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Name
Opened
Closed
Stations
Current status
Ref. - or possible lead to one
Broadstore branch line
12 October 1942
1982
1
Dismantled after 1991
Gembrook line
18 December 1900
April 1954
15
Reopened in 1962 as the Belgrave line between Upper Ferntree Gully and Belgrave . Beyond Belgrave the Puffing Billy Railway reopened in 1962 as a heritage service along the former line.
[1] (SLV - Request from Onsite)
Healesville line
1 March 1889
December 9, 1980
5
Line remains in place between Lilydale and Yarra Glen . Beyond Yarra Glen the Yarra Valley Railway is undertaking works to restore the line towards Healesville .
[ 1]
Inner Circle line
22 May 1888
3
Reservation mostly intact and used by the Capital City Trail
[ 2]
Kew line
19 December 1887
13 May 1957
2
Dismantled and reservation sold.
[ 3]
Mornington line
10 December 1889
5
Disused line remains in place between Baxter and Moorooduc . The Mornington Railway Preservation Society operate tourist services between Moorooduc and a rebuilt Mornington station .
Mont Park line
28 August 1911
30 June 1964
1
Dismantled and reservation sold
May need to look in PTC annual report for 64-65?
Outer Circle line
3 May 1890
7
Section between East Camberwell and Alamein remains open as the Alamein Line , with the reservation remaining intact and used as a linear park and is part of the Anniversary Outer Circle Trail north of East Camberwell station .
[2] (SLV Request onsite - 48min DVD/BD)
Port Melbourne railway line
13 April 1854
October 16, 1987
4
Was converted to light rail between Port Junction and Port Melbourne , with tram services commencing to use the line from December 18, 1987. The line is today served by tram route 109 services.
,[ 4] [ 5]
Red Hill line
2 December 1921
29 June 1953
3
Dismantled and some of reservation sold, with the remainder existing as a rail trail.
[3] (SLV - Request from Onsite)
Rosstown Railway
14 November 1888
1916
4
Dismantled, much remains as linear park or parkland adjacent to Elsternwick station
[ 6]
St Kilda – Windsor link line
1857
1867
0 (link between two other lines)
Dismantled and reservation sold
St Kilda railway line
13 May 1857
4
Was converted to light rail between Port Junction and St Kilda , with tram route 96 commencing to use the line from November 20, 1987
[ 7]
Spring Vale Cemetery line
7 February 1904
19 December 1951 or 10 December 1950
1
Dismantled and reservation sold
,[ 8] [ 9]
Warburton line
13 November 1901
1 August 1965
10
Reservation intact, used for rail-trail
Whittlesea line
23 December 1889
28 November 1959
4
Line remains open to South Morang with planning underway to reopen the line to Mernda . Beyond South Morang the line has been dismantled, with the right of way remaining intact.
Victorian Railways annual report 59-60?
^ Carman, Gerry (December 10, 1983). "Rail line reprieve plan". The Age . ^ "Inner Circle Line" . VICSIG . 2007-07-23. Retrieved 2016-07-04 .^ "Kew Line" . VICSIG . 2007-07-23. Retrieved 2016-07-04 .^ "Last train to Port Melbourne". Newsrail . 16 (1). Australian Railway Heritage Soceity: 22. January 1988. ^ "Port Melbourne Light Rail opens". Newsrail . 16 (2). Australian Railway Heritage Society. February 1988. ^ "Rosstown Rail Trail" (PDF) . City of Glen Eira . City of Glen Eira. Retrieved 2016-07-03 .^ "Light rail project". Newsrail . 15 (12). Australian Railway Historical Society: 376. December 1987. ^ Victorian Railway to '62 , by Leo J. Harrigan (1962)^ Suburban Tickets of The Victorian Railways , by H.K. Atkinson (1991)
