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Regenerative electric and electro-pneumatic disc brakes. Track gauge. 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) The Electric Tilt Train is the name for two identical high-speed tilting trains operated by Queensland Rail for the Tilt Train service on the North Coast line from Brisbane to Rockhampton which entered service in November 1998.
Tilt Train is the name for two similar high-speed tilting train services, one electric and the other diesel, operated by Queensland Rail. They run on the North Coast line from Brisbane to Rockhampton (electric) and Cairns (diesel). Services commenced in 1998. The name Tilt Train often refers to the electric train service between Brisbane and ...
Maximum speed. 160 km/h (99 mph) Prime mover (s) German MTU. Transmission. Hydraulic. Track gauge. 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) The Diesel Tilt Train is the name for three high-speed tilting trains, operated by Queensland Rail on the North Coast line from Brisbane to Cairns as part of its Spirit of Queensland service.
Spirit of Queensland. The Spirit of Queensland is a Queensland Rail long distance passenger rail service. It is operated by a diesel-powered Tilt Train that runs five times a week on the North Coast line between Brisbane and Cairns, a distance of 1,681 kilometres (1,045 mi). [3] At the start of 2015, it replaced the diesel-hauled train The ...
A tilting train is a train that has a mechanism enabling increased speed on regular rail tracks. As a train (or other vehicle) rounds a curve at speed, objects inside the train experience centrifugal force. This can cause packages to slide about or seated passengers to feel squashed by the outboard armrest, and standing passengers to lose their ...
X 2000, also called SJ X2 or simply X2, is an electric high-speed tilting train operated by SJ in Sweden. It was constructed by Kalmar Verkstad in Kalmar, Sweden (prior to the company being bought by Adtranz in 1996) and launched in 1990 as a first-class only train with a meal included in the ticket price, and free use of the train's fax machine.
Queensland Rail (QR) is a railway operator in Queensland, Australia.Owned by the Queensland Government, it operates suburban and interurban services in South East Queensland, long-distance services connecting Brisbane to regional Queensland, as well as owning and maintaining rolling stock and approximately 6,600 kilometres (4,101 mi) of track and related infrastructure.
Rockhampton railway station is located on the North Coast line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the city of Rockhampton. It is the terminus of the electrified section of line from Brisbane. The line north of the station runs along the middle of Denison Street in a single track. Rockhampton is an important transport hub in the Central ...