Freight railways in Melbourne
The rail network of Melbourne, Australia, has a significant number of railway lines and yards serving freight traffic. Rail transport in Victoria is heavily focused on Melbourne, and, as a consequence, much of the state's rail freight passes through the metropolitan network.
The Port of Melbourne is at the centre of the Melbourne freight network, and is the destination for many services operating through the metropolitan area
NR class locomotive at the Melbourne Steel Terminal
Freight and Connex services pass at Middle Footscray
Specialised Container Transport train on the Western standard gauge line at Geelong
The Melbourne rail network is a metropolitan suburban and freight rail system serving the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The metropolitan rail network is centred around the Melbourne central business district (CBD) and consists of 221 railway stations across 16 lines, which served a patronage of 99.5 million over the year 2021–2022. It is the core of the larger Victorian railway network, with regional links to both intrastate and interstate rail systems.
Flinders Street railway station in March 2021
Steam-hauled suburban train departing North Melbourne station for Sunshine in April 1913
The pre-1910 Flinders Street railway station building on Swanston Street
Connex train arriving at Camberwell railway station in June 2004