All aboard

MANY keen residents lined up to witness the Seymour Railway Heritage Centre’s shuttle train as it passed through the Hamilton Railway Station last Saturday. There are now hopes it will return, along with a regular passenger train service. Photo: TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY GURU.

By Bailey Walsh

July 18, 2023 | 4:00 PM

HAMILTON residents were treated to the rare sight of a passenger train on the local tracks last weekend, with many people braving the wintry conditions to see a special Seymour Railway Heritage Centre (SRHC) service visit the area.

Regular passenger services ended in September 1981, so the platform was busy again with locals lined up for one of the two special shuttle services offered departing Hamilton in the afternoon to the Chrome Loop.