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Nobelius Siding Station Information Lines Gembrook (Puffing Billy) Distance from Flinders Street 52km Number of Platforms 1 Number of Tracks 2 Station status Unstaffed Melway map Link Google map of station Link Nobelius Siding is situated on the Puffing Billy Railway in Emerald. The siding was built in 1904[1] to service the adjacent packing shed built the same year. The siding was originally used to load rail trucks with Nursery seedlings and plants for the C.A. Nobelius' Gembrook Nursery for shipment throughout Australia[2]. The Nobelius nursery was once the largest plant nursery in the Southern Hemisphere with 200,000 trees grown on 180 hectares[3].
The Packing Shed has been restored by Puffing Billy Volunteers and is now used by the Railway as a function centre[4], mainly in association with the evening Dinner Trains which run on most Friday and Saturday evenings (plus other selected evenings) from Belgrave to Nobelius Siding, where passengers disembark and are served a 3-course meal inside the Packing Shed[5] before returning on the train to Belgrave.
Station Navigation Gembrook (Puffing Billy) line Previous Station Emerald | Nobelius Next Station Entire network References
- ^ "Casey Cardinia Moments in a Regional History". Archived from the original on 2008-07-22. http://web.archive.org/web/20080722152350/http://www.cclc.vic.gov.au/moments/nobelius.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
- ^ Nobelius Siding on the "Narrow Gauge" website. Accessed November 21, 2008
- ^ The Age Newspaper Website- Emerald Article. Accessed November 21, 2008
- ^ Puffing Billy Railway, About your trip. Accessed November 21, 2008
- ^ Puffing Billy Railway Dinner Specials. Accessed November 21, 2008
Coordinates: 37°56′03″S 145°27′17″E / 37.93417°S 145.45472°E
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