Puffing Billy Railway |
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Status | Operational with passenger services from Flinders Street to Mernda, closed beyond Mernda |
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Locale | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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Connecting lines | All metropolitan, regional, and interstate |
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Former connections | Inner Circle |
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Stations | - 29 current stations
- 11 former stations
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Services | Mernda |
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Commenced | 8 October 1888 (1888-10-08) |
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Opened |
- Flinders Street to Princes Bridge on 18 December 1865 (1865-12-18)
- Collingwood to Inner Circle South Junction on 8 May 1888 (1888-05-08)
- Inner Circle North Junction to Reservoir on 8 October 1889 (1889-10-08)
- Reservoir to Whittlesea on 23 December 1889 (1889-12-23)
- Princes Bridge to Collingwood on 21 October 1901 (1901-10-21)
- Rushall to Merri on 5 December 1904 (1904-12-05)
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Completed | 5 December 1904 (1904-12-05) |
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Reopened |
- Lalor to Epping on 29 November 1964 (1964-11-29)
- Epping to South Morang on 27 November 2011 (2011-11-27)
- South Morang to Mernda on 2 July 2018 (2018-07-02)
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Electrified |
- Princes Bridge to Reservoir on 31 July 1921 (1921-07-31)
- Reservoir to Thomastown on 16 December 1929 (1929-12-16)
- Thomastown to Lalor on 30 November 1959 (1959-11-30)
- Lalor to Epping on 30 November 1964 (1964-11-30)
- Epping to South Morang on 27 November 2011 (2011-11-27)
- South Morang to Mernda on 2 July 2018 (2018-07-02)
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Closed | Lalor to Whittlesea on 5 December 1904 (1904-12-05) |
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Line length | 41.468 km (25.77 mi) |
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Number of tracks | Double track |
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Track gauge | 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) |
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Electrification | 1500 V DC overhead |
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Operating speed | 80 km/h (50 mph) - Electric |
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Signalling | Automatic block signaling |
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Maximum incline | 1 in 40 (2.5%) |
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km
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42.52
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Belgrave (Broad gauge)
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43.02
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Belgrave (Narrow gauge)
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Old Monbulk Road
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Monbulk Creek
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Belgrave-Gembrook Road
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Greenwell Road foot crossing
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foot crossing
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Long Pockitt Lane
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45.2
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Selby
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foot crossing (Former Station Street)
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Selby-Aura Road
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School Road
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48.99
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Menzies Creek
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School Road
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Belgrave-Gembrook Road
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50.99
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Clematis
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Edenmont Road
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Pinnocks Road
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Belgrave-Gembrook Road
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52.67
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Emerald
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Kilvington Drive
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foot crossing
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Beaconsfield-Emerald Road
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53.45
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Nobelius Siding
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54.85
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Nobelius
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56.59
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Lakeside (Emerald Lake)
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Former Park Access Road (Pedestrian Only)
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Park Access Road
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Wright Road
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57.79
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Wright
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Cockatoo Creek
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60.59
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Cockatoo
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Healesville-Koo Wee Rup Road
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Doonaha Road
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62.59
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Fielder
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Farm access
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Orchard Road
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foot crossing
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Belgrave-Gembrook Road
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66.99
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Gembrook (heritage platform)
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Russell's Siding
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67.18
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Gembrook (town platform)
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