Limestone Coast Railway

Limestone Coast Railway Redhens 400 and 300 class, April 2003. Units 405 & 334. Attribution: John Masson

The Limestone Coast Railway was a tourist railway in the Australian state of South Australia which operated a tourist service from 1998 to 2006 between Mount Gambier and stations at Coonawarra, Penola and Millicent, Tantanoola, and Rennick on the 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) Mount Gambier and Millicent lines which have been closed for freight services since 12 April 1995.[1][2]

The railway operated four ex-South Australian Railways Redhen railcars which it purchased from the Government of South Australia in the years 1997 to 1999.[3]

Due to problems with public liability insurance, it was forced to suspend operations in about the year 2000. It resumed a limited service to Penola and Tantanoola and but again suspended its operations as of 1 July 2006.

All rail operations ceased as of December 2006. A letter dated 11 October 2007, sent to members and volunteers, said that the railway would cease to exist as an operating entity as from 31 October 2007 and would surrender its lease of the lines it operated over.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ South Australia. Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure (2009), Green triangle region freight action plan, A Joint Initiative of the Victorian and South Australian Governments (PDF), Dept for Transport, Energy & Infrastructure : [Dept of Infrastructure], p. 51, retrieved 4 May 2017
  2. ↑ Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia (March 2007), Railway Lines in South Australia - Track Ownership or Controlling Body (PDF), Dept for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure, retrieved 17 May 2017
  3. 1 2 "Limestone Coast Railway". Johnny's Pages. Retrieved 2013-10-28.

Coordinates: 37°49′46″S 140°46′58″E / 37.82944°S 140.78278°E / -37.82944; 140.78278


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