| Date | Train | Location | Speed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1916 | Melbourne Express |  Ninety Mile Desert, South AustraliaFrom Murray Bridge to Wolseley |
35 mph (56.33 km/h) (average) 58 mph (93.34 km/h) (maximum) |
[1][2] |
| 1927 | Geelong Flyer |  From Flinders Street to Geelong, Victoria |
45 mph (72.42 km/h) (average) 70 mph (112.7 km/h) (maximum) |
[3] |
| 11 November 1929 | Caves Express |  From Parramatta to Penrith, New South Wales |
54 mph (86.90 km/h) (average) | [4] |
| 30 April 1934 | Creamy Kate | Between Douglas Park and Menangle, south of Sydney |
75 mph (120.7 km/h) | [5] |
| 17 November 1937 | Spirit of Progress | Between Werribee and Laverton, near Geelong, Victoria |
79.5 mph (127.9 km/h) | [6] |
| 1947 | Spirit of Progress | |
84 mph (135.2 km/h) | [7] |
| 28 April 1951 | Budd Rail Diesel Car | Between Cook (SA) and Rawlinna (WA) on the Nullarbor Plain |
90 mph (144.8 km/h) | [8] |
| 1 December 1951 | Commonwealth Railways GM class | Between Cook (SA) and Rawlinna (WA) on the Nullarbor Plain |
92 mph (148.1 km/h) | [9] |
| 31 March 1987 | Kalgoorlie Prospector | Eastern Goldfields Railway | 150 km/h (93.21 mph) | [10] |
| 6 September 1981 | XPT | Between Table Top and Gerogery, southern NSW |
113.7 mph (183.0 km/h) | [11] |
| 18 September 1992 | XPT | Between Table Top and Yerong Creek, southern NSW |
119.9 mph (193.0 km/h) | [12] |
| 23 May 1999 | QR Electric Tilt Train |  Between Meadowvale and Avondale, near Bundaberg, Queensland. |
130.4 mph (209.9 km/h) | [13][14][15] |
- ^ "GENERAL NEWS". The Evening Echo. Vol. , , no. 6946. Victoria, Australia. 17 August 1916. p. 4. Retrieved 8 July 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ "TO CORRESPONDENTS". Chronicle. Vol. LIX, , no. 3, 021. South Australia. 15 July 1916. p. 16. Retrieved 8 July 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ "Fastest Train in Australia". The Eastern Recorder. Vol. XVII, , no. 904. Western Australia. 3 June 1927. p. 3. Retrieved 8 July 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)} - ^ "CAVES EXPRESS". National Advocate. New South Wales, Australia. 11 January 1930. p. 3. Retrieved 8 July 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "NEW RAIL MOTOR'S SPEED". The Labor Daily. No. 3246. New South Wales, Australia. 1 May 1934. p. 7. Retrieved 4 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "VICTORIA'S NEW EXPRESS MAKES 79 MILES AN HOUR". The Age. No. 25, 769. Victoria, Australia. 18 November 1937. p. 7. Retrieved 7 July 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "80 M.P.H. RAIL RECORD". National Advocate. New South Wales, Australia. 16 July 1952. p. 1. Retrieved 6 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Budd Railcar Makes Two Records Over Nullarbor". The West Australian. Vol. 67, , no. 20, 211. Western Australia. 30 April 1951. p. 3. Retrieved 6 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ "80 M.P.H. RAIL RECORD". National Advocate. New South Wales, Australia. 16 July 1952. p. 1. Retrieved 6 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ May, Andrew S; Gray, Bill (2006), A history of WAGR passenger carriages, Bill Gray, p. 305, ISBN 978-0-646-45902-8
- ^ "Visit XPT 'to make transport point'". The Canberra Times. Vol. 56, , no. 16, 782. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 September 1981. p. 3. Retrieved 7 July 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ "The making of an XPT speed record" Railway Digest November 1992 page 417
- ^ QR Limited (1999). Annual Report June 1999 (PDF). Brisbane: QR Limited. p. 53. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2009.
- ^ "QR Tilt Train Sets Australian Rail Speed Record" Railway Digest June 1999 page 15
- ^ "World's fastest on narrow tracks – National – www.smh.com.au". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 June 2017.