Rosstown Railway

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Rosstown Railway
Overview
Status	Dismantled line – Private property, Rosstown Railway Heritage Trail
Owner	Rosstown Junction Railway & Property Company (1878–1916)
Locale	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Termini	Elsternwick Oakleigh
Connecting lines	Cranbourne, Pakenham, & Sandringham lines Frankston (planned)
Stations	3 current station 4 former station
Service
Type	Former Melbourne suburban service
Operator(s)	Rosstown Junction Railway & Property Company (1878–1916)
History
Commenced	November 1883 (1883-11)
Opened	14 November 1888 (1888-11-14)
Completed	21 March 1891 (1891-03-21)
Line disconnected	1894 (1894)
Abandoned	28 December 1916 (1916-12-28)
Technical
Line length	≈ 8 km (4.97 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track, intended to be double
Track gauge	1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Route map Legend km Sandringham line to Flinders Street Elsternwick ■ Sandringham line to Sandringham Garden Vale (demolished) Hawthorn Road (demolished) Hawthorn Road Booran Road (demolished) Grange Road Connection never built Ormond | Frankston line Cranbourne & Pakenham lines to Flinders Street Never built Sugar Works (demolished) | Carnegie Warrigal Road Oakleigh Cranbourne & Pakenham lines to Dandenong km This diagram: view talk edit

The Rosstown Railway was a private railway in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, running between the current railway stations of Elsternwick, on the Sandringham line, and Oakleigh, on the Pakenham line. The line was built in the late 19th century by William Murray Ross, with the intention of transporting sugar beet to his sugar beet mill, and the refined product to the Port of Melbourne. When the mill failed to begin production, the line fell into disrepair without being used, and it was eventually dismantled, with the land being sold.