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The Outer Circle: Melbourne's Forgotten Railway

Did you know you could once travel from Oakleigh to Fairfield by train?

8.52014Documentary

In the 1870s Victorian politicians debated the virtues of constructing a 20km-long railway through Melbourne's east, simply to circumvent a privately-owned railway from South Yarra to Flinders Street Station. By 1878 the private railway had been purchased by the Victorian Government and there was no longer a need to build the orbital railway. But greedy politicians pushed legislation through parliament, authorising the construction of the railway through their own private land holdings. This is the story of Melbourne's Outer Circle Railway.

Release2014-12-12
Runtime49 min
StatusReleased
CountriesAustralia
Original languageEN
SpokenEnglish
DirectorAndrew McColm
WritersRon Killeen
ProductionEvolving Communications and Shack West
Votes1
Popularity1
TMDB ID310837

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