List of Australian heritage railways
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This is a list of heritage railway
s in Australia
, some of which can also be considered tourist railways. For convenience, heritage tramways have also been included.
Heritage railway
thumb|right|the Historical [[Khyber train safari|Khyber Railway]] goes through the [[Khyber Pass]], [[Pakistan]]A heritage railway , preserved railway , tourist railway , or tourist railroad is a railway that is run as a tourist attraction, in some cases by volunteers, and...
s in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, some of which can also be considered tourist railways. For convenience, heritage tramways have also been included.
New South Wales
- Cooma Monaro Railway
- Dorrigo Steam Railway and MuseumDorrigo Steam Railway and MuseumThe Dorrigo Steam Railway and Museum in Dorrigo, New South Wales, Australia is a large, privately owned collection of preserved railway vehicles and equipment from the railways of New South Wales, covering both Government and private railways...
- Glenreagh Mountain RailwayGlenreagh Mountain RailwayGlenreagh Mountain Railway, known as the GMR, was established in 1989 as a heritage tourist railway at Glenreagh, near Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia...
- Lachlan Valley RailwayLachlan Valley RailwayThe Lachlan Valley Railway Society Cooperative Limited is a non-profit rail preservation society based in the NSW Central Western town of Cowra, New South Wales, Australia. The museum's ex-NSWGR fleet ranges from their operational steam and diesel locomotives, to the fleet of heritage passenger...
- New South Wales Rail Transport MuseumNew South Wales Rail Transport MuseumThe New South Wales Rail Transport Museum located in Thirlmere, New South Wales south-west of Sydney, is a museum dedicated to displaying former locomotives, carriages and goods wagons from the New South Wales Government Railways as well as private operations in NSW. The collection features steam,...
- ThirlmereThirlmereThirlmere is a reservoir in the Borough of Allerdale in Cumbria and the English Lake District. It runs roughly south to north, with a dam at the northern end, and is bordered on the eastern side by the A591 road and on the western side by a minor road.... - Oberon Tarana Heritage RailwayOberon Tarana Heritage RailwayThe Oberon Tarana Heritage Railway inc is a volunteer association aiming to restore the Oberon to Tarana Railway line in the central tablelands of NSW Australia. It is soon to become Australia's newest heritage rail operator. In the last few years the Oberon Tarana Heritage Railway Inc have been...
- Richmond Vale Railway Museum
- Sydney Tramway MuseumSydney Tramway MuseumThe Sydney Tramway Museum is an operating tramway museum, located in Loftus in the southern suburbs of Sydney, Australia. Sydney Tramway Museum is the trading name of the South Pacific Electric Railway ....
- Zig Zag RailwayZig Zag RailwayThe Zig Zag Railway is a heritage railway at Lithgow in New South Wales, Australia on the site of the famous Great or Lithgow Zig Zag which operated between 1869 and 1910. As built, the line formed part of the Main West line from Sydney across the Blue Mountains and served to lower the line from...
- 1067mm gauge
Victoria
- Alexandra Timber Tramway
- Bellarine Peninsula RailwayBellarine Peninsula RailwayThe Bellarine Railway is a volunteer-operated steam-driven tourist railway located in Victoria, Australia. It operates on a 16 km section of a formerly disused branch line on the Bellarine Peninsula between the coastal town of Queenscliff and Drysdale, near Geelong.- History as a working...
—1067mm gauge - Daylesford Spa Country RailwayDaylesford Spa Country RailwayThe Daylesford Spa Country Railway is a volunteer-operated broad gauge tourist railway located in Victoria, Australia. It operates on a section of the formerly disused and dismantled Daylesford line...
- GreenTrail
- Mornington RailwayMornington RailwayThe Mornington Railway is a heritage railway near Mornington, a town on the Mornington Peninsula, near Melbourne, Victoria. The line is managed by the Mornington Railway Preservation Society and operates on part of the former Victorian Railways branch line which ran from Baxter to Mornington.-...
- Puffing Billy RailwayPuffing Billy Railway, MelbourneThe Puffing Billy Railway is a narrow gauge gauge heritage railway in the Dandenong Ranges near Melbourne, Australia. The primary starting point, operations and administration centre, main refreshment room and ticket purchasing are located at Belgrave station...
—762mm gauge - South Gippsland RailwaySouth Gippsland RailwayThe South Gippsland Railway is a tourist railway located in south Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. It controls a section of the former South Gippsland line between Nyora and Leongatha, operating services from Leongatha to Nyora via Korumburra taking around 65 minutes, trains operate on sundays,...
- Victorian Goldfields RailwayVictorian Goldfields RailwayThe Victorian Goldfields Railway is a broad gauge tourist railway in Victoria, Australia. It operates along a formerly disused branch line between the towns of Maldon and Castlemaine.-History:...
- Walhalla Goldfields RailwayWalhalla Goldfields RailwayThe Walhalla Goldfields Railway is a gauge tourist railway located in the Thomson River and Stringers Creek valleys in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, near the former gold-mining town and tourist destination of Walhalla.- History :...
—762 mm gauge - Yarra Valley Tourist RailwayYarra Valley Tourist RailwayThe Yarra Valley Railway is a tourist railway operating on a section of the former Healesville railway which operated between Lilydale and Healesville in the Yarra Valley area northeast of Melbourne, Australia.- History :...
Queensland
- Australian Society of Section Car Operators, Inc.Australian Society of Section Car Operators, Inc.The Australian Society of Section Car Operators, Inc. , is an accredited railway operator that seeks access to railways for its members...
- Ballyhooley Steam RailwayBallyhooley Steam RailwayThe Bally Hooley Steam Railway is a heritage railway operating in Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia.It operates on approximately 4 km of gauge line from the Marina Mirage to Saint Crispin's Station. The railway is operated by a group of volunteers and runs services on Sundays.Kathy Hughes drove...
- Beaudesert Rail
- Brisbane Tramway MuseumBrisbane Tramway MuseumBrisbane Tramway Museum is a transport museum which preserves and displays trams and trolley-buses, most of which operated in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The museum also has a collection of vehicles and other equipment used in maintaining Brisbane's electric street transport system which...
- DownsSteam Tourist Railway and Museum
- Durundur Railway
- Kuranda Scenic RailwayKuranda Scenic RailwayThe Kuranda Scenic Railway is a name for the railway line that runs from Cairns, Queensland, Australia to the nearby town of Kuranda. The tourist railway snakes its way up the Macalister Range and is no longer used for regular commuter services. It passes through the suburbs of Stratford,...
- Mary Valley Railway
- Ravenshoe Steam Railway
- Rockhampton Steam Tramway
- Rosewood Railway Museum (operates a three-station section of line)
- Southern Downs Steam Railway
- Swanbank Railway
South Australia
- Limestone Coast RailwayLimestone Coast RailwayThe Limestone Coast Railway was a former tourist railway that operated around Mount Gambier in South Australia's Limestone Coast region. Due to problems with public liability insurance, it was forced to suspend operations in about the year 2000...
- Pichi Richi RailwayPichi Richi RailwayThe Pichi Richi Railway Preservation Society is a non-profit railway preservation society and operating museum formed in 1973. The society, managed and staffed by volunteers, operates heritage steam and diesel trains on the restored 39 km section of track between Quorn and Port Augusta in...
- SteamRangerSteamRangerSteamRanger is an historic train society in South Australia running trains on the Victor Harbor railway line. They are the only group regularly running broad gauge steam locomotives in South Australia...
- Steamtown Heritage Rail CentreSteamtown Heritage Rail CentreThe Steamtown Heritage Rail Centre is a static railway museum based in the former railway workshops located in Peterborough, South Australia....
- National Railway Museum (Port Adelaide)National Railway Museum (Port Adelaide)thumb|Conference dinner being held in the rollingstock pavilionThe National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide, South Australia, is the current site of the Port Dock Station Railway Museum's vast Australian Railway Collection.- History :...
- Adelaide Tram Museum
Western Australia
- Bennett Brook Railway (2 ft gauge)
- Golden Mile Loopline
- Hotham Valley RailwayHotham Valley RailwayThe Hotham Valley Tourist Railway is a tourist and heritage railway in the Peel region of Western Australia....
- Pemberton Tramway CompanyPemberton Tramway CompanyPemberton Tramway Company operates a tourist railway from Lyall to Pemberton in Western Australia. Trams run from the old WAGR railway station at Pemberton to Northcliffe. A steam hauled passenger train operates between Lyall and Pemberton.-External links:*...
- Spirit of the WestSpirit of the West (train)The Spirit of the West was a restaurant train that operated out of Perth, Western Australia. It was the brainchild of South Spur Rail Services and began using four restored coaches hired from the Australian Railway Historical Society and a power car purchased from the ARHS and restored to running...
- ceased operation May 2008
Tasmania
- Bush Mill RailwayBush Mill RailwayThe Bush Mill Railway was a gauge miniature railway, situated from Port Arthur, in Tasmania. It opened in 1986.- Route :The Bush Mill Railway climbed steeply through a series of loops and zig zags up a hillside, then across a spectacular Serpentine Bridge...
(closed in November 2004) - Derwent Valley Railway Preservation SocietyDerwent Valley Railway (Tasmania)The Derwent Valley Railway is a heritage railway in Tasmania, Australia. It operates from New Norfolk. It is 3' 6" narrow gauge.-History:Tasmanian Government Railways opened the Derwent Valley Line in 1886. Initially, it ran from the junction at Bridgewater along the main north-south Hobart to...
- Don River RailwayDon River RailwayThe Don River Railway is a vintage railway in Don, a suburb of Devonport, Tasmania. It runs a short train ride from Don to Coles beach, about ten minutes away. Work is in progress to restore an M class steam locomotive. A few running diesel locomotives and a railcar are in use until the steamer is...
- Ida Bay Railway
- West Coast Wilderness RailwayWest Coast Wilderness RailwayThe West Coast Wilderness Railway, Tasmania is a reconstruction of the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company railway between Queenstown and Regatta Point...