Those who are looking for a hobby that ticks all the boxes can’t go past model trains.
For indoor or outdoor models, creativity, expansion, books, DVDs, CDs and magazines, trains has it all.
Hobbyists can be real Aussies and model Australian trains with brands such as Powerline Models or they can model British or American trains.
Model trains are recognised worldwide as the world’s greatest hobby.
For those who are not interested in models there is literature, movies, memorabilia, collectibles and computer games.
Trains have also gone digital.
In Australia there is one place to go for everything trains and it is right here in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne – Train World.
The store is 40 years young and still going strong.
Forget the toy stores, forget the hobby stores, forget the model stores and go to the place that has it all under the one roof.
The place for trains, Train World has train sets, locomotives, carriages, rolling stock, track, electrical equipment, Thomas, books, magazines, DIY books/magazines, CDs, DVDs, scenic materials, scratch building materials, structures, kits, tools, glues, paints, electrical accessories and so much more.
It also stocks the biggest brands such as Woodlands Scenics, Hornby, Atlas, Athearn, Bachmann, Dapol, Powerline Models, Walthers, Preiser, Kibri, Faller, Humbrol, Auscision, Austrains, Eureka, Southern Models, SDS, Noch, Heiki and many others.
The store is open seven days a week, 360 days a year and being the largest train shop in Australia with the largest range in Australia, every train enthusiast and modeling hobbyists are sure to find something.
At 290 Bay Street, North Brighton, near the corner of St Andrews Street and Bay Street, next door to the Brighton Hotel, Train World is accessible by train (North Brighton Station on the Sandringham line) by bus (routes 203, 219, 626 and 823) and by car.
The best parking is next to the railway line behind 7-11.
Train World is the only Australian shop for everything trains.
