:''This article is about the
Nambour & Gympie North railway line, which is the existing Sunshine Coast Citytrain service. For the proposed Sunshine Coast (CAMCOS) railway, see
Sunshine Coast railway line, Queensland.''
The 'Nambour and Gympie North railway line' (also known as the Sunshine Coast Line) is an
interurban railway line in
Queensland,
Australia connecting Brisbane with the
Sunshine Coast and
Gympie.
Overview
The Nambour and Gympie North line follows the
Caboolture railway line to
Caboolture, then past Caboolture it follows the
North Coast railway line to
Nambour and
Gympie. The line north of
Caboolture is mainly single track with loops, and due to having to share traffic with
Traveltrain and freight services, interurban services on this line is limited during the off-peak and weekends. As a result, additional railbus services operate between Caboolture and Nambour in the off-peak, supplementing the train services.
Upgrades
In 2001, the Queensland Government started a study for the need to upgrade the North Coast Line between Caboolture and Landsborough. On
August 29,
2005 The first stage of the duplication between Caboolture and Beerburrum was approved.. The second stage between Beerburrum and
Landsborough was approved on
August 14,
2006. Construction of the first stage to Beerburrum is expected to start around 2007, with the second stage between Beerburrum and Landsborough expected to start around 2009, with completion due around 2012.
Future Plans
The duplication and realignment of the North Coast Line from Caboolture to Landsborough is the pre-requisite to implement the
CAMCOS corridor branching from
Beerwah to the Sunshine Coast centres of
Caloundra and
Maroochydore.
Existing services to Nambour will be upgraded with the replacement of suburban trains with
newer interurban trains. This will be followed by an increase of service frequencies, made possible by duplication north of
Caboolture Station and the recently completed triplication south of
Petrie
Line Information
| 'Service Frequency:' |
| 'Monday to Friday Off-peak' | 1 train every 2 hours |
| 'Monday to Friday Evening' | 1 train every 2 hours |
| 'Monday to Friday Peak Hour' | 2 trains per hour |
| 'Saturday & Sunday Daytime' | 1 train every 2 hours |
| 'Saturday & Sunday Evening' | 1 train every 2 hours |
★ Unlike the majority of Citytrain lines, the majority of trains terminate in the CBD (Roma Street) and do not continue to another destination.
★ All peak hour and most off-peak trains run express between
Caboolture and
Bowen Hills, stopping at
Petrie and
Northgate in the off-peak
★ Gympie North trains generally operate only during peak, and on some services during weekends.
★ There is a twice-daily Nambour to Caboolture shuttle which operates during the off-peak and weekends. Passengers travelling on those services are required to change at Caboolture for their connecting service to/from the City.
Stations
Most trains run express between Caboolture and Bowen Hills, even during off-peak and weekends. During off-peak times, express trains stop at Petrie and Northgate. This is one of two lines (the other being the
Gold Coast Line) where expresses are run in non-peak hour times.
Most trains terminate at Nambour, with other terminus spots being Gympie North (peak-hour and weekends), Cooroy (weekday off-peak), and Caboolture (off-peak shuttle service).
★ The table below lists train stopping patterns only, the Nambour-Caboolture railbus service is listed under bus connections.
| 'Name of Station' | 'TransLink Zone' | 'Serving Suburbs' | 'Pattern stops at this station' | 'Connections' |
| Nambour and Gympie North Line (Inbound) |
|---|
| 'Gympie North' | 23 | Gympie | | | | | ^'Bus Transfers' (QR Courtesy Bus to Gympie Town Centre) | |
| Traveston | 23 | Traveston | | | | | |
| Cooran | 23 | Cooran | | | | | |
| Pomona | 23 | Pomona | | | | | |
| 'Cooroy' | 22 | Cooroy | | | | | 'Bus Transfers' (TransLink routes: 631) |
| Eumundi | 21 | Eumundi | | | | | 'Bus Transfers' (TransLink routes: 630, 631) |
| Yandina | 19 | Yandina | | | | | 'Bus transfers' (TransLink routes: 631) |
| 'Nambour' | 17 | Nambour, Burnside | | | | | 'Bus Transfers' (TransLink routes: 602, 610, 630, 631, 636, 639, Nambour railbus 649) |
| Woombye | 17 | Woombye | | | | | 'Bus Transfers' (TransLink routes: 610, 636, 639 Nambour railbus 649) |
| Palmwoods | 16 | Palmwoods | | | | | 'Bus Transfers' (TransLink routes: 639, Nambour railbus 649) |
| Eudlo | 15 | Eudlo | | | | | 'Bus Transfers' (TransLink routes: Nambour railbus 649) |
| Mooloolah | 14 | Mooloolah | | | | | 'Bus Transfers' (TransLink routes: Nambour railbus 649) |
| Landsborough | 13 | Landsborough, Maleny | | | | | 'Bus Transfers' (TransLink routes: 605, 615, Nambour railbus 649) |
| Beerwah | 12 | Beerwah | | | | | 'Bus Transfers' (TransLink routes: Nambour railbus 649) |
| Glasshouse Mountains | 11 | Glasshouse Mountains | | | | | 'Bus Transfers' (TransLink routes: Nambour railbus 649) |
| Beerburrum | 10 | Beerburrum | | | | | 'Bus Transfers' (TransLink routes: Nambour railbus 649) |
| Elimbah | 10/9 | Elimbah | | | | | 'Bus Transfers' (TransLink routes: Nambour railbus 649) |
| 'Caboolture' | 8 | Caboolture, Bribie Island | | | | | 'Caboolture Line'
'Bus Transfers' (TransLink routes: 640, Nambour railbus 649, 652, 653, 654, 655, 662) |
| Petrie | 6 | Petrie, Kallangur, Mango Hill | | | | | 'Bus Transfers' (TransLink routes: 675, 680, 681, 682) |
| Northgate | 3/2 | Northgate | | | | | 'Shorncliffe Line'
'Bus Transfers' (TransLink routes: 306, 307) |
| Bowen Hills | 1 | Bowen Hills | | | | | 'Doomben Line', 'Ferny Grove Line', 'Airport Line'
'Bus transfers' (TransLink routes: 301, 310, 315, 320, 393) |
| Brunswick Street | 1 | Fortitude Valley | | | | | 'Bus transfers' at Brunswick Street |
| Brisbane Central | 1 | Brisbane | | | | | 'Ipswich Line', 'Beenleigh Line', 'Cleveland Line', 'Gold Coast Line'
'Bus transfers' at Adelaide Street |
| 'Roma Street' | 1 | Brisbane | | | | | 'Bus transfers' at Roma Street |
Stopping Patterns
★ 'Pattern 1' - All stations to Caboolture, express to Bowen Hills, then all stations to Roma Street & vice-versa¹ (peak hour)
★ 'Pattern 2' - All stations to Caboolture, express to Petrie, express to Northgate, express to Bowen Hills, then all stations to Roma Street & vice-versa (off-peak, weekends)
★ 'Pattern 3' - Roma Street, Central, Brunswick St, Bowen Hills, express to Northgate, express to Petrie, then all stations from Petrie to Nambour (one afternoon outbound peak service only)
★ 'Pattern 4' - Nambour, then all stations to Caboolture and vice-versa.² (twice-daily off-peak, some weekend services).
| 'Note': means that not all services on this pattern service this station: Limited services beyond Nambour to Cooroy/Gympie North.¹ The daily afternoon peak service to Gympie North stops at Caboolture only ''on request'' to pick-up passengers only.² The off-peak Nambour-Caboolture shuttle travels all-stations between Nambour and Caboolture only, with a change of trains required at Caboolture. |
References
★
The green light for Beerburrum to Landsborough rail corridor
★
Caboolture to Landsborough - Rail Upgrade Study
External links
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