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Scenic Railway Katoomba scenic railway prior to upgrade (photographed before 2006) The lowest section of 45-degree angle track Katoomba Scenic Skyway in 1963. Scenic World is a family-owned tourist attraction located in Katoomba in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, about 100 kilometres west of Sydney.
Katoomba railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Western line in Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia. It serves the Blue Mountains town of Katoomba opening on 2 February 1874 as Crushers, being renamed Katoomba on 9 July 1877. [3] [4] A passing loop exists to the north of the station. West of the station is a ...
Katoomba is located on the lands of the Dharug and Gundungurra Aboriginal peoples. Situated on the Great Western Highway, Katoomba is home to the Three Sisters, 102 km (63 mi) west of Sydney Central Business District and 39 km (24 mi) south-east of Lithgow. Katoomba railway station is on the Main Western line. [2]
And as well as the steepest funicular railway in the world, the Katoomba Scenic Railway, which was originally built to facilitate coal and oil shale mining in the Jamison Valley. [10] Scenic World also offers the Scenic Skyway cable car, which travels over an arm of the Jamison Valley and offers views of Katoomba Falls and Orphan Rock.
Then a 1.5-hour walk on The Federal Pass trail leads to the base of Katoomba Falls and the Katoomba Scenic Railway. Walkers who don't wish to climb back to the top can take the Scenic Railway back to the plateau for a fee. [10]
Glenreagh Mountain Railway [8] (railway not yet operational) Illawarra Light Railway Museum— 610 mm (2 ft) gauge [9] Kandos-Rylstone Heritage Railway [10] Katoomba Scenic Railway—1,275mm (4 ft 2in) gauge [11] (steepest railway in Australia—strictly, an inclined lift rather than a funicular)
Jenolan Caves, a series of limestone caves south west of Katoomba. The Katoomba Scenic Railway is an incline railway now used for tourism, and originally part of the Katoomba mining tramways constructed between 1878 and 1900. The incline railway descends 415 m (453.85 yd) through sandstone cliffs, via a rock tunnel with a maximum gradient of 52 ...
The Blue Mountains Line (BMT) is an intercity rail service serving the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia.The line travels west from Sydney to the major town of Katoomba and on to Mount Victoria, Lithgow and Bathurst.