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[[Melbourne]] was established in 1836. In 1839, the Government Surveyor [[Robert Hoddle]], who laid out Melbourne's road grid, provided for a railway linking Melbourne and [[Hobsons Bay]].
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On 7 September 1851 a public meeting called for a railway linking Melbourne to Sandridge (now called [[Port Melbourne]]) which led to the establishment on 20 January 1853 of the privately-owned [[Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company]]. On 8 February 1853 the Government also approved the establishment of the [[Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company]] and the [[Melbourne, Mount Alexander and Murray River Railway Company]]. Work began in March 1853 on the Sandridge railway line, stretching {{convert|4|km}} from the Melbourne (or City) terminus (on the site of modern-day [[Flinders Street Station]]) to Sandridge. The line was owned and operated by Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company. The line opened in 1854.
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