| from BRISBANE |
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| to CAIRNS |
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| The
Cairns Tilt Train departs Brisbane's
Roma Street Station two evenings per week and travels overnight and through
the next day before arriving in Cairns the following evening. This
is arguably Australia's most modern and technologically advanced passenger
train, note however that it does not provide sleeping accommodation. The
whole journey from Brisbane to Cairns takes a little more than 24 hours. |
Cairns Tilt Train |
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| The Sunlander departs Brisbane's Roma
Street Station for Cairns three mornings per week. It travels northwards
through the day, overnight and through the following day before arriving
at Cairns station late the following afternoon. The train is quite
luxurious offering seating and sleeping accommodation as well as lounge and
dining cars. The train is slower than the Tilt Train, but sitting
car fares are less expensive and the train is arguably more comfortable. |
The
Sunlander |
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| to GOLD COAST (Surfers Paradise) |
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| From Brisbane's Roma Street station you can catch
a QR citytrain to Nerang station (there
are two trains every hour) from where connecting QR buses will take you
the short distance to Surfers Paradise. This whole journey takes
about one and a half hours. QR Citytrains are modern fast air-conditioned
electric trains. |
Robina train |
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| QR road bus |
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| to SYDNEY |
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| Countrylink's "Brisbane XPT" train runs once each day from Brisbane's Roma
Street station to Sydney Central station. The train departs Brisbane
early in the morning, travels through the day then arrives in Sydney
in the evening. The journey takes about fourteen hours. You
can also get off this train at Strathfield or Hornsby station in Sydney's
suburbs, at Broadmeadow in Newcastle or at one of many other stations
along the way. |
Brisbane XPT |
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| You can also travel to Sydney over
night by catching a Countrylink bus to Casino
via the Gold Coast which connects at Casino with the "Casino XPT" train to Sydney Central station.
The whole journey takes fifteen and a half hours - of which only the
first three hours are on the bus. The train departs Brisbane Roma
Street station every day in the evening, and the connecting train arrives
at Sydney's Central station late the following morning. You can also
get off the train at Strathfield or Hornsby station in Sydney's suburbs,
at Broadmeadow in Newcastle or at one of many other stations along the
way. |
Countrylink road bus |
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| Casino XPT |
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Page Updated Friday 18th March 2005