Sea World Train
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| Owner | Village Roadshow Theme Parks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Main Beach, Queensland 27°57′27″S 153°25′31″E / 27.957379°S 153.425298°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stations | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | Miniature railway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | December 1975 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | Mid-2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Sea World Train (sometimes referred to as the Sea World Railway) was a miniature railway located inside the Sea World theme park in the Gold Coast suburb of Main Beach.[1] It opened in 1975 and closed in 2008.[2]
History
[edit]The miniature railway was designed and built by Sea World and commenced operation in December 1975.[2] The locomotive was a two-third scale replica of Queensland 6A10, which is on display at the Queensland Museum Rail Workshops in Ipswich.[2][3]
Initially, the railway featured loops at both ends to turn the locomotive around.[4] After the opening of the Corkscrew roller coaster in September 1982, a bridge was constructed over part of the Ski Lake; the railway line was subsequently changed to cross the bridge, making it a closed-circuit loop.[4]
During the "Quest for the Golden Seal" show, Sea World Train services would stop to prevent the seals from becoming distracted by the noise of the locomotive.[4] Only one locomotive operated regularly, although a second locomotive was occasionally used during busy periods at the theme park.[4]
In mid-2008, the Sea World Train was closed permanently to give vehicles access to the construction site of the Jet Rescue roller coaster, which opened later that year.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Light Railways Number 189" (PDF). Light Railway Research Society of Australia. June 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 November 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Rides". Sea World. Archived from the original on 28 February 2007. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
- ↑ "A10 No.6". Australian Steam. 20 January 2013. Archived from the original on 13 June 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 "Sea World Railway". Sea World Australia Resource. Archived from the original on 7 July 2026. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
- ↑ Seipelt, Gavin (23 July 2008). "Some footers at the back end of the site". Parkz. Archived from the original on 25 October 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
- ↑ "Sea World Train". Parkz. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
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