Spirit of Queensland

A tilting train with lie-flat “railbeds” running the Coral Sea coast toward the Great Barrier Reef.

Stations

1. 0 kmRoma Street +4
2. 50 kmCaboolture +2
3. 81 kmLandsborough +2
4. 103 kmNambour +2
5. 130 kmCooroy +2
6. 171 kmGympie North +2
7. Show 19 more stations

   1. 254 kmMaryborough West +2
   2. 280 kmHoward +2
   3. 338 kmBundaberg +2
   4. 444 kmMiriam Vale +2
   5. 511 kmGladstone +2
   6. 544 kmMount Larcom +2
   7. 617 kmRockhampton +1
   8. 789 kmSt Lawrence
   9. 842 kmCarmila
   10. 903 kmSarina
   11. 936 kmMackay
   12. 1,056 kmProserpine
   13. 1,117 kmBowen
   14. 1,214 kmHome Hill
   15. 1,226 kmAyr
   16. 1,258 kmGiru
   17. 1,305 kmTownsville +1
   18. 1,413 kmIngham
   19. 1,466 kmCardwell
8. 1,509 kmTully
9. 1,557 kmInnisfail
10. 1,585 kmBabinda
11. 1,621 kmGordonvale
12. 1,643 kmCairns +2

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 16270269 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 82 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 20 m from it
• The operator publishes this line's timetable: Queensland Rail — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
• Wikipedia has an article for this line
• See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it

Questions and answers

How long is the Spirit of Queensland?

The Spirit of Queensland runs 1,681 km from Brisbane to Cairns.

How long does the Spirit of Queensland take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 25 h for the 1,681 km. That is an average of 67 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.

Who runs the Spirit of Queensland?

Queensland Rail, with diesel tilt train.

How old is the Spirit of Queensland?

The line has been in service since 2014. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

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