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Stakeholders To Discuss Future Of West Coast Railway

Government has convened a stakeholder roundtable for February 2026 to address the long-term viability of the West Coast Wilderness Railway. Infrastructure and...

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Storm Damages Wilderness Railway

As wild weather across lutruwita/Tasmania has blasted the state, West Coast Wilderness Railway has reported storm damage to its railway. The damage...

Wilderness Railway Partnership with Schools 6

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Wilderness Railway Partnership with Schools

Media release – West Coast Wilderness Railway, 14 December 2023 Schools partnership on track to end on a high The inaugural Workforce...

New Partnership to Preserve West Coast History Comes Alive 8

New Partnership to Preserve West Coast History Comes Alive 9

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New Partnership to Preserve West Coast History Comes Alive

Media release – West Coast Wilderness Railway, 22 September 2023 New partnership to preserve history on Tasmania’s west coast comes alive On...

Voucher Scheme to Encourage West Coast Visitation 10

Voucher Scheme to Encourage West Coast Visitation 11

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Voucher Scheme to Encourage West Coast Visitation

Media release – Jeremy Rockliff, Premier, 14 July 2023 Support package for West Coast A targeted travel voucher program will be launched to...

Something Different for the West Coast in the Off Season 12

Something Different for the West Coast in the Off Season 13

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Something Different for the West Coast in the Off Season

Media release – West Coast Wilderness Railway, 11 July 2023 Something a little different for the West Coast in the Off Season!...

Queenstown Wins Tasmania's Top Small (Tourism) Town 2023 14

Queenstown Wins Tasmania's Top Small (Tourism) Town 2023 15

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Queenstown Wins Tasmania’s Top Small (Tourism) Town 2023

Media release – Destination West Coast, 20 June 2023 Queenstown wins the Tasmania ‘Top Small Town’ in Tassie’s Top Tourism Towns competition...

West Coast Wilderness Railway Shut Down for 3 Months or Longer 16

West Coast Wilderness Railway Shut Down for 3 Months or Longer 17

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West Coast Wilderness Railway Shut Down for 3 Months or Longer

Media release – Jeremy Rockliff, Premier; Michael Ferguson, Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, 17 March 2023 Ensuring West Coast Wilderness Railway’s long-term future The...

West Coast Wilderness Railway 'Stranding Incident' 20

West Coast Wilderness Railway 'Stranding Incident' 21

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West Coast Wilderness Railway ‘Stranding Incident’

Media release – Department of State Growth, 22 November 2021 West Coast Wilderness Railway stranding incident A West Coast Wilderness Railway diesel...