Electric Tilt Train

The world’s fastest narrow-gauge train: it set Australia’s rail speed record of 210 km/h in 1999 and still tilts through cane country at 160 km/h.

Queensland’s electric tilt sets are the fastest trains ever to run on 1,067 mm gauge, holding Australia’s rail speed record of 210 km/h from a 1999 trial near Bundaberg. In revenue service they lean through the North Coast line’s curves at 160 km/h, past the Glass House Mountains, Gympie’s hills and endless sugar cane. Eight hours from Roma Street the train eases into Rockhampton, the beef capital sitting on the Tropic of Capricorn.

Stations

1. 0 kmRoma Street
2. 50 kmCaboolture
3. 82 kmLandsborough
4. 103 kmNambour
5. 130 kmCooroy
6. 171 kmGympie North
7. 255 kmMaryborough West
8. 281 kmHoward
9. 339 kmBundaberg
10. 445 kmMiriam Vale
11. 512 kmGladstone
12. 545 kmMount Larcom
13. 619 kmRockhampton

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.

Along the way

• Glass House Mountains
• Gympie’s Mary Valley hills
• Bundaberg cane fields
• Burnett River crossing
• Gladstone harbour
• Tropic of Capricorn at Rockhampton

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 16268878 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 54 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 15 m from it
• The operator publishes this line's timetable: Queensland Rail Travel — 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 Electric Tilt Train?

The Electric Tilt Train runs 639 km from Brisbane to Rockhampton.

How long does the Electric Tilt Train take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 8 h 5 min for the 639 km. That is an average of 79 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.

Who runs the Electric Tilt Train?

Queensland Rail Travel, with electric Tilt Train (City of Rockhampton).

How old is the Electric Tilt Train?

The line has been in service since 1998. 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.

How often does the Electric Tilt Train run?

7–8× weekly each way.

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