All aboard Slow Rail Journeys' festival of locomotives travelling from Melbourne to Maldon's spectacularly preserved gold rush streetscape.

Note this journey departs from Melbourne's Southern Cross Station only.

Board the train at Southern Cross Station and enjoy a run Castlemaine behind steam locomotive R707.  Once we arrive in Castlemaine, the train will be shunted to the scenic Victorian Goldfields Railway, where newly back-in-service steam locomotive J549 will take over to pull our carriages along the Victorian Goldfields Railway to Maldon. 

Winding through forest and open land in Central Victoria, the Victorian Goldfields Railway is a remnant of the extensive branch line railway system that served rural Victoria from around 1880 to the 1970s. Branch line railways, radiating from the main lines, reached into sparsely populated regions, providing transport for farm produce, tapping natural resources, and promoting the settlement of new areas. You will enjoy one of the few opportunities to travel on a single-seat journey from Melbourne to Maldon.

On arrival in Maldon, stroll through one of Victoria's best-preserved street-scapes or perhaps a self-guided walking tour before reboarding the train for the reverse journey to Melbourne.