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Re: First line closure in Victoria
On Sat, 25 Mar 2000 22:32:26 +1100, Roderick Smith
<rodsmith@werple.net.au> wrote:
>Newport - Greenwich Pier, superseded by the government line to Melbourne
>Batman Hill [Spencer St], 1859.
>
6th July 1857 actually (VR to '62 page 36).
Half a mile long, it was only ever intended to be a temporary track
anyway pending completion of the Williamstown line.
St. Kilda - Windsor is my bet. "Disused" since October 1862 and
dismantled in 1867 (ibid. page 58).
Les Brown
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to loose.