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The Queensland rail network, the first in the world to adopt narrow gauge for a main line, and now the second largest narrow gauge network in the world, consists of: * The North Coast Line (NCL) extending 1680 km from Brisbane to Rockhampton, Townsville and Cairns; * Four east–west lines (and associated branch lines) connecting to the NCL: * * the Western line (including the Main Line) from Brisbane to Toowoomba and Charleville; * * the Central Western line from Rockhampton to Longreach and Winton; * * the Great Northern Railway from Townsville to Mount Isa; and * * the Tablelands line from Cairns to Atherton and Forsayth * Four export coal networks: * * Moura to Gladstone; * * Blackwater to Gladstone utilising the Central Western and NCL lines; * * Goonyella to Hay Point; and * * Newlands to Abbot Point * The original narrow gauge Southern line that provided a rail connection to Sydney, extending from Toowoomba to the NSW border at Wallangarra, plus the South Western line west from Warwick to Thallon; * Two lines extending south of Brisbane, a 140 km/h narrow gauge passenger line from Brisbane to the Gold Coast, and a standard gauge line to the NSW border connecting to the line to Sydney; * The isolated Normanton–Croydon line, now operated as a tourist service using The Gulflander rail motor; * An isolated 19 km 1435mm gauge private freight line at Weipa hauling bauxite from a mine to the export terminal; and * Over 3,000 km of 610mm gauge sugar cane lines servicing 19 sugar mills (see Tramways section below). Passenger services are provided by: * Long distance trains from; * * Brisbane to Cairns; * * Townsville to Mt Isa; * * Brisbane to Rockhampton and Longreach; * * Brisbane to Charleville; and * * Brisbane to Sydney by the standard gauge XPT * The Brisbane-centric TransLink network providing services: * * south to Beenleigh and Varsity Lakes on the Gold Coast; * * north to Ferny Grove, Shorncliffe, Caboolture and Gympie, with a line to Kippa Ring under construction; * * east to the Brisbane Airport and Doomben on the north side of the Brisbane River and to Cleveland on the south side of the river; and * * west to Ipswich, Springfield and Rosewood. The TransLink network consists of approximately 300 route km and 145 stations.〔("Our Services" ), ''Queensland Rail''〕 ==History== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rail transport in Queensland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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