The Inlander (Queensland Rail)

The Inlander
Overview
Service typePassenger train
StatusOperational
First service21 February 1953
Current operator(s)Queensland Rail
Route
TerminiTownsville
Mount Isa
Distance travelled977 kilometres
Average journey time21 hours
Service frequency2 x per week
The Inlander
Townsville
Charters Towers
Pentland
Torrens Creek
Hughenden
Richmond
Julia Creek
Cloncurry
Duchess
Mount Isa

The Inlander is a passenger train that operates between Townsville and Mount Isa on the Great Northern railway line in Queensland, Australia. It was introduced by Queensland Rail on 12 February 1953 using new steel air-conditioned carriages built by Commonwealth Engineering, Rocklea.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Robin Bromby (2004). The Railway Age in Australia. Lothian Press. p. 99. ISBN 0-7344-0715-7.
  2. ^ Dunn, John (2006). Comeng; A History of Commonwealth Engineering Volume 1: 1921–1955. Dural: Rosenberg Publishing. p. 197. ISBN 1 877058 42 4.
  3. ^ "The Inlander - Today" Railway Digest September 2013 pages 40–42

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