This polyline dataset represents the centreline of active tourist/heritage railway corridors in Victoria.
The dataset inclues the Bellarine Penninsula Tourist Railway, Daylesford Spa Country Tourist Railway, Mornington Tourist Railway, Puffing Billy Tourist Railway, South Gippsland Tourist Railway, Victorian Goldfields Railway, Walhalla Goldfields Tourist Railway and Yarra Valley Tourist Railway.
The railways are run by non-profit groups who are mainly volunteers and rely on strong community involvement and support.
The dataset does not include several miniture railways and tramways also found in Victoria.
Search Words:
Transportation
Publication Date:
23 December 2020
Dataset Status:
This dataset covers all of Victoria and railway extension into NSW freight facilities
Progress:
Completed
Access Constraint:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY)
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Unrestricted
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Metadata Name
Descriptions
Resource Name:
VIC_TOURIST_RAIL_CORRIDOR
Title:
Victorian Tourist/Heritage Railway Corridors
Anzlic ID:
ANZVI0803005491
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Jurisdiction:
Victoria
Abstract:
This polyline dataset represents the centreline of active tourist/heritage railway corridors in Victoria.
The dataset inclues the Bellarine Penninsula Tourist Railway, Daylesford Spa Country Tourist Railway, Mornington Tourist Railway, Puffing Billy Tourist Railway, South Gippsland Tourist Railway, Victorian Goldfields Railway, Walhalla Goldfields Tourist Railway and Yarra Valley Tourist Railway.
The railways are run by non-profit groups who are mainly volunteers and rely on strong community involvement and support.
The dataset does not include several miniture railways and tramways also found in Victoria.
Search Words:
Transportation
Purpose:
This layer was created to identify active tourist/hertitage railway corridors in Victoria
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Beginning to Ending Date:
2015-07-01 - 2015-07-31
Maintainence and Update Frequency:
As needed
Stored Data Format:
Available Format(s) Types:
DIGITAL - All major formats available on request
Positional Accuracy:
Estimated to be 1:10,000
Attribute Accuracy:
No stated
Logical Consistency:
Not stated
Data Source:
Dataset Source: The data was created by the Transport Analysis and Assessment Branch of the Department of Transport (DoT)
Dataset Originality: Primary
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Metadata Date:
2022-07-20
Additional Metadata:
History: The data is based in part on historic railway data maintained by the Department of Transport (DoT)
Current Design Issues: The corridor dataset is a simplification of the rail network. Some rail corridor contain a single track and other corridors contain multiple parallel tracks.
The dataset does not include heritage tramways or miniture railways
Related Documents: None