Gold Coast Motorail
Former railway passenger service in New South Wales, Australia
Gold Coast Motorail at Sydney Central | |
Overview | |
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Service type | Passenger train |
Status | Ceased |
First service | 3 March 1973 |
Last service | 11 February 1990 |
Successor | Unnamed XPT service |
Former operator(s) | State Rail Authority |
Route | |
Termini | Sydney Central Murwillumbah |
Distance travelled | 934 kilometres |
Service frequency | nightly in each direction |
Train number(s) | NL3/NL4 |
Line(s) used | North Coast |
Technical | |
Rolling stock | HUB RUB stainless steel sleepers |
The Gold Coast Motorail was an Australian passenger train operated by the Public Transport Commission from March 1973 until February 1990.[1]
It operated from Sydney via the North Coast line to Murwillumbah. It departed Central railway station in Sydney. It was formed of air-conditioned HUB/RUB sitting carriages along with stainless steel sleepers as well as having a motorail facility.[2] Its headcode was NL3/NL4.
In May 1987, it was renamed the Pacific Coast Motorail.[3] In February 1990 it was replaced by an unnamed XPT service.[4]
References
- ^ "20 Years Ago" Railway Digest March 1993 page 114
- ^ "Motorail nears the end of the road" Railway Digest March 1990 page 89
- ^ "The Thirty-First of May" Railway Digest July 1987 page 210
- ^ "The New Timetable" Railway Digest March 1990 page 94
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