Scenic Railway (Luna Park)

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Scenic Railway

Luna Park
Location	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Coordinates	37°52′06″S 144°58′34″E / 37.868251°S 144.976249°E / -37.868251; 144.976249
Status	Operating since 13 December 1912
Rider height	Minimum: 110 cm Min. unaccompanied: 100 cm

Statistics

Type

Riders per train

20

Propulsion

Height

16 metres

Top speed

60 km/h

Length

967 metres

Inversions

0

The entrance to the park passes underneath the Scenic Railway

Scenic Railway is a wooden roller coaster located at Luna Park Melbourne in Australia. It is the second oldest roller coaster in the world, and the oldest continually operating roller coaster in the world (as Leap The Dips has stood standing but not operating several times). It is a side friction coaster with a brakeman.

History

Scenic Railway was built as part of the transformation of Dreamland into Luna Park. It opened with Luna Park on 13 December 1912.^[1]

Elements
Cable lift hill Hill Tunnel Tunnel Bunny hill Bunny hill 3 bunny hills

The layout of the roller coaster forms a rounded triangle shape when viewed from above. It entirely surrounds Luna Park.

Unpainted track and white supports.

2 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 5 rows, for a total of 20 riders per train.