Alexander Thomson, a member of the Victorian Legislative Council, introduced and mentored a bill to incorporate the Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company.

[5] English engineer and surveyor, Edward Snell, undertook the survey and design of the line, including a station and extensive workshops at Geelong, and a number of bluestone and timber bridges.

[2] It was the first organization to offer the country line to connect the two major cities in the colony and supporting gold mining via cooperation with Mount Alexander and Murray River Railway Company.

[9] On 25 June 1857, the company opened the line from Geelong to a temporary terminus called Greenwich, on the Yarra River at Newport, where passengers had to transfer to a steam ferry for connection to Melbourne.

[16] The company continued to operate a loss due to insufficient funds and labour shortage caused by the gold rush which were ongoing problems since the building process in 1854.

[18] However, this meeting marked a milestone of critical achievements of the operation such as success in acquiring compulsory lands and full payment to share's interest which was 8%.

[19][8] So, the accomplished reciprocity thanks to the completion of the line would enable citizens to exchange goods such as wool from Williamstown or Geelong to Melbourne with lower resources.

[19][8] Another option was to transport goods via steamships but the company claimed that a railway was capable to transfer as many as 10 times of passengers compared to the capacity of three steamers.

[8] Plus, Geelong would also become a site where "ships entering Port Phillip Bay, unloading cargo and passengers which would be transported to the goldfields or to Melbourne".

[13][2] Thus, an adjusted line was built so the train could temporarily terminate at Greenwich near Newport then customers transited to a steamer to travel to Melbourne or Sandridge Railway Pier.

[15] In September 1853, Joseph La Trobe who was the Lieutenant-Governor of the colony marked the railway construction by turning on the first sod at Geelong station.

[7][21] The construction process had not started until early 1854 but the project experienced a labour shortage due to the gold rushes hype at the current time.

[18] Also, in the report, the chairman wrote that the Victoria government was generous and engaging as two hulks were placed at Cowies Creek (now Corio Bay[22]) to proceed the construction to Duck Ponds.

[7] However, the company continuously experienced shortages in resources due to the high cost and long shipping time of locomotives imported from England.

[23] On the southern side[24] of the line, ten miles of earthwork was completed, which was from Geelong station and Duck Ponds, and ready for trial.

[23] In the last quarter of 1856, the railway company operated trial passenger train running between Geelong and Duck Ponds (now Lara) stations.

[13][23] Mount Alexander and Murray River Railway Company by that time has been acquired by the colony government and the contractors that were responsible for the Williamstown junction's project was still in the negotiating process due to the labour shortages.

[23] The amalgamation was considered as a good option since it would bring greater returned values for shareholders contained better mutual benefits for the colony.

[17] The author suggested to urgently purchase the company to prevent potential loss in the future for British shareholders and reduce the government expenditure.