The Outer Circle: Melbourne's Forgotten Railway

The Outer Circle: Melbourne's Forgotten Railway

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

2014 en 49 minutes

Rating: 8.5

Plot

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.

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Cast

Dr David Beardsell

Dr David Beardsell

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Dr Crystal Legacy

Dr Crystal Legacy

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Sr Helen-Mary Langlands

Sr Helen-Mary Langlands

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Kevin O'Shaughnessy

Kevin O'Shaughnessy

Himself

Rod Atkins

Rod Atkins

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