Rail transport in Queensland

rdf:langString Rail transport in Queensland

rdf:langString Queensland Rail heritage locos of the PB15, C17 and BB18¼ classes haul a special train for the 125th anniversary of QR on the Little Liverpool Range, west of Grandchester, July 1990.

rdf:langString Queensland Rail B12 Steam locomotive No. 14 on the Central Line in 1878.

rdf:langString Queensland Rail B12 class steam locomotive No. 14 on the Central Line in 1878.

rdf:langString Queensland Rail heritage locos of the PB15, C17 and BB18¼ classes haul a special train for the 125th anniversary of QR on the Little Liverpool Range west of Grandchester, July 1990.

rdf:langString Northbound Spirit of Capricorn service at Bundaberg station, ~1989

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rdf:langString B12 Steam locomotive No. 14 on the Central Line, 1878.jpg

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rdf:langString The rail network in Queensland, Australia, was the first in the world to adopt 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow gauge for a main line, and now the second largest narrow gauge network in the world, consists of: * the North Coast Line (NCL) extending 1,680 kilometres (1,040 mi) from Brisbane to Rockhampton, Townsville and Cairns * Four east–west lines (and associated branch lines) connecting to the NCL: * the Western line (including the Main Line) from Brisbane to Toowoomba and Charleville * the Central Western line from Rockhampton to Longreach and Winton * the Great Northern Railway from Townsville to Mount Isa * the Tablelands line from Cairns to Atherton and Forsayth * Four export coal networks: * Moura to Gladstone * Blackwater to Gladstone utilising the Central Western and NCL lines * Goonyella to Hay Point * Newlands to Abbot Point * the original narrow-gauge Southern line that provided a rail connection to Sydney, extending from Toowoomba to the New South Wales border at Wallangarra, plus the South Western line west from Warwick to Thallon; * Two lines extending south of Brisbane, a 140 km/h (87 mph) narrow gauge passenger line from Brisbane to the Gold Coast, and a 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) line to the New South Wales border connecting to the line to Sydney * the isolated Normanton to Croydon line, now operated as a tourist service as The Gulflander * An isolated 19 kilometres (12 mi) 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) private freight line at Weipa hauling bauxite from a mine to the export terminal; and * Over 3,000 km of 2 ft (610 mm) gauge sugar cane lines servicing 19 sugar mills (see Tramways section below). Passenger services are provided by: * Long distance trains from: * Brisbane to Cairns * Townsville to Mount Isa * Brisbane to Rockhampton and Longreach * Brisbane to Charleville * Brisbane to Sydney by the standard gauge XPT * the Brisbane-centric TransLink network providing services: * south to Beenleigh and Varsity Lakes on the Gold Coast * north to Ferny Grove, Shorncliffe, Kippa-Ring, Caboolture and Gympie; * east to the Brisbane Airport and Doomben on the north side of the Brisbane River and to Cleveland on the south side of the river; and * west to Ipswich, Springfield and Rosewood. The TransLink network consists of approximately 300 route km and 151 stations.