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A small ‘Mogul’ (2-6-0 wheel arrangement), built by the Baldwin locomotive company of Philadelphia had arrived in Queensland in 1879. Known firstly as GNR (Great Northern Railway) No. 1, it began life in Townsville. In 1884, it went north as a construction locomotive on the Cooktown Railway. After that it was back to Townsville.
The maximum speed is 100 km/h to Townsville, with the tilt trains permitted 160 km/h to Mackay, and 140 km/h beyond. The Townsville-Cairns limit is 80 km/h with the tilt train permitted 100 km/h. Since 2008, the North Coast railway has been identified as requiring major improvements as its speed is becoming uncompetitive with road transport.
Airlie Beach is a coastal locality and resort town in the Whitsunday Region of Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census , Airlie Beach had a population of 1,312 people. [ 1 ] The town is a tourist drawcard.
Townsville railway station is located on the North Coast line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the city of Townsville. The station has one platform. Opposite the platform lies a passing loop. It is also the starting point for the Great Northern line to Mount Isa.
Whitsunday Transit operates services from Proserpine to Shute Harbour via Airlie Beach. [3] It also operates a service from Proserpine station to Shute Harbour that connects with Traveltrain's Spirit of Queensland service [4] which is not operated under the Translink banner.
The Spirit of Queensland service replaced the Tilt Train in October 2013. In 2019 the idea of running passenger services on existing lines within Townsville was raised, due to the spread out nature of the city this is a viable option as lines pass suburbs currently poorly served by public transport.
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Shute Harbour Road (State Route 59) – north – Airlie Beach, Shute Harbour: Bowen: 1,136: 706: Peter Delamothe Road (State Route 77) – south – Collinsville, Mount Coolon: Townsville: Stuart: 1,322: 821: Flinders Highway (A6) – southwest – Charters Towers / Southern Port Road – north – South Townsville, Port of Townsville: Cluden ...