Heritage route
Puffing Billy Railway
Belgrave → Gembrook · Australia
Legs out the window over Monbulk Creek trestle: century-old narrow-gauge steam through Dandenongs fern gullies, Australia’s best-loved heritage line.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 13777322 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: the railway’s own site — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Puffing Billy Railway?
The Puffing Billy Railway runs 24 km from Belgrave to Gembrook.
How long does the Puffing Billy Railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 50 min for the 24 km. That is an average of 13 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 25 km/h.
Who runs the Puffing Billy Railway?
Puffing Billy Railway, with NA-class steam, open-sided cars.
How old is the Puffing Billy Railway?
The line has been in service since 1900. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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