The Gold Coast Motorail was an Australian passenger train operated by the Public Transport Commission from March 1973 until February 1990.[1]
 Gold Coast Motorail at Sydney Central | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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
edit- ^ "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