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Railway Pier in the late-1800s. Station Pier, originally known as Railway Pier, was officially opened on 12 September 1854. [1] The 4.5 kilometre Port Melbourne line from the pier to Flinders Street station via the Sandridge Bridge was opened at the same time to facilitate the transport of passengers and goods, and was the first significant railway in Australia. [2]
The Melbourne Suburban Region of the Victorian Railways' network was defined as all stations from the city centre to Dandenong, Gembrook (narrow gauge from Upper Ferntree Gully), Glen Waverley, Healesville, Hurstbridge, Mornington, Port Melbourne, Red Hill, Sandringham, Somerton, St Albans, St Kilda, Stony Point, Warburton, Werribee, Whittlesea and Williamstown.
The Port Melbourne railway line is a former heavy rail line in Melbourne, Australia, opened in September 1854, that is now a light rail line. It was instigated by the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company to carry passengers arriving in Victoria at Station Pier and to alleviate the high cost of shipping goods using small vessels up the Yarra River to Melbourne.
Port-of-Spain: Piarco International Airport: Terminated: Turks and Caicos Islands: Grand Turk Island: JAGS McCartney International Airport: Terminated: Providenciales: Providenciales International Airport: Terminated [4] United States : Birmingham: Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport [5] United States : Phoenix
Beacon Cove is a light rail station in the Melbourne suburb of Port Melbourne located on the former Port Melbourne line, the first significant railway in Australia.. The station used to be called Port Melbourne, and was opened in 1854 to carry passengers arriving at Station Pier to Flinders Street station. [1]
In 2022, Rauma Marine Constructions started construction of Spirit of Tasmania IV and Spirit of Tasmania V in Finland. [11] They are scheduled to enter service in 2026. [12] In October 2022, Spirit of Tasmania moved its Victorian terminal from Station Pier in Melbourne to the new purpose built Spirit of Tasmania Quay in Geelong. [13]
The Port of Melbourne is Australia's largest container and general cargo port, handling 33 percent of Australia's container trade. [48] [49] Shipping lines operate to about 300 cities around the world, and 3,200 ships visit the port each year. The port is in Melbourne's inner west, near the junction of the Maribyrnong and Yarra Rivers.
In August 2016, with negotiations on the lease underway, the Victorian Ports Corporation (Melbourne) was introduced as the agency which would perform the government's remaining functions in the operation of the port, including management of the shipping channels in Port Phillip Bay, waterside emergency services, and the operation of the Station ...