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The Bellarine Railway, formerly the Bellarine Peninsula 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 .
The Bellarine Railway operates a tourist railway between Drysdale and Queenscliff, and the walking track runs parallel to the railway in this 16 km eastern section. The route traverses farmland with scattered patches and strips of native vegetation, mainly eucalypt woodland. Map of the Bellarine Rail Trail.
Alongside it runs the Bellarine Rail Trail, which continues into Geelong. [19] Bicycle: The Bellarine Rail Trail runs from South Geelong station to Queenscliff and is a combination of sealed and well-made gravel surfaces. The distance is 32 km. There is much road cycling on the Bellarine, with some of the roads having dedicated bike lanes.
The Bellarine Railway in Queenscliff, Victoria, also has a number of ex-TGR carriages and locomotives. [38] During the 1980s, the Hotham Valley Tourist Railway (HVR) south of Perth, Western Australia, purchased two V-class diesel-mechanical shunting locomotives and several ex-Tasman Limited SS/SSD passenger carriages.
The Bellarine Peninsula Railway then took control and reopened the site as a tourist destination in 1979. Maintaining the site. In addition to re-gauging the track, the Bellarine Railway replaced the staff lock points with plunger locks and provided up and down home signals.
Overview map. This is a list of former railway stations and railway lines in Victoria, Australia.Many of these stations and lines have been abandoned or demolished. There is a strong desire by communities to have many of these re-opened to better link Regional Victoria to the state capital Melbourne.
Queenscliff railway station was the terminus of the Queenscliff branch line in Victoria, Australia, which left the main Warrnambool line near South Geelong station. The Queenscliff station was opened on 21 May 1879.
Mannerim railway station, Swan Bay Road. Mannerim railway station is a closed station on the Bellarine Railway in Victoria, Australia.It opened on 1 February 1883 as Marcus Hill, and was renamed Mannerim on 28 October 1890.