Inner Circle railway line

Inner Circle
Inner Circle
	A section of the Inner Circle line between Royal Parade and The Avenue, Parkville.
Overview
Status	Closed line - Inner Circle Rail Trail (part of the Capital City Trail)
Owner	Victorian Railways (VR) (1888–1974); VR as VicRail (1974–1981);
Locale	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Termini	Royal Park; Fitzroy, Merri, or Rushall;
Continues from	Upfield
Continues as	Mernda
Connecting lines	Mernda, Upfield, Whittlesea lines
Stations	3 current stations; 3 former stations;
Service
Type	Former Melbourne suburban service
Operator(s)	Victorian Railways (VR) (1888–1974); VR as VicRail (1974–1981);
History
Commenced	8 May 1888
Opened	Royal Park to Rushall on 8 May 1888; North Fitzroy to Fitzroy on 8 May 1888; North Fitzroy to Merri on 8 October 1889;
Completed	8 October 1889
Electrified	Royal Park to North Fitzroy on 5 July 1921; North Fitzroy to Merri / Rushall on 14 July 1921;
De-electrified	Royal Park to Merri / Rushall in c. 1961
Closed	North Fitzroy to Rushall on 2 May 1965; North Fitzroy to Merri on 21 June 1965; Royal Park to Fitzroy on 31 July 1981;
Technical
Line length	Royal Park to Fitzroy: 4.238 km (2.633 mi); Royal Park to Merri: 3.824 km (2.376 mi); Royal Park to Rushall: 3.367 km (2.092 mi); Total track: 5.638 km (3.503 mi);
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	Upfield line
	to Flinders Street
	Upfield line
	to Upfield
	Mernda line
	to Flinders Street
	Mernda line
	to Mernda
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November 2005

March 2023

Remnants of the Inner Circle railway tracks, crossing Brunswick Street North in Fitzroy North. The line is now a shared user path.

The Inner Circle Line was a steam era suburban railway line (later electrified) in Melbourne, Australia. It served the inner-northern suburbs of Parkville, Carlton North, Fitzroy North and Fitzroy. At its closure, it ran from Royal Park station on the Upfield line in the west to a triangular junction with Rushall and Merri stations on today's Mernda line in the east. There was also a branch line to Fitzroy that opened at the same time.