Railway tunnels in Queensland, Australia

Name Open Length Gradient R/F % Ruling Bore Breeze Wet Momentum Fume Accidents Remarks
Boolboonda Tunnel[1] 1883 m in (Mount Perry, rail heritage)
Border Tunnel QLD/NSW 1930 1660m in SG
Cherry Gully Tunnel 1880 in (railway tunnel, Southern Downs Region)
Cross River Rail (Brisbane, rail) - 10200m in Under construction
Dalveen Tunnel 1880 in (railway tunnel, Southern Downs Region)
Dularcha Railway Tunnel 1891 in (former railway tunnel, Sunshine Coast Region)
Lahey's Canungra Tramway Tunnel 1903 in (Gold Coast, heritage) - c.1900[2]
Main Range tunnels 1867 0886m 1 in 50 Rise 100% 9 tunnels
Many Peaks - Monto loop line m in 6 tunnels (disused railway line)
Muntapa Tunnel 1913 in Cooyar, rail heritage)
Victoria Tunnel 1866 0537m in (Grandchester, rail)
Yimbun Railway Tunnel 1910 m in (railway tunnel, Somerset Region)
Teviot Range Tunnel Inland Railway 2022 1100m in proposed Dual SG/NG
Little Liverpool Range Tunnel Inland Railway 2022 750m in proposed Dual SG/NG [3]
Toowoomba Range Tunnel Inland Railway 2022 6231m in proposed Dual SG/NG [4]

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References

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  1. ^ Alex Brown (7 May 2003). "Gin Gin explodes out of the blocks for its 9.93 seconds of fame". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
  2. ^ "Lahey's Canungra Tramway Tunnel (entry 602529)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  3. ^ IR Tunnel
  4. ^ IR Tunnel