Re: [AUST] Preserved and Tourist Railways

["Bill McNiven" <wmcniven@ozemail.com.au>]

Bill Bolton wrote in message ...
>"James Shugg" <james@shugg.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>> Does the Ida Bay Railway - Australia's southern most railway line - also
>> have the distinction of being the only non-government railway in
Australia
>> to have survived closure and be reborn as a tourist/preserved line?
>The Bally Holley Express operation in Port Douglas also qualifies on
>the "tourist" criteria.
>Cheers,
>Bill

It just doesn't qualify as having been closed.

A long chance, but if you regard the tram to Port Melbourne as a
tourist/preserved line, it covers a line that was once closed and once
private.

Rgds

Bill
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