Classic route
Spirit of Queensland
Brisbane → Cairns · Australia
Spirit of Queensland in pictures
Photographs by their authors, hosted on Wikimedia Commons · tap through for the licence
- Distance
- 1,681 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 25 h
- Average speed
- 67 km/h
- Top speed
- 160 km/h
- Operator
- Queensland Rail ↗
- Train
- Diesel tilt train
- Countries
- Australia
- In service since
- 2014
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
A tilting train with lie-flat “railbeds” running the Coral Sea coast toward the Great Barrier Reef.
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
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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