Outer Circle railway line

Outer Circle
Outer Circle
Overview
Status	Closed line – Outer Circle (Anniversary) Trail, operational with passenger services from Riversdale to Alamein
Owner	Victorian Railways (VR) (1890–1974); VR as VicRail (1974–1983); MTA (The Met) (1983–1989); PTC (The Met) (1989–1997); VicTrack (1997–Current);
Locale	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Termini	Fairfield; Oakleigh;
Continues from	Hurstbridge
Continues as	Bairnsdale/Traralgon, Cranbourne & Pakenham
Connecting lines	Alamein, Bairnsdale/Traralgon, Belgrave, Cranbourne, Glen Waverley, Hurstbridge, Lilydale & Pakenham lines
Stations	9 current stations; 6 former stations;
Service
Services	Alamein
History
Commenced	24 March 1890
Opened	Darling to Oakleigh on 24 March 1890; Camberwell to Waverley Road on 30 May 1890; Fairfield to Riversdale on 24 March 1891; Shenley to Canterbury on 15 March 1892;
Completed	15 March 1892
Reopen	See Alamein line
Closed	Fairfield to Riversdale on 12 April 1893; Shenley to Canterbury on 12 April 1893; Ashburton to Oakleigh on 9 December 1895; Darling to Waverley Road on 9 December 1895; Camberwell to Ashburton on 1 May 1897;
Technical
Line length	25.275 km (15.705 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Route map
	Hurstbridge line
	to Flinders Street
	Hurstbridge line
	to Hurstbridge
	Belgrave & Lilydale lines
	to Canterbury
	Alamein line
	to Camberwell
	Glen Waverley line
	to Darling
	Bairnsdale/Traralgon, Cranbourne & Pakenham lines
	to Flinders Street
	Rosstown Railway
	to Elsternwick
	Bairnsdale/Traralgon, Cranbourne & Pakenham lines
	to Dandenong

The Outer Circle Railway was opened in stages in 1890 and 1891, as a steam-era suburban railway line, in Melbourne, Australia. It traversed much of the modern City of Boroondara, including the suburbs of (from north to south) Kew East, Camberwell, Burwood, Ashburton, and Malvern East. At its longest, it ran from Fairfield station, on what is today the Hurstbridge line, to Oakleigh station, on the current Pakenham and Cranbourne lines.

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