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This is a route-map template for a high-speed tilting train service in Australia.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
In 1953 the air-conditioned Sunlander was introduced, diesel hauled, with the dining car attached at Bundaberg and detached at Mackay. The diesel locomotive reduced the northbound transit time by 2.75 hours, with the train departing Brisbane at 9:30 pm, Bundaberg 6:05 am, Townsville 5:45 am the second morning and arriving Cairns at 2:40 pm.
Nambour is the terminus for Citytrain network services from Brisbane with two services daily continuing to Gympie. [4] To relieve congestion on the single track North Coast line, the rail service is supplemented by a bus service operated by Kangaroo Bus Lines on weekdays to Caboolture as route 649.
Mount Larcom is served by long-distance Traveltrain services; the Spirit of Queensland, Spirit of the Outback and Rockhamption Tilt Train. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] References
In 2001, the Queensland Government started a study for the need to upgrade the North Coast Line between Caboolture and Landsborough.. On 14 April 2009, a new 14-kilometre (8.7 mi) double-track alignment from Caboolture to Beerburrum opened.
The train was reported to have derailed, causing 2 cars (1 Passenger Car, and 1 Baggage Car) to fall into the Traveston Creek. The incident overall caused 9 fatalities and over 50 injuries. [71] On 5 May 1947, a crowded charter train de-railed and crashed near Camp Mountain due to excessive speeds down a hill and a bend with 16 deaths. [72]
The Spirit of Queensland is a Queensland Rail long distance passenger rail service. It is operated by a diesel-powered Tilt Train that runs five times a week on the North Coast line between Brisbane and Cairns, a distance of 1,681 kilometres (1,045 mi). [3]
Mackay railway station is located on the North Coast railway line in Paget, Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. [1] It serves the city of Mackay. The station has one side and one south facing bay platform. Opposite the station are a number of sidings that form part of a trans shipment yard north of the station.