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Echuca Overlander “Steam Train” (Day Excursion)

Castlemaine • Bendigo • Echuca & return. Day return trip available with V/Line connections to and from Melbourne.

Travel in utmost style in two superb first class lounge cars, Tambo & Macedon on the Echuca Overlander.

The first class carriages offer a luxury travel experience. Immerse yourself into the world of Hercule Poirot and Miss Phryne Fisher. Club and parlor cars were a feature and social hub of many of the most famous trains in the past where passengers could relax and mingle in style and comfort. With this trip they are limiting the number of first class passengers to 50 to ensure maximum comfort and old-style decadence to relive the Golden Age of rail travel.

Normally running on the Victorian Goldfields Railway their carriages, originally built for The Overland, are the stylish art nouveau Tambo, with its end viewing platform, and the superb art deco Pullman club car Macedon.

A full bar service is available all day. Alternatively, you can travel in our Edwardian excursion carriages, which seat six people in each compartment. This option is ideal for families and small groups.

Departing from Castlemaine station early Saturday morning, they will pause at Bendigo to pick up passengers who have come by V/Line services from Melbourne.

ON TRAIN SERVICES

Throughout the journey the bar in Macedon will be open, serving a range of alcoholic beverages, cheese platters and other delights for the first class passengers to enjoy.

There is also a kiosk in our excursion carriages, stocking a wide range of light refreshments; food, souvenirs, hot and cold drinks.

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