List of heritage railways in Australia

This is a list of heritage railways in Australia, some of which can also be considered tourist railways. For convenience, heritage tramways have also been included.

The world's second preserved railway, and the first outside the United Kingdom, was Australia's Puffing Billy Railway. This railway operates on 15 mi of track, with much of its original rolling stock built as early as 1898.

New South Wales
gauge unless otherwise stated.
 * Cooma Monaro Railway
 * Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum
 * Glenreagh Mountain Railway
 * Illawarra Light Railway Museum—Albion Park Rail— gauge.
 * Lachlan Valley Railway
 * New South Wales Rail Transport Museum—Thirlmere
 * Oberon Tarana Heritage Railway
 * Rail Motor Society—Paterson
 * Richmond Vale Railway Museum
 * Sydney Tramway Museum
 * Valley Heights Rail Museum—Valley Heights
 * 3801 Limited
 * Byron Bay Railroad

Victoria
unless otherwise noted
 * Alexandra Timber Tramway— gauge.
 * Ballarat Tramway Museum— gauge.
 * Bendigo Tramways — gauge.
 * Bellarine Peninsula Railway— gauge.
 * Coal Creek Bush Tramway— gauge.
 * Daylesford Spa Country Railway
 * GreenTrail—now a rail trail
 * Kerrisdale Mountain Railway & Museum— gauge.
 * Mornington Railway
 * Portland Cable Trams— gauge.
 * Puffing Billy Railway— gauge.
 * Red Cliffs Historical Steam Railway— gauge.
 * South Gippsland Railway (closed in January 2016)
 * Victorian Goldfields Railway
 * Walhalla Goldfields Railway— gauge.
 * Yarra Valley Tourist Railway

Queensland
gauge unless otherwise stated.
 * Atherton—Herberton Historic Railway Inc.
 * Australian Society of Section Car Operators, Inc.
 * Ballyhooley Steam Railway(610mm)
 * Beaudesert Rail—disbanded 2003
 * Big Pineapple Railway (610mm)
 * Brisbane Tramway Museum (1435mm)
 * Bundaberg Steam Tramway Preservation Society Inc (610mm)
 * Burrum District Heritage Society (610mm)
 * Cairns Kuranda Steam Limited Partnership (Savannahlander)
 * DownsSteam Tourist Railway & Museum
 * Dreamworld Railway (610mm)
 * Durundur Railway (610mm)
 * Ginger Factory Railway (610mm)
 * Kuranda Scenic Railway
 * Mackay Heritage Railway
 * Mary Valley Rattler
 * Maryborough City Whistle Stop Inc.
 * Mount Morgan Railway Museum
 * Normanton to Croydon Railway—Gulflander
 * Queensland Rail Ltd (Heritage)
 * Ravenshoe Railway Company
 * Rockhampton Steam Tramway
 * Rosewood Railway Museum —operates a two-station section of line
 * Southern Downs Steam Railway
 * Texas & Inglewood Heritage Railway Society Inc.
 * Tinbeerwah Mountain Railway (610mm)
 * Queensland Pioneer Steam Railway

South Australia

 * Pichi Richi Railway—an operating 39 km (24 mi) narrow gauge (1067 mm / 3'-6") line between Quorn and Port Augusta
 * SteamRanger Heritage Railway—an operating 84 km (52 mi) broad gauge (1600 mm / 5'-3") line from Mount Barker to Victor Harbor
 * Steamtown Heritage Rail Centre at Peterborough—museum; evening sound-and-light displays
 * National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide—large museum with short journeys on-site
 * Tramway Museum, St Kilda—extensive tram and bus museum and a 1.8 km (1.1 mi) operating standard gauge (1435 mm / 4'-$8 1/2$") tram line.

Western Australia
gauge unless otherwise stated.
 * Bennett Brook Railway gauge
 * Golden Mile Loopline
 * Hotham Valley Railway
 * Pemberton Tramway Company
 * Wheatbelt Heritage Rail

Tasmania
gauge unless otherwise stated.
 * Bush Mill Railway (closed in November 2004)
 * Derwent Valley Railway Preservation Society (closed in 2005)
 * Don River Railway
 * Ida Bay Railway
 * Wee Georgie Wood Railway
 * West Coast Wilderness Railway

Northern Territory

 * Ghan Preservation Society ("The Old Ghan") gauge.

Australian Capital Territory

 * Canberra Railway Museum—ARHS ACT (closed in 2016)