North Coast Line System 

The North Coast Line system is the principal freight and passenger line within the Queensland Rail network, running the length of Coastal Queensland between Brisbane in the south and Cairns in the north, a distance of 1680 km.

The system caters for all traffic tasks including containerised freight services, high speed tilt trains, commuter services, heavy haul single commodity trains of sugar, grain or minerals and cattle trains.

The North Coast Line system adjoins two other systems, the Blackwater system (between Rocklands and Gladstone) and the Brisbane Metropolitan system (between Roma Street and Nambour). The Maryborough system straddles the North Coast Line and picks all branch lines in that vicinity.

The North Coast Line system carries in excess of 11 million net tonnes of various products annually.

System maps divide Queensland Rail's network into four sections - North, South, South-East and Brisbane Metropolitan. Line diagrams detail distances, number of tracks, the type of infrastructure (eg. private sidings) and stations. In accordance with Queensland Rail's Access Undertaking the line diagrams are updated at intervals of no greater than six months.  

  Southern Queensland - Line Diagrams  

  North Coast Line Suburban system NAG 017-1

  North Coast Line  Mary Valley Branch NAG 017-3

  North Coast Line Kingaroy Branch NAG 017-4

  North Coast Line Colton to Parana NAG 017-5

  Electrified network - electrification diagram

  Network System Information Map

The North Coast Line system information pack contains a general overview of the system, including climate information, a description of the railway and track, as well as infrastructure and rollingstock operational constraints.

  North Coast Line North Information Pack - Issue 2 - July 2007

  North Coast Line South Information Pack - Issue 2 - June 2007

  Information Request Form

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