Re: Kuranda tourist train

Haggis (bdw@ion.com.au)
Wed, 23 Jul 1997 06:04:03 +1000

David Johnson wrote:
>
> John McCallum wrote:
> >
> > In article <869468693.16795@dejanews.com>, pn1@rocketmail.com wrote:
> > >Has anyone ridden the Kuranda (Queensland, Australia) tourist train
> > >lately? What is the best side of the carriage to ride? Is it worth doing
> > >the round trip on the skyway? Should one go up or down in the train. Is
> > >up the hill the same as the up direction? Thanks.
>
> > I have nor ridden the train lately. (I was up there last in 1985.)
> > The best side of the train is definitely the right hand side. When going up
> > the hill, the valley is on the right side.
>
> That is the Eastern side, or Cairns platform side. They now reserve seats, so
> you should try to book early and ask for that side.
> I was last there in January, 1993, late at night on the down (up the hill) and
> 0430 in the morning on the up on the Forsayth mixed.
>
> > As far as Up/Down is concerned, unless it has changed, Down is TO Brisbane,
> > and Up is away from Brisbane.
>
> Brisbane is not used as the point of measurement. I think it is done from
> somewhere like Ipswitch but I am not sure of the exact location. Down is AWAY
> from that point. Up is towards it. For example, a train from Ipswitch to
> Brisbane is a down train.
>
> Fares for Kuranda follow: (valid until March 31, 1999)
> Train both ways
> Adult Single:$25 Return:$40
> Child Single:$13 Return:$21
> Pensioner/Student Single:$15 Return:$26
> Family (not Wednesday or Sunday) Single:$72 Return:$98
>
> Railway/SkyRail
> Adult:$52 Child:$26.50
>
> Railway/Skyrail/Bus
> Adult:$58 Child:$29.50
>
> Railway/Skyrail/Tjapuki Aboriginal Cultural Park
> Adult:$76 Child:$38.50
>
> Railway/Skyrail/Tjapuki Aboriginal Cultural Park/Bus
> Adult:$82 Child:$41.50
>
> --
> David Johnson - Rail Services Authority
> trainman@ozemail.com.au
> trainman@railpage.org.au
> http://www.ozemail.com.au/~train

Roma Street station is the location of the 0km peg.
All tracks lead to Roma Street in Queensland (nearly all)

Brian