North Coast Line (NCL) opening dates by section[1][2]
This is a list of the NCL opening dates in sectional order. This list shows the original opening date of each NCL section, ignoring any subsequent deviations etc. A list of the NCL opening dates by chronological order, including the known opening dates for all line construction, including deviations, plus the known dates of other significant NCL related events is here.
Start | End | Date | Ref |
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Roma Street | Central | 1889-08-18 | |
Central | Mayne | 1890-11-01 | [3] |
Mayne | Northgate | 1882-05-11 | [4] |
Northgate | Petrie | 1888-03-01 | |
Petrie | Caboolture | 1888-06-11 | [5] |
Caboolture | Landsborough | 1890-03-01 | [6] |
Landsborough | Yandina | 1891-01-01 | |
Yandina | Cooroy | 1891-07-17 | |
Cooroy | Cooran | 1891-04-01 | [7] |
Cooran | Gympie | 1889-06-10 | [8] |
Gympie | Maryborough | 1881-08-06 | [9] |
Baddow | Howard | 1883-03-30 | |
Howard | Goodwood | 1887-08-15 | |
Goodwood | Bundaberg | 1888-02-20 | |
Bundaberg | North Bundaberg | 1891-06-15 | |
North Bundaberg | Rosedale | 1892-07-01 | |
Rosedale | Iveragh | 1897-10-01 | |
Iveragh | Gladstone | 1896-08-01 | |
Gladstone | Rockhampton | 1903-12-18 | |
Rockhampton | North Rockhampton | 1899-11-06 | [10] |
Glenmore Junction | Milman | 1911-10-18 | |
Milman | Yaamba | 1913-10-01 | |
Yaamba | Kunwarara | 1915-08-03 | [11][12] |
Kunwarara | Marlborough | 1917-03-31 | [13] |
Marlborough | Styx | 1919-06-05 | [14] |
Styx | Wumalgi | 1920-08-05 | [15] |
Wumalgi | St Lawrence | 1921-06-04 | [16] |
St Lawrence | Carmila | 1921-09-24 | |
Carmila | Koumala | 1920-08-07 | [17] |
Koumala | Sarina | 1915-07-21 | [18] |
Sarina | Mackay | 1913-06-07 | [19] |
Mackay | Farleigh | 1918-04-19 | |
Farleigh | Proserpine | 1923-12-01 | [20] |
Proserpine | Bowen | 1910-07-02 (by Bowen Proserpine Joint Tramway Board) | [21] |
Bowen | Guthalungra | 1890-05-01 | |
Guthalungra | Bobawaba | 1891-10-01 | |
Bobawaba | Home Hill | 1913-07-03 | |
Home Hill | Carstairs | 1913-09-01 | |
Carstairs | Ayr | 1913-06-30 | |
Ayr | Stuart | 1901-03-27 (by Ayr Joint Tramway Board) | |
Stuart | Townsville | 1880-12-20 | |
Townsville | Kurukan | 1914-04-14 | [22] |
Kurukan | Rollingstone | 1915-04-05 | |
Rollingstone | Moongobulla | 1917-05-02 | |
Moongobulla | Coolbie | 1918-07-29 | |
Coolbie | Bambaroo | 1918-12-26 | |
Bambaroo | Toobanna | 1919-07-21 | |
Toobanna | Ingham | 1919-12-01 | [23] |
Ingham | Lilypond | 1921-01-10 | |
Lilypond | Feluga | 1924-12-10 | |
Feluga | El Arish | 1923-12-03 | |
El Arish | Innisfail | 1922-12-18 | |
Innisfail | Daradgee | 1924-12-10 | |
Daradgee | Pawngilly | 1919-09-13 | |
Pawngilly | Babinda | 1912-12-09 | |
Babinda | Harvey Creek | 1910-02 (by Cairns Shire Council, CSC) | |
Harvey Creek | Aloomba | 1903-06-12 (by CSC) | |
Aloomba | Gordonvale | 1898-08 (by CSC) | |
Gordonvale | Cairns | 1897-05-03 (by CSC) |
References
edit- ^ Kerr, J. 'Triumph of Narrow Gauge' Boolarong Publications 1990
- ^ Quinlan, H. & Newland, R. 'Australian Railway Routes 1854-2000' ARHS NSW 2000
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- ^ "The Valley Railway". The Telegraph (Brisbane). No. 5632. Queensland, Australia. 1 November 1890. p. 5. Retrieved 25 December 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "North Coast Railway". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. XLIV, no. 9, 493. Queensland, Australia. 18 June 1888. p. 6. Retrieved 24 December 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The North Coast Railway". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. XLVI, no. 10, 025. Queensland, Australia. 3 March 1890. p. 6. Retrieved 24 December 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Local News". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser. No. 5, 518. Queensland, Australia. 6 April 1891. p. 2. Retrieved 25 December 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Notes and News". Gympie Times And Mary River Mining Gazette. Vol. XXI, no. 2501. Queensland, Australia. 11 June 1889. p. 3. Retrieved 12 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The Maryborough and Gympie Railway". The Telegraph (Brisbane). No. 2, 770. Queensland, Australia. 9 August 1881. p. 3. Retrieved 24 December 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The New Railway Bridge. The Official Opening. Naming the Bridge". Morning Bulletin. Vol. LXI, no. 10527. Queensland, Australia. 7 November 1899. p. 6. Retrieved 25 December 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Kunwarara Section OK North Coast Railway". The Capricornian. Vol. 40, no. 31. Queensland, Australia. 31 July 1915. p. 23. Retrieved 12 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
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- ^ "North Coast Railway". The Capricornian. Vol. 42, no. 14. Queensland, Australia. 7 April 1917. p. 34. Retrieved 24 December 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "North Coast Railway". Morning Bulletin. No. 16, 998. Queensland, Australia. 7 June 1919. p. 8. Retrieved 24 December 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Queensland Railways". Cairns Post. Vol. XXXIII, no. 3739. Queensland, Australia. 6 August 1920. p. 5. Retrieved 24 December 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "North Coast Railway". Morning Bulletin. No. 17, 595. Queensland, Australia. 6 June 1921. p. 9. Retrieved 24 December 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "North Coast Railway". Daily Mercury. Queensland, Australia. 9 August 1920. p. 3. Retrieved 24 December 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "North Coast Railway". Daily Mercury. Queensland, Australia. 22 July 1915. p. 6. Retrieved 12 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Opening Sarina Railway". Daily Mercury. Queensland, Australia. 9 June 1913. p. 5. Retrieved 24 December 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "5000 Miles by Rail". The Brisbane Courier. No. 20, 550. Queensland, Australia. 3 December 1923. p. 8. Retrieved 24 December 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Bowen-Proserpine Tramway". The Brisbane Courier. No. 16, 378. Queensland, Australia. 9 July 1910. p. 7. Retrieved 12 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Townsville to Ingham". The Brisbane Courier. No. 17, 550. Queensland, Australia. 15 April 1914. p. 5. Retrieved 24 December 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The Link with the North". The Brisbane Courier. No. 19, 303. Queensland, Australia. 1 December 1919. p. 6. Retrieved 24 December 2022 – via National Library of Australia.