Steamrail Victoria – Eureka Express

Ballarat Railway Station

Lydiard Street North,
Soldiers Hill VIC 3350

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  • Sun 27 Jul

8:50am–5:48pm

Join aboard The Vintage Train as they travel via the Golden Plains to Ballarat, returning 'up the straight' with an R class steam locomotive. Explore the historic goldrush city on your visit to Ballarat.

Departing Southern Cross Station at 8:50am, our R class steam locomotive will work hard with the 7 carriage train to climb the hills of the Golden Plains, travelling along the original mainline between Ballarat and Geelong from 1862.

The train will arrive into the historic gold mining town of Ballarat at 12:08pm. Here there will be ample time to grab lunch and explore the city, only a few minutes walk from the Railway Station. While you are experiencing what the City of Ballarat has to offer, our Volunteers will be busy turning and servicing the locomotive at our Steamrail Ballarat East depot, ready for our journey back to Melbourne in the afternoon.

The train will depart at 3:30pm, returning to Melbourne via 'the straight'. After passing through Ballan, we descend of the famous 1-in-48 Ingliston Bank, providing spectacular views back towards Melbourne and across the Werribee Gorge State Park, before passing over the iconic 357-metre Melton Viaduct, built in 1885 to traverse the Werribee River. You will arrive back at Southern Cross Station at 5.48pm.

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