West Coast Wilderness Railway

West Coast Wilderness Railway
Locale	West Coast, Tasmania
Terminus	Queenstown and Strahan
Commercial operations
Original gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Original rack system	Abt rack system
Preserved operations
Owned by	Government of Tasmania
Operated by	Abt Railway Ministerial Corporation
Stations	Regatta Point, Teepookana, Dubbil Barril, Rinadeena, Lynchford, Queenstown
Length	34.5 km
Preserved gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Preserved rack system	Abt rack system
Commercial history
Opened	1 November 1899
Closed	10 August 1963
Preservation history
2002	Reopened under the name of the Abt Wilderness Railway
2013	Federal Hotels stopped operations
2014	Reopened as the West Coast Wilderness Railway
Website
https://www.wcwr.com.au/
Route map Legend Zeehan Line to Zeehan Regatta Point Lowana King River Teepookana King River Camp Spur Dubbill Barrill Rinadeena Halls Creek Lynchford Queen River Norton Street Braddon Street Brown Street Urquhart Street Driffield Street Queenstown

The West Coast Wilderness Railway is a reconstruction of the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company Mount Lyell railway in Western Tasmania between Queenstown and Regatta Point, Strahan. The railway is significant because of its Abt rack system to conquer the mountainous terrain through rainforest, with original locomotives still operating on the railway today. Now operating as a tourist experience with a focus on sharing the history of Tasmania's West Coast, the original railway began operations in 1897 as the only link between Queenstown and the port of Strahan.