Victorian Goldfields Railway |
The Victorian Goldfields Railway is an authentic steam heritage train linking the historic gold mining towns of Castlemaine and Maldon in Central Victoria.
Enjoy a family day out or treat yourself and travel in our elegant first class carriages as you travel through the central Victorian Goldfields.
Running through the Goldfields of Central Victoria, the Victorian Goldfields Railway brings to you the experience of Steam Train Travel. Linking the historic towns of Castlemaine and Maldon, your train takes you through Box-Iron Bark forest in a region that saw some of the richest gold mining in Australia.
How to get to Castlemaine Station
By Rail - catch a V/Line train
By Road - From Melbourne - Take the Calder Highway (M79) to Elphinstone, then the Pyrenees Highway (B180) to Castlemaine.
The station may be accessed from Kennedy Street or Gingle Street (an ample parking area is located right at the pedestrian underpass to the station in Gingle Street). VGR trains operate from No. 3 Platform.
Disabled access is available to Platform 3 via the ramp accessed from V/line's Platform 1
Melway Reference : - Castlemaine Map X909 C6 - Melways 2010
VicRoads Directory Edition 5 : - Castlemaine Map 59 E2/3
For further information, please contact our Marketing Office on (03) 5470 6658
❊ What's On ❊
➼ Victorian Goldfields Railway | Timetable
➼ Ales On Rails | Food & Steam Train Experience - Saturday 9 May 2026
❊ Address ❊
⊜ Castlemaine Railway Station, Castlemaine 3450 View Map
✆ Telephone: (03) 5470 6658
❊ Web Links ❊
➼ www.vgr.com.au➼ www.vgr.com.au
➼ www.cfa.vic.gov.au
❊ Also See... ❊
➼ Castlemaine & Maldon Railway Preservation Society
➼ Maldon Market
➼ Castlemaine Farmers' Market
➼ Walhalla Goldfields Railway
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