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The Margate Train - TAS

The engine and train

The Pancake car

The lolly shop car

The carriages open onto the platform

Tourist Attraction

Position

DEG: -43.017601 147.270503

DMS: 43º 01' 3.36" S 147º 16' 13.83" E

UTM: 55 G 5237195mN 522042mE

Altitude: 23.96m

Address & Contact

1567 Channel Hwy
Margate TAS 7054

Phone: 0418 283 719

Email: jgo27163@bigpond.net.au

Web: https://www.discovertasmania.com.au/attraction/themargatetrain

Information

Formally the Tasmanian Limited, the Margate Train is the last station for this prestigious train that ran between Hobart and Launceston until 1978. The train was built in England in 1950.

The carriages have been converted into speciality shops which open onto a covered "platform". The shops include arts and crafts, bric-a-brac, a microbrewery and a buffet car offering espresso coffee and pancake parlour.

Near by is a huge antique warehouse and second-hand shop here, located in an old IXL apple packing shed, as well as a children's play area, toilets, baby change facility and plenty of car parking.

Margate is about 19 km south of Hobart on the coastal road that runs through Sandy Bay and Taroona. It is worth a stop if travelling that road.

PlaceID	158438

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Fingal at 02/02:30am EST

Distance from The Margate Train 10.93km SE

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
-1.1°C	-3.3°C	98%	-1.4°C	hPa	0.2mm	CALM	0km/hr 0knots	4km/hr 2knots

Closest Climatic Station

Bull Bay (Lauriston)

Distance from The Margate Train 10.93km SE

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	21.2	21.2	19.7	17.3	15.0	12.6	12.5	13.3	14.7	16.5	17.9	19.8
Mean Min. °C	12.2	12.5	11.4	9.6	8.1	6.0	5.8	6.0	6.7	8.1	9.3	10.6
Mean Rain mm	49.3	42.3	44.4	49.1	40.8	47.4	53.0	56.6	55.7	55.6	52.0	60.4