Talk:North Coast railway line, Queensland

Latest comment: 3 years ago by Kerry Raymond in topic the routemap template

Split article? Nambour-Gympie Citytrain line into one separate article?

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After going through rail sources ie [1], [2] to name a few. I'm putting up for suggestion whether this article should be split, with this article to be mainly about the railway line from Brisbane to Cairns with some information about electrification, the type of services + a brief description of locations/stations along the route.

I originally created the article by retrieving information off the separate Nambour and Gympie Rail line pages (both the Nambour and Gympie rail articles have been redirected to this page). Since then I had expanded on that to include a brief description on the route beyond Gympie (ie Rockhampton electrification, and other things). Why I'm suggesting this split is because currently this article is 75% of the Citytrain stuff, and 25% of the route to Cairns/Rockhampton.

The Brisbane to Nambour/Gympie North route could be split into a separate article ie Nambour and Gympie North railway line, Queensland which could contain the Citytrain info and stations.

Any other suggestions or thoughts? --Arnzy (whats up?) 12:32, 8 May 2006 (UTC)Reply

It seems to me that splitting off the Nambour line is sensible. Bucketsofg 12:38, 8 May 2006 (UTC)Reply
The Gympie North service also runs on the same line, and usually operates once a day under the same running patterns. It would be sensible to include both Nambour and Gympie as one article. --Arnzy (whats up?) 12:45, 8 May 2006 (UTC)Reply
I agree - Traveltrain pages could do with a shot in the arm generally. SM247 04:50, 13 May 2006 (UTC)Reply

Diagrams

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Suggest adopting route diagrams for lines. See [[3]] for the template.

Examples below

Heavy Detail Sections...

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QR NCL Townsville-Cairns section
 
km
elev
in m
 
1,680
Cairns
439
 
1,677
Portsmith Yard
900
 
1,674
QRX Yard
 
 
 
1,668
tramway
 
1,663
Kamma
725
 
1,658
Gordonvale
 
 
 
1,658
Gordonvale Tramway
 
 
 
1,656
tramway
 
 
 
1,653
tramway
 
1,651
Aloombah
787
 
1,636
Deeral
718
 
 
 
1,629
Bellenden Ker Tramway
 
 
 
1,623
Babinda Tramway
 
1,622
Babinda
678
 
 
 
1,614
Mirriwmi Tramway
 
1,607
Waugh
657
 
 
 
1,601
Garradunga Tramway
 
 
 
1,600
Dradgee Tramway
 
 
 
1,596
Goondi Tramway
 
1,593
Innisfail
717
 
1,590
Mundoo
 
 
 
1,589
tramway
 
 
 
1,588
tramway
 
 
 
1,585
tramway
 
1,584
Boogan
729
 
 
 
1,584
Ramleigh Nth Tramway
 
 
 
1,581
Ramleigh Tramway
 
 
 
1,568
Jaffa Tramway
 
 
 
1,564
Japoon Tramway
 
1,568
Silkwood
754
 
 
 
1,564
Jaffa Tramway
 
1,561
El Arish
688
 
 
 
1,560
El Arish Tramway
 
 
 
1,548
Tully Tramway
 
1,545
Tully
506
 
1,542
Hewitt
485
402
 
 
 
1,537
Euramo Tramway
 
1,524
Bilyana
701
 
1,513
Kennedy
688
 
1,502
Cardwell
731
 
1,480
Conn
701
 
1,466
Hinchinbrook
701
 
 
 
1,452
Garloch Tramway
 
1,450
Ingham
705
 
 
 
1,449
Ingham Tramway
 
1,446
Ingham stock siding
 
 
 
1,437
Pombel Tramway
 
1,436
Pombel
701
 
1,424
Bambaroo
706
 
1,409
Mutarnee
699
 
1,394
Rollingstone
703
 
1,379
Kurukan
701
 
1,368
Purono
712
 
 
1,365
Yabulu
 
1,356
Deeragun
800
 
1,345
Garbutt
805
 
1,341
Townsville
 
km
elev
in m

Major passenger stations and terminals

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QR North Coast Line
km
 
 
1,680
Cairns
 
1,658
Gordonvale
 
1,622
Babinda
 
1,594
Innisfail
 
1,545
Tully
 
1,502
Cardwell
 
1,449
Ingham
 
 
1,365
Yabulu
 
1,341
Townsville
 
 
1,340
Townsville Port
 
 
1,331
 
 
1,330
 
1,293
Giru
 
 
1,290
Invicta mill
 
1,260
Ayr
 
1,249
Home Hill
 
 
1,165
Abbot Point
 
 
1,156
Newlands line
 
1,149
Bowen
 
 
Bowen Harbour
 
Proserpine
 
 
969
Mackay Harbour
 
 
Marian Branch
 
959
Mackay
 
926
Sarina
 
 
916
 
 
915
 
811
St Lawrence
 
 
Yeppoon Branch
 
638
Rockhampton
 
 
632
 
565
Mount Larcom
 
 
Auckland Point
 
 
Monto & Moura lines
 
529
Gladstone
 
460
Miriam Vale
 
351
Bundaberg
 
292
Howard
 
 
263
Maryborough
 
262
Maryborough West
 
 
250
Monto line
 
 
243
Owanyilla Woodchip
 
 
207
 
 
173
 
 
173
Gympie North
 
 
Gympie
 
 
 
 
 
131
Cooroy
 
104
Nambour
 
82
Caboolture
 
 
Wamuran Branch
 
end of dual+ track
 
51
Caboolture
 
0
Brisbane Central
 
km

the routemap template

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I've been adding a few wikilinks for stations etc, but confess to being an amateur with these route maps. It seems to me that there are many stations missing from the template and I notice some stations are in bold but it is not clear to me which stations should be listed in bold. Also what to do with closed stations (truckloads of them). If there are some conventions here, let me know before I jump in and add more things that perhaps I should not. Kerry (talk) 08:28, 30 December 2020 (UTC)Reply