The Great Scenic Railway is a heritage-listed
wooden roller coaster located at
Luna Park Melbourne
Luna Park Melbourne is a historic amusement park located on the foreshore of Port Phillip Bay in St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria. It opened on 13 December 1912, with a formal opening a week later, and has been operating almost continuously ever ...
in
Melbourne,
Australia
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. The roller coaster is the oldest continuously operating roller coaster in the world. The ride is one of only seven roller coasters remaining that requires a brakeman to stand on the train.
History
The Great Scenic Railway opened in December 1912, and has remained continuously in use since, making it the oldest continuously operating roller coaster. The roller coaster was originally built with of Canadian Oregon pine. The roller coaster is regarded as an
ACE Classic Coaster. The Great Scenic Railway, Luna Park Sydney’s Wild Mouse and Sea World's Leviathan are the only three operating wooden roller coasters in Australia.
Characteristics
The Great Scenic Railway is a long coaster which has a height of and a top speed of . A brakeman is required in order to brake the roller coaster.
The roller coaster has three trains with two cars. Each car can sit up to 10 riders. Each train weighs about 2 tonnes.
Ride experience
The roller coaster begins by entering a
cable lift
A lift hill, or chain hill, is an upward-sloping section of track on a roller coaster on which the roller coaster train is mechanically lifted to an elevated point or peak in the track. Upon reaching the peak, the train is then propelled from ...
hill. It then reaches its highest point. The ride starts with a few large drops and goes through a series of small structures. The ride then goes through a series of smaller drops.
See also
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Leap-The-Dips - SBNO
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List of heritage-listed buildings in Melbourne
This is a non-exhaustive list of buildings in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and surrounding suburbs listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. This the highest level of protection afforded to a building in the state of Victoria. A far great ...
References
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Roller coasters in Australia
Roller coasters introduced in 1912
Heritage-listed buildings in Melbourne
St Kilda, Victoria
Wooden roller coasters
Amusement rides introduced in 1912
Roller coasters with brakemen
Buildings and structures in the City of Port Phillip