West Melbourne Gasworks Railway. In 1962, the works was upgraded to incorporate a catalytic oil gas facility, but this was shiort-lived, and in 1970 the works was closed down, and the remaining structures demolished by 1974. The works was gradually expanded between 1900 and 1910, eventually covering 8 hectares in an area now extending from Waterview Walk to the Yarra River, with the new Collins Street extension and Harbour Esplanade running through the site. West Melbourne Gasworks The West Melbourne Gasworks was a coal gasification plant in West Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Melbourne was settled in 1835, and by the early 1850s the gold-rushes
Albion railway station, Melbourne Albion railway station, Melbourne Albion railway station is located on the Sunbury line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the western Melbourne suburb of Albion, opening on 5 January 1860 as Albion & Darlington, and was renamed Albion on 24 March 1891. The Melbourne – Sydney standard gauge line passes to the north of the station, and along with the Albion – Jacana freight line, branches off north of the station. The Melbourne & Murray River Railway (now the Bendigo line) opened in 1859, running from Footscray to Sunbury. By the early 1860s, the line had been extended to Bendigo. A