Gold Coast Motorail

Short description: Former railway passenger service in New South Wales, Australia

Gold Coast Motorail

Gold Coast Motorail at Sydney Central

Overview
Service type| Passenger train
Status| Ceased
First service| 3 March 1973
Last service| 11 February 1990
Successor| Unnamed XPT service
Former operator(s)| State Rail Authority
Route
Start| Sydney Central
End| Murwillumbah
Distance travelled| 934 kilometres (580 mi)
Service frequency| Once nightly in each direction
Train number(s)| NL3 and NL4
Line(s) used| North Coast
Technical
Rolling stock| HUB
RUB
stainless steel sleepers

The Gold Coast Motorail was an Australian passenger train operated by the Public Transport Commission from March 1973 until February 1990.[1]

It operated from Sydney via the North Coast line to Murwillumbah. It departed Central railway station in Sydney. It was formed of air-conditioned HUB/RUB sitting carriages along with stainless steel sleepers as well as having a motorail facility.[2] Its headcode was NL3/NL4.

In May 1987, it was renamed the Pacific Coast Motorail.[3] In February 1990 it was replaced by an unnamed XPT service.[4]

## References

1. ↑ "20 Years Ago" Railway Digest March 1993 page 114
2. ↑ "Motorail nears the end of the road" Railway Digest March 1990 page 89
3. ↑ "The Thirty-First of May" Railway Digest July 1987 page 210
4. ↑ "The New Timetable" Railway Digest March 1990 page 94

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