Limestone Coast Railway
The Limestone Coast Railway was a tourist railway in the Australian state of South Australia which operated a tourist service from 1998 to 2006 from Mount Gambier to stations on railway lines which have been closed since April 1995. Stations included Coonawarra and Penola on the Mount Gambier line, Millicent and Tantanoola on the Mount Gambier to Millicent line and Rennick on the Mount Gambier-Heywood railway line.
The railway operated four ex-South Australian Railways Redhen railcars purchased from the Government of South Australia during the years 1997 to 1999.
Due to problems with public liability insurance, it was forced to suspend operations in about the year 2000. It resumed a limited service to Penola and Tantanoola and but again suspended its operations as of 1 July 2006.
All rail operations ceased as of December 2006. A letter dated 11 October 2007, sent to members and volunteers, said that the railway would cease to exist as an operating entity as from 31 October 2007 and would surrender its lease of the lines it operated over.
