Corporate Body

Victorian Railways (1883 - 1983)

From
1883
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
To
1983
Functions
Rail Industry and Advisory or regulatory body
Reference No
VA 2876
Legal Status
Public Record Office of Victoria Registered Agency
Location
Melbourne, Victoria

Summary

Victorian Railways was established in 1883. It was responsible for the survey and construction of new railway lines as well as the maintenance of existing lines and the superintendence of railway services. Victorian Railways was abolished in 1983, after a century of operation.

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Published resources

Books

  • Brook, Arthur, Lamps & lighting, volume 1: station platforms, buildings and yards, solid and liquid fuelled lamps and lighting (Daylesford, Vic.: Central Highlands Tourist Railway, 2019), [var.] pp. Details
  • Brook, Arthur, Lamps and lighting, volume 2: station platforms, buildings and yards, gas and electric lamps and lighting (Daylesford, Vic.: Central Highlands Tourist Railway, 2021), [var.] pp. Details
  • Merz, Charles H., Report on the application of electric traction to the Melbourne suburban railway system (Melbourne: Victorian Railways, 1908), 73 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • Frost, L. E., 'A Reinterpretation of Victoria's Railway Construction Boom of the 1880's', Australian Economic History Review, 26 (1) (1986), 40-55. Details

Resources

Resource Sections

  • 'VA 2876 Victorian Railways (also Victorian Railways Commissioners 1883-1973, Victorian Railways Board 1973-1983)', in Public Record Office Victoria online catalogue, Public Record Office Victoria, 2003, https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/VA2876. Details

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