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Train routes operated by Queensland Rail
6 routes · classic 1 · night train 3 · scenic 2
Queensland Rail runs 6 of the routes in the World Train Map atlas, 4,949 km of railway across 1 country. The longest is the Spirit of Queensland at 1,681 km; the fastest is the Spirit of Queensland, running up to 160 km/h; the oldest line it runs over here opened in 1891.
The company itself dates to 1865, filed on Wikidata as a railway company. What this page says about the company comes from Queensland Rail's own Wikidata item, checked against the countries its routes here actually cross before any of it is used; everything about the railway is counted from this atlas. Official site ↗ · Wikipedia ↗ · Wikidata Q379439 ↗
Open the world railway map →- Routes here
- 6
- Total length
- 4,949 km
- Countries
- Australia
- Oldest line here
- 1891
- Company founded
- 1865
- Type
- railway company
- Fastest
- Spirit of Queensland · 160 km/h
- Longest
- Spirit of Queensland · 1,681 km
Classic (1)
- Spirit of Queensland
A tilting train with lie-flat “railbeds” running the Coral Sea coast toward the Great Barrier Reef.
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Night train (3)
- Spirit of the Outback
Up the coast to Rockhampton, then dead west into Matilda country: sleepers and the Tuckerbox diner, 1,325 km to the stockman’s capital.
Wikipedia ↗ - The Inlander
Queensland’s grand old night train since 1953. Coral Sea to Cloncurry’s red plains and the smokestacks of Mount Isa, 977 unhurried kilometres.
Wikipedia ↗ - The Westlander
Over the Toowoomba range by night and out across the Darling Downs: twice a week until the wheat gives way to mulga at Charleville.
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Scenic (2)
- The Gulflander
“From nowhere to nowhere” once a week: the 1891 Gulf line’s hollow steel sleepers shrug off every wet-season flood; the old railmotor just keeps going.
Wikipedia ↗ - Kuranda Scenic Railway
Navvies hand-carved 15 tunnels and 37 bridges up Barron Gorge in the 1880s; trains still pause at the falls’ lookout above the rainforest.
Wikipedia ↗
Photos via Wikimedia Commons — each route page credits the author & licence
How many train routes does Queensland Rail run?
6 of the routes in this atlas are Queensland Rail services, covering 4,949 km across 1 country (Australia). That is what this atlas draws, not the operator's whole network — a national railway runs thousands of local services no map of notable journeys would list.
What is the fastest Queensland Rail train?
The Spirit of Queensland, Brisbane to Cairns, at up to 160 km/h. Its fastest scheduled run takes ≈ 25 h over 1,681 km.
Does Queensland Rail run night trains?
Yes — 3 sleeper services in this atlas: Spirit of the Outback (Brisbane – Longreach), The Inlander (Townsville – Mount Isa), The Westlander (Brisbane – Charleville).
When was Queensland Rail founded?
Wikidata records the company's inception as 1865, and files it as a railway company. The oldest railway it runs over in this atlas opened in 1891 — the line and the company are rarely the same age, and this page dates both.
Countries Queensland Rail runs in
- 🇦🇺 Train routes in Australia 26 routes
Other operators in Australia
- NSW TrainLink 5 routes
- Journey Beyond 4 routes