West Coast Wilderness Railway tours

West Coast Wilderness Railways runs their historic train tours daily from Queenstown, and every day except Tuesday and Sunday from the Regatta Point Station in Strahan. 

Guests can choose either the heated and air-conditioned heritage carriages or the wilderness carriages, with booth seats and tables and access to the carriage balcony.

You can board the historic steam train for a full-day or half-day itinerary at either Strahan or Queenstown.

Yes! The Wilderness Carriage is all-inclusive with catering (depending on the tour) and a complimentary glass of sparkling wine. The Heritage Carriage offers drinks and snacks for guests to purchase at station stops. 

There are also Tracks on Point Cafe in the Regatta Point Station, Strahan, and Tracks Cafe in Queenstown Station. Both cafes offer a wide variety of food and snacks.

Three of the five original locomotives used on the railway are still in operation. One locomotive was unable to be restored and one was relocated to a Tasmanian Transport Museum collection in Hobart.

Through a Swiss-engineered system called an Abt Rack and Pinion featuring a central cog under the locomotive that engages the teeth of a ‘rack.’ This innovative system was installed on the steep slopes of Rinadeena Saddle and allowed trains to haul themselves up over the steep one-in-16 gradient. West Coast Wilderness Railway is the only Abt Rack and Pinion railway in Australia.