Locos	NSW Stations
Qld	QLD Locos	QLD Stations
SA	SA Locos	SA Stations
Tas	TAS Locos	TAS Stations
Vic	VIC Locos	VIC Stations
WA	WA Locos	WA Stations

Operators

Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company (1853–1865)

Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company (1853–1860)

Melbourne, Mount Alexander and Murray River Railway Company (1853–1856)

Victorian Railways (1856–1983)

Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company (1857–1862)

MRC

St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company (1857–1862)

Melbourne and Essendon Railway Company (1859–1867)

Melbourne Railway Company (1862–1865)

Melbourne and Hobson's Bay United Railway Company (1865–1878)

Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company (1874–1923)

← Only train (14 Nov 1888)

Rosstown Railway (1875–1904~1916)

?? (Grampians railway line) (1882–1905)

VR

Altona Beach Estates (1887–1923)

Shires of Swan Hill/Kerang (Kerang–Koondrook Tramway) (1889–1952)

Yarrawonga Shire Council (Katamatite Tramway) (1890–1892)

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First 100 years
  No operations ·   Operations ·   Operations by another company

Operators: pre government-owned

Early private				1st government-owned
	Melbourne, Mount Alexander and Murray River Railway: 1853–1856			Victorian Railways: 1856–1983
	Geelong and Melbourne Railway: 1853–1860
	Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway: 1853–1865		Melbourne and Hobson's Bay United Railway: 1865–1878
	Melbourne and Suburban Railway: 1857–1862	Melbourne Railway Company: 1862–1865
	St Kilda and Brighton Railway: 1857–1862
		St Kilda and Brighton Railway (non operations): 1862–1865
	Melbourne and Essendon Railway: 1859–1867
	Deniliquin and Moama Railway: 1874–1923
	?? (Grampians railway line): 1882–1905
	Altona Beach Estates: 1888–1924
	Shires of Swan Hill/Kerang (Kerang–Koondrook Tramway): 1889–1952
	Yarrawonga Shire Council (Katamatite Tramway): 1890-1892
	Rosstown Railway: 1878–1904			-

Operators: government-owned & onwards

1st government-owned Pre 1983	Metropolitan/State Transport Authority (MTA/STA) 1983–1989	Public Transport Corporation (PTC) 1989–1998	PTC (pre privatisation split) 1997–1999	Privatisation & onwards Post 1999
Victorian Railways (VR): 1856–1974 VR as VicRail: 1974–1983	STA as V/Line: 1983–1989	PTC as The Met: 1989–1998 PTC as V/Line: 1989–1995 PTC as V/Line Passenger: 1995–1998 PTC as V/Line Freight: 1995–1997	V/Line Passenger 1998–1999	National Express as V/Line Passenger: 1999–2002	V/Line Passenger 2002–2010	V/Line 2010–Current
			V/Line Freight 1997–1999	Freight Victoria 1999–2000	Freight Australia 2000–2004	Pacific National 2004–Current
	MTA as The Met: 1983–1989		Bayside Trains * 1998–1999	National Express as M>Train *: 2000–2004	Connex Melbourne 2004–2009	Metro Trains Melbourne 2009–Current
			Hillside Trains † 1998–1999	Connex Melbourne † 2000–2004
Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board 1919–1983			Swanston Trams ‡ 1998–1999	National Express as M>Tram ‡: 2000–2004	TransdevTSL as Yarra Trams: 2004–2009	Keolis Downer as Yarra Trams: 2009–Current
			Yarra Trams § 1998–1999	TransdevTSL as Yarra Trams §: 1999–2004

* Bayside Trains / M>Train - Caulfield and Northern groups.
† Hillside Trains / Connex (2000–2004) - Clifton Hill and Burnley groups, Showgrounds services.
‡ Swanston Trams / M>Tram - 17 routes running north–south and four depots; Camberwell, East Preston, Kew and Southbank.
§ Yarra Trams (1998–2004) - 10 routes running east–west and four depots; Brunswick, Essendon, Glenhuntly and Malvern.

Templates

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Murray

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Other	List of Murray River distances	Template:River Murray paddle steamers	List of Murray–Darling steamboats

Me

My notes	LocoList	TOK	Weedx	H cars	U Van
About	Newsrail	Shows
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Stubs

Type of Stub	Australia	Victoria	Melbourne
Stations	65 pages	296 pages
Rail	19 pages	23 pages	74 pages

WikiProjects

Victoria

Wikipedia:WikiProject Victoria

Type of Categories	Open	Closed	Tourist	Freight
Lines	Railway lines, Victoria	Closed lines, Victoria	Tourist railways, Victoria	Freight lines, Victoria
Stations	Stations, Victoria	Disused stations, Victoria	Tourist stations, Victoria	Freight terminals, Victoria
Stock	Victoria rail rollingstock

Melbourne

Wikipedia:WikiProject Melbourne

Type of Categories	Open	Closed	Proposed	Tourist	Tram
Lines	Railway lines, Melbourne	Closed lines, Melbourne			Tram routes, Melbourne
Stations	Stations, Melbourne	Disused stations, Melbourne	Proposed stations, Melbourne	Tourist stations, Melbourne
Stock	Melbourne rail rollingstock				Melbourne tram vehicles

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Other users

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Templates

SA

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NSW

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• Module:Adjacent stations/State Rail Authority
• Module:Adjacent stations/Sydney Metro
• Module:Adjacent stations/Sydney Trains
• Module:Adjacent stations/Zig Zag Railway

Qld

• Module:Adjacent stations/Brisbane Ferries
• Module:Adjacent stations/G:link
• Module:Adjacent stations/Queensland Rail
• Module:Adjacent stations/TransLink

Aus

• Module:Adjacent stations/Australian closed station
• Module:Adjacent stations/Canberra Metro
• Module:Adjacent stations/Transperth
• Module:Adjacent stations/Transwa

Other

• List of locomotives#Victorian Railways