Lilyvale railway tunnels
Lilyvale railway tunnels are heritage-listed railway tunnels on the Illawarra railway line at Lilyvale, City of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: historic site in New South Wales, Australia
- Also known as: “Old Lilyvale No.2 Tunnel”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Metropolitan Colliery and Helensburgh railway station.
Metropolitan Colliery
Quarry
The Metropolitan Colliery is a coal mine located near Helensburgh, New South Wales owned by Peabody Energy. It was opened by in 1887 by the Cumberland Coal & Iron Mining Company. Metropolitan Colliery is situated 780 metres west of Lilyvale railway tunnels.
Helensburgh railway station
Railway station
Photo: Abesty, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Helensburgh railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the South Coast railway line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the town of Helensburgh. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. Helensburgh railway station is situated 1½ km northwest of Lilyvale railway tunnels.
Helensburgh Glow Worm Tunnel
Tunnel
The Metropolitan Tunnel, also known as Helensburgh Glow Worm Tunnel, is a disused rail tunnel in Helensburgh, New South Wales. It is a popular tourist attraction due to its glow worm population. Helensburgh Glow Worm Tunnel is situated 1¼ km northwest of Lilyvale railway tunnels.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Helensburgh and Otford.
Helensburgh
Photo: Maxim75, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Helensburgh is a small town, located 45 kilometres south of Sydney and 35 kilometres north of Wollongong and north and above the Illawarra escarpment and region.
Otford
Suburb
Photo: Maxim75, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Otford is a village in the Otford Valley located 55 km south of the Sydney and 30 km north of the Wollongong CBD in New South Wales, Australia. Otford is within the local government area of the City of Wollongong.
Burning Palms
Hamlet
Burning Palms is an unbounded neighbourhood within the locality of Lilyvale and a beach in the Royal National Park, Wollongong, south of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Burning Palms is situated 4 km east of Lilyvale railway tunnels.
Lilyvale railway tunnels
- Categories: historic site, tunnel, and tourism
- Location: City of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-34.18924° or 34° 11′ 21″ southLongitude
151.00328° or 151° 0′ 12″ eastOpen location code
4RQHR263+88OpenStreetMap ID
way 1304209960OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=tunnelOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q55887602
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In Other Languages
“Lilyvale railway tunnels” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “リリーヴェール鉄道トンネル群”
- Japanese: “リリーヴェイル鉄道トンネル群”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include New Lilyvale Tunnel and Site of Lilyvale Railway station (closed 1983).
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