Sydney–Brisbane Rail Corridor

The Sydney–Brisbane railway corridor consists of the long standard-gauge main line between the Australia, Australian state capitals of Brisbane (Queensland) and Sydney (New South Wales), and the lines immediately connected to it.

Description

The main line consists of:
* the Main North railway line, New South Wales, Main North line from Central railway station, Sydney, Sydney Central station to Telarah railway station, Telarah station, in Maitland railway station, Maitland, and
* the North Coast railway line, New South Wales, North Coast line from Telarah to Roma Street railway station, Roma Street station, Brisbane.

Freight trains operate along the entire corridor, as does a daily (each way) New South Wales XPT, XPT passenger service, in addition to a service to Casino railway station, Casino.

History

Originally the corridor consisted of standard gauge track in New South Wales and narrow gauge track in Queensland, which met at a Break of gauge, break-of-gauge station at Wallangarra railway station, Wallangarra. In 1930 the NSW North Coast railway line, New South Wales, North Coast line was extended from Casino railway station, Casino to South Brisbane railway station, Brisbane making through services possible, using a rail ferry for the river crossing in Grafton, New South Wales, Grafton until the Grafton Bridge, New South Wales, Grafton Bridge opened in 1932. p1 The superseded Main Northern railway line, which went to Wallangarra, now terminates near Armidale railway station, Armidale.

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See also

*Northern Sydney Freight Corridor – a package of capacity improvements between Sydney and Newcastle

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Rail infrastructure in Australia
Railway lines in New South Wales
Railway lines in Queensland
Standard-gauge railways in Australia
Interstate rail in Australia
1930 establishments in Australia