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Lakeside railway station is situated on the Puffing Billy Railway in Melbourne, Australia.It was opened in 1944 to serve Emerald Lake Park, a popular picnic and recreation reserve created during World War II.
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.
There were 22 letters of support from groups such as, The National Trust; Puffing Billy; Phillip Island Nature Reserve; Tourism Victoria; Victorian Tourism Industry Council; Western Port Tourism Inc.; Tourism & Transport Forum Australia; [47] A group of local residents objected and unsuccessfully appealed against the council's decision at VCAT.
NA class locomotive 6A, preserved on the Puffing Billy Railway in the original green livery used by the Victorian Railways until 1903. Photographed at Gembrook in 2006. The former Victorian Railways, the state railway authority in Victoria, Australia, built a number of experimental 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow-gauge lines around the beginning of the 20th century.
Phillip Island (Boonwurrung: Corriong, Worne or Millowl) [2] [3] is an Australian island about 125 km (78 mi) south-southeast of Melbourne, Victoria. The island is named after Governor Arthur Phillip , the first Governor of New South Wales , by explorer and seaman George Bass , who sailed in a whaleboat , arriving from Sydney on 5 January 1798.
On 21 July 1962, a new station for the narrow gauge line was provided, along with the re-opening of the line as far as Menzies Creek as the Puffing Billy Railway. [4] [5] [6] The Belgrave narrow gauge station is approximately 100 metres north of the metropolitan broad gauge station, and serves as the starting point for the Puffing Billy Railway ...
Clematis Puffing Billy Railway station Clematis station and platform, January 2022. General information Coordinates 37°55′42″S 145°25′25″E / 37.92831°S 145.42354°E / -37.92831; 145.42354 Line(s) Gembrook Distance 49.77 km (30.93 mi) from Flinders Street Platforms 1 Tracks 2 Other information Status Unstaffed History Previous names Paradise Valley; Paradise Services ...
Nobelius railway station is situated on the Puffing Billy Railway, and opened in 1927. It was named after the founder of the nearby Gembrook Nurseries, Carl Axel Nobelius, and his family. It was named after the founder of the nearby Gembrook Nurseries, Carl Axel Nobelius, and his family.