VINTAGE TRAMWAY FESTIVAL EXPRESS
23 FEBRUARY 2025
Jump onboard Sydney's vintage electric train, Set F1, at Redfern Station for an express ride along the T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line to Loftus—home of the Sydney Tramway Museum, for the 2025 Vintage Tramway Festival.
​Included in your ticket is entry to the Sydney Tramway Museum, where you can experience a tram ride and explore the Museum's vast collection of historic trams from around the world.
​This is a rare opportunity to experience two historic transport modes from Sydney's past all in one day and a great day out for the whole family!
Proudly presented by Transport Heritage NSW in partnership with Historic Electric Traction, Sydney Tramway Museum and Sydney Trains.
Vintage Tramway Festival Express
Sunday 23 February 2025​​
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Departure times
Departs from Redfern Station:
Trip 1: 9.35am
Trip 2: 1.35pm
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​Times are indicative and to be confirmed by email prior to departure.
Fares
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Adult - $55.00
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Child (aged 2-17) - $20
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Senior/Concession - $50
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ABOUT SYDNEY'S VINTAGE ELECTRIC TRAIN
Red Electric Set F1
This four-car vintage electric train set is part of 883 single-deck steel carriages that formed the backbone of the Sydney Suburban fleet from 1926 until the early 1990s.
More affectionately known by Sydneysiders as the ‘red rattlers’, this particular train set is an excellent representative example of a typical Sydney suburban electric train from the early twentieth century.
One of the carriages, C 3426, was the leading car on the first electric train to cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1932. Built in 1927, it is an early example of a carriage constructed entirely of steel, representing a great advance in passenger rolling stock design for its time. Although this particular car was subject to a large number of modifications from 1954 onwards, it is the only one of this type of ‘modernised’ car to survive intact.
All three carriages were built in 1927 by the former State Government Dockyard at Walsh Island Newcastle, an important State Government owned enterprise at the time.
The train was restored in 1999 by Historic Electric Traction and is operated today in partnership with Sydney Trains and Transport Heritage NSW.
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