St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company

{{Short description|Railway company in Melbourne, Victoria}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}

{{main|Railways in Melbourne}}

{{Infobox company

| name =

| industry = Rail transport

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| founded = {{Start date|1857|11|24|df=y}} in Victoria, Australia

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| defunct = {{End date|1865|09|30|df=y}}

| fate = Merger

| successor = Melbourne and Hobson's Bay United Railway Company

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| hq_location_country = Australia

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| area_served = Victoria and Melbourne

| key_people = Charles Ebden

| services = Railway construction and operations

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The St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company was a railway company in Victoria, Australia. The company opened a line from St Kilda Railway Station (via an elevated loop) in Melbourne, Australia to Bay Street (now North Brighton) in 1859 and Beach (now Brighton Beach) in 1861.

In November 1853, a bill was introduced in the Parliament of Victoria for incorporation of a company to be called the "Melbourne, St. Kilda and Brighton Railway Company".{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4798819 |work=The Argus|location=Melbourne |title=Legislative Council. Notices of Motion and Orders of the Day |date=31 October 1853}} Then, in December 1855, it was announced that another bill would be presented to Parliament to incorporate the "St. Kilda and Brighton Railway Company".{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4826374 |work=The Argus|location=Melbourne |title=The St. Kilda and Brighton Railway Company |date=22 December 1855}} Charles Ebden was chairman of directors of the company.{{Australian Dictionary of Biography | last = Serle | first = Geoffrey | year = 1966 | id2 = ebden-charles-hotson-2018 | title = Ebden, Charles Hotson (1811 - 1867) | accessdate = 2014-01-08}}

The St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company and the more extensive Melbourne (and Suburban) Railway Company, with lines to Prahran and Hawthorn, were taken over by the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company in 1864. The combined company, known as the Melbourne and Hobsons Bay United Railway Company, was taken over by the Government of Victoria in 1878 and the lines became part of the Victorian Railways.