Gold Coast Motorail | |
Type: | Passenger train |
Status: | Ceased |
First: | 3 March 1973 |
Last: | 11 February 1990 |
Successor: | Unnamed XPT service |
Formeroperator: | State Rail Authority |
Start: | Sydney Central |
End: | Murwillumbah |
Distance: | 934 kilometres |
Frequency: | nightly in each direction |
Trainnumber: | NL3/NL4 |
Line Used: | North Coast |
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]