West Coast Wilderness Railway
West Coast Wilderness Railway |
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Locale |
West Coast, Tasmania |
Terminus |
Queenstown and Strahan
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Commercial operations |
Built by |
Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company |
Original gauge |
3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) |
Original rack system |
Abt system |
Preserved operations |
Owned by |
Government of Tasmania |
Operated by |
Abt Railway Ministerial Corporation |
Stations |
Regatta Point, Teepookana, Dubbil Barril, Rinadeena, Lynchford, Queenstown |
Length |
34.5 km |
Preserved gauge |
3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) |
Preserved rack system |
Abt system |
Commercial history |
Opened |
1 November 1899 |
Closed |
10 August 1963 |
Preservation history |
2002 |
Reopened under the name of the Abt Wilderness Railway |
2013 |
Federal Hotels stopped operations |
2014 |
Reopened as the West Coast Wilderness Railway |
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