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.

Stations

1. 0 kmRoma Street
2. 50 kmCaboolture
3. 82 kmLandsborough
4. 103 kmNambour
5. 130 kmCooroy
6. 171 kmGympie North
7. Show 11 more stations

   1. 255 kmMaryborough West
   2. 281 kmHoward
   3. 339 kmBundaberg
   4. 445 kmMiriam Vale
   5. 512 kmGladstone
   6. 545 kmMount Larcom
   7. 718 kmDuaringa
   8. 783 kmBluff
   9. 802 kmBlackwater
   10. 878 kmEmerald
   11. 921 kmAnakie
8. 1,048 kmAlpha
9. 1,103 kmJericho
10. 1,190 kmBarcaldine
11. 1,270 kmIlfracombe
12. 1,297 kmLongreach

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.

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 16270923 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 50 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 14 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 the Outback?

The Spirit of the Outback runs 1,325 km from Brisbane to Longreach.

How long does the Spirit of the Outback take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 25 h for the 1,325 km. That is an average of 53 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 100 km/h.

Who runs the Spirit of the Outback?

Queensland Rail, with Loco-hauled sleeper, Tuckerbox diner.

How old is the Spirit of the Outback?

The line has been in service since 1993. 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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