Barossa Wine Train
 The Wine Train at the National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide (April 2014) | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Service type | Heritage railway |
| Status | Ceased |
| Locale | Barossa Valley, South Australia |
| First service | 1998 |
| Last service | 2003 |
| Route | |
| Line(s) used | Barossa Valley line |
| Technical | |
| Rolling stock | Three South Australian Railways Bluebird railcar |
| Track gauge | 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) |
The Barossa Wine Train was a tourist railway in the Australian state of South Australia which, from 1998 to 2003, operated with ex - South Australian Railways Bluebird railcars on the Barossa Valley railway line which had been closed to passengers since 1968.
Background
[edit]Due to financial and insurance fallout from the 9/11 disaster, it was forced to cease operations in April 2003.[1][2][3] The train was then put under storage at the National Railway Museum in Port Adelaide under the ownership of John Geber of Château Tanunda.[4]
In March 2015, it was revealed that a consortium were seeking to resurrect the train and had an option to purchase three Bluebird railcars.[5]
In 2023, the Barossa Wine Train Bluebirds were sold to Aurizon but the interiors were kept for future hope to put them into Adelaide Metro's 3000 class railcars for a new Barossa Wine Train.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ Wine train plan derailed The Advertiser 10 November 2006
- ^ Railways and Colonisation In South Australia, via railmapsa.au.
- ^ BAROSSA TOURIST TRAIN, via barossawinetraincampaign.com
- ^ BAROSSA NEWS ONLINE, via barossanewsonline.com
- ^ "Wine train dream back on track", InDaily, 10 March 2015