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Spirit of Queensland

Tuesday, 7 January 2025 - 11:00 am (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: Australia / Australien
Category/Kategorie: General, Bon voyage, Hotels Reading Time:  3 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post 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). At the start of 2015, it replaced the diesel-hauled train The Sunlander.

In October 2010, the Queensland Government awarded a contract to Downer Rail for the construction of a new Tilt Train. The two existing diesel tilt trains used on the Cairns service were also refurbished and extended in size, with the inclusion of first-class sleeping carriages.

Known as the ‘Sunlander 14’ project, a total of 25 carriages would have been acquired:

• two new power cars and 12 new carriages to create a third train set.
• one spare power car (later two),
• 10 new carriages to expand the two existing train sets to a 14-car consist,
• refurbishment of 14 existing carriages from the existing train sets

By expanding the train length from nine to 14 carriages, three ‘luxury’ sleeping carriages, one ‘first-class’ lounge and one restaurant car could be included in the consist, replicating the services provided on The Sunlander. The construction of four new power cars allowed for the inclusion of the most up-to-date safety features in the driving car of each train, as well as minimising the risk of disruptions in case an incident occurred while a second power car was undergoing heavy maintenance.

Read more on queenslandrailtravel.com.au – Spirit of Queensland and Wikipedia Spirit of Queensland (Smart Traveler App by U.S. Department of State - Weather report by weather.com - Global Passport Power Rank - Travel Risk Map - Democracy Index - GDP according to IMF, UN, and World Bank - Global Competitiveness Report - Corruption Perceptions Index - Press Freedom Index - World Justice Project - Rule of Law Index - UN Human Development Index - Global Peace Index - Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index). Photos by Wikimedia Commons. If you have a suggestion, critique, review or comment to this blog entry, we are looking forward to receive your e-mail at comment@wingsch.net. Please name the headline of the blog post to which your e-mail refers to in the subject line.

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