{"id":21324,"date":"2013-01-06T21:40:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-06T21:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/the-final-ride-for-blue-mountains-iconic-scenic-railway-2\/"},"modified":"2013-01-06T21:40:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-06T21:40:00","slug":"the-final-ride-for-blue-mountains-iconic-scenic-railway-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2013\/01\/the-final-ride-for-blue-mountains-iconic-scenic-railway-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Final Ride for Blue Mountains&#8217; Iconic Scenic Railway"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Inline images 1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travmedia.com\/images\/db\/452240.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The world&#8217;s steepest passenger railway incline at 52 degrees on a journey that has thrilled 25 million people on almost 700,000 journeys to the pristine rainforest floor.<\/p>\n<p>The Katoomba-based train, fondly known as the &#8216;Mountain Devil&#8217; will be replaced by a $30 million train, tracks and new visitor experiences in April.  <\/p>\n<p><b>Scenic Railway Facts<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The historic railway was built in 1878 to service mining activities in the valley;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Harry Hammon purchased the lease in 1945 turning the Scenic Railway into a major tourist attraction;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The railway track spans 310m through a cliff side tunnel and through a rainforest corridor;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The top station is 604 metres above sea level;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The current carriage takes 84 passengers and operates every 10 minutes;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 In 1945 the Scenic Railway cost 1 shilling to ride and sixpence for children;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Each train has been named \u201cMountain Devil\u2019 after the native plant;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The term \u2018Scenic Railway\u2019 dates back to late 19th Century England amusement rides;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The new Scenic Railway train will be the sixth and will operate at the same speed of 16km an hour.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world&#8217;s steepest passenger railway incline at 52 degrees on a journey that has thrilled 25 million people on almost 700,000 journeys to the pristine rainforest floor. The Katoomba-based train, fondly known as the &#8216;Mountain Devil&#8217; will be replaced by a $30 million train, tracks and new visitor experiences in April. Scenic Railway Facts \u2022 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21324\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}