For the world's oldest surviving steam locomotive, built in the UK, see Puffing Billy (locomotive).
For other uses, see Puffing Billy (disambiguation).
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Puffing Billy Railway
Victorian Railways NA class 6A at Belgrave station in 2002
Overview
Locale
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Termini
Belgrave (Puffing Billy)
Gembrook
Connecting lines
Belgrave line
Former connections
Upper Ferntree Gully line
Stations
11
Website
puffingbilly.com.au
Service
Type
Heritage Railway
System
Puffing Billy Railway
Services
3 to 6 services daily (except Christmas Day)
Rolling stock
Victorian Railways narrow gauge
History
Commenced
1899
Opened
1900
Completed
1900
Closed
1954
Reopened
from 1962 in stages
Technical
Line length
25.1 km (15.6 mi)
Number of tracks
Single track
Track gauge
2 ft 6 in (762 mm)
Operating speed
24 km/h (15 mph)
The Puffing Billy Railway is a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge heritage railway in the southern foothills of the Dandenong Ranges in Melbourne, Australia. The railway was one of the five narrow gauge lines of the Victorian Railways which opened around the beginning of the 20th century. It is close to the city of Melbourne and is one of the most popular steam heritage railways in the world,[1] attracting tourists from Australia and overseas. The railway aims to preserve and restore the line as near as possible to how it was in the first three decades of its existence, but with particular emphasis on the early 1920s.
The primary starting point is Belgrave station which houses the railway's operations and administration centre. The line runs through Lakeside Station where a visitor information centre provides catering and an indoor interpretive space.[2] The south-eastern terminus is Gembrook railway station. In 2022 the railway also returned the traditional Puffing Billy Railway dangling of legs[3] from the train carriages, which is a core part of the charm of the railway.
^"Friends of the Trestle Bridge, Puffing Billy, Sherbrooke". Esoteric-inkworks.tripod.com. Archived from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^"Lakeside Visitor Centre - Puffing Billy". puffingbilly.com.au. 5 October 2021. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
^"Sitting on our Carriage Sills! - Puffing Billy". puffingbilly.com.au. 29 July 2021. Archived from the original on 29 May 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
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