Re: A Sydneysider travels on Melbourne Trams ... but is curious still

["Roderick Smith" <rodsmith@werple.net.au>]

Route 96 was the former St Kilda line.  The tram joins the railway
alignment just after Whiteman St.
Route 96 continues beyond the former St Kilda railway terminus.
The truncated bridge carried the St Kilda and Port Melbourne lines over
Yarra River.
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Regards
Roderick Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

greg h <consultancy@bigpond.com> wrote in article
<36666e72.54412173@news.bigpond.com>...
> Recent visit to Melbourne, travelled from St Kilda to City (tram route
> 96 I think). Was this formerly a suburban railway, or has it always
> been a tram right-of-way?
> Also, is the "truncated" bridge that crosses the Yarra just near the
> Casino (ugh!!) the remnants of this suburban railway line (if it was a
> railway line, of course)