St Kilda Train Station

St Kilda Train Station. St Kilda photos Travel Victoria & visitor guide In fact, of the three station buildings surviving from this very early period of rail travel in Victoria, (South Yarra and Werribee are the others), it is the most complete. So what became of the former railway station? Well, I made it my mission to find out.

St Kilda Railway Station Storey of Melbourne
St Kilda Railway Station Storey of Melbourne from storeyofmelbourne.org

St Kilda station is a current tram stop and former railway station, located in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda, Australia, and was the terminus of the St Kilda railway line in the Melbourne suburban rail system. It is one of the oldest surviving railway station buildings in Victoria

St Kilda Railway Station Storey of Melbourne

Although damaged by fires in 1989, it is by far the most complete of the three surviving privately built station complexes in Victoria. It ran for 4.5 kilometres from the Melbourne (or City) Terminus (on the site of modern-day Flinders Street station), crossing the Yarra River via the Sandridge Bridge, to branch off from the Port Melbourne line and after stopping at three stations along the line - South Melbourne, Albert Park, Middle Park. St Kilda Railway Station closed in 1987, and like the Port Melbourne Line was converted to light rail and absorbed into Melbourne's tram network

A 3car Hitachi electric train from St Kilda approaches the station at South Melbourne, Vic. The line was opened by the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company in 1857 [2] The building is currently used as retail premises, while the platform serves as stop 132 on tram route 96.

Photograph, St Kilda Railway Station images collection. St Kilda Railway Station closed in 1987, and like the Port Melbourne Line was converted to light rail and absorbed into Melbourne's tram network Although damaged by fires in 1989, it is by far the most complete of the three surviving privately built station complexes in Victoria.