Night train route
Brisbane XPT
Sydney → Brisbane · Australia
The overnight run still books twin sleepers as it corkscrews through the Border Loop spiral, blasted through rainforest ranges in 1932.
How this line was checked
- The 787 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 16305120 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within 110 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 95.8% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 44 m); the longest stretch away from it is 4.5 km
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: NSW TrainLink — 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 Brisbane XPT?
The Brisbane XPT runs 988 km from Sydney to Brisbane.
How long does the Brisbane XPT take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 14 h for the 988 km. That is an average of 71 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.
Who runs the Brisbane XPT?
NSW TrainLink, with XPT (HST derivative).
How old is the Brisbane XPT?
The line has been in service since 1990. 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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