Re: Railway over Yarra River.

[Jackson Harding <jaxsonjo@camtech.net.au>]

Garry Hoddinett wrote:

> Jackson Harding <jaxsonjo@camtech.net.au> wrote in message
> 37CE5E57.40E91F9B@camtech.net.au">news:37CE5E57.40E91F9B@camtech.net.au...
>  This was the bridge that carried the St Kilda and Port Melbourne lines.
> Both were short lines, part of the electrified suburban network.  Neither
> were connected to the Underground Loop and both were closed in the mid
> eighties. There is now (or at least last time I was in Melbourne, it may
> have been Jeffed now) a "light rail" (read large tram) service along the old
> route that was diverted along Spencer St before it got to the bridge.  The
> Pt Melbourne line was often claimed to be the first railway line in
> Australia. AFAIK the bridge actually carried two tracks.
> > Jackson
>
> Sorry but the line was definitely not the old St Kilda & Port Melbourne line
> bridge over the Yarra.  That bridge is also visible from the Rialto Tower
> and it was double track as you say but it is to the east of the building
> (Just to the south of Flinders Street Station).

My mistake, more likely the Webb Dock line, which I had forgotten about.

Jackson