Powelltown tramway

Powelltown tramway

Powelltown 'Express' at Gilderoy, 1914
Overview
Dates of operation	1913 (1913)–1944 (1944)
Technical
Track gauge	3 ft (914 mm)
Other
Powelltown Tramway Map Legend Warburton line towards Lilydale railway station and Melbourne 0km Yarra Junction Warburton line towards Warburton 4.0 Barrier 6.0 No. 1 Siding 7.2 Gladysdale 9.3 Black Sands Reid's Siding Groom's Siding 12.1 Three Bridges Worlley's Siding 14.9 Gilderoy United Siding Feiglin's Siding ~18 Powelltown line continues to Powelltown Logging lines Dead End Big Bridge to replace the dead-end height: ~230m The Bump Tunnel length: 317m The Bump incline winch assisted, height: 370+m height: ~340m High Lead winch assisted, height: 730+m ~33.8km height: ~660m Ada No.2 Mill Winch height: ~735m New Ada Mill height: ~790m ~35.5km Ada No.1 Mill height: ~695m ~35.8 height: ~660m Ada Mill ~36.4 Starlings Gap height: ~770m

The Powelltown tramway was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge tramway that operated between Powelltown and Yarra Junction, Victoria, Australia, between 1913 and 1945.

The tramway was owned by the sawmill at Powelltown and its primary role was to move sawn timber from the mill to the main railway system. However, it also operated a timetabled passenger service, and carried goods as a common carrier. The tramway also operated a number of logging tramways into the forest east of Powelltown.

The right-of-way has been converted into the Powelltown Tramway Rail Trail.^[1] It is on private property and there is limited access to the line.^[2]